Minor/Major Project: Gargoyles - Influence and Initial Sketches

The gargoyles I imagine as small, cat-sized and cat-like creatures that hide in the upper parts of Notre-Dame and nearby buildings. They hide during the day and swarm around Notre-Dame at night, fending off malevolent spirits. They are given precious stones as reward for protecting the cathedral, which they horde and build nests from. They eat fruit and bugs (which are delivered to them with the stones), and have rough, grey skin. They will often sit in one place without moving for a long time, creating the illusion that they are apart of the stone they live in.