Gryffoon

@gryffoon

Painter of fantasy, fan art, and headwings. Arthropod enthusiast. I also reshare a lot of art that I like. 🏳️‍🌈 30+ Commissions through Ko-fi: ✉️gryffoon.art@gmail.com

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Gryffoon@gryffoon· 22d

That is one small beetle

Photo of a miniscule red- brown beetle as seen under a microscope

Photo of the underside of a miniscule red-brown beetle as seen under a microscope

Photo of tweezer tips pointing to a small brown dot on a paper, which is actually a very small beetle. There is some other plant detritus on the paper

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 23d

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 25d

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 28d

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 29d

I can also do colors!

digital spread illustration featuring Eiland from Fields of Mistria sitting on a stone wall. Next to him is a small dragon statue. The background shows a field of flowers, a pond dotted with water lilies, and white stone ruins. There are broken pillars of various heights, and a flight of stone stairs leading to a statue of a winged priestess

Digital painting of a pale face with red eyes and black lipstick unraveling in ribbons into the bright red background

Illustration of FFXIV Warrior of Light from the Seat of Sacrifice, in the style of renaissance European religious art. The banners read "Mankind's first hero, and his final hope"

digital portrait of Logos from Arknights in sunset lighting. He has two branching horns on top of his head as well as two black headwings, and pointed ears. He has shoulder-length blue-grey hair and is wearing a black coat with gold buttons. He is holding up a pen in one hand.

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 29d

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

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 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

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

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· 29d

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jul 12

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jul 10

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

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

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jul 6

She's bioluminescent

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jul 6

Updated one of my oldest character designs #art #oc #OCsky #gryphon #gryffon

Digital character reference sheet of Dido, an orange raptor-like griffin creature with large ears, feathered arms, and a long feathered tail.

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jul 5

Slightly late to the party, but I am planning to participate! My username is Solidor because my usual was already taken #artfight

Art fight 2026 team tragedy card. User: Solidor (Gryffoon). Friendly fire and revenge are checked. I attack: friends, mutuals, characters with wings. Human, anthro, and monster are circled for characters I have. Featured characters are an angel with headwings, an anthro dragonfly, a faun wearing a blue and crimson cloak, an orange and teal griffin, and a green winged lion

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Jun 6

oh yeah it's my birthday please bully me into finishing these WIPs before the next one rolls around ❤️ #art #wip

digital WIP portrait illustration of an elf with a mild expression, long pearlescent hair, and antlers, hands posed like Catholic 'sacred heart' art, gesturing to a metal heart with engraved patterns on it, cracked and bleeding light

Digital concept sketch in landscape orientation. A giant fallen angel with chest pierced by a black spear, slumped over. The blood that flows from the wound is streaked with iridescence and aurora violet lights. It pools on the ground, around which grow bright purple flowers that contrast with the otherwise monochrome gray environment. The silhouette of a human figure stands near the edge of the blood pool, dwarfed by the enormous body of the dead angel. The angel's hair is luminous and covering their face. From their head sprout two branching antlers of light, and a pair of spectral head wings. Giant spectral wings grow from their back as well. In the background, the night sky is black and starry, and in the dark background of the landscape are towering gray structures that could be stone formations or trees.

digital WIP painting of an angel with a dark, mask-like face engraved with golden lines, with ornate gold patterns on its head and many wings along its neck

digital WIP painting of an angel like a winged floating mask with a golden ring around its head

Gryffoon@gryffoon· May 26

Sea entity #art #mermay

digital painting of a fantastical purple sea creature with a humanoid face, with eyebrows and a single forehead horn of pearlescent shell, large eyes with dark sclera and a yellow ring around the iris, and flowing fish-like fins instead of fair. Along the fins run lines of bioluminescent dots

Gryffoon@gryffoon· May 21

The majestic sea roomba

Photograph of a horseshoe crab with a trail behind it in the beach sand

Close up photo of a horseshoe crab partially embedded in wet, rocky sand

Gryffoon@gryffoon· May 4

What a prominent clypeus you have...pretty sure that's a Eucera bee

Photo of a pinned bee, fuzzy and about the size of a bumblebee

Closeup photo of a bee head with open mandibles, as seen through a microscope

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 17

Cute eucerine bee

Photo of a pinned bee with tongue extended. It is yellow and fuzzy

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 16

Another Not Hymenoptera in the Hymenoptera box

Photograph of a small yellow and brown fly as seen under a microscope

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 14

I can also use colors!

digital portrait painting of Lumen from Arknights using a limited color scheme of indigo, magenta, cyan, white, and pale yellow

Digital portrait of Logos from Arknights in sunset lighting and holding a pen in one hand

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 14

Hi #Portfolioday ! I'm Gryffoon, fantasy portrait artist who loves working in grayscale. I am currently looking for work! ✉️gryffoon.art@gmail.com

Grayscale character portrait of a figure posed looking slightly upwards, wearing a black cloak, with long wild dark hair, and a mask like large black wings dotted with eyes

grayscale digital portrait painting of a humanoid character with long hair styled into buns, dripping darkness in place of eyes, long eyelashes, and a stitch-like pattern on the neck. The character is wearing white cross-shaped earrings and has a fragmented black halo, and there are spectral clawed hands on either side

closeup grayscale portrait painting of the face of a mechanical angel, with a stark diagonal shadow cast across its face

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 11

Weird fasciated dandelion spotted! A growth disorder caused by elongation of the growing tip

Photograph of a dandelion with an unusually wide stem, with a cluster of about 5 flowers at the tip

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 10

Green, yellow, blue An Agapostemon butt, a mystery long-horned bee, and a blue tarantula hawk (Pepsis?)

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 10

Oooooh, male Myzinum? #invertebrate #insect

Photo of a pinned wasp with a long and thin abdomen with yellow and black stripes. At the top is an upturned hook, which looks like a stinger.

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 4

I think it is a male Dieunomia sp. I wonder what the flattened terminal antenna segments are for? I've seen that male Megachile sp. have them too #insect #bee #invertebrate

Photograph of a pinned bee from overhead view. It has long antenna with flattened circular tips. Its body is black with sparse yellowish hair and its wings have darkened tips.

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 3

I will always post blue wasps

Photo of a pinned brilliant blue wasp in side view, seen under a microscope

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Apr 3

WOA this is the most insanely beautiful crabronid (?) I've ever seen. It is huge and covered in metallic golden hair.

Photo of a large dark golden wasp with orange wings seen in side view under a microscope

Photo of a closeup of a wasp's head in front-on view

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Mar 31

An angel and a saint! Empyreal is a biomechanical, branching-consciousness entity that collects knowledge and speaks in iambic verse. Alisaris is Empyreal's most famous follower, a saint whose reality is mostly lost to history and distorted into legend and religious doctrine

digital sketch of a four armed angel with four head wings, long white hair, and a tail like a centipede or sea worm. One hand is making a thumbs up and one is making a peace sign

digital drawing of a biomechanical angel with a very long neck, four headwings, and black horns. It has a slightly concerned expression, and its four hands are posed in frustration

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Mar 31

trying to make art again #art

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Mar 28

Wasplike bee. Nomada?

Photograph of a pinned yellow and black wasp-like bee seen from the side, as seen under a microscope

Gryffoon@gryffoon· Mar 28

Extremely small and incredibly metallic. Torymidae?