[Queen Ruby]

This is pretty messy and it took too long but overall I'm proud of the work. If you have any critiques like "You should add some shading" or "curve the back a little more," that'd be great! Any suggestions to help me improve the quality of my work is very appreciated!

[little_light]

its quibli! I love WoF, maybe add some shape to the crest and add arch to the neck? It looks nice overall.
:D

[benevolentWanderer]

Hey, making good progress!

I tend to draw things with thicker necks, which doesn't seem to be a popular OC design choice here, and my demo is like, twice as wide as I meant it to be on top of that...


Red circle: There's a part of the neck/chin below the jaw, and it's at a different angle to the rest of the neck. Humans have this too!
In general, animals that have a thick, widening neck like that aren't going to be holding their head directly above their body - compare a horse or lizard to a kangaroo, and to a giraffe.
For example, something I drew a while back:

This is based on art from the site Flight Rising, so I was primarily using another artist as a reference. However, the way the neck looks might make you think of a few real animals... because that's what the design itself is based on! Even when you're being stylized or simplistic, it's hard to get a good mental image without something real in mind.

(I think the CS rules on referencing are pretty weird, in that they expect you to be looking at maybe two images - most of the mature/career artists I know pull up a whole page of google image thumbnails when they want a reference.)

[Queen Ruby]

Thanks for the help! I'll use the tips when I draw another dragon again!