Grifu
MYTHOLOGICAL GRYPHON
The Gryphon is a mythological animal with legendary head and eagle's wings and body of a lion. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of animals and birds eagle Queen, Griffin was considered an especially powerful and majestic creature.
The animal's name derives from the medieval Latin gryphus, derived by a common misspelling of the Latin classic grypus, from the Greek gryps, grypos, "curved aquiline nose," referring to the burner.
In antiquity, was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of treasures. According to the Greeks, guarded treasures in the Hyperborean country and the crater of Dionysos, full of wine to the mouth.
Text adapted from Fantastipedia
GRIFU
Grifu, derived from a misspelling inspired in its origin and a point of unique identity is the pseudonym of Luis Miguel Barbosa.
Assistant Professor, School of Music and Performing Arts at the Porto Polytechnic
Assistant at the Audiovisual Communication Technology (TCAV) and Multimedia Communication Technology (TCM) degrees of the School of Music and Performing Arts at the Porto Polytechnic [ESMAE/IPP]
"Grifu" is the alias of Luís Leite used to sign most of his work.
PhD student in Digital Media at FEUP has a Masters in Multimedia Technologies, degree in Multimedia Communication Technologies. He is a member of PIC - Porto Interactive Center studying motion capture systems. Has been working for a long time with sound and video post-production, digital animation, computer programming for television and multimedia productions, in Portuguese companies like Miragem and Animago. Additionally, works as free-lancer in several projects and teaches "Sound and Image", in Masters "Illustration and Animation" at the School of Technology from Cavado and Ave Polytechnic[EST/IPCA].