What can I say, this thing has been a year in the making, off and on.

I started this after I realized how terrible my ref was at Anthrocon 2010. Since then, I put an absolutely horrible amount of time into this, and I'm finally relieved to be posting it. It's not so much that the image you see took so long, but rather I became dissatisfied with everything so quickly. It got to the point where I kept redrawing everything all over again endlessly.

In the end the crop you see is 14% of it's original size. Looking back, I have improved a lot within a year's time just by thumbing through my revisions. But it has come with help.

MASSIVE PROPS TO THE FOLLOWING:

 dragondame  nambroth  acidapluvia  byzil

for for their CRAZY amount of feedback, suggestion, and use of their eyeballs during this entire process. Also thanks to everyone who's contributed their thoughts. I know this has been shown around a lot. I HOPE I BORROWED THE EYEBALLS WELL.

Progression Chart: http://dragonwing.homeserver.com/hy.....ssionchart.jpg
A larger 18% Crop: http://dragonwing.homeserver.com/hy.....eSheet2011.jpg

Also, the background Duotone is not stock. It is the result of my bathroom surviving watercolor hell.