I got many of my older commissions at C-ACE, this one from my first year, and first con, in 2003.  lizardbeth is an artist that REALLY stuck to my head for many years. Look at that style. Look at that style! The only references she had were the old drawings you can find at the bottom of my submissions! I've also been using this pic as a reference, since no others were available (that were not drawn by me).