[Reward | WIP] Alyssa the shy dragon (Patreon)

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May's Patreon reward for Ether!

Feat. Alyssa, the newest dragon OC by Ether themselves!.
This woman here is even bigger than Colossa, another protagonist on some of my other drawings, but she's super self conscious and shy in comparison to her.

• 1- Early sketch (Body): Since this is one of those times where I work straight up with a written description and no visual references of any kind, I try my best to follow the specifics of her character along with the pose I was asked for.
• 2- Final sketch: After having Ether take a good look at it, I was asked for several tweaks! Including a more anthro neck, wings, a different face and most importantly, a LOT of chunk and fat. (After all there's a reason why she's supposed to be so self conscious all the time)
• 3- Lineart: With the sketch done, now I move on to the clean lines.
• 4- Flat colors: Then I fill them all in with the basic colors, following the character palette.
• 5- Color fix: Ater a quick revision, I changed the main color of the skin for a more saturated one as requested by Ether.
• 6- Gradients: Every color gets a 2 gradient set that goes from dark (bottom) to light (top) 
• 7- Shading: Now I include (in 3 different layers), the proper shadows and highlights  which are colored and with the corresponding layer settings.
• 8- Visual effects: Almost done. Now I include some glow and light reflection on the skin, as well as enhancing the overall lighting!
• 9- Env. shadow: Finally, I add a little shadow on the right. And voila! It's done!