This originally started as half a composition - there was supposed to be a second person. But a lot of things conspired against that happening (didn't like the sketches, wasn't able to weasel a description, etc, etc), so I cropped it down.

I really, really like the way some of it turned out... and then I'm not crazy about some of it. I'll probably reupload an edit, after futzing with the eye and anything else that may jump out at me/be pointed out to me.

OpenCanvas (sketch and ink), Photoshop color. 13 visible layers - 6 dragon, 6 human, and background.

If anyone's really curious, the layers in this one are interesting - for each figure, there's lineart, color, shadow, highlight, and two of hair (color and value). I'm likely to add at least one or two more for the eye. Blend modes got odd, too - in addition to normal and multiply, soft light got used a lot, and color once (human hair).