Watts Illustration BootCamp 2020

Art Assignment 2: The Wizard and The Dragon
Description: Illustrate a scene in which a wizard type character is fighting a Dragon in an epic battle.  The Wizard and Dragon should be your own designs.  The location and time period is your choice.  Feel free to explore a cross genre theme.  For example Wildwest/Fantasy, or Sci-Fi/Fantasy.  The designs of the characters and environment should clearly define what genre you're crossing into.  The format is up to you, landscape or portrait.
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I chose this prompt to illustrate my wizard, Emrhys fighting a dragon guardian of a lost library.
The setting is a large cavernous room with lots of giant pedestals where knowledge pools are kept, each one illuminated by it's own set of candles.

I want to depict the fight on one of this grand pedestals as Emrhys steals knowledge from the dragon.

Admittedly, I'm having a really difficult time balancing the scale of the dragon, and the wizard into an interesting composition even though the dragon is not a colossal figure.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Watts Atelier 2019 Boot camp

I choose to do the sample MTG style brief, "Inspiring Angel".

After reading the description, I tried to come up with reasons why she was inspiring or how she might inspire.

This thumbnail shows the angel being the rallying hero the viewer would look up to. Thrusting up through the heavens, "Onward to victory!", she'd yell, as a beacon in the dark.

This thumbnail I thought would be cool to get closer and be more intimate, like we are there with her. Her expression, an upward smirk, might inspire confidence in her allies. She would laugh and say, "Of course we'll win!"

On this last one, I wanted the viewer to be an unnoticed spectator looking on as the angel prepared herself for battle. A quiet, reflecting moment in a warrior's salute to her adversary. The reverant calm before the savage torrent of war. 

I liked these three thumbnails the most, and feel like they could accomplish the goal well enough in their own right. Left to my own vices, I'd probably lean on the last one.

Any and all advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! So hype to get in the studio with everyone come Monday!

Cheers!

Nicholas