As for me, let me tell you, I moved to a new town, and now I have a steady job at a supermarket where they exploit me for a salary that doesn’t stretch far enough, but at least it’s steady from month to month. I’ve had the idea of drawing every day, but I either run out of time or I’m too tired to do it. However, I had planned to draw all the dragons from Holozing, and that’s what has pushed me to paint in my free time until I finally finished this fiery friend.

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I wanted the dragon to be engulfed in flames, but with its head as the main focal point. So, I tried to center it as much as possible on the canvas, ensuring your gaze would meet its. Later, I shifted the composition slightly to the right of the workspace to add a bit more dynamism.

And of course, it was time to add details. I went straight to shading the dragon's head, aiming to give it volume and make it immediately stand out from the rest of the setting. All my attention was focused on the area around its brow and its beautiful blue eye, as that’s where I wanted to direct the viewer’s gaze.

Then, all I had left was to fully render the piece. Well, it’s not like I spent hours and hours detailing every inch of the painting. As I’ve mentioned before, I come home tired from work, so I paint little by little during my free moments. In fact, what you’ll see next isn’t even the final version, because right before writing this post, I added a few tiny details to the illustration. But I’m sure you noticed them when you opened the post. If not, I invite you to scroll back to the top of the post to check out the final final art—or, as I almost named the file on my computer, dragonfirefinishedfinalnowreallyfinal.psd.

I will leave you a GIF with the whole process on it, so you can better appreciate the illustration process.