It's a Dromaeosaur, with wings!

There's a story behind this outside of practicing regular pencil shading techniques. But I'm sure you wouldn't care about it.

Oh, if you insist.

About a decade ago, I drew a velociraptor with wings. The wings were bent in wrong directions and weird looking. The raptor wasn't drawn all that well, either. But people on DA even to this day fav it at random. Something about a winged raptor really makes people happy, I guess. So on that thought, here's another. With a gecko pattern down its back, no less!