There is very little I can say beyond 'WOW!'

Plus I can't really say that until my jaw's been picked up from the floor.

 Raleda offered to do some free portraits in the Art Exchange forum. She'd put the post up maybe...a few moments before I completed an update on my thread there, the 'List of Request Accepting Artists and Writers', so when the screen loaded I saw the offer and popped up my reply first.

Because I got in the first response Raleda took a step past most normal levels of generosity and didn't just do a bust-shot of my 'sona. She went ahead and did a full ref-sheet.

If you wonder why, in my ordinarily rather blank profile page, her icon is now prominantly displayed as a reference for others to turn to for great material at a great price, that's why. She worked on this for a while, getting it to meet her exact vision before she declared the final draft a success. And it really did turn out beautifully. She took an interesting take on the abdominal area and head design, and nailed most of the rest of stuff spot-on. I especially like that she used a zoom-frame to showcase the scales that were present instead of skin or fur, rather than filling in the entire body with drawn scales. That was a really nice way to convey the skin-type without taking an eternity for just a reference sheet.

Thank you, Raleda. It's an awesome piece.