furry Dragon Agw ftw! The only slip I can see is in the Arch Demons saliva....some goes down, some leans to the right. It can be written off as a movement indicator......but you wanted the veiwers to be picky so :P Other than that..Awesome...love it...favin it....

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks ^^

OOOOO nice! Very suspenseful scene to!

I appreciate your openess to critiques. Well, nothing initially jumped out at me, but there are a couple things upon inspection. Be forewarned, I've been told I'm very blunt in my critiqueing, too the point that I've given offence when not meant, but I'm honestly trying to help. I'm the kinda guy who gives it to you straight and speaks my mind.

The dragon's saliva just seems a little too thick, and the mouth for some reason looks kinda small for a beast that large, but that might be perspective.

Okay, actually, the shading on the lion's arms did jump out at me on the second look. They are so dark compared to the rest of the lighting that they look more like grooves or secondary shadows from something else than muscular definition. Other than that I have to say the lighting is done quite well.

The sword, on close inspection (this is going to be blunt), looks like a solid piece of carved stone. The coloring is unilateral, and honestly looks like stone, which doesn't sound like the best material for a sword. If it's supposed to be metal, if there's enough light to put a glint on the earing (a nice touch I might add), then there should be enough for some mild reflection on the blade.

I'm a little confused on what the glowing green stuff is on the cavern floor, but I have never played Dragon Age Origins, and am assuming it is related to that.

Well, I hope you find my thoughts helpful, and this is a nicel piece overall.

Thank you. I don't mind blunt critique at all if it reasonable.
Yeah, the sword is pretty hard for me to make it looks nice

A big scalie and such a small hole *chuckles* I know a certain bear fantasies about such things ;) Awesome work, I particularly love the shading and shadow work. Also the drool from the dragons mouth. +fav ^_^

I might have made the dragon's head larger and closer to the viewer to make him look more imposing (not that he doesn't now). Anything with a lion hero is good by me.

Structure and component of the picture, that's what I lack of
Much appreciated MW

Ok critiquing...First the good: The muscle tone we see of the loin's arm is spot on for the most part and his mane wow, good lighting and texture there. The lighting effect on the floor of the cave is very eye catching and very nicely done. The dragon looks awesome as well though I do have to wonder how he fits his whole body in the cave overall.

The stuff that needs work: The slavia as noted above just perhaps too much of it really. I would thin the lines of what slavia you have there already. I would darken the lion's right arm just a bit towards the body, assuming the the only light source in the cave comes from the opening where the dragon is.

Overall there is little to improve upon I think in the picture, the muscle tone, proportions for the lion seem to be in order and the overall composition seems to work in that the eyes always has something to focus on.

Hope this helps

Thank you Silvermane. It sure help
I need to work harder on muscles shading.

You're welcome I am glad it does! :)
You aren't alone there it is something I need to work on as well.

I'm STILL playing Dragon Age right now. (fun as Hell!) The Awakening EP comes out the month. (looks pretty good) They need to add furries to this game.

Like the werewolf in the elf village? :P

No, a more human like furry. (a.k.a. like the one in your picture)

You did a really good job of this - the effort you put into it shows.

Really nice work, Sir.

Thank you for the compliment

From what I can see the lion's face, eyes, and mane are the best thing going for this. You did a great job with them.

For what stands out the most that could use improvement is the saliva on the dragon. It looks more like transparent icicles than actual watery drool. I'd recomend looking on flickr or another image search like Bing and get some animal or people pictures slobbering/drooling.
Water will stick to an animal's body and drip, not move perpendicular straight down.

Some general things, like the cave mouth would be a bit better if you showed near the entrance a little more brighter light and maybe some highlights on the scales of the dragon to show where light is directly hitting it seperating that from the dragon's head in the cave with green highlights underneath from the fissure.

The dragonage logo on the shoulder was a nice touch. I had to look twice to see it.

Your armor looks segemented instead of connected by composite leather underneath. I had to look twice here as the browns from the skin/fur look similar.

I hope this has helped a little.

Not a little, it's help a lot!
Next time I will try to overcome the flaw that you mention.
Thank you.

Hehe, sorry that I can't be helpful as those above, but I really do like this, Defago! :3

I can definitely agree with everyone on the lion's head. ^^

I love drawing head. It's my favorite

Very good picture, Defago!
it's very beautiful in color.

Thank you for the compliment, Raghan

I am new to your work so first off -Nice picture; great lighting and composition,

A lot of the lion side is great, esp the detailing, but the dragon side is a little less successful as others have noted above. The thing that throws me is the green lines on the floor- there seems to be no explanation for them- they don't look like acid, lava or vines so they don't work to me.

Defiantly having a rummage in the rest of your gallery!

Thank you and be my guess sir

fun!

You mean the game?

i love dragon age im not a good critique though lol i love the expression on the lion's face it really helps show that it's a tense scene even if its noticable. and the detail on the dragon's head is really good. i also like the design of the lion's armor ^^

Well worth the time and effort! I'm not much of an art critic, but I think you chose a great pose and expression for our hero there. <3 Dragon Age

I still thank you for that :3

OH YES Dragon Age! :D
This is fantastic. by the way. Lighting and shadows are great!

I've always enjoyed the cliche, 'knight vs. dragon' concept. (No offense to any dragons reading this).

ummm.... you forgot something... as you can feel darkspawn they can feel you too. especially the arch demon. i suppose it is going to turn out bad

But hiding is human nature :P

are you a human? :P

I am! I must be. Ain't I?

it seems you don't understand the point of the picture

No I was just joking :)

in the picture you appear as a humanoid lion, so hiding isn't your nature and the arch demon can sense you. so one way or another you are screwed. especially now that you are alone