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Tacimur — four-legged hawk
Published: 2004-08-20 21:12:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 6610; Favourites: 150; Downloads: 674
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Painting this really made me feel better. I painted non-stop and let it all out, so to say.I tried to reduce my use of special effects tools but in the end I only avoided the dodge/burn tool and used pretty much everything else.
That creature belongs to my oldest made-up species, they exist for about twelve years now. Well, not really made-up, rather based on some weird toy I had. In 'my world', they have the same function as coyotes or (small) wolves. They're playful, intelligent creatures and come in a large variety of colors and patterns.
Done entirely in Photoshop.
And yes. Please don't mention the tail feathers.
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Comments: 76
i have an sudden urge to look up harry potter on da
except i dont see wings and hooves
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There are other types of griffins than hippogriffs.
And this animal was created before JKR even began writing.
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i love how youve made everthing look soft and floofy ^_^
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AWESOME!
Very inspirational - I want one.
I'm adding this to my favourites, and setting it as my desktop background on my computer and my PDA.
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beautiful creature design.. so simple, yet so amazing : ).
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I thought it was one of them mad horsy-bird thingies from Harry Potter. You know the ones I mean. I hope.
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Yep... somewhere in the comments on this piece someone accused me of stealing Hippogriffs from JKR... e.e woot.
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Well, JKR ain't the only one who uses hawsybirds. There was a talking one in that Chronicles of Narnia flick that came out last year, so be happy in your creation!!
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Heh. Gryphons go back to acient Greek mythology, and this isn't even one. No out-of-species parts there, except for the four-leggishness.
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I remember now (mere seconds after posting the first message)!! They're called hippogriffs!! I thought your hawk was a hippogriff.
...I still prefer to call 'em hawsybirds...
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This is such a neat creature, I love the design (it would be very neat to see one of these standing up or running, just to show its looks off).
It looks very wise and determined, a proud and strong creature...
It's feathers look so soft and warm, I want to pet and scuffle around it’s belly feathers (I wouldn’t dare to do that though 
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Thank you! 
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I really like it! It was an imediat fav!
even just looking at it calmed be a bit. I'm sorta being awed here...
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It looks so soft, but I can see how they might have the coyote/wolves role.
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Beautiful CGing--those are some fluffy feathers, there. =0 The background is also deserving of some gawking.
I wonder if they would, if domesticated, puke to show their affection, as a friend of mine complains that his large birds do to him.
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Oh god. I love this and I love you and... this is gorgeous. Hawks are the best ever.
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Woah... That reminds me so much of that creature in Harry Potter... I think it's in the newest movie.. The Prisoner of Azkaban maybe? Anyways, it looks fantastic. Great job.
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OMG!! This picture, it's way too good, AWSOME ART!! You really are good
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aw...simply cute, but I'm sure it could really hurt you if it wanted to O_o
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hehe süss, Vogelkojoten? sind die auch so schrecklich nervig? ^^ Ich find die Krallen total niedlich ö.ö;
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It looks a lot like Buckbeak.
Buckbeak (c) J.K. Rowling @@;
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Eep... you're not serious are you? That is, if you try to tell me I'm violating JKR's copyrights with this... oO Do you see any ressemblance to a horse in there? This isn't even a gryphon, which don't belong to anyone but are mythical creatures. As I said I based off a toy I got when I was nine years old. This thing doesn't even have wings...
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I know I wasn't saying your species I just mentioned her beast so I felt obligated to put the copyright. @@;
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I really like this creature. It is a nice mix of different animals.
I think that you made the tail feathers look very good. I like drawing birds but i always end up doing their tail wrong.
The background kicks ass. I wish I had the patience to make a real background like this which is something I am quite sure I'll be able to do.
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Hehe! Cute! I want one 
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Such beauty in such a simple beast. I love it...
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Manchmal finde ich es echt fies, dass es Leute gibt, die mit Photoshop umgehen können... ziemlich cooles Design!
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this is really nice and loose, it shows ur emotion...ok so the weird part I have one of those toys, its a pink color thats translucent in some parts, i always thought it was a griffon with out wings
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I'm always partial to avian characteristics, but the way you were able to add feathers to a quadraped's body, and make them flow so well (Not to mention the sheer depth of the forest) means I can honestly say it's far more then positive bias that makes me like this painting.
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A Wyrsa with a hawks head and feathers instead of a viper/wolf head with scales....
-shrugs- and nowhere near as evil looking
I like it, and im too tired to say its spiffy (oh, there we go), so im out...
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... a what? o.@ Never heard of that. Would be thankful for explanation... and thanks. ^^
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Haha, sorry, i guess you havent read the Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey. the Wyrsa (as far as i remember), were created by a dark mage as bassically hunting dogs to track people that he wanted, but he died, and they got loose and sorta wander the different plains of existance.
Bassically theyre pretty good sized, and look like a cross between a pit viper and a wolf or a fox or something. Very nasty lil buggers, real tuff too.
but yours is really really spiffy ^_^
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nice detail
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Wow, interesting design for that creature...and I love your Photoshop skill O_O It's so detailed and realistic!
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This is awesome, I love the way you did the background. (:
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oohh is das süüüß^^ *knuff*..war schon lange nimma hier muss erst ma deine galla durchstöbern^^
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wirklich sehr gut gelungen. vor allem die combi mit dem hintergrund... das einzige was mich stört ist das auge ;_; es sieht so tot aus, so flach.
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Nya bei dem Auge hatte ich das Foto von nem Habicht vor mir. Sah ungefähr so aus... [link] oder [link] ... so wahnsinnig ausdruckstark kucken die Viecher nich... ^^"
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mh stimmpt. sehn genauso flach aus. ok na dann^^ wirkt halt net so fein. aber wenn es realistisch gehalten sein soll isses so am besten.
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Ein Hippogreif ohne Flügel? *vor Taci flieh* Du kannst nichts dafür, dass er mich an Seidenschnabel erinnert. Von Pose, Blick, Kopfhaltung. Schönes, stolzes Tier. Und das Fell/Gefieder! Die angewinkelte Kralle des Hinterlaufs. Und der Background ist auch sehr schön, so frische frühlingshafte Farben, pures Leben. Wirklich sehr, sehr schönes Bild.
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I'm so glad I clicked full-view
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schöne Kreatur, hat etwas sehr mystisches an sich
all die Details geben ihm einen sehr realistisches aussehen und es hat diesen stechenen Raubvogelblick, den ich in diesem Fall sehr gelungen finde, als ob er stehts wachsam ist. Beeindruckend und beängstigen zugleich
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