I really enjoyed working on this! A few hours on the sculpt, a good day on render and comp. Very refreshing. And it always feels good to finish a personal project 
I made the scales with a vector displacement alpha that I used as a brush.
Rendered with Maya and Arnold.
Inspired by a doodle that I found in one of Brett Bean’s sketchbook. I love his work so much!
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