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Edit: This is outdated, both designs and info but keeping this in the gallery if needing a referral for old stuff.

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"Sapient gryphon species - though most of gryphons are animals, there's six species total which have higher consciousness. Their lifestyle is natural like animals have, but are less or more magical and highly intelligent creatures.
Where they came from - that can't be explained with normal evolution. Is said that one day they just were there like they've always been, though they were not. Animal gryphons are product of evolution but these species were - maybe - just a random idea of Creator self."

Magicability level means something how much they're out of common laws of biology. Sometimes there's need for "a wizard did it" -factor, since technically most of them couldn't fly inside all common laws of physics.
And these gryphons here are very standard individuals, all males.

Species: Dracogryph (FI: draakkigriippi DE: der Drachengreif)
Physical appearance: Only fully scaled and biggest of all six gryphon species. They have huge wings and can fly well in wide spaces. Three toes per leg, though hind legs have a bit different toe structure. They are not very expressional, because their strong jaw muscles take space from other face muscles - they can't smile too well but bite with strong pressure. Dracogryphs grow up slowly and age slowly - matured in age of 50+ years, living time even 300-350 years.
Nature: The most calm ones regardless their rough appearance. Dracogryphs could be called even friendly. They are rather wise though they have a bit slow brain working.
Skills: They can breathe fire, just normal fire through chemical reaction. They can tolerate fire a short while too so misaimed breath won't kill a fellow individual. Dracogryphs have strong stomach with strong acid, and they can spit acid too if needed. Also, their tail spikes have some nerve poison. Poison strength varies individually. Commonly dracogryphs are immune to that poison but immunity also changes individually.

Species: Lupogryph (FI: lupogryfi DE: der Wolfsgreif)
Physical appearance: Smallest of all six gryphon species. They have very soft fur and round feathers. Their main colour is blue, amount of white area varies individually. Tail is long and fluffy, somewhat fox-like. They have only three toes per leg, front legs have a bit longer nails. No pawpads, but scaly soles. Good sense of hear and smell. Lupogryphs mature in age of ~15 and live up to ~60 years.
Nature: Friendly, cunning and curious. Small size gives some advantages, like agile movements, and it fits for their fast working thinking.
Skills: A such fast healing of minor wounds and they can see well in very little light.

Species: Leogriff (FI: jellonagriippi DE: der Löwengreif)
Physical appearance: Curly maned and golden in main colour. Their front legs are fluffy and partially scaled and very strong, hind legs are just...legs. They have long wings with a such common looking feathers. Matured after 15 years, living age ~65 years.
Nature: Really full of themselves. That tells about everything...
Skills: They have great aerial agility and minor static electricity skill.

Species: Tygregryph (FI: tiikerigriippi DE: der Tigergreif)
Physical appearance: Heavy shaped gryphons with strong beak and squareish, coarse feathers. Their biting pressure is the second best right after dracogryphs. Front legs have four tiger-style toes and scaly soles, hind legs are more scaly, not that heavy what front legs and a bit strange muscle structure. Good sense of smell. Main colour varies from orangeish red to purpleish red, stripes are different individually. Matured near 18 years, living time ~75 years.
Nature: Stubborn and somewhat reserved - these gryphons have doubts against everybody and anybody at first. They are usually calm and clever, but can turn aggressive and then there's hell around.
Skills: Resistance for some magical based curses, good physical tolerability. Some tygregryphs can master some magical based skills, like minor heat control or rising physical strength for a short while.

Species: Hippogriff (FI: hippogryfi DE: der Hippogreif)
Physical appearance: A such heavy shaped, often fluffy gryphons. Hind legs have hooves, front legs have three toes merged together (so they do not move separately) and a small sharp thumb. Main colour is white - varies from grayish to beigeish and to full white and blue hued white. Wings have sharp feathers, colour varies in blue and green hues. Matured near 18 years, living time ~75 years.
Nature: Think they are the best creatures of all, but that's too common among gryphons. Hippogriffs are also very boastful.
Skills: Fast regeneration even for hard wounds, able to do some air pressure changes and static electricity.

Species: Hellgriff (FI: hornangriippi DE: der Höllengreif)
Physical appearance: Short body, long legs, light looking bodyshape. Hellgriffs have long mane around neck and it continues over back to the half way of tail. Hind legs have split hooves -looking claws plus one curved spike on heel and front legs have three long and sharp claws plus one wrist spike. Main colour is dark purpleish or blueish, some individuals can be almost black. Hellgriffs don't have any kind of nostrils. These griffs mature after 20 years and live total 100-120 years.
Nature: Egotistic, narcissistic and somewhat hellish to anybody else of other species. Every individuals think they're the best. Only children and 100+ individuals give some more respect from others. Commonly they are very intelligent and learn things very fast.
Skills: Heavy arsenal of magical tricks and immunity/resistance against them. Hellgriffs are almost out of normal laws of physics. They can handle energy much better than any other gryphon species.

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¤ Pencil lines, coloured in Photoshop. Gryphons originate from old myths and nobody really have rights for generic "gryphon" concept. Just these certain designs are mine.

