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Erin M. Schmidt

"Traveller" by Erin M. Schmidt

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Tag As FavoriteComment		It's beginning to look like a gryphon/dragon/unicorn convention in here, and while I love all of the above in their various incarnations, there are plenty of mythological creatures out there that only rarely show up in contemporary fantasy art.

One of my favorites of these is the peryton, which appears to be half bird and half stag, but closer observation reveals that this strange creature casts a human shadow. Traditionally inimical to people, perytons were thought to house the spirits of travellers who died far from home.


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1 Mar 2004:-) Xenia Eliassen (Swandog)
Eeeeeeeeee!!! 1 I adore perytons, and hardly no one draws them!! I like your version with the forelegs added, since usually they are either winged deer or eagles with deer heads (both of which are nice as well). I'm curious if you're going to add the shadow underneath it? 2The first peryton I saw was half-bird, half-deer, so that's the image that stuck with me, though I've seen both the versions you describe since. And the original image has the shadow in pencil, but it scanned so poorly that I erased it digitally. I agree that it does kinda detract from the full effect.
2 May 2004:-) Erin ´EireWolf´ Metcalf
How wonderfully weird! This pic has great texture. A nice touch would be the aforementioned human shadow angling off behind it.... ^_^
4 Aug 2004:-) Andrea Ro
I've never heard of or seen one of these. I like it! Where do you find out about these magnificent mythical creatures? I'd probably try to draw them if I knew they existed!
I love this picture, it's beautiful.
26 Aug 2004:-) Dafna Friedenriech
WOW! I really, really love this image! Cool concept.
27 Oct 200445 Anonymous
This reminds of that wof-deer pic. I wonder how that thing gets around???
30 May 200545 Jennifer M. Lawson
This is a very curious creature. Does it gallop or just stand straight like a bird? Since it's back legs are so small when it runs it looks like it would also be flying so the weight on the back legs wouldn't be to much?
12 Apr 2008:-) Jake Phoenix Beasley
How does it create a human shadow? And why?
1 Feb 2010:-) Daniela Black Phoenix Irimiash
Awsome peryton! 1
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'Traveller':
 • Created by: :-) Erin M. Schmidt
 • Copyright: ©Erin M. Schmidt. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Ballpoint, Deer, Folklore, Heraldry, Peryton, Winged
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Ballpoint Pen
 • Submitted: 2004-02-25 04:17:30
 • Views: 1984
 • Resolution: 577x587

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