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I had seen Tolkien's illustration of him and tried keeping the body shape similar but his head in that drawing didn't convey the measured danger he gave off in the novel. In fact most of the artists' take on Smaug I had seen didn't really seem to give him much personality except for Justin Gerard's awesome piece. I read up on how dragons worked in Tolkien's legendarium and it seems they were evil spirits made form by Morgoth, so I gave my Smaug a sort of devilish expression. The glowing eyes and mouth are similar to how the balrog design in the film looks so I'm glad to have made some sort of visual consistency between them. Both seem to be creatures of fire and shadow after all.
Anyways I didn't mean to write a whole block on my design thinking and whether or not I executed it well depends on the audience. Still, thanks for the question. I'm looking forward to see how the film handles Smaug.