This is a CA.Org CHOW (Character of the week)
Jiao-Long, Velociraptor.

"Jiao-Long is a velociraptor, a vicious predator made half-tame by numerous handlers and a life-time of pampering. He is the last of his kind - a bizarre accident - somehow millions of years from where science expected him to be.He is, however, revered at almost an iconic status - seen as being kin to the dragons of legend and the ultimate symbol of the Ming Dynasty's Power."

- Since he can't speak he communicates with bells - each bell has a different word on it - eat, death, life etc.
Sadly The Emperor usually asks about a prisoners fate, it's sealed with the ring of a bell!

All done in Photoshop CS

I really enjoy these challenges and had lots of fun with this one.
More concept-y than a finished illustration.