A Quick "What I'm up to"

I'm making a cool picture for my friend Elizabeth, of Circle T Ranch Designs (on Twitter as PunkEBodin) and swapping her for some of her awesome notecards.

This is Lucky, the handsome guy I'm doing a portrait of:

and I'm basing it on this pic:

This is the sketch that I did this weekend, but then I got alll creative, so wait 'til you SEE!

It's been tricky because I never drew a black furry animal before... Hence the creative part taking over! I should have it done by no later than next week :). Thank goodness Elizabeth is patient and understanding. I think she knows it will be worth it :)