Summer sucks because of one thing! The insanely intolerable heat. Makes me not want to go outside at all! But I love summer too because it helps me create things like this. I've had this image in my head for a while now and I finally did a little sketch that came out perfectly. The way the Mamba (Black Mamba Snake) is laying, how his head is sitting on his chest, how he looks all 'blah, and lazy' everything fell into place. And I started coloring. It's rare for a picture in my head to come out so clearly on paper but this did and I'm amazed! I learned so many nifty new things about lighting too! Anyway, this pic explains itself I think. Green and purple again, love these colors so much.

Sketched on plain paper with a ballpoint pen, scanned and inked in painter 6. Colored in Painter 6 and Lighting affects done in Photoshop 6.0. Total time taken 15 hours (in two days).