Northern Lights Griffi



My inspiration is the beauty of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis.
Gene 1: Baracuda Mutation 1: none
Gene 2: Galaxy Mutation 2: none
Gene 3: Frost Runes Mutation 3: none

Inspiration: A birch forest on a snowy day, with icicles hanging off the branches.

My inspiration is: The Grinch

This guy is inspired by the burning of the yule log. Some history:
As with many traditions we now associate with Christmas, the yulelog is a great reminder that the season is a celebration of the time when the night is longest, just before the scales tip back in favor of daylight. Though the specific log-related tradition mutated (sometimes wildly) as it spread over thousands of miles and thousands of years, variations of the word Yule are a common thread.

For the most part, yule log rituals involve selecting, celebrating, burning, and then saving a piece of woodsometimes an entire trunk, sometimes a log, sometimes just a small branch. It all ties back to celebrating health and wealthamong Celtic Brits and Gaelic Europeans, with whom the practice originated, people really put a lot of hope into one little log. European winters were harsh:Famine made keeping cattle too expensive, so many were slaughtered at the advent of winter. And a sudden supply of fresh meat meant a feast the likes of which they wouldnt see for months.

In the 4th century, the Christian Church rolled the log into its campaign to create a holiday that celebrated the birth of Jesus, whose actual birthdate is still a topic for lively debate. Solstice rituals were already deeply ingrained, so Yuletide became Christmastide and the yule log went along with it.

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Inspiration: A cold wintry twilight, with snowflakes and wisps of ice swirling in the air.

Alright. Here is my official entry. I will not change it anymore.

This golden gal is based off of an old movie that I love a lot and watch every year. She is based off of The Polar Express. More importantly, she is based off of the non-transferable, magical, round-trip Golden Ticket.
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Bullfinch in snow



This little design was inspired by one of England's more well known backyard birds, The bullfinch, I had the honour of seeing one of these little guys on my trip ages ago. They are oddly bright in the cold white world and are very cheery to look at, decorating so many greeting cards along with robins, sparrows, cardinals and other "******ie Birds" as my Nana used to call them.
Season's greetings!

My design is simply inspired by the wintry landscape, even in the bleakness of winter there is great beauty.

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Inspiration: Final Fantasy's Shiva, The Lady of Ice.

Growing up there was a large Yaupon tree in my backyard. It has green leaves year round but in the winter it has bright red berries. I used to pick the berries and string them onto long lines of thread and put them on our christmas trees. The limbs are grey to almost white, the leaves are bright green on top with a silvery green underside. Here is my Yaupon Griffi:







Here is a picture of a yaupon branch.