had to change quite a lot
Wow this is invoking a lot of emotion, I think the concept and description is really beautiful. I really loved the feeling of the older illustrations you had going on, but like many have said your composition is really strong and works well. Looking forward to seeing this finished
thank you very much for kind words @nesokaiyoh!
an update: changed the head position, started to render things
I still love this so much. For some reason the detail of the wing on the left is really lush lol you nailed painting the similar value set and getting all that detail in, I love that part
decided to add offensive stuff
thank you @nesokaiyoh! a lot of work ahead though, looking forward to make it better:)
I'm excited to see more xD
looking good, the concept is a lot clearer now.
this is coming along nicely 
Really like your rendering!
thank you @tomi.taneli.lotjonen, @giagiastoons, @moirae for a feedback!
so finally after a lot of tweaking i getting closer to the feel i like, still long way to go though.
i wanted to make fireballs / stones readable but not distracting from the focal point, i tweaked the wings to feel more lizardish, introduced more "air" between my planes. Should find a new spot for an element emblem.
Honestly I feel like you've lost depth making the wings lighter, especially the one closer to us as it was coming out towards the camera. The texture does suit it but I think you should bring that darker value back to it so it doesn't blend into the mid ground as it currently is. A lot of the nice bits of grass and rock in the foreground also gave it a bit of variety and description for where they are, imo I don't think omitting those added to the piece. Either way, good job with the progress so far!
thanks for sharing you thoughts @nesokaiyoh but i like the wing as it is now, lighter closer to the mid ground, grass and rocks in the middle plane and foreground are gone for good and are not going to come back. im trying to bring everything together and a lot of these things are unnecessary and distracting making my image to fraction, im going to work from general to specific from now on if it makes sense.
That's perfectly fair enough! I just don't want you to lose that beautiful distinction of grounds and depth you had going. I do look forward to seeing it more finished though 
small progress update. should really start clean and render things out
upd
looking great
thank you @brandoncrampton1!
The idea with a dragon defending a human is amazing!
