Giant's Skull
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Giant's Skull
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
"Giant's Skull"
Formal Title: "The Windigo's Remains"
A giant skull covered in moss lies on its side in a dense, misty forest. A path in the woods goes right through it's mouth. On this path, a woman in a short fur shawl rides a pale horse with a black mane and tail towards the skull. She appears to have stopped through, awed by the site of the massive skeletal remains of the giant that are before her.
Giants occur quite often in Native American folklore. One of the most well known is the Windigo, also call Wintiko, Kee-wakw, and Chenoo among others. From story to story they vary in sized and appearance, but can sometimes be very large. Generally they are said have once been human but transformed into monsters as they turned to cannablism. Sometimes they are incased in skin made from ice or stone. Another recurring legend about them is that their original human form in encased within the giant's heart.
I didn't really have a particular story or legend in mind when I planned out this image in my mind. I just had this concept of a giant skull resting in the woods. I added the girl on horseback more for a sense of scale, then made the scene vary foggy to give it a mystical quality.
I created this scene using CGI techniques as well as Digital painting techniques.
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
Uploaded
November 3rd, 2014
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