I'm not dead, I just take forever to finish my major pics. :P
As a sketch, I'd say this took maybe 30 minutes.

I saw from  Todex that he'll do warm-up sketches in order to prevent falling into an artblock. I kinda do that too; I doodle all the time in class, so I figured why not? I'd doodle on my computer this time. Though, I'm finding out that I'm a lot better with an actual pencil and paper. Maybe I should invest in a Cintiq?

This is a really rough sketch of some kind of Eastern-ish dragon, but he still has some Western elements to him (like that random earfin thingy). Either way, I bet it'd feel *amazing* if he rubbed his face against you. <3