Luiji

This is how I'm going to kick off my return to art with a bang, as one of my adoring fans once proclaimed "All she does is draw crappy cartoon dogs and lions"and of course I delivered 
So a while back I approached someone to design one of my oldest characters "Ruiji"    
Problem was; mishapen boar skulls, deer eyes, and cricket legs no longer worked with the setting he was intended for. He needed an update pretty bad and god knows I was far from short on dog designs, so I decided to go with one of the Borzois I bought from Akreon, originally I approched my commissionaire with "The Lawyer" but found "The Dentist" more suited to Luiji. I can't recall what I paid but I'm 90% sure it was a year long premium...Kind of underpaying considering what I got. So here is Luiji with some of the mutations added to him in my half assed sketch style. Again, really though I can't do him justice with all the details that were in the ref I got for him. You can check out the commission here   
For full effect download the image and really get a good look. I also highly suggest you follow Sargeant-Knoxx because she's a great designer and artist.

---Credits---

anatomy reference Borzoi 

brushes Basic Painting Brushes - Photoshop

Time: 1 hour