My submission into a contest which subject was Good vs. Evil. I had to rush it, but it was pretty fun, discovered some new techniques.

Essentially I wanted to illustrate Satan or Lucifer trying to overthrow God, I figure that is the ultimate g vs e, opposing forces story, so I did my interpretation. It's really more symbolic than anything else, especially the God title molded from stone above "God's" throne. I deliberately turned the "D" around, and it will be interesting to see how many people can guess why.

The word Katabollo in the title of this piece, in Greek means to throw down or cast down, and it is mentioned a number of times in the New Testament as the English word "foundation". It refers to the fall of Satan and the end of the 1st Heaven and Earth age and the beginning of the flesh age.

The basic idea behind the picture though is that Lucifer with all his wisdom searches for a way to kill "God" so that he may take his place. After eons of research he finally happens upon a myth about a weapon which can kill him. He then finds this weapon which is called the serpentine dagger which at that time was the only weapon ever created. He convinces, of course, a third of the host of heaven to follow him, and shows them the hand sign he will use to signal his attack. If he sees his fellow conspirators respond with the same hand sign in assurance and support, which is of course the El Diablo, he will commence with the attack. If no one supports him he will give up his desire for God's throne. In assurance his comrades raise the "El Diablo" and Lucifer proceeds to thrust the dagger into the heart of God. When it is done Lucifer stands before the Livng God whilst he remains sitting on his throne. His blue aura dissipates, he stands, pulls the dagger from his chest, looks upon Lucifer with the greatest disappointment and then walks away as the throne crumbles to dust. Lucifer brought to tears for the first time realizes at that very moment, despite all of his knowledge and wisdom, that the dagger and the story of it's existence was fabricated by the living God himself.

This idea came to me from watching kids at concerts, and I just thought it was funny how they throw up the "El Diablo" so casually, with no conception of what that hand sign really stands for, so I created my own back story for it. Hope you guys like it.

I used Sai for the main paint work, and Photoshop for the effects work.