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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Arctic gryphon

Does a gryphon always have to be a mix between an eagle and a lion? Or can this mythological creature be a mix between other creatures as well? I've seen different bird/big cat mixes, lupogryphs and hippogrifs. I think, I once saw a penguin/polar bear mix. But as far as I know, this is the only Antarctic Gryphon in the Elfwood. (Please tell me if I'm wrong.) This gryphon is a mix between a penguin and a orca. Both these creatures live at the South Pole, therefore the name. I'm planning on having this coloured with watercolours very soon, but so far it's only pencil on paper.

Update 11/15 2000:
I've finally found some time to get this pic coloured and stuff. It's one of my old(est) pictures, but it's still one of my favourites, so I thought it would look nice with all new colours. What do you think? Are the colours right?

[Watercolours on paper]


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Arctic gryphon - SciFi and Fantasy Art by Cecilie Larsen
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Categories: [Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters]
Techniques: [Pencil/Graphite Pen]
DateNameComment 
27 Nov 200345 Seth karsiall
Actually, Griffins don't always have to be a mix between a bird and a lion or cat-type animal. There is a certain species of griffins that are called "griffs" where it is a griffin mixed with other creatures as well.
4 May 200445 Arianna Felina
Aw, whatever it's called, I don't care, and neither should anyone else, because it's original and imaginative and colorful and pretty, and it's doing something OTHER than killing braincells! Wonderful job, Miss Larsen, keep it up!
3 Sep 200445 Majik
I think it's an inspired picture and I don't care what the heck you want to call it. I tend to prefer if people stick to existing definitions if they draw something which has a definite name but all definitions are a little bit flexible.
I bet it could swim at quite a pace and be manoeuverable with an orca's tail and penguin's wings.
3 Sep 200445 Samm
I don't care what anyone says about griffins or gryphons or chimaeras or hippogriffs or hyppo-Guild-Member-snobs, YOU are the artist and YOU decide what it's called.

And it's awesome! You've created a really cool creature that I think people should appreciate no matter what its name is. Need I quote Shakespeare at you, people?
4 Sep 200445 Rhia
Wait... is he about to snagthat little squiddy thing with his beak? Totally cool!
4 Sep 200445 Rachel
Wow, I absolutely love this pic. I don't know if it would be considered a gryphin or not, but you're the artist and you get to decide. I love the way you blended the two bodies together, it looks like it should be a real kind of animal. Keep up the amazing work.
4 Sep 200445 Amaya
Whaaa. I've never seen a hybrid penguin/whale. Haha! It looks really real! (did that make sence?)
19 Jan 200545 Anonymous
This looks a bit like the Gannetwhale from 'The Future is Wild' series.
26 May 2006:-) Heather Rae Clever
I like this, especially the way the penguin blends into the orca so well. At first I thought the frontal fins were too large, but then I realized that you probably meant for them to be proportional in the way a penguin's flippers are to a penguin's body, rather than how an orca's flippers are to an orca's body.

And it's a bit funny, the way some like to rigidly classify a creature of -fantasy-.
6 Jan 2007:-) Casey Louise Schauer
Wow that's fantastic! The colours are just right and it blends so well. Such an original idea. I was wondering is that just pencil or is it watercolours?
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