That is a painting inspired of my norvegian cat. I really think he's a dragon sometimes, I wanted to express that feeling in here by exagerating the parts of his body I think have something to do with a mythical creature.
The style and color scheme was going arround 19th century war paintings and portraits while the pose, exageration and pattern in the background are inspired from ancient asian art.
Here is a picture of the model, awesome big, gentle, stupid and super gay Ungaro: [link]
"super gay Ungaro" made me laugh really hard, not sure why - just sounds right (that's an awesome name!). But other than that, it's very out of place to laugh at this painting, that looks like a nasty bite! Anyways, I definitely saw the asian dragon part in his wispy ears, and I like how they seem to be floating on their own. Magical