In a lot of respects I prefer this one. It reminds me of some sort of ancient cultural style but I can't put my finger on which one. Excellent level of detail and quality as usual.
the gypsy man approaches from out of the crowd and brushes the back of his hand across your cheek and, under his breath, utters an ancient gypsy curse ... leeezarhd ...
and you're, from that point forward, driven to produce renditions of the scaley little buggers
or or or .... in the, maybe, third Cheech + Chong movie where Stacy Keach is turning into a lizard in the back of the police van because he's 'consuming' the object of his policeman's duties
oh, man ... I shoulda saved that one for "Lizard 3"
Truly great piece of artwork :D
Now for what makes it great coz I'd hate doing something like "COOL!" or "GREAT!" and leaving it at that. The richness of the lines, design, composition (balanced without being boringly symmetric), complicated simplicity, color, the logo .... I think I should just end this now by saying I like it and this is the first image I am voting an absolutely positive 10 on since I've been here.
I prefer this one to the other - this one uses the empty space to maximum effect, whereas the other is somtimes a bit busy on the eyes. Great work in both cases though!! 10/10 from me.
cool design, nice colors. I wish the red was a little richer. But I'll photoshop it for my desktop. As it is it looks a little like dried blood. maybe that's what you were going for.