Kelvin Shadewing's Pixels

[Sketchasaurus]

Yeah, I tripped up a bit in what I said initially and what I meant. The Dragon definition when I used the phrase "for all intents and purposes" I meant that considering it as a dragon is the most practical and reasonable assumption. Regardless, I apologize for the miscommunication on my part and would rather focus more on the actual critique and constructive aspect and put this behind us.

The one with the ? next to it is my interpretation of the anatomy based on the sprite. The problem is that fewer animals have skulls that sit on top of their vertebrae in the same fashion that humans' do.
For example:

Notice how the spine connects at the back of the skull and is held horizontally instead of vertically.
going back to the example of the Water deer, which I think is a rather good profile to reference:

The angle of neck to skull is more perpendicular and in line with what you are aiming for.
And to be perfectly honest, I think the deer profile is more visually appealing than trying to force the feline angle.
although...