Size of a Red Dragon

I've done this for many people, mostly for to really show the size he's dealing with when it comes to these dragons. And we look like little army men compared to this big guy. I did this image about 2 years ago and left it unfinished.

Mostly it's to show you the size of this creature. Too often when I see image of airliner-sized dragons, they don't look the right size, especially when you have a human in the scene. I've done this before, but I think we really need to see it again. Most reference sheets only show the dragon against a human for size comparison. Thing is though, this dragon is the size of an airliner. So, we need something more along his size to compare. There's a human down there too for scale.

Yes, that's Jonathan. His size is pretty much standard for all Great Wyrm Chromatic Dragons, 255-265 feet long. Adult Red Dragons are half his size.

Jonathan's weight is 145,451,689 pounds. The empty weight of a 747-8 is roughly ≈50,000,000 pounds give or take a few thousand pounds. Jonathan weighs more than the big steal bird. His weight is heavy enough to crack concrete paved roads if he jumps up and down it, but if he just walks across it, he's not gonna leave any potholes. But I'd say constant use of his weight on a road would wear it out really quickly. (Try to picture Jonathan jumping up and down on the tarmac at Griffis. It's funny.) Though on soft ground, I'd say he'll leave a 2 foot deep footprint. He's a big'un.

(Jon's based off of the design of the Chromatic Red Dragons from D&D people, if you haven't noticed, he's just twice their size.)

(Still sketching commissions.)