Art Order: Anonymous Challenge

Yesterday was the deadline for entries for the new Art Order challenge: Anonymous / Trying Something Out of the Ordinary. Out of the 4 options of characters you could illustrate, I went with the red, tentacle, dragon-ish monster due to my lack of interest in the reference material, funny enough. I decided I would try and make something interesting out of an uninteresting source of reference, and I did a satisfying job I think.

Here's the original image to use as reference:

..and here's my take on it:

The line-up for this challenge has been posted, check out all the entries HERE!