Stunning, whoa.

LOVE the lighting, makes the image soft and surreal. He looks like he could blend into the environment at any moment XD

But it still looks beautiful! All the light colors and light beaming down from the foliage up high!

Well it looks really nice =3
Like how the whole picture has a similar tone through both the character and the backdrop.

Think it was worth waiting for! I like the background and all those details in it! Looks pretty amazing!

Fantastic job, all that wait pays off in the end :D[/b]

Your art has been, and always will be, awesome. :)

Oh, this is stunning. Absolutely superb. The colors really makes it look like a mysterious forest. :D

Long time fan of your work, Ryo. Studied your dragon wing structure for a long time and I love how you do it. This image is no exception. No on to the meat of the comment.

I hope you realize the only reason this takes you so long is because you don't do it enough. Speed comes with comfort, and comfort comes with time and practice. It'd be a complete shame if you didn't choose to produce more of this kind of work. It's stunning and you have so much potential in it.

My best advice is to not offer these as commissions until you feel at least a little more comfortable in your process and workflow. try doing this kind of thing with personal project you feel the most inspiration on. It serves to both steel one's resolve to complete the piece past any superficial frustration as well as give you the drive to give it your all and work it until you're mostly proud of the final image.

Just my two cents. =3 I love the picture as a whole but I won't critique since you haven't asked for it. Hope to see more like this.

Your advice has been echoed several times through as many people... I really do need to just do this more. I appreciate the advice of not doing it for commissions though! I think that creates an undue pressure on me that doesn't allow for become comfortable with the format.

As for critique, I wholeheartedly appreciate and anticipate it, both positive and negative.

...and when you are comfortable with this and yourself, I for one would be looking forward to whatever my come from those oh so talented taloned hands of yours. Of course, I am always anxious to see what you do anyway! }:=)

Gorgeous painting, really gorgeous!

Beautiful lighting effects!

Now this is a great bit of work Ryoken. I'm very impressed with this one. I'd vote you try this sort of thing just a little more often, but that's just me.

Still pretty damn good!

that is a very lovely one ! :D

All that extra time shows...and very stunninigly!

This is incredibly beautiful work. It's always a real treat to see more 'finished' work like this from you, It's clear this must have been a lot of work, but the result is really stunning!

Species: Wyvern?
Eheh.

oops! Must have fat fingered that one

Er, shouldn't it be Anthro?