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My first PYO (start to finish) in almost half a year.
I must say, the Muse is harder to paint than I thought. Especially for me, who does every feather and scale individually… 😆
I did her in return for the gift of a gold young dragon that lamortefille sent me, so she’s supposed to match Praxithea. I added the green to tie in the one weird eye.
I’m pretty happy with her, but the glossy finish didn’t quite cooperate, so there’s some air bubbles in the texture. 🙁 Sorry, lamorte. I hope you like her anyway.
A few other pics are here. None of them are really any good, but outside is gray, so I had to take them in my room.
Oh, and about the name, which is a rather high-falutin’ affair for such a small creature. Polyhymnia is the Greek Muse of eloquence, sacred song, poetry and agriculture, as well as geometry and other such things. I haven’t a clue what they have to do with each other, and I don’t know if Windstone Muses are good at any of them. But since this little critter was made as a companion for Prax, I figured her name should start with P. Polly and Prax.I would say she is pretty, but that is not entirely true… The paint job is gorgeous! She is just kinda… Oh, I dont know… O.o? Yeah, thats it.
(You did a really lovely job. Im just teasing about the muse 😉 )
Thanks. 😀
Ski, my words exactly. 😆 She was really fun to paint, though. What I like best about her is that the various textures are so varied and small that I don’t get bored painting them. It takes me six hours per griffin wing, and then I have to turn the thing over and do it all over again. 😕
Mom got better pictures, so I’ve added those…
Emerald, Eurus is a WIP. I got Polly done over a couple hours every evening for half a week. Eurus will take more concentration, but I should have him done in time to mail on Monday in a week or so.Greater Basilisk wrote:Emerald, Eurus is a WIP. I got Polly done over a couple hours every evening for half a week. Eurus will take more concentration, but I should have him done in time to mail on Monday in a week or so.
Woo hoo! I can’t wait! 😀
I got one side (sans the wing) of him done yesterday, but he turned out too brown so I have to gove over it all again in black… Every griffin I do seems harder than the last! 😆
Thank you soooo much, GB! Polyhymnia is just adorable. I just love the blue with the green. 😀 😀 Wonderful job!
Greater Basilisk wrote:I got one side (sans the wing) of him done yesterday, but he turned out too brown so I have to gove over it all again in black… Every griffin I do seems harder than the last! 😆
It doesn’t help that it’s a specific bird to copy too. Sorry about being so complicated. 😀
lamortefille wrote:Thank you soooo much, GB! Polyhymnia is just adorable. I just love the blue with the green. 😀 😀 Wonderful job!
Oh good, you like her. I had my brother mail her off yesterday, and then in the evening I realized that usually I wait until I know whether the recipient actually likes what I painted…
Anyway, you’ll have her in two weeks at the latest.emerald212 wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:I got one side (sans the wing) of him done yesterday, but he turned out too brown so I have to gove over it all again in black… Every griffin I do seems harder than the last! 😆
It doesn’t help that it’s a specific bird to copy too. Sorry about being so complicated. 😀
It’s okay. 😆 Practice makes perfect. I think he’ll turn out great.
Greater Basilisk wrote:emerald212 wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:I got one side (sans the wing) of him done yesterday, but he turned out too brown so I have to gove over it all again in black… Every griffin I do seems harder than the last! 😆
It doesn’t help that it’s a specific bird to copy too. Sorry about being so complicated. 😀
It’s okay. 😆 Practice makes perfect. I think he’ll turn out great.
I saw one of these birds at my birdfeeder this morning. And a male one too. I had that female around earlier this year, but hadn’t seen her in a while. But now there’s a male in the neighborhood. Maybe, if the female is still around, there will be a bunch more of them soon. OOooo! So pretty!
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