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With Saberbeak being written, I wanted to touch on more Brenda Lyons interior art, and this time we have Hatzel, a smilodon (saber-toothed tiger) plus Haast's eagle gryphon.
@toadalled was very useful here in helping me to imagine how the sabers on the beaks would look. When it comes to saber cats, the sabers are an iconic feature that I never saw translated into gryphons. We tend to associate gryphons more with birds, and I wanted to really bring the cat out. Kieran was amazing with that.
We looked at colors, too, even though they wouldn't be in the interior art. (You know, juuuust in case Hatzel ever ended up on a cover some day.) That brought in the influences of the black-billed magpies and Cooper's hawks that the character was closely associated with. Sister prides, if you will.
I love Hatzel, and many of you have, too. There's a stereotype in gryphonic literature where there's a massive gryphon who is very full of themselves, just a brawler and a love whose arrogance and vanity are unmatched. Hatzel subverts that trope by being extremely level-headed. Whereas characters like Xavi, the denfather, are protective of the gryphlets, Hatzel protects everyone under her care. Of course, when she gets to let loose, there's no more ferocious gryphon in Belamuria.
Though she gets PoV time in Eyrie and Ashen Weald, part of having such a stable character is that you're not presented with many opportunities to spotlight her, as she doesn't need to change and grow the way other characters do. It took the entire world changing around her before she earned her time back in the spotlight.
With a character like this, the last of her kind (and based on extinct cats and birds), in a pride that's made up of several smaller prides, you're left wondering how she got that way. How her values were shaped by the loss of the saberbeak pride.
Or, as the last ruler of Poisonmaw might say... "Family isn't who looks like you. It isn't even a feeling in your heart. It's in your beak and claws, and who you're willing to bloody them to protect."
I'm about 17k words into Saberbeak now, Hatzel's book, and I think we know who her family are.
#Saberbeak#Hatzel#smilodon gryphons#saber-toothed tiger gryphons#gryphins#gryphon insurrection#creature fantasy#gryphon#fantasy#griffin#griffon#gryfon#Brenda Lyons#Smatterbrain#Kieran
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Wing and feather tutorials by Brenda Lyons.
#art#art help#art tutorial#wing tutorial#feather tutorial#how to draw birds#how to draw feathers#how to draw wings#anatomy for art#animal reference#bird reference#drawing birds#drawing wings#Brenda Lyons#windfalcon#feathers#wings#drawing creatures
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Page of Swords. Art by Brenda Lyons, from 78 Tarot Magical.
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“Forest Thieves” by Brenda Lyons
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BRENDA LENAGHAN R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1941-2020) §
GIRLS AND PEACHES
Mixed media
Lyon and Turnbull
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Awakening the Flowers by Brenda Lyons
In the early morning in the beginning of spring, the flowers are roused from sleep by the silent wingbeats of one who spends the long winter keeping watch.
Acrylic on board, 12X16 inches. Comes in a black frame.
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'Song Of Morning And Memory' by Brenda Lyons.
12" x 16" varnished acrylic on board, 1/1 original artwork for $750.
On sale now through Every Day Original.
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🎨 Brenda Lyons US artist and jeweler creates beautiful bird and animal designs on turkey feathers. Brenda uses turkey feathers from shedding as a canvas, applying acrylics directly on the feathers to create incredible portraits of animals and birds. - https://www.falconmoon.com/paintedfeathers.html
🎵 Music: "Jungle Mission", written by Rafael Krux - https://freepd.com/
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Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle will kick off their Rugby Heineken Champions Cup title defence in December at home to another European title winner, Northampton Saints. It was June 28 when the pool draw for the 2022/23 tournament was held in Dublin and tournament organisers EPCR have now confirmed the fixtures schedule in a competition that for the first time ever includes teams from South Africa.
An EPCR statement read: “Stade Rochelais, who won a first Heineken Champions Cup in such dramatic fashion in May, will launch the defence of their title at Stade Marcel Deflandre against another former tournament winner, Northampton Saints, when the 2022/23 EPCR season kicks off on the weekend of December 9/10/11.
