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August 1, 2012
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Aerie Name: Grandesque
Character Name: Tafari -means 'he who inspires awe' in Amharic
Character Species Combination: African Harrier-hawk/ Cheetah Polyboroides typus/ Acinonyx jubatus
Rank: Adult
Sex: Male
Character Personality: Superficially, he's somewhat very stuck-up and full of himself. He's handsome and he knows it. He's basically a big show-off, but it's all harmless.
On the inside, he was very naïve (before the War) and viewed the world with a very immature perspective, never giving anything much thought.
He had dreams of becoming a scribe, but soon discovered that he doesn't have a knack for it.

Almost never seen without his best friend, Reva.

Character Backstory: Tafari was born into an upper class family (on his mother's side) and so was spoiled rotten throughout his chick-hood. It wasn't all roses, though; Tafari's crazy mother made it very hard to be him.

(I'll add more to this later. I'm feeling lazy)


Challenges & Events:
Young Gryphon 1
Young Gryphon 2
Young Gryphon 3


2010 Balodius Event
2012 War Event

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Larger, clearer version of side-shot: [link]


New ref sheet for Taffy! Sooo much better than his old one!

Old one:
:X

Still not entirely done, I still need to plan some accessories and outfits for him.


Windsonde © ~Bailiwick
Art © 2012 *nekonotaishou
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~Pokeaday Jan 27, 2013  Student Filmographer
Hmmm, I somehow forgot to fav this one! :heart:
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~The-Brainwave Aug 4, 2012  Student General Artist
I'm in love with this character,he's just so pretty :iconsobeautifulplz:
Your gryphon anatomy is amazing,might I add.I also love how you draw wings!
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*nekonotaishou Aug 4, 2012  Student Filmographer
Thank you so much! :blushes:

I just used mostly cheetah anatomy, with some bird here and there. As for the wings, I can only draw them because of these two tutorials [link] [link]

Thanks again!
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~The-Brainwave Aug 5, 2012  Student General Artist
You're welcome!
Oooh they'll be really helpful!I find cat anatomy quite difficult.:o Thanks!
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~wyrd66 Aug 2, 2012
Such a pretty boy.
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*nekonotaishou Aug 2, 2012  Student Filmographer
Thank you~~
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Mood: Love ~Drakill2 Aug 2, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Gaaaaaaaaa!! HE'S SO PRETTY! I JUSY WOVEY-WOVE-WOVE HIS COLORS AND PERSONALITY!!!! AHH, I'M ADORING THIS GUY!! GEEEE.
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*nekonotaishou Aug 2, 2012  Student Filmographer
Thank you!
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~Drakill2 Aug 2, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Your welcome!
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~Anellyz Aug 2, 2012
Yay! Nice new ref for Tafari! That gorgeous stuck up goof! I'm falling behind on my Windsonde stuff (stupid time, get back here!), but TAFARI WILL BE DRAWN! I have spoken.

Great job on the ref, it covers most of the important things!
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