What relief it is to finally get this here! I've never spent so long on a piece of art before.
Following the start of this piece was a long and arduous journey of improvement and patience. I took on the idea around December of the last year, after a few radical changes in my life started taking place, and I realized I wanted to get more serious about art, and being an artist, overall. It was to be finished by the end of January, but around the second week of February, something happened that made my life do a full 180°. Suddenly I was so occupied, my free time basically vanished but at the same time I was so fulfilled, it was something I didn't see coming at all. All of a sudden I had purpose, something to really live for and strive for. As rough as the whole thing was, in fact, at the beginning, like a piece of art which is on the "sketch" phase, with so much potential but yet so much time still before it comes to completion. I don't wanna get into much detail here, for both the sake of privacy and well, I thought this piece deserved some effort on the description, more than me just rambling about my recent life.

So, what's going on in there, you ask.
Well, it came as a flash of inspiration. I tend to do that. Abstract images form in my mind and direct me to the end result, what you'd call a muse, eh? I like the idea of my muse being sorts of a dragon, haha. Well, that noodle-derg you see in there is supposed to be as though a god, but incarnated. Often they say that all dragons are themselves gods in flesh incarnate, walking the world among the lesser races. I like the idea at least, it really gives you something to feel in awe for, whenever you think of a dragon. By the way. No, it's not that dragon you're thinking about, even if I do see how it could have been inspired by that, subconsciously(?). This one could be said to be a creation of mine, even if sometimes it doesn't feel like he comes from me at all . . . as though he's one such entity himself trying to get a paw planted on this world through my piece. And well, the name I chose for the painting owes to that, being sorts of a tribute to this one dragon, trying to make himself known through my efforts, and bringing the prospect of 'real' art to my table in return.

I took an hour or two after finishing to work on a more artsy signature. It's very experimental, a test of sorts to see where I can go with the design. And yeah it does say "Fulgur", doesn't it?

There's probably a lot of strange symbology here. The gem? The platform? The clouds, why are they reacting like that? What's the meaning of those spyned vynes? (Haha yes, with a Y, inside joke sorry! A certain someone will get it.) And why is the noodle so, well, noodle-y?
More at 11! *ehem* So well. The initial phase of my painting started with a very abstract image. Greenery around and behind, vynes, a cloudy sky, and Mr. Noodledragon here reaching for the sky. I thought, ok, looks like an Ouroboros. Let's make the tail super long, phase it into the vynes as though he's part of the world himself, and have him reach for the end of his tail coming from the skies. Hm. That seemed too cheesy, honestly. So I went for a more subdued approach, less overtly gimmicky and more meaningful. I do wonder whether I should explain my view though, considering the whole argument about "eye of the beholder" and all that. Someone else might have a different interpretation of the symbology and it'd be valid too, and it would only add further meaning to my piece. So I present it to you as-is, without much of an explanation, and let it speak for itself. Even though I've totally gone out of my way to write all of this, haha.