It does have similarities, which is interesting, as the avatar only shows part of the head. The body is actually also snakelike but I made it more segmented and it's got blade like wings instead of arms.

This is the rendered 3D model: http://lychesis.net/wp-content/gallery/creatures/Cephir20x.jpg

thanks, I added the outline as somewhat of an afterthought, after I read the submission rules, where it said that should contain a background or be transparent. I chickened a bit with the outline because I wasn't sure how it would look against a background that I couldn't define.

Next time I'll simply add my own background