Territorial

Done over a few days this took at least 6hours...i think; hard to tell as i wasn't strictly timing myself and it's even harder to guess when it's over a few days.
Photoshop CS with Wacom Bamboo

More experimenting with Golden Section composition and lighting as well as trying to pin down a better dragon-scale effect other than the 'wishy-washy' less defined example in [link]

I can't seem to help but go for an almost monochromatic, sepia-ish look when I'm experimenting. Not sure I like it though I can't for the life of me think how or where to inject some colour into it or indeed whether or not it needs it /shrug

This was partly inspired by a print I got in "PCZONE" magazine of a game; think it's called "Prologue: STALKER, clear sky" by Deep Silver (?). Not sure on the details but the sky and lighting of it was inspiring.

Some textures from IFX magazine ([link]) and my own stock.