This is a fully hand-painted hell hound created using only a color (albedo) map.
The idea was to design a hell hound that was killed and had its head cut off, but later mutated. The mutation attempts to reattach the head to the body, which is why the tentacle-like forms appear around the neck area.
The focus of this piece was on hand-painted textures, color balance, and keeping the creature readable for a stylized game environment.