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FRI 09 DEC 2022
London Iris vs Montpellier
SAT 10 DEC 2022
Cell C Sharks vs Harlequins
Racing 92 vs Leinster Rugby
Gloucester vs Union Bordeaux-Bègles
ASM Clermont Auvergne vs DHL Stormers
Stade Rochelais vs Northampton Saints
Vodacom Bulls vs Lyon
Castres Olympique vs Exeter Chiefs
SUN 11 DEC 2022
Sale Sharks vs Ulster Rugby
Saracens vs Edinburgh Rugby
Munster vs Stade Toulousain
Ospreys vs Leicester Tigers
ROUND 2
All kick-offs are local time
FRI 16 DEC 2022
Leinster Rugby vs Gloucester Rugby
Union Bordeaux-Bègles vs Cell C Sharks
SAT 17 DEC 2022
Exeter Chiefs vs Vodacom Bulls
Edinburgh vs Castres Olympique
Lyon vs Saracens
Leicester Tigers vs ASM Clermont Auvergne
Ulster vs Stade Rochelais
DHL Stormers vs London Irish
Montpellier Hérault vs Ospreys
SUN 18 DEC 2022
Stade Toulousain vs Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints vs Munster Rugby
Harlequins vs Racing 92
ROUND 3
All kick-offs are local time
FRI 13 JAN 2023
ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Leicester Tigers
SAT 14 JAN 2023
Gloucester vs Leinster Rugby
Sale Sharks vs Stade Toulousain
Cell C Sharks vs Union Bordeaux-Bègles
Munster vs Northampton Saints
Stade Rochelais vs Ulster Rugby
Vodacom Bulls vs Exeter Chiefs
Ospreys vs Montpellier Hérault
Saracens vs Lyon
SUN 15 JAN 2023
Castres Olympique vs Edinburgh Rugby
London Irish vs DHL Stormers
Racing 92 vs Harlequins
ROUND 4
All kick-offs are local time
FRI 20 JAN 2023
Leicester Tigers vs Ospreys
Lyon vs Vodacom Bulls
SAT 21 JAN 2023
Harlequins vs Cell C Sharks
Northampton Saints vs Stade Rochelais
Leinster vs Racing 92
Union Bordeaux-Bègles vs Gloucester Rugby
Exeter Chiefs vs Castres Olympique
DHL Stormers vs ASM Clermont Auvergne
Ulster Rugby vs Sale Sharks
SUN 22 JAN 2023
Montpellier Hérault vs London Irish
Stade Toulousain vs Munster Rugby
Edinburgh Rugby vs Saracens
EPCR Challenge Cup 2023 fixtures
ROUND 1
All kick-offs are local time
FRI 09 DEC 2022
Stade Francais Paris vs Benetton Rugby
USAP vs Bristol Bears
SAT 10 DEC 2022
Emirates Lions vs Dragons RFC
Section Paloise vs Toyota Cheetahs
Bath Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors
Cardiff vs CA Brive
Connacht vs Newcastle Falcons
Zebre Parma vs RC Toulon
SUN 11 DEC 2022
Scarlets vs Aviron Bayonnais
ROUND 2
All kick-offs are local time
FRI 16 DEC 2022
Emirates Lions vs Stade Francais Paris
CA Brive vs Connacht Rugby
Glasgow Warriors vs USAP
SAT 17 DEC 2022
RC Toulon vs Bath Rugby
Toyota Cheetahs vs Scarlets
Aviron Bayonnais vs Benetton Rugby
Newcastle Falcons vs Cardiff Rugby
Dragons RFC vs Section Paloise
SUN 18 DEC 2022
Bristol Bears vs Zebre Parma
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For the beautiful interior graphite pieces by Brenda Lyons for the GryphIns series, the plan was to keep them as a perk for buying copies of the books. As more and more fans are experiencing the series on audio, I've been a little happier to show them on social media, just to make sure the audio listeners get to see them, too.
The first piece for Eyrie was a deliberate choice: Reeve Brevin, the antagonist, in all her snake-themed peacock glory. While the series has gryphons that are more traditional (Zeph matches the traditional Egyptian gryphon pretty well as a hawk, Cherine matches the traditional Greek gryphon pretty well as a golden eagle), I'd noticed that there were some fans who wanted gryphons to be specifically a North American bald eagle + lion gryphon. While I love all gryphons, I didn't want someone to pick up this story and be disappointed. The choice to go with a green peafowl was intentional, especially as Zeph was on the cover, to let readers know from the outset that you were going to get interesting gryphons in interesting locations with this series.
The interior art pieces were set in the front instead of inside the text so if you picked up the book, you'd see Brevin and Hatzel (another non-traditional gryphon, saber-toothed tiger and the extinct Haast's eagle) first. If you wanted traditional (or bald eagle?) gryphons only, you knew this was a series to skip. But if the idea of interesting gryphons captivated your imagination, you were in.
Later editions would move the interior art pieces into the, well, interior of the novel, near where you meet each of the characters. Zeph and Kia, as the protagonists of Eyrie, also received interior art pieces. The reasoning there was that, once a few books were out, it was clear the series really lived up to its "interesting gryphons in interesting locations" mantra. Zeph may look boring (I'd argue he's interesting and pretty) on Eyrie's cover, but the next few books gave us snowy owls, shrikes, Peruvian diving petrels, European starlings, hooded pitohui, hoopoe birds, snow leopards, great blue herons, and white-tailed kites front and center.
Here at the beginning, however, in March of 2019, we wanted to set an expectation. And while Hatzel did some of that on her own, the choice of Brevin specifically let us show off the harnesses and jewelry the opinici in the series wear. It set an expectation: you won't get gryphons with laser guns, but there's some kind of society here.
I've always been grateful that we met Brenda Lyons. My husband came across her work at local conventions, and came home with one of her pine phoenix pieces for the office. She was working on a cover for another of my books when we all got to talking, and when you have three gryphon fans together, the topic often turns to The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon. And how much we all loved Larry's interior art pieces for the series, how they shaped many artists and authors today. Though the first review copies of Eyrie had gone out, there was a moment where we realized there was just enough time before the print files were finalized to do interior art. And the rest is history.
(The choice of Brevin also hinted at the origins of the gryphons and opinici in having a female character with male bird plumage. Growing up with peacocks and peahens guarding the nearby orange groves, I do know the difference between peafowl. But in addition to the nature angle, it foreshadowed the queerness of the characters. With Pridelord's release, it's probably the series with the most trans gryphons in it.)
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Knight of Swords. Art by Brenda Lyons, from 78 Tarot Animal.
#Brenda Lyons#78 Tarot Animal#Knight of Swords#Knight#Swords#Minor Arcana#Tarot#Animals#Birds#78 Tarot
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BRENDA LENAGHAN R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1941-2020) §
GIRL AND PEONIES - 1986
Lyon and Turnbull
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Splitting the Sky by Brenda Lyons
Dreamfalcons are birds found in the subconscious, surging through the skies of our mind and bringing inspiration with their flight as winged muses.
Gouache on paper, 11X14 inches. Matted to 16X20 inches.
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Connecticut-based artist, illustrator, and jewelry maker Brenda Lyons paints with acrylic on wild turkey feathers to create gorgeous animal portraits in her series Painted Feathers.
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