It is the last day of entry for the True Flip Steemit Challenge and I have just managed to finish my entry. The challenge is an art competition where we are tasked to imagine Flip the Dolphin on his quests to discover treasure in the most surprising places.

Here is my entry. I completed it over 12 hours using acrylic paint on primed canvas.

In his search for treasure, Flip travels to Middle Earth and down to the fabled dwarf kingdom of Erebor under the Lonely Mountain. There he finds the dragon Smaug guarding the treasures collected by the dwarves. Normally Smaug is very protective of his treasure (just ask Bilbo Baggins!) but Flip gives him some True Flip Tokens in exchange. Smaug is more than happy to give his treasure to Flip for these tokens which are valued beyond measure. Little Robot is very scared of Smaug and sits cowering in the corner.

STEP BY STEP PROCESS

Here is my initial pencil drawing:

Starting to add in the background colours....

Slowly adding more detail....

If you enjoyed this image, I hope you'll consider voting for me. Follow @trueflip to get details of the voting and more on the True Flip token.