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This is a very nice updated sketch of my golden jackal / long-legged buzzard (hawk) 'sona, Auric, in his full gryphon form. I believe that he is the first gryphon to mix golden jackal (African golden wolf) and long-legged buzzard, the former being an uncommon furry species and the latter being practically unheard of among furry circles. I'm very happy with how his griffon form turned out. This is just a minor update of the previous version of this sketch, to include a darker forehead because that better balances out the appearance of his head.
In this sketch he is in what heraldic art calls the Sejant pose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attit.....ldry%29#Sejant
I know some people have definite opinions about what avian/mammal combinations should be called a "Gryphon" and if it makes those people happier they can call him a simuran (a winged canine, a relative of the Simurgh/Senmurv "dog-bird" http://www.gryphonpages.com/relatives/ or based on Semargl/Simargl/Simurgl/'simuran' legends from pagan Slavic mythology) rather than a Gryphon but I usually reserve the term 'simuran' for a winged canine that has a canine head and use 'gryphon' for one with an avian head.
The artwork is drawn by Mohrne who can be found on Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~mohrne . Mohrne's character Aurin is a fairly well-known shapeshifting canine gryphon character (based on Valravn lore) and was thus one of the first artists that I thought of when I decided my winged jackal 'sona was going to have a gryphon form and was a big help in developing my 'sona's wing design. The similarity between Auric and Aurin's names is purely coincidental and their colors and personalities are quite different.
An original version of this drawing can also be found on Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/1.....s-gryphon-form and my own example edit of it is over here: http://sta.sh/02ctmqt4tei3
Pictures of real long-legged buzzards (a hawk, not a vulture):
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/long-l.....-flight-photos Combo of 2 flight photo's (shows underside and back of the same bird's wings)
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/long-l.....autiful-raptor BEAUTIFUL RAPTOR
There are more links in one of my Journals: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5198031/
Auric "Starstryder" © me. Art by Mohrne https://www.weasyl.com/~mohrne
In this sketch he is in what heraldic art calls the Sejant pose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attit.....ldry%29#Sejant
I know some people have definite opinions about what avian/mammal combinations should be called a "Gryphon" and if it makes those people happier they can call him a simuran (a winged canine, a relative of the Simurgh/Senmurv "dog-bird" http://www.gryphonpages.com/relatives/ or based on Semargl/Simargl/Simurgl/'simuran' legends from pagan Slavic mythology) rather than a Gryphon but I usually reserve the term 'simuran' for a winged canine that has a canine head and use 'gryphon' for one with an avian head.
The artwork is drawn by Mohrne who can be found on Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~mohrne . Mohrne's character Aurin is a fairly well-known shapeshifting canine gryphon character (based on Valravn lore) and was thus one of the first artists that I thought of when I decided my winged jackal 'sona was going to have a gryphon form and was a big help in developing my 'sona's wing design. The similarity between Auric and Aurin's names is purely coincidental and their colors and personalities are quite different.
An original version of this drawing can also be found on Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/1.....s-gryphon-form and my own example edit of it is over here: http://sta.sh/02ctmqt4tei3
Pictures of real long-legged buzzards (a hawk, not a vulture):
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/long-l.....-flight-photos Combo of 2 flight photo's (shows underside and back of the same bird's wings)
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/long-l.....autiful-raptor BEAUTIFUL RAPTOR
There are more links in one of my Journals: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5198031/
Auric "Starstryder" © me. Art by Mohrne https://www.weasyl.com/~mohrne
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Gryphon
Size 900 x 705px
File Size 132.3 kB
Listed in Folders
Thank you! The word 'simuran' is not widely used on English language websites yet, but it seems fairly common on Slavic language websites; in art it refers to a winged wolf or any winged canine. I had been searching for a good word for a winged canine and I was happy to find one that has connections to old legends that we do not usually hear in the west.
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