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The men could hear them even over the thunder and pounding waves. Hundreds of seagulls swarmed the sky just beyond the dock in a squawking, swirling mass. The saying goes that animals know when calamity will strike long before people do; none of the workers save a handful wanted to stick around and see what horror was headed for shore.

It must have been morbid curiosity that kept those last few men there. When Lioness and the giant arrived, they dared to peek out. She stood there, a towering sentinel, defiant in the face of so much nature as she waited for the inevitable confrontation.

This piece offered me a lot of opportunities to grow my skills as an artist and expand the world of Vigilant Lioness. Prior to this, I'd never painted the ocean or birds. Same with the industrial elements. I thought I knew what a crane or a buoy looked like, but I spent a lot of time pouring over reference discovering just how little I actually knew about them. It feels good to tackle new subjects!

By far though, my favorite part of painting this was working with an absolutely fantastic model that I'd never worked with before, and I'm thrilled to introduce the first heroine of color in Vigilant Lioness. Celebrating the strong, non-traditional bodies that female athletes have worked so hard to build is a core part of my project, and that strength comes in a multitude of colors. I'm looking forward to exploring more of that diversity in my future paintings!

As always, there's more giants and giant monsters in the works, so stay tuned!

Bulwark, 2018, oil on canvas, 27 x 48 inches.
The original painting is available and ready to hang here

Get a print of this painting here!

Patrons got access to this piece a week early! If you'd like to get early access for yourself by supporting me for as little as a buck a month (or you'd like to see behind the scenes process stuff), check out my Patreon here! For more goodness, follow me on Instagram here! Thank you so much!

Description
The men could hear them even over the thunder and pounding waves. Hundreds of seagulls swarmed the sky just beyond the dock in a squawking, swirling mass. The saying goes that animals know when calamity will strike long before people do; none of the workers save a handful wanted to stick around and see what horror was headed for shore.

It must have been morbid curiosity that kept those last few men there. When Lioness and the giant arrived, they dared to peek out. She stood there, a towering sentinel, defiant in the face of so much nature as she waited for the inevitable confrontation.

This piece offered me a lot of opportunities to grow my skills as an artist and expand the world of Vigilant Lioness. Prior to this, I'd never painted the ocean or birds. Same with the industrial elements. I thought I knew what a crane or a buoy looked like, but I spent a lot of time pouring over reference discovering just how little I actually knew about them. It feels good to tackle new subjects!

By far though, my favorite part of painting this was working with an absolutely fantastic model that I'd never worked with before, and I'm thrilled to introduce the first heroine of color in Vigilant Lioness. Celebrating the strong, non-traditional bodies that female athletes have worked so hard to build is a core part of my project, and that strength comes in a multitude of colors. I'm looking forward to exploring more of that diversity in my future paintings!

As always, there's more giants and giant monsters in the works, so stay tuned!

Bulwark, 2018, oil on canvas, 27 x 48 inches.
The original painting is available and ready to hang here

Get a print of this painting here!

Patrons got access to this piece a week early! If you'd like to get early access for yourself by supporting me for as little as a buck a month (or you'd like to see behind the scenes process stuff), check out my Patreon here! For more goodness, follow me on Instagram here! Thank you so much!