Fiery lava-monster rupturing a shattered ancient mechanical sphere

(No Caption) When I saw the challenge, I knew I was up against very tough competition with many creators who are capable of showcasing very believable and visually awesome demonic creatures. To avoid competing in that space, I started thinking of how to present the "awakening" with just showing part of the demonic creature. The initial concept was for a hand to rise above an cracking egg, but thought that it looked more like infernal "birth" than "awakening", so under AI's suggestion it was changed to look more like a "containment unit" abd the demonic creature just broke free. I was unsure if not showing the entire demonic creature would work to win votes for me, so predicted I would likely ranked somewhere in the middle of the pool. So I was very much surprised that it managed to won 9 out of the competitive 70 entries. This was very encouraging for me and thanks to all who voted for it. As with the other top 10 that I won, comment below if you have voted for this and I will share some of my earned credits with you.

Entry in the Infernal Awakening (Super Friday Challenge) challenge.