Holiday gift art for my friend, :iconSnaphance: , 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!