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As seventh task, Hercules had to capture the Cretan Bull, a fearsome animal that used to destroy walls and devastate crops.

So Hercules sailed to Crete and faced the bull. They fought and Hercules made him faint by grabbing its horns to immobilize him and strangling it.

Then he brought the weakened animal to Eurystheus , who had hid in his pythos once again (he was such a coward!).

Eurystheus wanted to sacrifice the bull to Hera, but she stopped him because of the hatred she felt for Hercules (sacrificing an animal during a ritual used to bring good luck, as it was thought). Eventually they released the animal nearby Marathon.

Drawing this labour was fun, but also very tiring!

It took a while to finish coloring the bull, 'cause it was a very big figure and it required a lot of work with the black colored pencil.

The difficult thing was to make sure that the bull's details, such as the muscles or the face's expression, could be clear and identifiable enough.

After I finished this drawing my black pencil was waaay shorter! XD (need to buy a new one actually)

I hope you'll like this labour as well as the other ones!

As always, feedback is appreciated!

I've put the Watermark because I want to mantain the exclusive right on this artwork. If I get the chance, I'd really like to publish it and the other 11 in a book.

Check out the previous labours here:

Description

As seventh task, Hercules had to capture the Cretan Bull, a fearsome animal that used to destroy walls and devastate crops.

So Hercules sailed to Crete and faced the bull. They fought and Hercules made him faint by grabbing its horns to immobilize him and strangling it.

Then he brought the weakened animal to Eurystheus , who had hid in his pythos once again (he was such a coward!).

Eurystheus wanted to sacrifice the bull to Hera, but she stopped him because of the hatred she felt for Hercules (sacrificing an animal during a ritual used to bring good luck, as it was thought). Eventually they released the animal nearby Marathon.

Drawing this labour was fun, but also very tiring!

It took a while to finish coloring the bull, 'cause it was a very big figure and it required a lot of work with the black colored pencil.

The difficult thing was to make sure that the bull's details, such as the muscles or the face's expression, could be clear and identifiable enough.

After I finished this drawing my black pencil was waaay shorter! XD (need to buy a new one actually)

I hope you'll like this labour as well as the other ones!

As always, feedback is appreciated!

I've put the Watermark because I want to mantain the exclusive right on this artwork. If I get the chance, I'd really like to publish it and the other 11 in a book.

Check out the previous labours here: