This is a digital repaint of Dragon Life 5 [link] . I loved the color scheme and composition of the original, but it just didn't have the effect I wanted in the oil-on-panel version. Part of the reason for that was time constraint.
Painter X, Photoshop CS3 Wacom Intuos 3 25 hours
*Edit* Added some ambient blue light and some texture to the dragon.
The dragon is so brilliantly red I love it. But the dramatic difference in detail between the creature and his environment makes it look like the image was painted by two different people.