The exact sort of issue you described at the beginning of this is why I decided to not turn my art into a career... and part of why the one time I did do something seriously (illustrating a book) it resulted in me completely losing my mojo for drawing for a solid couple of years. I still don't do as much as I think I should, even just for fun, but I have been slowly getting back into it.

I love your method for creating a random starting place on this--that's definitely a good thing to have, and sometimes I end up not drawing or painting anything because I just don't have a plan, so that would take care of that issue. And also I love the result. Your dragon came out having so much energy and spirit.