THAT IS FLIPPIN' AMAZING!

Yeah, those additions and details to the background definitely give it a lot more bang! 11 hours, yeah, that's crazy but it really shows with the quality of the work you put into this. Plus wow, you detailed all those individual scales on the dragon! I couldn't do that. I'd go INSANE if I tried to do that. I'd get too lazy and say nah, basic shading and highlights are good enough. But really, what you did with this looks really, REALLY fantastic!

And yeah, art takes a darn long time. Just a normal full character drawing takes me 3-4 hours and that's without a background. But seriously, this is incredible and really beautiful. This isn't just motivation, this is really dedicated discipline in art mastery. Be proud, because these are incredible skills you have. :3