Finished piece for the winner of my first YCH, an epic scene for Bobby_Balon of FA featuring the dragon, Balon!

Pheeeew, big background is big. I had some fun with it though! For whatever reason, that second range of mountains gave me the most difficult of times.

Tried some different techniques on the shading and colouring for this one. ^^ Note how the overall piece is more muted to suit the lighting. :D

And before anyone tries to tell me 'that's not how you draw feathers,' those ARE NOT feathers! They're metal plates. Of which also proved a challenge for layering them all, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Happy dragon is happy. <3

Thanks, Balon! Hope you like!