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Sapphfyr — Request 37 - Akira

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Published: 2015-06-03 02:30:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 978; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 11
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One of many quick requests I took on for practice/fun/etc. First gryphon of the group. Tried to compile the qualities they were looking for. I liked the coloration choice they had set up for her. :D

This is for Night Mist on MLP Forums, or here on dA. They have requested to include her bio here, which you will find below.



Name: Akira
Gender: Female
Species: Gryphon, griffon depending on how you spell it.
Age: Adult

Personality: Akira is a bit of a smart alec given a chance even in a serious conversation she'll crack a joke. Despite this she is a bit reserved being more open around her friends and closed up around people she doesn't know. She considers herself to be really knowledgeable and she is to a degree, however because of this she hates to admit when she is wrong. In fact when she makes a mistake she'll either worry about people figuring it out, or will go out of her way to cover it up or justify herself. And like most griffons she can be a bit greedy even without meaning to.

Background: She in part grew up in Griffonstone though her family moved while she was still somewhat young to Cloudsdale. Mostly because Akira's mother wanted to move away from her own mother to someplace she wouldn't follow. Though it was also a good chance to raise Akira in a better environment. Akira however still thinks of Griffonstone as her home and probably always will. However, she really has not bothered to move back, she visits once in awhile but doesn't want to move so far away from her mom and dad in case something ever happened to them and they needed her help. Anyway after the move it did take her awhile to adjust and she felt out of place. After a few weeks she did finally open up and make some friends. One of which being a rather odd pegasus. 

Likes: She likes going to festivals, eating candy, bad jokes, good jokes, puns, and reading books. 
Dislikes: Stairs (She fell down some when she was young), bullies, being bored, and moving.



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Comments: 19

Quillamore [2015-11-12 04:23:04 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhhh...snow leopard griffons!  So unique and cool!

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Sapphfyr In reply to Quillamore [2015-11-12 06:32:47 +0000 UTC]

Credit goes to DarkBachuru on that one.♥ ^-^b

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MixItPixIt [2015-08-23 12:48:30 +0000 UTC]

Gratz on your icon sucks! Well done!

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Sapphfyr In reply to MixItPixIt [2015-08-23 19:44:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad DarkBachuru got their character featured, haha.

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MixItPixIt In reply to Sapphfyr [2015-08-23 20:16:42 +0000 UTC]

^-^

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DarkBachuru [2015-07-10 02:53:14 +0000 UTC]

I couldn't find this in my favorites, I was panicking. ;-; I it got removed or I forgot to add it.

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-07-10 21:23:00 +0000 UTC]

No issue, haha. xD Glad you found it again no issue though?

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DarkBachuru In reply to Sapphfyr [2015-07-10 21:28:18 +0000 UTC]

Just worried now about what else either was forgotten to be faved or accidentally removed. 0-o

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-07-10 21:49:52 +0000 UTC]

Heheh... yeah, I know that fear. xD Finding one thing out of place, then questioning if there's not 10 more.

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DarkBachuru In reply to Sapphfyr [2015-07-10 21:52:06 +0000 UTC]

Not a fun fear for sure. I'll go through everything tomorrow hopefully everything else is fine. 

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-07-10 22:03:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, hopefully it was just the one, haha. ^-^b

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JonasDarkmane [2015-06-03 09:39:02 +0000 UTC]

This looks fantastic. I love that you were able to do something different from ponies . This is marvelously well done   

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Sapphfyr In reply to JonasDarkmane [2015-06-03 18:19:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it was fun going with something a tad different, but still heavily related. ^-^ And thanks!

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DarkBachuru [2015-06-03 02:59:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. I really love how you drew her. ^_^

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-06-03 18:19:26 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like her. :D And you're quite welcome~

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DarkBachuru In reply to Sapphfyr [2015-06-03 18:44:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm just glad you could work with two references. It must of been a bit weird.

I designed my part of her closely after the real animals. The patterns on the wings in the example I gave you were the feather pattern of a real snowy owl. With a tiny twist on the long wing feathers (in both my and my friend's example) and eyes. I didn't want to go with black for her spots though so I got the idea for that grey (and some of the spots themselves) from a snow leopard request I had. 

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-06-03 20:58:05 +0000 UTC]

Maybe a little, but it also made it more interesting. xD I ended up redrawing a small part or two because I missed a key detail, but all in all I think it worked out well enough.

And that makes sense. Sometimes the best things to draw from is the real world--heck, even when learning to draw cartoons/anime/etc, it's suggested to draw from the real world, and learn that, before drifting over. The same logic seems to hold for ideas too?

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DarkBachuru In reply to Sapphfyr [2015-06-03 21:23:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it did and now you at least know you can work with two references and make a gryphon (Yes I'm jumping around with the spelling I can't decide which one I want to use it seems. )  

Yeah I would say so. I've always tended when I get an idea to look at a real world examples if it's possible.  

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Sapphfyr In reply to DarkBachuru [2015-06-04 02:00:33 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, true true. I think the whole theme of these requests is practice anyways. :D

I think it's a great habit to get into. xD What works in the real world is excellent grounding in fictional ones.

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