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in mourningby ~starstray

Traditional Art / Mixed Media / Fantasy

aka. the lionskin man; download for fullview
On the other hand, looking at it 5 months after drawing it, I think it now resembles Heracles more than Gilgamesh....

I had read the Epic of Gilgamesh before, but the book that drew my attention to Gilgamesh's mourning of Enkidu was In the Skin of a Lion, by Michael Ondaatje (it's a novel set in 1920s Toronto, and the prequel to his more well-known English Patient).

The lines are (quoted from the overleaf of aforementioned novel):

The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion.

This is also a part-tribute to a far superior representation of Gilgamesh's mourning, here.

Pencils, watercolour, and a little bit of Photoshop

2010-2

~Diaboliqe Jan 17, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing work

~Iskrypelis Dec 1, 2010

this looks fantastic!

im so jelous of people who can draw with watercolour so beautifully

~starstray Jan 16, 2011 Traditional Artist

thank you <3

~mangoisa Oct 11, 2010

Amazing!

~onisaka Jul 31, 2010

Haaa I really like this one *3*
I hope I'll be able to do beautiful shadows like this one day <3

~starstray Aug 17, 2010 Traditional Artist

Thank you <3 nah, you can probably already do it, but in a different method!

~tears-of-blood911 Jul 13, 2010 Hobbyist

Wow this is beautiful I love the details and use of mixed media very unique

~starstray Jul 14, 2010 Traditional Artist

Thanks!! :>

~tears-of-blood911 Jul 15, 2010 Hobbyist

You're welcome

=mintyfreshmangos Jul 13, 2010

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I have finally made a conclusion after staring at this drawing for a full five minutes. And I shall now condense my complex thoughts into the following words:

Yep, that is pretty kick-ass. YOU GET A WIN STICKER!

*STICKER ON FOREHEAD!*

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