Thanks for the nice comments
I will try doing an edit for the lighting and try editing some details. It probably didnt help that the charactor was finished before the rest of the sig. I used a reference for the flame (a very photo took myself ages ago) and I did make my version brighter and used less red, I will try being more true to the references colour (I mostly used it for the shape of the flame). I will try making the ground brighter around the flame and perhaps extend the darkest shade around the edges. It is supposed to be a cave, but the creators of jagex don't seem to understand lighting at all, there are a few torches around the cave, yet the ground is far lighter than I made it, and the dragons are brighter too, so using screenshots doesnt help with lighting.
As for my rendering technique, Im not quite sure what you mean, do you mean the way I've used dithering and shaded the dragon etc? I have only recently started using dithering (didnt have the patience for it in paint, and only got gale about a month ago) so its probably a bit sloppy by your standards. But thanks for all the comments, keep them coming
I will post updates on saturday, as its currently almost 4am and got a busy day ahead of me.