Personal Project: Rusting Metal 1

This project is something that I wanted to do because I have just finished writing a short version, almost a synopsis, of a story that I have been going over in my head for years called Rusting Metal. I started by doing the line drawing that you see below. However, I did not use this in the actual piece because I could not seem to progress it. In the second image you can see the current WIP. I intend to work the angle from the initial line art into the final but for now I decided not to. The dragon type creature that is in this is made of crystal. I had struggled to start painting the crystals but after looking at real crystals and other concept art I managed to render them nicely. So far, the dragon is what I have been mainly focusing on and I am very happy with the direction I am taking with this project. I intend to make the crystals look like they are glowing slightly but I am not entirely sure how, so for now I will continue rendering them as I have been. I can't wait to see it finished!