A much as i love the colour critique, it's not my character and i got verry specific instructions as to what colours the dragon should be. I'm more free with the other pallets, which is why the rocks do hue shift towards yellow as they get lighter but unfortunatly the pallet for the dragon is (almost) set. I might be able to get away with abit more yellow in the lighter colours, but i can't garuntee it. It's been closlely critiqued by the (eventual) owner as i work so i'll have to run it past her. : )
infinitegames ~ Which areas were you refering too (as far as overdithering) the belly was supposed to have more of a "scaled look" and so the dithering was supposed to make it more rough not less like on the rest of the peice. But if you didn't recognise that then i obviously havn't pulled it off. So if that's what your refering too i'd take ideas.
I'll see what i can do as far as rounding out the back, i've had the same thought myself but when i look at it close up it looks much more rounded than when i room out. *fiddles with it again*
EdpR ~ I'll give it a try, i'm not normally a fan of really high contrast but i'll experiment and see what it looks like.
brod ~ Now this was exactly the critique i was looking for. THANKYOU! <3 That's a really good idea for the rocks, i've just started and it's allready looking better. : )
The rest of your post is answered first.
Might not be able to post an update for afew days as a priority project has just been requested. So this is on the backburner at the moment unless i get blinding inspiration.