The wings remind me of several things, least of which are not: the inside lining of... humans, wombs more specifically, sun-screens (or what are those things that soak up the sun's energy to store / use power ? solar panels ?) windmills, canvases, sheets and "wings".
I see you've really developed your technique since I was active, great stuff.
I discovered a site called conceptart.org which I thought you might be interested in, if you didn't already know of it's existence (description, same place?), I've been lurking there for around a year or more, also cgtalk but that's more for the professional side I guess.
Words to offer for the painting, technically, it looks like the mountain / jagged edge in the centre of the page has a slope due to the small rubble on the (left) side of it.
It's also not consistent with the way the clouds have been done and because the paw / hand / hoof / claw of the dragon is in the way, conveniently provides a way for the viewer to presume it is actually a part of the mountain, the left mountain reassures that this is not so but that doesn't change the suggestion, so it looks a bit out of place, perhaps I need eye surgery though.
Things i really like about it; the blue in the clouds, the "lens flare" (?) orange on the mountain, great use of color to emulate light, the overall tones and the title, which fits.
Overall it does seem a little like it might be a crop of a "grander" picture and I know, from your other pictures you understand more than is needed to show what is shown in this picture about placement on page, maybe you wanted the clouds to be slightly lopsided and the dragon to look a little stifled... just trying to suggest things that might be of use. I've been reading the loomis books on drawing, illustration and painting and I think he really nails a lot of things, for instance when he says no amount of explanation, defense or et c can stir up the profound emotions in people which a painting can (which is to say explanation about a painting, not explanation - writing)
This picture has something of that.
Anyway, rock/roll on!
I see you've really developed your technique since I was active, great stuff.
I discovered a site called conceptart.org which I thought you might be interested in, if you didn't already know of it's existence (description, same place?), I've been lurking there for around a year or more, also cgtalk but that's more for the professional side I guess.
Words to offer for the painting, technically, it looks like the mountain / jagged edge in the centre of the page has a slope due to the small rubble on the (left) side of it.
It's also not consistent with the way the clouds have been done and because the paw / hand / hoof / claw of the dragon is in the way, conveniently provides a way for the viewer to presume it is actually a part of the mountain, the left mountain reassures that this is not so but that doesn't change the suggestion, so it looks a bit out of place, perhaps I need eye surgery though.
Things i really like about it; the blue in the clouds, the "lens flare" (?) orange on the mountain, great use of color to emulate light, the overall tones and the title, which fits.
Overall it does seem a little like it might be a crop of a "grander" picture and I know, from your other pictures you understand more than is needed to show what is shown in this picture about placement on page, maybe you wanted the clouds to be slightly lopsided and the dragon to look a little stifled... just trying to suggest things that might be of use. I've been reading the loomis books on drawing, illustration and painting and I think he really nails a lot of things, for instance when he says no amount of explanation, defense or et c can stir up the profound emotions in people which a painting can (which is to say explanation about a painting, not explanation - writing)
This picture has something of that.
Anyway, rock/roll on!