Asiatic Hippogryph

Trying my hand at fun and interesting hippogryph combinations again, and wow am I happy with the results! 8D Here we have a japanese crane and gazelle mix. Or at least I thought it was until I drew all the pretty markings and *then* realized that there is no such gazelle/antelope/deer that has those >.< Still pretty though!

Inspired by all the incredible art I've seen recently, I wanted to do something a little better quality than my usual "throw some lines on a page and fix it in photoshop later" routine. Yes, I *did* add textures and colors digitally later, but the original graphite hasn't been altered at all.

There will likely be more things added and altered (perhaps to make into a wallpaper) but I wanted to share the raw design 1st^^