Cain the cute little furry dragon

Is there a different style to this? I love the lines. The way they're sort of neon is really cool.

Nop, I did it the same as usual. Only difference maybe is I used lighter lines for less important lines, like folds, but I've done that many times before, it's just tougher to do on a complicated image.

It may just look difference because the character is so bright.

It probably is the brightness. Either way it looks great as usual! Also the background colors are so pretty ;w;

Thank you!

Speaking of, you mentioned the lines looking neon but they're actually quite dark. It's just that the base itself is on the neon side haha

Oh yeah. I just zoomed in. It's definitely the character that really makes it pop

Cute, love your bright color choices

Oy, this sleepy little tyke tugs at my heart. <3

so adorable <3

Me five minutes ago. xD

It feels like you've been getting more confident with colored outlines lately. The outline colors you've chosen are effectively bold, but aren't intrusive or distracting at all. Your colors in general have gotten very vibrant.

I don't really think you're seeing anything new actually. The biggest problem with colours/coloured outlines is the character themselves. When a character is pretty simple and has colours that match, it looks great! It's much more difficult to get the lines to look correct when there's tons of markings, opposing colours, and shading. Plus some colours just don't work as nice, blue with darker blue lines looks awesome. I've been doing coloured lines for a long, long time now, so it isn't at a confidence thing, I've felt pretty confident with them for a long time.

I mean I totally appreciate the compliment of course! I just know from my own personal experience that a character like this will make things look pretty differently :3

(Also the colours only look vibrant because the ref has neon colours. Another character wouldn't have such vibrant colours. I enjoy more muted colours as well, and for those more muted lines suit it best)

Oh, easily. The more complex a design is, the more it's an utter pain to create with colored outlines. I never meant to imply this is a brand new thing; it's just shining here. Gradually, your linework has brightened up with your color palates and become more complementary color-wise; this picture has made me sit back for a minute and appreciate that. c:

I didn't mean to make it sound like what you said was rude or anything. It's just that sometimes people see things that aren't really there? It's kinda an illusion like what a bright character like this can do. Like how you said I seemed more confident with the lines when I have been for a long time, and haven't actually done them (or coloured them) differently here.

I don't normally use bright lines (even here, they're much more muted then the character, but it's so bright they also look bright). Bright lines often clash, so you mute them a little bit, like in my "My Own Bubble" image

So my comment was meant partially as a correction, but also to explain why it looks that, since it's super interesting. It still makes me super happy people think it looks good!

It was ultimately an illusion I was falling for that got me to appreciate how your already enjoyable art's changed over a long time; you hit that nail on the head. 'Confidence' wasn't the choicest of words and, now and then, it takes me a while to notice subtle, steady changes.

I adore onsies and the thick, cushy padding under them

Cain had never looked this cute ^_^ Thanks again for the adorable pic :D

You're super welcome!