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Published: 2014-01-24 02:11:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 301; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 1
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Description Character I'm working on for another project.

I wrestled with the design. Gale here's a mother, so I tried making her look a bit like one but with some youth to her still. There's two kinds of mothers when it comes to hair, up-dos, and let it downs. Figured a ponytail was a neat compromise (hat's off to Equestria Prevails for the gryphon-feather-ponytail idea). Tried to make a striking look, and I'd never done a blue/red contrast. So I went with a lighter color blue, really light, for the head/torso, and ala Gilda, went with red tinges at the tips of the feathers and spackles, to contrast. Ice blue eyes are also important here.

Female gryphons thus far have an, "Eyeliner" and usually, it tilts upwards. But I wanted to make a less aggressive, passive and approachable look. So I tilted it downwards, and went with a bit of fluttereye to get the approachable look.
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MugenSeiRyuu [2014-01-24 06:11:57 +0000 UTC]

Actually, as a mother, she should be more agressive.  Griffons are fierecely protective of their young.

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CaptainLackwit In reply to MugenSeiRyuu [2014-01-24 09:00:25 +0000 UTC]

And she is too, certainly.

I was simply going for something atypical of most gryphon OCs we see. They seem mostly samey.

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MugenSeiRyuu In reply to CaptainLackwit [2014-01-24 15:03:21 +0000 UTC]

Good to know that.

And yeah, you are right. Most OCs are either how a lot people see Gilda or they hate her, sometimes even including her own siblings or children. And a lot of both variants are simple re-colors of Gilda aswell.

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CaptainLackwit In reply to MugenSeiRyuu [2014-01-25 01:50:35 +0000 UTC]

It's an issue. Any OCs I've made, I've attempted to make them unique- standalone from other characters as much as possible.

It's a difficult but rewarding task.

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MugenSeiRyuu In reply to CaptainLackwit [2014-01-31 21:29:14 +0000 UTC]

My idea for a Griffon OC would be a Keythong who is also a scientiest.

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Erzherzog007 [2014-01-24 02:18:46 +0000 UTC]

That's a really good Griffon OC.

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CaptainLackwit In reply to Erzherzog007 [2014-01-24 03:25:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man.

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