This piece was a WIP for years before UK's Future Publishing comissioned it as a tutorial piece for their new magazine, Imagine FX (the same issue also contains an interview with me). However, this version is an updated version and different from the one published in Imagine FX. This painting depicts a family of three (mom, dad, and baby) being hunted by demon stalkers. The parents protect the baby with their lives while the demon stalkers conjure dark magic using the skull of a fallen comrade as the source of power. The father counters the assault with his own magic, channeled through his sword.

 

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