Geez. How long at a time? (IE, like dyou mean in 2-3 hour breaks, or how...?)
I'm not really familiar with DA much, don't have an account or anything.
Also, you said you wanted the neck shorter...
Don't do it
In fact, if anything, you should lengthen it a bit. Maybe that's just me though, I always like the longer necked 'dragons', like mine from the ROTDRPG, or like a Fell Beast from LOTR.
Looking through this thread, the one that really caught my eye was this:
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7928 ... toree2.jpg
Looks amazing. How dyou get all the proportions right?
Clarity of thought before rashness of action...