"Vulpes lagopus" Original Artwork

Hello there!
How are ya doing today?

It's my first post on the OnChainArt, glad to be able to share with my latest finished artwork with yall! My name is Nikolay Krastev. I'm a digital and traditional artist, focusing more on the "artificial" side of art these days... Those who've seen my works before know that I take my time with details and overall look, also I rarely take commissions, but this time is different. The artwork that I'm presenting to you is a commission from a friend of mine, This is going to be turned into a Tattoo. for this arctic fox, I spend a little bit more than 8 hours plus the reference collecting. I used symmetry tool for most of the time, just the basic soft round brush with black and white selected on the palette. Normally, I need more than a week to finish a piece, around 2 months...

This piece, however, was built already, I just had to capture a feeling, my client asked for badass arctic fox... Say no more was my reply. I thinking about his request for a couple of weeks, how to make it while working on the Mermaid, my personal project in progress at the moment.
I streamed the whole thing, and for most of my friends is unusual to see me make a painting in one sitting. For me it's a true level up, so... I don't know what else to add, if you have questions, feel free to ask!

I could not stop myself from playing with some adjustment layers and gradient maps, this is the result. And here is the work without the smoke and snowflakes

Have a great day!

Tools used: Wacom intuos pen small & Photoshop cc2018