Hey! That is a lovely illustration and a great story! Cant wait to see that finished :smiley:
I guess the stones on the right in the foreground are supposed to be an impact? I cant tell why - maybe its the flow of the dust, or I just dont understand it - but for me it looks a bit like the stones are swirled upwards.

hey @hendrix.simon, thanks for your comment. yeah, you understand it right - the stones, smoke and dust in the right corner are swirled upwards - it's just for composition purpose:)

Really loving her pose actually, full of emotion and expression and you'e handled the foreshortening and proportions well, good job

a small update:
cant decide - dragon with or without armor?

Very nice new touches !
To be honest that is hard to choose...like them both, but maybe the first is better ?

hey @mr_dessin thanks for reply. i feel like the first one is better as well. i do like how dragon and human begin to relate to each other with addition of armor, but without armor dragon seems to be more natural

Also I kinda feel you loose point of interest with helmet armor.
But maybe that's just me.

And agreed with your great point of view !

nice work, I prefer the one without the helmet. I love how his sail is only on the head, makes it look like a mohawk :smile: looking great

I don't think your dragon need a helmet, the design is already very efficient without it. I would probably be a bit too much. But in the other it's really cool to have a part of the drake who remind the girl outfit. It really help to understand the relation between these two, but then it's a different story

I agree with oceane, having a helmet is a little distracting and acts as a barrier between us and the emotion of the dragon. I'd say best without it

upd. changed a bunch of stuff

one more update today

Such really cool details you added all the time !
The small grass part really add something to this (and lots of other details of course).

I have just one mini concern about the woman.
Her neck is not a bit too big ? (I thought it was the shoulder pad but apparently not).
This is really something that distract me since the beginning (but maybe that's just me, so no worries).

Woo nice vibration in the colors !

Really beautiful so far. I might have mentioned before, but do you think having a longer canvas would work better for your piece? There's so much movement and gesture but it's all compressed in a box and I feel with more freedom on the canvas it could really benefit. It's up to you though but I think messing around with that could help