Concept Art by Michael Kutsche, Germany.

From the artist: Commissioned workshop I did for ImagineFX magazine issue 33 (http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754330696859102/imaginefx-issue-33.html). 95 percent done in Painter, some tweaks in Photoshop. I believe that an artist should always leave some free space for interpretation, giving only some hints on the story behind it- completely self-explaining art has a tendency of being boring, because it doesn’t involve the viewer’s mind to complete the puzzle.