This illustration has a long history. It was originally started back in 1997. I created a fairly large concept sketch, about 22? x 34?. The initial sketch was heavily influenced by the creature designs of Brian Froud in the movie Labyrinth. That original drawing took many hours. But once complete, it was put into a file cabinet. There it languished. One day I decided to scan it in and add color. Here is the result of that.