this was very challenging. i consider myself more of a storyteller than an artist and it was difficult trying to re-interpret something that was very much "art" - the image was intriguing and had emotion but no clear story. the description said it was an image of a horse-headed creature called a tikbalang so i decided to focus on that.
the artist's technical abilities far surpassed mine and i felt that my own sloppy half-assed style didn't really complement the atmosphere of the piece so i decided to use photos as a base. still, more matte painting than photomanip: