Dragons Keep

Be brave traveler. Who dares face the mighty dragon of the ruined keep? Such an encounter is not for the faint of heart. In fact, a more subtle approach may be in order, through the nearby cave perhaps? But beware, for a more terrifying creature may lay in wait.

 

My entry for the Dungeons and Dragons Building Instructions Cover challenge. I created an initial greyscale sketch to determine the overall composition first, then applied some basic colors over that before moving into the long process of shading everything. Once I was satisfied with the piece overall I used textured brushes to add in any finer details such as textures on the dragons skin, the rocks or castle keep, as well as added any missing specular highlights, additional lighting and so on.

Created using Clip Studio Paint for the entire process of the illustration