Yeeeeah this started out as a speedpaint but I got super carried away. Done in Painter and Photoshop (for the first time in a long time, I spent more of this in PS than Painter.) I think I'm incapable of doing speedpaints... I was trying to work on depth, light, and texture. Woohoo! The creature started out a gryphon, but I just did not have room for the hind legs - oops! but I kept the tail cuz I like it.