Thank you!
Maybe you can advice me? I'm still redrawing the background, here is present stage:
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[link] and got stuck with too many details in one image. What to do with this white space? I was thinking of snake scales on snakes, but it'll be too pattern-crowded then
Crosshatching all? Or maybe spraying? Example of both ideas:
[link] Or maybe a mix of ideas would set it all
[link] I was thinking of finishing the snakes the same way as the birds in the old variant (present also at dA).