Here's a little guide I wrote to help people who may want to draw my character Caedere. I've addressed several things that people have seem to be confused about.  I should be drawing a style guide in the near future to accompany this document.

Things to keep in mind:
1. Caedere is a little under 6 and a half feet tall, with a muscular build.
2. Her tongue is _very_ long, with a mottled pink and black pattern... except when I'm lazy. Then it's red. ^.-.^;
3. The stripes on her body are totally random - the only consistencies are her black tummy and the stripes on her face.
4. She has 3 fingers and a thumb on each paw and three toes on each foot.
5. She wears bracelets over her wrists, feet, and tail.
6. Her eyes are magma-colored.
7. Her claws are quite long and are the color of amber.
8. Her tail is always at _least_ as long as she is tall.
9. Caedere is _not_ a dinosaur - she is a draconid. Try not to confuse her with the pics of YiffyRaptor/Kataria... a lot of people seem to do that often.
10. Her mane is very floofy, and she has two spikes of it that hang down on either side of her muzzle.
11. Current pierced areas: Left earflap, both nipples, end of tail. Only wears nipplerings occasionally.
12. Caedere does _not_ have a navel. Her tummy is nice and smooth.
13. Caedere has slightly rough hide, not scales. NO scales. None.

Good references: 

http://geocities.com/katarial/melcaesample.jpg - The BEST pic of Caedere not drawn by me. In fact, use this as your main reference. Her tongue isn't forked, though.

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Yiffy-Raptor/goodmorningcaedere.jpg - The most up-to-date pic of her... if it's too dark, e-mail me and I'll send you a lighter version.

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Yiffy-Raptor/Yiffy/showitall.jpg  - Use this to get an idea of the pattern under her tail... everything else is sorta outdated.

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Yiffy-Raptor/Yiffy/stripe.JPG - Mainly good for getting a feel of how her stripes go.

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Roberto-Pascual/Yiffy%26Cae-eff.jpg - This should eliminate any cofusion between YiffyRaptor and Caedere. *grins*

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/LoupGarou/caedere.JPG - An interesting take on Caedere. It appears that Loup drew her as a variant of a raptor. A great pic and one that's inspired me to experiment with her design a bit. Use it as an example of ways to vary how you may draw her.