Maybe you should draw it in fullbody. A lush mane and some other details may look better/worse for you when you see the whole picture.

I also think your skill has improved a bit - which is cool.

And I like the fluffy mane.

I will definitely try full body at some point, but that will be extra challenging for me, so it'll take some effort (and time haha). ':3

Thanks, tho I still struggle with using references for drawing creatively, so fantasy species seems to be a bad choice for beginner
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Thx~ :3 (more reasons to force myself to actually learn to render fluff ^.^'')

Yes, I understand, it's more complicated. In fact, you could make your design "floating", it's not uncommon. Do you remember the dinosaur Troj? His body is pretty versatile. The my badger chocolate color in summer and standard in winter; and I myself can shed horns and grow hair on my head. I also saw sonas that could be bipedal - quadrupedal (with a different ratio of anthropomorphism and humonoidness), as well as tauras, mermaids or simply other species with color preservation.

Your "normal" design, largely taken from the eastern dragon and Haku. (Your body can be quite flexible and graceful)
In the cold season - to grow a mane. maybe something else? (short body, similar to Kirin (like a lion)

Well, actually, it's very interesting. I wonder where you'll stop, I mean. It's fun^-^

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