The way to victory

I wanted to do an artwork about the hero's journey to victory for a long time now, and I finally managed to finish it last night. The concept behind this work is the fact that in order to get to the top you have to walk a long and hard road, lose fights, get damaged and finally rebuild a stronger version of yourself..but you are never alone, there is always some form of guidance from above.

NIKE (Nicé) was the winged goddess of victory--victory both in war and in peaceful competition so I used her as a guide for the little human character, in search for his final goal at the top of the image. As an embodiment of the concept, the goddess has lost her limbs but has rebuilt them in a better, purified form, holding her sword, as a fighter, and pointing to the light above that forever guides us.