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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 6h

Portrait of one of my characters, Rosalinde #art #OC #OCsky #elf #fantasyart

Digital portrait painting of a long-necked elf wearing round glasses. She has brown eyes and dark brown, chin-length curly hair

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

RP with your moon art Old concept art I made for my setting in 2021. I still like the atmosphere

digital painting of a figure standing on a misty, icy field in front of a huge moon. There are solid red pillars on the side

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

19. Eo is a great worm-like angel perpetually circling the sky without touching down. It follows its path with such regularity that one can keep time by it.

Digital sketchpage of a creature with a long serpentine body lined with fins, two large branching feathered wings just behind the head. The head roughly triangular and armored, with a long snout. On the underside is a humanoid face and ten spindly arms. A small human is shown for scale, about the size of the angel's eye.

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

17. The giants, or moon elves, have a triangle of ocelli (simple eyes) on their foreheads

digital sketch drawing of an elf with dark sclera, huge ears, messy long hair, and three dots on their forehead

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

12. Angels are mysterious winged beings, manifesting in various shapes--they may loosely resemble humanoids, animals, plants, objects or appear almost abstract. Their nature and motivations are obscured to mortals. The moon Edenhell is their home, but many wander the planet's surface as well

digital illustration of an angel resembling a horseshoe crab with a human face on the back of its shell, and its telson lined with six small wings. Its carapace is lined with golden ornamentation

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

6. In a time before living memory, giants from the moon Lunesh seeded the planet with metal-devouring triskelion nanites, fearing the power of the metal-working “dwarf” (actually just human) inhabitants. Modern elves are the descendants of giants who stayed behind.

digital size chart drawing of four doll-like figures. Leftmost is a giant androgynous humanoid with long limbs, long ears, huge antlers, dark sclera, and three dots on their forehead. Next to them is a human woman, and her height is between the wrist and elbow of the giant. Next to her are two half-elf figures, taller than the human by a couple of heads. On the leftmost side is a tall elf with antlers and long ears, and lanky arms extending down to their kneeds. The elf is about 4-5 heads taller than the human

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

5. Antlered elves have a cyclical growth cycle. In temperate climates, this cycle is synchronized to the change in seasons. Outbreaks of hormonal acne are common during the growth phase

digital illustration of six drawings of elves arranged in a circle, labeled "early spring," "late spring", "summer", "early autumn", "mid autumn", and "mid winter". The illustrations show the cycle of growth of antlers on the elf's head. There are no antlers in early spring, small velvet antlers in late spring, larger velvet antlers in summer, shedding of the velvet in early autumn, bare antlers in mid autumn, and shedding of the entire antler in mid winter.

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am learning micromoth pinning and spreading. Good lord. TOO SMALL

Photo of a hand holding tweezers in front of an extremely small moth pinned to a foam board, illuminated by a microscope light

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Vampire werewolf opera singer character design (WIP). Her name is Flaminia #OC #OCsky #art

digital painting of a pale woman in a flamboyant and glittering blue dress, with a headdress of tall blue feathers and a crescent moon ornament

digital sketch illustration of a white-furred werewolf wearing a blue gown with a sheer cape, adorned in glittering strings of beads. Her bat-like wings are starred like the night sky

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Went for a walk today and I love the incredibly vibrant orange of this flower

Photo of a four-petaled orange flower with round leaves

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Went back to an OC drawing I'd started last year. My favorite outdoors-hating, logistics-loving faun, Palomelia #OC #OCsky #OC-tober #art #portrait

black and white portrait drawing of a faun with long white hair, wearing earrings and a fancy dark doublet with an embroidered pattern

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

new angel design! Resplendant is a great angel with a floral motif that has existed only in my notes previously, and was needing some art! #OC #OCsky #OC-tober #art #characterdesign #worldbuilding

digital grayscale painting of a weird angel with a very long neck and four headwings. Its eyes are covered by leaflike ornamentation, and it has a second face with open eyes at the center of its body. The lower half of its body is without legs and shaped like a plant root, and it has two long arms and wings on its back that extend down past the root

