Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room Part 2

These crocodiles are actually on a singing totem pole.  I have them holding up a bowl here for a specific purpose on a side project.  I think they are adorable, but I'm not in love with my gradient work.

Iris

Wanted to practice some gradient and pattern skills in Illustrator.  Love irises.  And they're very gradient-y. Working on this I realized that I can't wait to update to the new version of Illustrator so that I can use the new 'draw within' feature.  Even though it only takes a few more steps, I just didn't feel like creating a mask for the veins.