I was asked to paint the cover image for the new Bestiary for Dračí Doupě 2. (an RPG I've worked on before)
A bestiary is a book full of beasts. Oh, wait! It's like the Monster Manual. There. Now you know.
The scene was supposed to depict a battle of two ancient creatures - Kostěj the Immortal and the Spideress. Kostěj is a bit like a lich, only Slavic and with his own style. He maintains an illusion of a handsome knight, but if you touch him, or break his spell some other way, you see his true rotting form. He rides a magical steed.
The Spideress is an ancient spider demi-goddess, awoken from her Cthulhu-like slumber, possessing cultists and building a lair in an abandoned underground temple.
And they fight.
You can see the front in a larger version on my DeviantArt here:
http://merlkir.deviantart.com/art/Battle-of-the-Ancients-337716550
And this is what the wrap-around looks like.
As usual it's painted mainly in ArtRage, some bits were added in PS. The cave is inspired heavily by the Macocha chasm:
https://www.google.cz/search?hl=cs&safe=off&q=macocha&bpcl=38626820&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1680&bih=961&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=36ajUKbtD8TtsgbtkoAw
