Moon Dragon

One of a pair. (The other doesn't scan well so it's not up yet). Draw in 2007 or 2008, I forget, inked in 2008 -- don't remember when I started painting it. Did only the trees on both and then they sat for a long, long, long time.... finally a fit of persistence happened (yay!) and I finished them.

This long delay was *bad* for the paper where the painters tape held it flat on the board. So the edges of the paper are roughed up.

The scanner was so happy with the blues that it forgot to do the greens or something. The small image is the actual painting; I cleaned up the white boarder and some overruns for a printable version.

The painted area is about 3" across and 7" tall (very roughly; ask me later and I might measure it). The paper I think is 6" x 9" or something.

ADVICE WANTED: Please critique! (Every work is mulch for the next ones

My own questions are: What color(s) should the dragon have been to stand out best? Is the faint glow where I tried lifting some of the blue helpful?

Should I have softened the stars differently or more?

How about the shadows? More? Where aren't they right?

THANKS.