This illustrated cover for The Hobbit was made to emphasize the theme of Bilbo's bravery by showing just how small he is compared to the dragon Smaug. The composition was made with micron pens and colored in photoshop. To ground the dragon's eye in reality I referenced crocodile, boa constrictor, and gila monster eyes. I used a mixture of stippling and cross hatching to give the different scales texture. The text was traced and scanned to give it a more hand done feel like the rest of the piece, with the O's referencing the all important One Ring.