3D tribal art and photoshop

I tried making a wolf based off a tribal tattoo.

This is the render in maya.

I used chrome to render it just as a white because it gave a good shading without having to adjust much of anything.

I then took this into photoshop and made these:

I liked both with the wolf as well as just the outline so I kept both.

This piece actually has thought in it.

The wolf represents individuality, a "lone wolf".
The rose represents love.
The wolf "ember" that is coming out next to the rose represents losing a piece of yourself when you are in love.
The rest is open to interpretation, but there were reasons I put them all in.