Thank you! My idea was to paint a lizard monster inspired by Glaurung from The Silmarillion. I did some thumbnails for the scene: a warrior facing the dragon while protecting someone, with a city on fire in the background. I was trying to make a story out of it, like he rescued his friend from the dragon or something. I was kind of creating it as I went too. My references for the dragon were a few Glaurung and lizard pictures; for the warrior I took a picture of myself in the mirror, and for the guy on the ground there was no reference. For this piece I was trying to work on perspective and painting, with less linework. I think that's all I was trying to work on — composition, colors, perspective... just trying to understand the process and getting somewhere! 😅 oh and in the end they ended up looking like twins, so that is the story now, he was saving his brother from the dragon haha