I’m finally starting to get some things finished! This is the first really realistic drawing I've done since Wolf Profile in 2001. A young snake eagle gryphon looks noble for his picture (when don’t gryphons look noble?). I’m aware that the composition is mind numbingly boring. I wanted a simple, clear, and straightforward composition with a “no questions asked” focal point. This was intended to be a practice piece for realism and texture, but turned out nice enough that I wanted to refine it and post it here. Mechanical pencil on sketchbook paper, 6 ¾ by 5 ½ inches. I really should use the nicer art supplies I have leftover from school, but I always fall back on the old materials I’m more comfortable with. I really like mechanical pencils.

Eagle eyeballed from a juvenile black-breasted snake eagle photo by Peter Steyn (posted with permission), clouds referenced from one of my own photos, and ears referenced from my imagination.

Artwork © Shimmerhawk. Do not use without permission.