The finished version of that Williamsi pic I started months ago. I recently added the bg, filtered it, and put other additions to the over all picture. I have no idea which program I originally used to make the gecko (it was either PSP9 or PainterX), but I did the bg and everything else more recently with PSP9.

The gecko is an electric blue dwarf gecko (Williamsi), newly popular in the pet trade but now endangered in its wild habitat. The williamsi in this pic is originally referenced (for skin tone and color) off of a real williamsi named Runder.

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