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Published: 2017-10-23 15:11:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 6073; Favourites: 148; Downloads: 24
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Here is the updated character reference for my interpretation of a male Greek Griffin for my series, Mythologies: Journey Through The Ancient World.
Note: I based the design of the head off the dinosaur; Protoceratops, because when people first discovered their skeletons, they thought they belonged to griffins.
Note 2: The Protoceratops head is based off a reference done by DrScottHartman , and I based the colors off a gray crowned crane.
EDIT: Redesigned the wings.
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I still prefer that the gryphons are more like dinosaurs, especially the deinonychosaurs, and I depict that they are not only more like raptors, but also I depict that the gryphons are jackal-sized, from 30-50cm tall between the shoulders and hips.
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Well, to each, their own. I used Protoceratops because it is said their bones inspired the myth of the Griffins.
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While I'm still scratching my head to figure out how people thought Protoceratops skulls were Griffin skulls, I gotta say that this looks quite interesting.
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well, since they never seen a dinosaur and the protoceratops skull looks avian for someone unaware, iit was easy to mistake it without a living reference to compare it.
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Thanks. I first heard of this when I looked into a fantasy book years ago and saw an illustration of a griffin with a Protoceratops head.
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