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I finished these two a bit ago but was too lazy to get the pictures together until now. For some reason my photobucket site no longer allows me to post actual pictures from it, so I have to post links instead – sorry!
Here’s the bald eagle/lion griff – as simple as this color pattern is, I had to go and make it super hard for myself. So there are about 6 separate layers of color on each feather. (except for the white parts, which only have about 3) I did this to get depth and richness of color…I don’t know if it was worth it, but it did work! ;P Sorry about the light parts being blown out…I’m not a good enough photographer to compensate for the bright white bits in the bright sun! The white feathers do have some color layering on them though – they have yellowing tips and a light antiquing.
Here’s the ki-rin – there was discussion of “koirins” (tm Vantid??) in other threads. I’ve wanted to do a koi ki-rin for a while, too…Drag0nfeathers did a BEAUTIFUL one (it’s up in her gallery) similar to what I had in mind, so I did a kirin based on another of my koi that I like very much instead. He’s a silver Gin Rin (I think that’s what it’s called – with the shiney scales) and he looks like he’s wearing armour. This ki-rin may not look like a koi, but that’s what he’s inspired from!
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-J R R TolkienLOVE the Ki-Rin!!! Gorgeous color!!! 😀
And the Eagle Gryphon… very nice! 😀 I think the lion half might be a bit stark… but it looks good with the white head and redish upper body. 😀
VERYnice work! 😀
ladybrooklyn wrote:LOVE the Ki-Rin!!! Gorgeous color!!! 😀
And the Eagle Gryphon… very nice! 😀 I think the lion half might be a bit stark… but it looks good with the white head and redish upper body. 😀
VERYnice work! 😀
I know, it does look very plain in the pictures! 😕 but there actually is antiquing and shading and stuff in the lion half…it all got blown out.
I’m glad you like the kirin!! 😀"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R TolkienSQUEE! The eagle came out AWESOME ARLLA!!! I especially LOVE the silver Ki-Rin!!! Hehe! Now we both have KoiRins! YAY!
EDIT: Wow, the more I look at the eagle the more intense he seems! The brown feathers LOOK GREAT! 😯
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drag0nfeathers wrote:SQUEE! The eagle came out AWESOME ARLLA!!! I especially LOVE the silver Ki-Rin!!! Hehe! Now we both have KoiRins! YAY!
EDIT: Wow, the more I look at the eagle the more intense he seems! The brown feathers LOOK GREAT! 😯
XD Thank yoooo!!
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-J R R TolkienSam is a good-looking griff, though it would help to see the antiquing on the lion part. I was thinking about doing a bald eagle, but I couldn’t think of any decent, fitting coloring for the lion half. It’s hard to fit anything to brown and white without making the critter basically unicolor.
The kirin looks AWESOME!
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmGreater Basilisk wrote:Sam is a good-looking griff, though it would help to see the antiquing on the lion part. I was thinking about doing a bald eagle, but I couldn’t think of any decent, fitting coloring for the lion half. It’s hard to fit anything to brown and white without making the critter basically unicolor.
You could tip his tail and his toes in a dark brown to offset the black and brown in his talons.
I could paint his knee tufts a darker color…and tip the dark brown of his tail tuft with black…
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