big dogs playing poker

Well, about (looks at watch) half a year later, I finally finished a piece for my friend. It's about 3 by 5 feet, so it was really hard to fit it all in the space properly, forgive the shitty crop job. And the light reflection. It's so glossy from the pencil wax it's almost like glass.
Anyhoo, this was done for the main guy in the middle. All the dogs around him represent certain friends that bizarrely fit the breed we chose. He wanted it to be completely ridiculous, thusly the shark tank on the back wall. I honestly wanted to keep the background pure black, but its all for the client. I also learned how to play Texas Hold 'Em.

Done entirely in prismacolor pencils. I used white paint for the smoke rings. And, I have a callous on my middle finger that is beginning to look like a weird second fingertip.