Dinosaur Gal WiP

I've been really struggling lately with my art and just being happy with what I'm doing so after a little 'down' period I'm considering this the win that I said I sorely needed in my last journal entry.

I've got a lovely book called 'Out of the Forests... The Art of Paul Bonner' which is awesome, I love Paul Bonner's work. However, the forward is by John Howe (also awesome) but in it he says (talking about Paul's work), "There is a dearth of body-builder females clad in chain mail bikinis with a backdrop of dead saurians, suitable for posters and screensavers". I assume this is a little bit of a dig at artists like Boris Vallejo and it kinda got my back up a little. I thought, "Is that really such a bad thing?" In my opinion it's all fantasy whether it's dragons or impossible looking women, so I thought as I already draw muscular women why not put one on a dinosaur?

It's still a work in progress, I originally intended not to put this up on DA until I'd finished it completely but as it was a positive step forward amidst a struggle of artistic confidence I thought why not.

Enjoy!