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Saberrex [2018-09-24 14:30:10 +0000 UTC]

I certainly want to see the Hungarian Horntail and Ukrainian Ironbelly done in this style. That would be so cool.

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Tyrragarde [2018-09-16 16:51:28 +0000 UTC]

The scale patterns on this dragon are really beautifully done! Also, I adore the style it's in - very much like the How to train your Dragon style!

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camelpardia [2018-07-01 12:58:27 +0000 UTC]

This is really good! I like the combination of Harry Potters dragons in How to Train Your Dragon's style, it's a really good mix.

But I do have some tips on making your character stand out from the background, and how to push things further away or closer.
One way of doing this is using different levels of saturation on the back and foreground. It's more common for artists to put highly saturated objects in the background and less saturated objects in the background.
Another trick is to use the color of the objects that's furthest away and putting it on objects you wish to be further away from the foreground. In this picture it's the sky, so putting a bit of sky color in the hills, is a good way to make them appear as if they're further away. Things that you want out of focus can be blurred, human eyes have a tendency to focus on sharper objects and disregard more blurry ones.
Minituts2
1. Original
2. Desaturated background
3. More desaturated hills
4. Blurred hills+clouds and a lot of sky color in the hills. I used gaussian blur here, it's my personal favorite.
I don't know if the program you're using has access to blur options, but if it doesn't it's no big deal, using saturation and color is the most efficient way anyway.

Here's another thing, I figure you've been using a "grass brush" for the grass. They're excellent tools, but there's a trick to using them. You see, currently the grass looks stiff and mass produced, but if you take another pass at the grass and add small handmade details you can make it come alive. For example bending some blades to the right or left, shortening some blades and heightening others.
I like the shadow on the grass though, it's a nice touch and gives the dragon more of a presence within the picture.

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