Description

Edit: This is outdated, both designs and info but keeping this in the gallery if needing a referral for old stuff.

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"Sapient gryphon species - though most of gryphons are animals, there's six species total which have higher consciousness. Their lifestyle is natural like animals have, but are less or more magical and highly intelligent creatures.
Where they came from - that can't be explained with normal evolution. Is said that one day they just were there like they've always been, though they were not. Animal gryphons are product of evolution but these species were - maybe - just a random idea of Creator self."

Magicability level means something how much they're out of common laws of biology. Sometimes there's need for "a wizard did it" -factor, since technically most of them couldn't fly inside all common laws of physics.
And these gryphons here are very standard individuals, all males.

Species: Dracogryph (FI: draakkigriippi DE: der Drachengreif)
Physical appearance: Only fully scaled and biggest of all six gryphon species. They have huge wings and can fly well in wide spaces. Three toes per leg, though hind legs have a bit different toe structure. They are not very expressional, because their strong jaw muscles take space from other face muscles - they can't smile too well but bite with strong pressure. Dracogryphs grow up slowly and age slowly - matured in age of 50+ years, living time even 300-350 years.
Nature: The most calm ones regardless their rough appearance. Dracogryphs could be called even friendly. They are rather wise though they have a bit slow brain working.
Skills: They can breathe fire, just normal fire through chemical reaction. They can tolerate fire a short while too so misaimed breath won't kill a fellow individual. Dracogryphs have strong stomach with strong acid, and they can spit acid too if needed. Also, their tail spikes have some nerve poison. Poison strength varies individually. Commonly dracogryphs are immune to that poison but immunity also changes individually.

Species: Lupogryph (FI: lupogryfi DE: der Wolfsgreif)
Physical appearance: Smallest of all six gryphon species. They have very soft fur and round feathers. Their main colour is blue, amount of white area varies individually. Tail is long and fluffy, somewhat fox-like. They have only three toes per leg, front legs have a bit longer nails. No pawpads, but scaly soles. Good sense of hear and smell. Lupogryphs mature in age of ~15 and live up to ~60 years.
Nature: Friendly, cunning and curious. Small size gives some advantages, like agile movements, and it fits for their fast working thinking.
Skills: A such fast healing of minor wounds and they can see well in very little light.

Species: Leogriff (FI: jellonagriippi DE: der Löwengreif)
Physical appearance: Curly maned and golden in main colour. Their front legs are fluffy and partially scaled and very strong, hind legs are just...legs. They have long wings with a such common looking feathers. Matured after 15 years, living age ~65 years.
Nature: Really full of themselves. That tells about everything...
Skills: They have great aerial agility and minor static electricity skill.

Species: Tygregryph (FI: tiikerigriippi DE: der Tigergreif)
Physical appearance: Heavy shaped gryphons with strong beak and squareish, coarse feathers. Their biting pressure is the second best right after dracogryphs. Front legs have four tiger-style toes and scaly soles, hind legs are more scaly, not that heavy what front legs and a bit strange muscle structure. Good sense of smell. Main colour varies from orangeish red to purpleish red, stripes are different individually. Matured near 18 years, living time ~75 years.
Nature: Stubborn and somewhat reserved - these gryphons have doubts against everybody and anybody at first. They are usually calm and clever, but can turn aggressive and then there's hell around.
Skills: Resistance for some magical based curses, good physical tolerability. Some tygregryphs can master some magical based skills, like minor heat control or rising physical strength for a short while.

Species: Hippogriff (FI: hippogryfi DE: der Hippogreif)
Physical appearance: A such heavy shaped, often fluffy gryphons. Hind legs have hooves, front legs have three toes merged together (so they do not move separately) and a small sharp thumb. Main colour is white - varies from grayish to beigeish and to full white and blue hued white. Wings have sharp feathers, colour varies in blue and green hues. Matured near 18 years, living time ~75 years.
Nature: Think they are the best creatures of all, but that's too common among gryphons. Hippogriffs are also very boastful.
Skills: Fast regeneration even for hard wounds, able to do some air pressure changes and static electricity.

Species: Hellgriff (FI: hornangriippi DE: der Höllengreif)
Physical appearance: Short body, long legs, light looking bodyshape. Hellgriffs have long mane around neck and it continues over back to the half way of tail. Hind legs have split hooves -looking claws plus one curved spike on heel and front legs have three long and sharp claws plus one wrist spike. Main colour is dark purpleish or blueish, some individuals can be almost black. Hellgriffs don't have any kind of nostrils. These griffs mature after 20 years and live total 100-120 years.
Nature: Egotistic, narcissistic and somewhat hellish to anybody else of other species. Every individuals think they're the best. Only children and 100+ individuals give some more respect from others. Commonly they are very intelligent and learn things very fast.
Skills: Heavy arsenal of magical tricks and immunity/resistance against them. Hellgriffs are almost out of normal laws of physics. They can handle energy much better than any other gryphon species.

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¤ Pencil lines, coloured in Photoshop. Gryphons originate from old myths and nobody really have rights for generic "gryphon" concept. Just these certain designs are mine.