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Published: 2009-01-19 18:36:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 12748; Favourites: 523; Downloads: 203
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A commission for ~swandog for her husband, ~sayh , of his Panduck character!
He's a Mandarin duck/red panda gryphon who also loves puns. There are various "pan" items throughout the forest - can you find them all?After doing this painting I can definitely say I've gained an appreciation for the beauty of Mandarin ducks - I didn't know any creature could be so colorful!
Panduck is © to ~sayh - check out all his awesome photography!
Art is © me
Ink, watercolor, and a bit of white gouache on hot-press Arches watercolor paper, 9X12 inches
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Actually no...a gryphon, even the ancient ones, were often mixes of various other things besides just lion and eagle; some of them had the hind-parts of a dog, and others had a serpent's tail, or a camel's tail. They've been depicted with both horse/wild ass ears and floppy spaniel ears. Sometimes they had a goat's beard under their beaks, or a mane covering their necks, or lacked wings, or had spikes instead of wings. The beak has been shown as both sharp and soft, often with teeth or tusks. They've been depicted with two horns or a decorative knob on their heads. And then there are all the gryphon relatives, such as hippogryphs, opinici, keythongs, simurghs and more, all of which look very close to gryphons, but are mixes of creatures other than simply lion and eagle. So no one can definitively say what exactly a gryphon (or dragon, or any other mythical beast) is or isn't, because their appearance has changed from culture to culture and from time period to time period, and are still changing today.
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Can you show me this lore. Oh wait. No your mixing up hypogryphs and griffins. They are not the same.
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If you read my comment, I said "gryphon relatives, which look very close to gryphons", which hippogryphs do. There's also the Hieracosphinx (forgot to include them). There is lots of scholarly gryphon lore out there, for those who want to study it: gryphonpages.com/bibliography/ (My highest recommendation would be Joe Nigg's "Book of Gryphons", which I used to own, and sadly lost during a move: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0918… .)
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Wow what a pretty painting. Looks so magical and peaceful a place I would love to live in.
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I love hidden pictures! It took me awhile, but I found: pan pipes, a pan (as in ‘fawn’), a pair of pants, pansies, Pandora’s box, a panel, a panda, a frying pan, and pancakes. I found the panther last of all. I had to read the comments to understand ‘swanpan’ and ‘pan’ bread though. Is there anything else I missed? I’m sure I see something in the right branch of the left tree. Did you hide something in the knotholes or tree bark? Also, there seems to be a flying bat above the flowers that are next to the pancakes. Great picture! I had fun looking for all the hidden things.
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Brilliant work!
very well detailed and full of beautiful colors!
congrats on your DD!
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Hehehe, I recognized that critter!
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The character is very creative, the colour scheme is fantastic and the scene is really nice!
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bery intresthing you have a great mind and thats good
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Really the concept on this one, and how you put it. Nice work
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i see a panda!!
this entire composition is absolutely adorable^^
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wooooooooooooooooooooow....
i so like that.
you must have had a lot time working on that.
grat
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Oh how wonderful, congratulations on the daily deviation! I love the dark foresty lighting in this one that you achieved by using veeerry dark shadow areas. Nicely done!
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Thanks! I'm still trying to get the hang of it, and hopefully my frequent outings to wooded areas will help!
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awesome painting!
do you hunt them during duck season or varmint season?
call him in with a pan flute album?
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Oooh very nice and unique there, love the shades of green and that creature you've drawn, he/she's pretty cool looking
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I agree - ~sayh 's Panduck is a very awesome character. He was very fun to paint!
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Haha I can imagine, and I see lolo, I thought it was your own creation tbh >_<. Excellent job with painting it though, its really nice regardless
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Excelent. Love the colours and how the... wee guy was drawn - very interesting and lovely!
Love the wee "easter egg" there too
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Very odd creature that he's made. xD
But this is a very good painting! I like all of the little details. It's obvious you put a lot of time into this!
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I love how you have worked with that background!
Looks wonderful!
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XD love the pun concept. how many are there hidden in there? I see: panda, pansies, pan flute, pandora's box, pancakes, and something that looks like bread so... panini?
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It could be panini, though I was going for the general term 'pan' which means 'bread' in several languages.
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I thought it was a football. xD I was like 'whaat?'
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pan is japanese for bread ! I love this picture da xiong mao the panda made of leaves is beautiful he could be a masterpiece all his own! ^^
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Amazing, I like this.. It's like one of those pictures you look on for ages and still find something new. I'm half expecting to find Wally along with all the stuff hidden there 
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Wow!! This is super magnificent!! I can't find all the stuff though, I don't know how they're "pan" items! (Pain was a good one though! 
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I think I do see the panther now - Above the gryphon's head? And I see someone else said Pandora's box, so that's what that box is 
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Wow, what a piece of genius!! 
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Awesome creature. I love the background, it's very detailed, I especially love the trees.
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I SEE PANTHER!
those little details are so awesome. and his pose is incredibly cute too
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Very nice! I must say that I have never seen this form of "gryphon?" before. Love your colors and style
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A very whimsical watercolor painting. I found most of the hidden objects that have to do with the word "pan". The leaves of the trees are just amazing. I'm glad that you had a lot of fun!
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Welcomes!
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