Dragon Slayer of Summer

A training task I completed under the very capable supervision of Dan Peacock (go check out his work, it's stunning)
He provided me with a character description and guided me through my design iterations that ultimately culminated in a turnaround sheet and an illustration.
I wanted to do something new with the dragon slayer scene and show the aftermath of the fight while giving the audience all the clues necessary to figure out how he achieved his victory.
I really struggled with the illustration at first when it was in it's portrait orientation, so I deviated from my sketch and made a switch to landscape right at the end.