One brush ? Really nice job there an like the mood. is it done from a photography reference?

Welcome there and nice first entry. I would say that the lights, the ray of gods, are a bit too exaggerated and because of this our eyes are attracted to this part of the image instead of the creature

Is is part of a personal IP? Like the mood and the animals waiting in such a mysterious place.

In photoshop ? You really find a way to maintain a traditional feeling!

thanks for sharing this nice piece. Could you please post future traditional art in the right channel? there's a place dedicated to traditional medium and one for digital

Curious about what's the whole scope of your project. Learning new things ? Creating frames for backgrounds ? anything else ?

Sounds like a fun exercise! It’s really to see such variety and experiences in your posts there! Way to go!

Learning is all about experimenting, doing mistakes, learning from them and iterating. So I think it’s important to share any process even with flaws

You end up with a pretty clean result. I can feel that, as you say, the mood could be improved, probably with a more dramatic light, sky? A Slightly different camera angle? I know it's easier to write than to achieve, and at the end, these are your choices :-)

Welcome back!