26-08-2016, 01:58 PM
(26-08-2016, 01:10 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Yes, I agree that there is a connection. also note the "knob" on top of the beak, which may have helped to reinterpret the shape of the head.
Additionally, if you remove the second eye of the "Leo", suddenly you notice how the original eye is very similar to that of the griffin's, with the eyelashes (?) on either side, and a very similar positioning. It somehow makes the "beak" connection much easier to see as well. It also makes him a lot angrier
Now while this is a great find, it has admittedly complicated my conception for how this image was created.
Here are the heads from both mosaics along with the VMS image:
Neither head shape is a perfect match for the VMS image. Arguably it's intermediate between the two, but closer to the leopard. The ears on the griffin are definitely a better match for the VMS animal.
The lack of the wings and presence of the tree still point toward the leopard image.
So apparently we have a griffin-headed leopard with a tree-tail now?