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AlectorFencer β€” Gryphon Cassidix

Published: 2006-09-21 09:39:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 12902; Favourites: 270; Downloads: 263
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Description A painting, which started with a funny idea and a scribble in Photoshop.
Since hornbills are my most afvourite birds in the rainforest but I also wanted to work on a griffon picture that time, I thought I could merge them to get a funny and colourful creature. It's not as funny as it looks like though.
As always, I built my own thoughts about creatures and characters while working on them.

For example is the Gryphon Cassidix a creature that lives in the rainforest and eats fruits only. The mixture of a hornbill and a puma with different colours and fur was interesting enough to finish that painting. When I first finished the scribble, I lost my motivation to continue it and left it in my folders for ages and ages. One week ago, I found it again and opened it to llok, if I can continue it and started painting the fur.
Like on each drawing or painting I do, I can hardly stop finishing it because there are always things to find which can be re-done or refined. Till the colours and the details were set, a week was over and I finally could put the lights and shadows on the creature and tree.
After the background -which I finished last- was done, I vectorized my logo and set it on the right side below. I will use it in every drawing/painting in future. It's a lot clearer than the one I scribbles before.
I would need a tutorial of how to draw wings. lol...These are wings with which the griffon isn't really able to fly. Just imagine that they can't fly but climb...

The picture was scribbled and finished in Photoshop 7.0 by using a tablet and it took me ages to finish.

Thank you a lot fo looking!

AlectorFencer
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Comments: 73

Arasiyris [2011-05-03 02:24:20 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. The colours are wonderful.

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Airegon [2011-04-13 14:58:17 +0000 UTC]

wow! cool! absolutely love the design!

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Auraguardian12345 [2010-11-18 23:35:35 +0000 UTC]

whoa it looks sooo realistic

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im-an-artist01 [2008-10-11 03:58:51 +0000 UTC]

it looks kinda like a quetzalquotl very nice

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LewinVernaldi [2008-09-05 19:38:56 +0000 UTC]

das ist immer noch dein lieblingsbild von dir!!

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AlectorFencer In reply to LewinVernaldi [2008-09-05 20:11:50 +0000 UTC]

Ich muss mal ein neues davon machen.

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LewinVernaldi In reply to AlectorFencer [2008-09-05 20:16:31 +0000 UTC]

ja stimmt
das wΓ€r toll.... in ner schΓΆnen landschaft oder so

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Edwardsson [2008-06-13 19:23:47 +0000 UTC]

This is a cool masterpiece..! X'3

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AlectorFencer In reply to Edwardsson [2008-06-14 21:33:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^^

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Edwardsson In reply to AlectorFencer [2008-06-16 15:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Haha, you're welcome!

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Mokinzi [2008-06-09 16:44:21 +0000 UTC]

This is really genious. Just love it

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sunflower11 [2008-05-27 19:37:08 +0000 UTC]

really nice! love the colours!!!

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Frozen-Voyage [2008-04-16 16:20:44 +0000 UTC]

Amazing looking textures/fur!!! wow

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paperplane-products [2008-02-18 08:16:13 +0000 UTC]

wow. this is amazing. so much detail and so interesting...his look is so intense~ in a way

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AlectorFencer In reply to paperplane-products [2008-02-29 00:36:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!
I'm going to do another Gryphon Cassidix very soon

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JidaneObsidianclaw [2007-12-10 08:37:13 +0000 UTC]

schΓΆΓΆn^^
die farben sind klasse, und interresantes design

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swiftred [2007-09-17 21:35:31 +0000 UTC]

the colors, duke! the coloooorz!

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adlovett [2007-09-16 20:44:49 +0000 UTC]

wHoA! lookit all that detail!! - i love the feathers and fur, i would love to learn how to make stuff look that amazing

i also love that concept for a creature, and the colors are amazing! OMG WOW GREAT!

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AlectorFencer In reply to adlovett [2007-09-16 21:35:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for the nice comment. It is really touching.

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wolf-krispies [2007-02-19 06:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Such a strange but beautiful bird! Splendorous!

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JoeAzpeytia [2007-01-02 06:44:57 +0000 UTC]

HOLY MACARRONI! that awesome!!!11!1!one!!

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AlectorFencer In reply to JoeAzpeytia [2007-01-02 07:21:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuuu!

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Tabon [2006-12-14 21:52:02 +0000 UTC]

That is so awesome! it looks so real and it makes sense that a tropical bird griffony thing would like where a tropical bird would, excelent!

