This was the second dragon study illustration I did. After doing the first one I had better idea of how I wanted to go about handling both the art and the text that was included. That included spell-checking the text and making certain there were no giant grammar errors before lettering the art.

I'm happy that my graphite pencil has received good reviews from the general public. So much of the time in college there was a push to get you out of black and white and move on to color. This sometimes gave the impression that black and white work was somehow inferior to color work. My dad being a black and white photographer told me my understanding of contrast and composition were not strong enough and I needed to study them more. Of course at the time ignored him until about two years later when I had admit he was right and committed some real effort and learning my foundations. I feel after all these years I'm finally getting it. But it is a life long effort.