Now that, is art.

Oh, a book horde. Makes a change from all the gold and stuff :)

O.=.o
Woh, divine details!!

Stunning work, this piece is incredible 0_0

good job! I liek the face from the dragon :)

Very unique concept too! Having to read good stories to keep from being eaten, right?

Yeah you actually got it!

!!!

I WANT
TO BOOP
THE SNOOT

Absolutely fantastic art though 'u'

I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT

I have been told I made him too cute.

This distresses me x3

Its okay, I tend to find fierce, ferocious things cute anyway haha. :p

Hey same here! ^.^

I just hope he doesn't have mass cute appeal 9.9

Amazing! <3<3<3

I am reminded soooo much of the Pagemaster :D

Oh yeah! Major inspiration :D

Wow! This is amazing!... But how does he read all those small books? How does he turn the pages?

He's got some magic to him that I think would help with this :3 Thank you!

Rhos! Prettiest book cover ever! I just want to hug his big nose.

Absolutely beautiful coloring! He is such a handsome dragon!

Wow!

dear holy lord the things I would give to watch you draw ;.=.;

Ha well if you turn up at a convention I'm at you probably can! I usually live stream off a screen on my booth or I might have a panel.

*crosses all the fingers*

oh wow What an impressive piece how long it lasted until he has read all these books

I always love fantasy stuff and when it comes to stories I always like to read

No smoking in the library, please.

What a Bookwurm

Wow, the detail you put into this piece is amazing! From the books on the ground and the shelves, to the individual scale details and the amazingly lifelike eye staring at us, it really is something special. Awesome work ^./\.^

I can see the outlines of every single book in that pile/hoard.

That is simply amazing!

oooooo... say hello to Pepper and Foxie for me...

extremely well done picture kiddo...

V.

I did and they said hello back! :D

*smiles so very big!

V.

Wow! That is absolutely amazing! I love the details in the dragon and all the books and papers!

Amazing work as always!

This is truly a stunning display of detail!

have you seen my jaw. it dropped so far down from this amazing work i can not find it any more.

Lol! Thank you! xD

Well. You know my opinion about this. Awesome piece! I think maybe one of your finest works. (Sure I'm biased by dragons a lot)
Just wish it would be a Tarkus, on the picture. Apart from that it's pretty much perfect :D

You don't know how tempted I was to just make it Tarkus x3

Now THAT is a proper hoard. Gah! Just don't sit on them, you're crushing the spines!

A beautiful work for an intriguing story, or collection of stories, as it were. I look forward to getting ahold of a copy!
That is a good looking dragon. Somehow he reminds me of someone...

Hehe thank you! Yeah he's more than a tad Tarkus inspired.. and in effect Smaug inspired as well!

Aha! I thought I saw a little bit of Smaug in there too.

"Do you have a book called Finding Waldo?"

I looooooove the style you have in drawing dragon skulls! So robust. :)

my god it's gorgeous

Now that's absolutely stunning. O.O
Wonderful work!

THIS IS BREATHTAKING ;.=.;

I could stare at this all day. As everyone has mentioned, the level of detailing is so high it's astounding. I love the way the jaws fit together, the overall shape of the skull and the small portions of hide we can see. Is it me or is this creature showing some crocodilian features?

Oh thank you! DEFINITELY crocodilian features! I looove using crocodile features in my dragons, among other favored reptiles, like komodo dragon paws!

HOLY. Teach me???

A book hoard! How excellent! I could feast my eyes on this for hours ^^

Well, at least he shows favor towards the lad..

Awesome. Dragon that hoards books. That's what I most likely being hoard for my dragon instincts.

Absolutely amazing work :3

wow this is beyond everything, beautiful, gorgeous, insiring... Good job !

My jaw dropped as I stared at this for 2 minutes straight!

What an astonishing image. I could stare at this for so long... all the details, all the textures, the composition, the perspective... I have greatly enjoyed all your previous work, but can't help but feel that you've reached new artistic heights with this incredible image. If this piece doesn't sell the book, nothing will.

And the book itself seems to be a really neat concept too. Kind of Smaug meets the Thousand and One Nights (Scheherazade); a cultured dragon, with his golden hoarde replaced with cultural gems. The themes here seem very powerful, with some great storytelling potential for McGarry and his hapless guest as well. I can't wait to buy this volume!

Oh thank you so much Anhedral! I continue to learn new things everyday, and I'm excited when I can bring those things into a new piece.

Gosh I really can't wait to get my hands on this book, it is SO good! I'm going to get the hard cover version asap!

WOW! O.o

That dragon isn't very good on keeping the books sorted in his library.
He should apply for a new job.

What a beautiful, beautiful dragon... <3

That's a big hoard of books ya got there~

I loooooove the big dragons. <3 so much.

thanks for making this

Incredible. Love the dragon

Now THAT'S the type of dragon I can relate to! Terribly organized, though. Love the detail of the curls of smoke from the nostrils ( ). Really, you must have done a lot of referencing and research, because this dragon really LOOKS like a reptile, the scales on the snout and around the eyes, the teeth, very realistic looking. FUNNESS!

Aw thank you!! Yeah I actually gave him traits from several reptiles including crocodiles, komodo dragons and monitor lizards among others! It was super fun!

You keep.... getting.... better.. and better....

This is.. just... phenomenal. ~.=.~

The detail on that snout is incredible. The scales on the rest of the dragon look like you could reach out and feel them because they are so fricken awesome.

10/10 would fav again.

Daw well gee! xD Thanks so much Glacius!

Amazing work

I hope he bought lots of asbestos book jackets. }:> Beautiful work.

Awesome details!

Dragons make best librarians as they know exactly where every book is.

Thank you!

While this is true, you prooooobably shouldn't let him hear you calling him a librarian...

As impressive as always!
Your details are so wonderful, i can hardly stand it haha.
One day i would love do get simething of this detail from you.

Stunning detail

What a great collection of books. Also everything about this is mad pretty.

I got this picc at this years EF and I have to say wow <3 it tottaly catched all of my attention your an amazing artist :3

Oh!! That's so wonderful! Gosh I'm so glad you commented, I hope you enjoy it and find a good place for it!

the print is amazing I first thought its an orginal piece and was impressed :D
really happy I found an amazing artist in the artshow like you <3 (because Im a bit picky with artshow stuff x3)

Daw jeeze well thank you so much!

you deserve it <3

The tragedy here is that this 1000 2000? year old dragon lost the ability to even pick up a book and read. like trying to read with trench shovels for fingers. It is like the twilight zones "Time Enough at Last" of dragons. lived most of his life unhappy with gold and when he finly finds a trove of books, he cant even read one.

this traveler is doing the dragon a kindess god knows the extent of his "great power" anyway.

My kind of horde! (well, gold and such would still be cool ha)

welp. it's official. i've found ME as a dragon XD

this is absolutely breathtaking! gorgeous! and the concept/story sounds -very- good as well!

Haha oh gosh, thank you so much!

SUPER impressive <3

I found out ... this was an art that I saw on Facebook, this art that made me fall in love with dragons and their mysteries, I think it is dangerous and there is so much information spread. Amazing, congratulations.

I’d love to see a full body profile of this dragon.