The Batsford Prize - Roughs and Development

Ive started on some roughs for my idea and feel that they're coming along really well! I quite like the idea of having a snake circling my main image and think this is something that I'm going to take forward. I feel like it could be circling the wolves and having the snake around the whole image would help convey the idea of healing and re-birth. The only thing that worries me about this is that maybe the snake would take over from the rest of the image. I feel like once I've mocked it all up on photoshop I'll have a better idea of whats working and what isn't.