So this is my current “MLP self” in a vector I designed. Before you comment, yes, I know he looks like Gustave Le Grand with a paint job, but that’s only because I find too many gryphon OCs use Gilda as a jumping off point, and I feel that Gustave’s design is under-appreciated. He has some Gilda design aspects to him such as the two-toned head crest and the patches on his neck, but his design is meant to jump off of Gustave instead. Besides, don’t characters in the show already use each others’ designs?
 
As for his name, it’s “Thomas Crimsonwing” (yeah, real original last name, haha) but he is usually called “T.C.” As for a backstory, well, he doesn’t have one, as he’s pretty much just what I’d be in the world of Equestria.