Love this artwork!
it seems to be a nod to the classic Japanese portrayal of the dragon with the thinner parts of the body being shown more emphasis, focus on the claws and the rendering of the fire. Like Japanese ink work in black and white. The clear difference is 'zard has a beer belly. Then the anime tentacles 0.o lol
Sick the Venusaur is thrown in as well and the unique formatting of the card!