One of a number of striking images taken from an epic Tilt Brush piece I hand painted earlier this year, inspired by Frank Herbert's DUNE novels.

Muad'Dib's personal guard known as the Fedaykin (Elite Death Commandos), stand in ceremony as he summons the worm, ready to join him atop the beast should he succeed in this rite of passage and ascend to the rank of a true Sandrider.