Hello there!





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First of all, you've done a wonderful job choosing the color palette! When I opened the gallery, your image was the first thing that I saw - bright, contrasted, and magical, it draws the eye immediately. The mane is very impressive, the chosen values and gradients make it appear soft and textured. The primary feathers on the wing in the foreground are stunning, and the overall addition of small wisps of feather make the wings appear very soft.







Now, what I think you could work on: contrast, depth, and details. Let's take this point by point.





1. Contrast: A handy way to see if your image is contrasted is to convert it to black and white. When I do so with yours, it seems fine, but in my opinion, a little washed out. I think more dark and light values, for example, darkening the background on the right a little, would make the dragon "pop" more, essentially shifting the focus to it.







2. Depth: A lot of it depends on contrast, but some of it also comes from the sharpness of the image. While I see that you have blurred the background, the head of the dragon still blends in with it a little. Making the snout sharper in terms of detail and brightness would draw more attention to it. The same applies to the wing in the background - making it darker or more blurred compared to the front one would add depth, since at the moment it seems a little flat. Also, while this is more of a shape concern, I would add that the middle section of the tail also seems somewhat flat, I would suggest shading it in more at the sides to create an illusion of a more "cylindrical" shape.







3. Details and texture: While the mane is excellent, the texture of the smaller feathers on the wings is a little lackluster, in some spots they look like scales (if that was the intent, my bad! Still, if that was the intended effect, I would suggest trying to change the texture a bit to make it seem more "scaly"). A similar concern are the horns, they are not very differentiated in texture, which makes them seem somewhat "fleshy", rather than made of a stiffer material. For reference, the talons seem very "hard" and sharp, perhaps adding shine and a similar coloring technique to the horns would make them seem more stiff.

I would also like to see more defined planes on the rocks: they appear to have been painted with a similar brush to the trees in the background, and while it creates an interesting effect, it is not very realistic. However, that is up to your discretion.







A little comment in regards to anatomy: the foreground front paw seems to be bent at a somewhat unnatural angle, as though the joint is very long. It isn't jarring, but I would suggest looking into it. Here is a good dragon leg anatomy depiction:









I hope my comment helps you! Overall, very nice drawing, I hope to see more works from you on here