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Let's play Collect All Living Things! \o/

digital drawing of a chibi six-limbed angel with four headwings, smiling while holding a mug of coffee. To the side are pinned insects, birds, and a cartoonish human, eyes and snakes in jars, and a pressed plant with leaves and flowers

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mini angel since it's been too long since I've drawn one #OC #OCsky #OC-tober #art #doodle

digital chibi drawing of a six-limbed angel with black horns, four headwings, and a tail reminiscent of a fern or sea worm. It is holding a large mug of coffee with a happy expression

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Almost all my OCs and much of my other art is all part of my worldbuilding project! There are weird angels, elves with antlers, and a society evolved around a complete lack of workable metals

Digital portrait painting of an elf in a style imitating ancient encaustic painting, with heavy texture. The figure has dark eyes and hair tied up in a bun, tan skin, a short beard, and is wearing a dull green cloak over a gray shirt.

digital drawing of an angel in the shape of a horseshoe crab with wings along its telson and a humanoid face on its shell

Digital sketch painting of a very elongated tall elf with spiky antlers, wearing tarnished bronze armor with turquoise fabric and orange hair, holding a long thin sword in one hand

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Worldbuilding sketch of my antlered elves. Their antlers grow and shed cyclically with the seasons, similar to reindeer. Elves may also experience irritating acne during the growth season. #art #sketch #worldbuilding #fantasyart #elves

digital sketch showing the growth of antlers on an elf's head over the course of seasons. Above "early spring" there are no antlers. Above "late spring" there are small velvet antlers, with rounded points. Under "summer" are large velvet antlers.

digital sketch showing the growth of antlers on an elf's head over the course of seasons. Above "early autumn" the antlers are bloody and shedding skin. Above "mid autumn" the antlers are bone white and sharp. Above "mid winter" the antlers have detached from the skull, and an arrow depicts one of them falling to the ground.

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Semireal OC painting (pls let me summon the willpower to actually finish these two) #art #OC #OCsky #fantasyart #elves

Loose digital painting of a long-necked elven woman with round glasses and curly hair

Digital sketch painting of an elf with antlers and beige hair

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I woke up at 3am and decided to sketch imaginary armor #art #armor #sketch

Digital sketch painting of fancy black and gold cuirass with silver ornamentation

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It has now become my first alcohol preserved specimen because I have an inordinate fondness for microfauna. Proper interior/exterior labels to be added once I'm back home.

Photograph of a hand holding a vial of clear liquid in which is a single black speck. The white tape label has the handwritten words "from greenhouse funnel" visible

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I tried another photo but scope + my camera phone were limiting. Antennae look triangular. Body was 0.75mm long! If I may ask, would you have a recommendation for keys to beetle ID? Maybe to family level? I've collected a bunch but it's not an order I've worked that much with

Photo of a minute dark-colored beetle on its back seen under a microscope

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Could this be a featherwing beetle? It is unbelievably small

Photo of a small brown beetle with open wings seen under a microscope, with a slightly larger reddish fly next to it

Photo of a small brown beetle under a microscope, next to an out of focus fly head with red eyes

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Holy wow, could this be a featherwing beetle? It's unbelievably small

Photo of view under a microscope showing a small brown beetle with wings extended next to a slightly larger fly

Photograph of view under a microscope of a small brown beetle next to the out of focus head of a fly with big red eyes. The beetle's letters are open and its delicate wings are fringed with hairs

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This collecting thing is going pretty ok so far. I'm learning. Once my temp job ends and I lose access to a scope it's about to become harder though, considering the types of insects I like 🥲

Close up photo of a pinned weevil seen through a microscope

Photo of a mounted tiny wasp seen through a microscope

Photo of a mounted tiny wasp with a dark metallic color, seen through a microscope

Photo of a mounted tiny red-brown wasp with banded wings seen through a microscope

