This was the 2nd Gryphon I created while attempting to play with how wings would look in a dynamic space.
After I sketched it, I made an inked version over top of it with animation paper, which I colored with color pencils, which sold very quickly and for a good amount of cash on Furbid. I believe I drew it about the year 2000, then did this other inked version also on animation paper, which I scanned and Colored in Photoshop 5.5
I generally don't ink anything anymore. I prefer my pencil lines over my inking.

This was a very popular selling print in 2002, as well as many times on the internet.
And, here's another example of my style which is often emulated and coppied now online, or stolen and claiming to be me.