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Published: 2009-11-16 02:45:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 11181; Favourites: 520; Downloads: 192
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When you live in the forest and you're surrounded by thousands of trees, decorating a tree for Yule seems kind of silly. After all, how would you choose which tree to decorate? So the inhabitants of the forest decided to decorate Solstice, the gryphon. She doesn't seem to mind, and all the animals are having fun finding decorations.The crows, though, I think they chose their own 'tree.'
This is my holiday card this year. You may recognize this gryphon as being the one who was on my card for last year . I decided this would be my 'Yule gryphon," and she'll probably appear on my card for each year in one way or another. Her name, fittingly, is Solstice.
The original painting is also available on my Etsy shop: [link]
Watercolor over ink, 7.25X10 inches on cold-press Arches
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oh my gosh this is SO CUTE! I get exactly what you mean, great idea, and I love the way you portrayed it! The fox looks so sneaky haha!
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This story is really sweet and Solstice is a beautiful gryphon !!!
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Wow u draw birds very good how long did it take you to draw this good.
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Aw! I totally really love this
The Gryphon is beautiful.
And I love that little crow with the leaf-crown on its head. 
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Your lovely card got here safe and sound, hon; thank you!! 
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Yay, I'm glad it finally arrived (if a bit late for Christmas!).
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Heya sweets!
Hope you dont mind but you- an amazing
artist- have been featured in my humble little journal!
If you want to check it out, just go here : [link]
Happy holidays and take care!
Hope you didnt mind the feature
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Thank you! 
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Aww you are more than welcome!
It was a pleasure to feature an
amazing art from even more amazing artist
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That looks like fun being all decorated for christmas. I think she fits the holiday spirit perfectly! It looks like some of the animals decided to decorate each other or themselves as well.
Greylight S.
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Hahah yeah, those crows always think they're better than everyone else.
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Oh my! I didn't think it could get any better than last year's card with the lovely branches full of snow. This is so adorable and inventive! You weren't exaggerating when you said there'd be a ton of woodland creatures! I friggin love crows, especially the one with the holly garland on his head. XD It'll be fun to see how Solstice evolves next year!
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How festive! :3 So cute, Solstice seems to enjoy this.
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Wow, this is so beautiful.... I love the plethora of birds, and your feather textures are always wonderful! Great background, great character design, just awesome!
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Marvelous illustration, I admire a lot how you manage the colors ^^
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very cute. For some reason, I wish there were cardinals, though. I love cardinals.
although I can see from a compositional standpoint where they would pop out too much.
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That's stunningly beautiful, and such an unusual concept! A christmas gryph - every house should have one! ^^
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How pretty! Will you be selling prints of it? My Mom is a huge Christmas decorating freak and this would be perfect for her.
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Yep, I have prints up right now, actually: [link] I have from 4X6 up to 8X12, plus the greeting cards. I've already ordered some for myself to send to family and friends.
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Awesome! And affordable enough where I could probably pick up a cheap frame for it too. (No need to get spendy on a frame for something that'll spend most of the year in the attic after all.) Thanks!
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Wow, your use of watercolor in this piece came out really well. Great holiday colors and lineart. Me like!
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Thank you! Red and green can be challenging if you don't throw some other colors in there.
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Complimentary colors are the best!
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Hahahah I was almost worried that I made it like something out of an episode of Barney or something. Everyone is happy without a care in the world.
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Oh my gosh this is beyond cute xD I love all the little details, i laughed out loud at the crows xD
I help my friend look after his disabled crows, maybe we should give them christmas decorations and see what they do with them...xD
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Oh neat.
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I love all the details you put into your images! <3 
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Awwh that's adorable! I love all the names. And you always surprise me with your crispness and detail. See, it's just more fun to adorn a gryphon than a tree sometimes.
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