Valkyries have been protecting the "valliant warrior" since the dawn of time, the man who although his frailty as a human being fights,
aware of the risk that he entails.
if he find would himself in a critical situation
the valkyrie would appear in the form of a weapon capable of saving him.
sacrificing her celestial form.
one of the details I worked on the most was the disintegration of the valkyrie's body. using light effects was going to be very basic and so I opted for something that combines both light and flesh.
Something that combines both spiritual and earthly aspects, just like ancient wars.鈿旓笍
For this illustration, I used images from various anatomy books to create the "explosion",
and changed the face of the demon using the mouth of a character on the cover of "Astounding science fiction"馃憚.
The valkyrie is a painting of the artist Robert Garcia and the mighty hero was actually a skydiver.
the demon is from a "Kriminal" cover (dark-themed Italian comic) and the sword is from a Jack Chalker novel.