I wanted to create a sense of eerie distress with this viral poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I wanted to introduce Smaug and decided on this rather than my other idea of a close-up of Smaug's eyes with fire burning in the reflection.

Stock Images:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m51rzyAye61rwcd98o1_1280.jpg
http://www.fireprotectiononline.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/greece_forest_fire.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/050/9/a/the_lonely_mountain_by_leventep-d4q82mk.jpg