Dragon on treasure hoard: Preparation

First of all, make sketches and/or collect pictures of the dragon you're going to make. Below is a sketch I made for this dragon. I've mentally put it in front of a mirror so I could draw the front and back of the model.

Because I wanted to concentrate on the dragon itself, I made the sketches for the items in the dragon's hoard later on, after I finished the armature.

Look at your fantasy art books for dragons. I've founds some nice ones in the fantasy books I have, and found some on the Internet too. In the next pages are a few of the pictures I found. They are for educational purposes only.