With the second installment of The Hobbit trilogy coming out (right now!!!), we thought it might be a good idea to give Smaug the dragon the respect he deserves by putting up a gallery of his finest artistic appearances.

Bilbo didn’t suck up to him for nothing (Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, oh Smaug the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities). He really is quite impressive.

Shooting Fire Into Erebor (The Lonely Mountain)

By JonHodgson

Looking Down at the Town of Dale

Laying Waste to Lake Town (Esgaroth)

by Gaius31duke

Looking Down at Bilbo

by AndyFairhurst

Someone Pissed Him Off

by LyntonLevengood

Trying to Set Fire to the Dwarves

by Evolvana

Smaug the Devil

by Isvoc

Smaug Angry! Smaug Smash!

by Davesrightmind

Resting Next to the Lonely Mountain

by Atriedes

In All of His Spelndor, Sitting on a Rock

by AndyFairhurst

The Mess a Dragon Makes

by moonxels

The Dragon And His Treasure

by moonxels

Another Moment of a Greedy Dragon and His Treasure

by einen

Smaug as an Innocent Baby

Even monsters start out as cute things (by seki0930).

The Benedict Cumberbatch Version of Smaug

For those of you who don’t know, this is the man who voices Smaug in the Hobbit films (by j-grey).

For more on The Hobbit, check out the 15 best artworks influenced by the Hobbit.