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MissyAcker [2006-10-09 04:39:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh man the textures in this are great. I also love the colours and the mood in general of this. Very inspiring

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AlectorFencer In reply to MissyAcker [2006-10-09 14:58:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank a lot for this.

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purplerose [2006-10-08 15:45:40 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work. I really like the feathers and the fur.

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Saydee72 [2006-09-28 02:08:15 +0000 UTC]

Damn thats awsome! I am in shock after seeing this.

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AlectorFencer In reply to Saydee72 [2006-09-28 09:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankie. I hope you recovered from it.

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atomic-light [2006-09-25 05:03:23 +0000 UTC]

just amazing!
you are amazing
this is amazing
WOW!

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AlectorFencer In reply to atomic-light [2006-09-28 09:14:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow! *blushes* Thanks

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bluemoonchild [2006-09-24 20:46:40 +0000 UTC]

YEAH! Unorthodox gryphons rock!

Seriously loving the lighting and the sheer amount of detail on the feathers. The overall design is very distinct and the fur is lovely, it's wonderful how it trails and looks so fluffy. And again, the level of detail is very 'whoa' O.O

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AlectorFencer In reply to bluemoonchild [2006-09-28 09:12:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you a lot for the nice comment. I'm glad you like the colours and the detail. Makes me blushing over this.

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albyon [2006-09-23 07:34:35 +0000 UTC]

The colours in this are just amazing!

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AlectorFencer In reply to albyon [2006-09-28 09:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much

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norngirl [2006-09-22 17:30:28 +0000 UTC]

wow thats more then awesome
once again,you do a amazing work ^o^ I love gryphons :3
and hornbills looks very like those i like *maybe is related* Toucans :3

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AlectorFencer In reply to norngirl [2006-09-28 09:24:35 +0000 UTC]

Hihi. Thankie ^.^
You haven't done so much work the past few days, didn't you? I miss looking at your pictures

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norngirl In reply to AlectorFencer [2006-09-28 11:11:39 +0000 UTC]

np ^-^ you allways welcome .3

well,actuly i been drawing a lot,but times short for me to never upload much as i wanted *blush*

I only been able to post some pics people been requested ^^'

im not sure if you seen them *4 new + some other 4 you maybe havent seen*
Hopefully i will be able to post more

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cilento [2006-09-22 12:47:47 +0000 UTC]

That is awesome! I wish it existed as a creature..

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AlectorFencer In reply to cilento [2006-09-28 09:15:45 +0000 UTC]

Then you could feed it with fruits all day

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cilento In reply to AlectorFencer [2006-09-29 07:46:39 +0000 UTC]

haha yup.

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Dacha-thwei [2006-09-22 08:41:40 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work Alector! I wished I could draw as good as you

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AlectorFencer In reply to Dacha-thwei [2006-09-28 10:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
But your artwork is so beautiful as well and you will improve

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Dacha-thwei In reply to AlectorFencer [2006-09-28 12:17:40 +0000 UTC]

Awwww thank you

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OibyrdsDDs [2006-09-22 02:34:46 +0000 UTC]

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O.D.D.S are to honor the sometimes overlooked artists of dA that I personally think deserve some exposure and also, to introduce the more popular artists to the new/overlooked deviants. I prefer to showcase ALL artwork that I love (and that includes popular artists with a fair amount of traffic to their work) in order to create a non-biased feature of the talent on dA. *PLZ DO KEEP IN MIND - some of the features are quite popular and obviously don't need extra help - however - I enjoy posting them because they inspire other artists. Please click the link below to see your work featured and to view other featured artists . If you prefer not to be a featured artist, just send me a note and I will remove you from the list. Cheers! Sandi xoxo
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AlectorFencer In reply to OibyrdsDDs [2006-09-23 17:57:35 +0000 UTC]

It's so wonderful to have your support and it's a great honour. Thanks so much again.
*speechless*

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LoneRider [2006-09-21 22:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Those colors are magnificent! Brilliant way to do a gryphon. Nice job.

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AlectorFencer In reply to LoneRider [2006-09-28 10:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! First I thought it wouldn't find so many friends because of the unusual looking of the mixture.

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LoneRider In reply to AlectorFencer [2006-09-28 19:39:57 +0000 UTC]

No problem. As I like to say, never be afraid to try something different .

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thedancingemu [2006-09-21 21:23:16 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is awsome, i love how much character it has in its face. i also love the idea of using different birds to make griffons, it makes things more interesting.

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AlectorFencer In reply to thedancingemu [2006-09-21 22:16:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you a lot for your nice comment.
I should try out using more types of griffons as you said, by using different birds.

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