I would like to say this was made about 2009? Hard for me to remember how long ago this was made. All I can remember was that I spent about 15 hours trying to draw this in Hawaii because for about 3 months my house was empty. I had 2 lawn chairs, a TV, and a table with my laptop. So all I could do at the time was draw and got to the beach. I had picked up on a few blending and shading tricks from trial and error. I also worked harder on anatomy of the human body and of the canine. The result; I improved a little. Would you look at that.