Showing posts with label Gilgamesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilgamesh. Show all posts

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Gilgamesh and His Last Acts


The second piece to the Legendary Leader Gilgamesh. I took two different telling of the endings and put them together here, the first is Gilgamesh went and found a man that could bring others back to life after Enkidu died and Gilgamesh went to find immortality. After a long journey the man promised to teach Gilgamesh the secret but only if he stayed awake for 10 days, but as soon as they stopped talking Gilgamesh fell asleep for 7 days. So to make sure he couldn't deny his failure he had his wife bake a loaf of bread for every day he was asleep. When he awoke he saw the bread and left. The other ending is where the gods crack the ground so that Gilgamesh can see Enkidu again and his spirit comes up to tell Gilgamesh about hell.

done in Photoshop and Painter,

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Gilamesh vs Enkidu


Second major piece to Legendary leaders, the first pat of King Gilgamesh (the guy on the right) he is fighting Enkidu (the left guy) this is 1 out of 2 for this leader.
Done in Photoshop and Painter X

-This is part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Mesopotamian king. just in brief Gilgamesh was a bad king to his people, he was strong and they were weak. So he looked down on all of them, the people tried to do something about him but none of them could stand up to him and his strength. So they went to a man raised in the wild by all the creatures, his name was Enkidu and told him about Gilgamesh the king. Enkidu went to the city and called out the king, they fought through the city and Gilgamesh came out again victorious, but something was different. through fighting Enkidu seeing his strength and how much he cared for all life they forged a great friendship, which in turn make Gilgamesh a better king.