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wow, congrats on the milestone!! I'm Gryffoon, an illustrator who loves grayscale, wings, and world building

digital grayscale portrait with visible brushtstrokes of a character with eye-dotted wings covering the upper half of his face like a mask, and long wild hair waving about. The lighting is like a spotlight

digital sepia-tone portrait of an elf with luminous antlers and star-shaped irises, with a long neck and flowing hair

grayscale landscape art of a figure standing on a rock at a misty shore where seabirds are flocking around. They're looking out across the water at an island with giant crystalline formations

Digital sepia tone portrait of a character with long white hair and two large headwings

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Slightly better photo of my acryla gouache green bee mini painting #art #bee #halictid #invertebrate

Photo of a card-sized gouache painting of a green metallic sweat bee standing on a flower with a yellow center and purple petals

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I didn't need to know that mosquitos came in XL size. Holy shit

Photo of a large mosquito point mounted on a pin on styrofoam. A human finger for scale

Close up photo of a large mosquito point mounted on a pin

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've recently had fun finding my own really small wasps. My temp job ends soon, so I'm saying goodbye to the insect collection and microscope access for the foreseeable future....feeling grief about it. been looking since March and still can't find a full-time job

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

QRP with your winged art 🪽

Digital illustration of a red-haired woman with golden wings, wearing a green dress. The text on the side bar says "Leondra" in red font. The background is a blue sky with a floating island

Digital drawing of a green demonic lion with wings, standing upright on his hind legs and holding a round red stone in one hand, and in the other a book with black pages and an eclipsed sun on the cover. Behind his head is a dark halo in the form of an eclipsed sun. He has short, bear-like ears, a humanoid nose, and a toothy grimace

digital portrait of a character with long, unkempt white hair, pale violet eyes, six headwings, and elf-like ears with two red tags on their left ear

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The off-target stuff that falls into these traps never ceases to amaze me...

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In awe of this robber fly that apparently took down a whole wasp

Photograph of a robber fly standing on top of a dead paper wasp on concrete

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Alright I'm feeling a lot less weepy over this today so I took my specimens out for a better look and I'm not even sure what this is. Some kind of fulgorid...? My Real Entomologist coworker is going to show me how to mount it next week which is exciting

Photograph of a pale hemipteran bug with long wings with a red edge, and a funny bumped structure on its forehead

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Flynn for @hellias.bsky.social !! I definitely have a soft spot for headwinger characters and I love his design #art #artfight #artfight2026

Sepia tone digital portrait of a character with long white hair and two large head wings

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I am an artist who loves painting wings and ethereal fantasy while working in grayscale and limited color palettes. I'm open for commissions and client work, and I'm especially interested in working on dark fantasy projects. ✉️gryffoon.art@gmail.com cara.app/gryffoon

Monochrome illustration of two girls sitting on a concrete wall at the edge of the sea, holding hands. There are waves crashing against the wall and a starry night sky with a large black hole in the sky. The girl on the left has long white hair, and is wearing a sweater and short skirt. There are bandages on her legs. The girl on the right has short dark hair and is wearing a button down shirt with one sleeve rolled up, and dark slacks

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This gorgeous metallic beetle accidentally fell into our funnel trap. Chlaenius sp. maybe? Beetles aren't my specialty

Photo of a metallic blue green beetle as seen through a microscope

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Revenge for @luavatre.bsky.social ! I love how the character's design reminded me of vintage shoujo manga, so I tried to depict her in that style #art #artfight #artfight2026

Grayscale portrait illustration of a character in vintage shoujo manga style. She is wearing a crown, has chin-length hair with side buns, a long neck, and fairy wings. The background is dark with a many-pointed star in the upper right

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Gryffoon @gryffoon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For @shenorai.bsky.social ! I've been meaning to draw Leondra for so long, and I'm glad I finally did! I love her design. I tried to go for an old jrpg art style here #artfight #art

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