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This is the book cover illustration of Alanya part 2 - 'Drakarna vaknar' (Dragons Awaken). Originally Norweigan, and written by Iselin Alvestad, the book is translated and published in Sweden by 'RabΓ©n'. It is aimed at readers between 8-12 and will be released in September this year.(The image is to be cropped before publishing)
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I'll say from the start that its weak point is the lack of originality. Of course it's not your fault that fantasy literature produces hundreds upon hundreds of scenes with wizards fighting dragons in majestic caves (and that's not always bad, anyway). But the problem is that besides the dragon and the girl, there's no other hint to why the story is special: some object she's carrying with her, a companion, wall carvings... anything at all to hint at a more complex story.
Now for the praise: the composition works, the column framing it is a nice touch; it's what first got my eye. I also like how you didn't make it as creepy as possible (the colors are warm and pleasing overall, and you didn't go overboard with shadows as I would have, for instance). Considering your target are 8-12 year olds, that's good. Everything's got a nice texture, in contrast to most digital art that often looks excessively polished.
Last but not least, you seem to have mastered the art of detailing just the parts that need to be detailed, so as not to tire and confuse the viewer. All this piece needed, to go from good to awesome, was a little twist, something nobody would have thought of finding there, in terms of content or even technique.
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nice but wat book was this agian and who wrote it
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See the description. Cover illustration of the Swedish translation.
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Many thanks for the feature!
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Ur welcome u have great stuff!
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Nicely drawn! The dragon is pretty skinny, looking like she had no adventurers in centuries. 
The shadow from the horns and the spinal "ridges" makes it look like there are one or two extra horns or ridges (bigger than the rest). Especially the one near the left (viewer's left) horn shadow appears extraneous.
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Thanks for the constructive feedback!
Yes, the dragon in the story have slept for quite some time.
The foot I guess is a mixture between what we see in dogs for example, who walk on their "toes" (and have their "heels" a lot higher than human beings), and a normal foot. So I suppose we can call it an extended foot.
The shadows on the wall are no where near what the form of the dragon would create. I did a version where the shadow was more correct, but it didn't look good in the image, so I settled with cheating. Well spottet.
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sweet, really like the details on dragon's body, not mentioning the lighting ; )
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Your very welcome!!
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This is pretty good! Was the dark column the reason for the cropping?
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No.. They just want some extra centimeters filled out around the motif for some reason. I'm not sure where they are going to crop it, but I guess they will close in on the middle. At least, that's what I calculated with. Thanks!
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