dude i actually thought this was a photograph at first good job!

Well, it was kind of a photograph ^_^ Thank you! :D

This is incredibly well done; from the thumbnail I thought it was a 3D render. Drawing from reference can really help with not only proportion and perspective, but it really helps with shading, and you can really see that here.
I should do this every once in a while for practice on environments.

I am honestly surprised you didn't give me any criticism! ^^; But thank you for the kind words~

Well there's still plenty to improve, though I feel criticism should be offered when a drawing is at most on-par with personal standard, and this seems well above, because it's a reference drawing.
Though, criticism can always be had, even on the best of drawings.


The biggest improvable observation I made was that the folds in the rubber (or whatever inflatables are made out of), as seen around the front of the muzzle and where limbs meet the torso, do not match up consistently with the form of the rest of the painting. They seem to be drawn on after-the-fact and don't fit; they should be drawn with the inflatable as a part of it, rather than smaller details added in later.

Also, even though it may not be the focal-point of the painting, the cloth on the ground lacks any sort of flow, or sense of 3-dimensional weight. Folds were drawn on at random, and though you may be unfamiliar with drawing cloth, this is a reference drawing. I suggest to watch this short video on how drawing folding cloth or clothing from a reference should normally go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBHak4W7bFI
It explains and shows the process. As you will see, normally when drawing from reference, you will start to mindlessly draw lines as you see them, and they won't make sense, and only when they start to connect naturally will you begin to think of them as an object in 3D space. It's a very well done video and gets what I mean across easily.

Also, are you familiar with Fresnel Effect? If not, it says that reflectivity is dependent on the viewing angle. At a perpendicular viewing angle, it is the least reflective, and the closer to parallel you get, the more reflective it is. You can see this on the reference image you used, especially around the top of the head, and it really helps set up a sense of depth and shine.

Plus, the back leg is messed up a little.

I hope all of this helps you in your quest to become a great artist.
Again, you did a great job on this, but next time, be sure to make it even better!

Your accuracy is spooky and so very helpful O_O

Oh wow! I actually thought this was a photo. xD
Amazing work here! It's practically indistinguishable from the real thing! :o

There are... a number of differences, if you look hard enough! But thank you nonetheless <3

Hey, not bad! :o

I wanna hug it!!!

That's my next test! It's... well, it's not going to work out for a good number of tries, but I'm excited to figure it out~

Flying flapjacks! I thought this was a 3D render from the thumbnail. Also, the more I look at it, the better it looks. If it weren't for the crisp edges and the tricky reflective bits I would still think it was a picture.

Pretty good try on redrawing, even work with reflections is in it. But I'd recommend to blur edges of folds, so it won't be looking like surgery seams

Nice work! I originally thought bit was a photo as well haha.

Ho-shiz! This is really good! like, definitely thought it was a photo till i looked at the little details!