Well... Now that backlog is over... I realize I miss seeing myself ramble in the image descriptions.
Here's a little piece that I did for kicks and also has a performance art component. The performance? "How long will it take for my friend to log into toyhouse next and see that there's surprise image submission there". Turns out the answer is approx 24 hours.
Dapper snakey. It was hard to try to do a color gradient/shift like the original ref in this style, but I think I found a way for it to work.