Here is the progress I accomplished after a few hours of modeling.
It's pretty rough right now, but by the end I'll have taken this into ZBrush. That will really give this guy some character. My reference animals are the golden eagle and a lion. So we're going with a classic gryphon here.
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Constructive feedback always helps along the process.
I will come back to this guy after I finish doing main block outs for my other models. Here's some teasers for those.


Cheers!