Gift - Desert Storm

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Holiday gift art for my friend, , featuring the desert dragon, Saif!

You may remember Saif as I've drawn him a couple times before, once in a collab with Snap!  His design is so cool. ^^  But you've never seen him like this!  That's right, folks, take a closer look...  There are NO LINES.  I DID IT.

Those of you who have been following my journals a bit more closely over the past few months might recall that I've been meaning to get back into lineless art.  I did it for years straight when I was a youngin' on DA, but quit working with the style pretty abruptly, and for a number of reasons that I won't get into here.  Long story short, this is a very big deal for me.

And I'm just so tickled with how it turned out!  I really was a bit shaky at first, but once the values started to sharpen up, the whole piece flowed from there.  I had a blast working on all the little gnarled details and organic shapes.  As far as value/contrast/saturation go, I still have work to do, but for having not done a lineless piece, in, oh, I don't know...almost three years?  Yeah, I'm very pleased with this.

For those curious and who have asked me before, yes, I intend on making this available as a commission style in the future.  Expect some upcoming pieces similar to this, just for myself to get a bit more practice with it, before I make it official.

Critique is welcome.

Hope you like it, Snap! <3  Happy Holidays!
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