CBinns coloring journey

[CBinnsIllustration]

As always thanks @darktiste for the in depth critique, your time taken to break it down is very appreciated. I take your guidance for reference in and I am no stranger to looking at the world around me for help, however when it comes to designing and creating something other-worldly like a cave dwelling dragon i tend to limit reference and work from imagination as much as possible. My idea behind this guy is he is a wingless dragon that instead has a collapsible  and ribbed hood that stretched from neck to flank that allows him to glide for limited ranges ( just enough to surprise a non-suspecting meal below). I appreciate my piece may not have shown enough of him and what i did show was perhaps too confusing to get that concept across. The quick doodle below gives the rough idea of what i had in mind for him.




You are right about the spikes! I wasn’t happy with how they turned out in honesty and will revisit to tone them down.

I’m not sure about the left leg on her though, im torn. I went for an ambitious foreshortening on that leg and perhaps I didn’t pull it off like i wanted. Might work with the lighting to perhaps pull the heel back a bit to show the right angle.

And i hear what you are saying about the thumbnailing. I do work many options before jumping in normally, this piece was a special case that i wanted to take to finished. I tend to not want to clutter the sketchbook with too much process but perhaps that’s the interesting part I should start to include.

Thanks again dude for taking the time to critique