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Smaug coming around for another attack on Esgaroth

As you will see in the WIP my dragon went through a few stages but I wasn't happy with any of them ( the dragons look I was happy with but not the way it moved ). I wanted to have Smaug show his jewel encrusted belly yet still look like he was going to attack Esgaroth. It was only when I decide to look at other artists dragons for inspiration for flight posture I came across this...

[link] ...and used it as a reference posture. So a big thanks to the sculptor Cleyton.

W.I.P stages [link]
Painted in PS2.

Thanks for looking

*Updated some wing and smoke issues
** I am aware that it is an inaccurate portrayal of the scene in the book due to the fact that there are more than one ( and therefore not 'lonely' ) mountains. But for this piece I felt it looked better this way. You could pretend that what you see are mere hills compared to the HUGE Lonely mountain just out of shot if you so wish ;)
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~KKBatoretto Oct 2, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
The dragon and the background look amazing!
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*AndyFairhurst Oct 2, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you :)
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:iconhelo9x76:
Thhis is really good!
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*AndyFairhurst Aug 24, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you Helo :)
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:iconcamikoopa:
Soo amasing ! Great! I love it!
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*AndyFairhurst Jul 19, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you very much :)
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:iconsulathron:
This is one of the best illustrations of Smaug I have seen so far. You got great talent.
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*AndyFairhurst Mar 2, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
That is very kind of you :D Thank you Sulathron
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:iconsdnatasha:
Awesome! I hope you don't mind, but I'll be incuding this on the website www.lotrfandom.net because we love showcasing amazing work like this. Credit and a link to your page here will be displayed as well. :)
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*AndyFairhurst Feb 25, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
If a credit and link are provided as you say then I don't mind one bit :D Thanks
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