SteveMorrisArt //

This is a new drawing, as yet unfinished, of a warrior in battle with a gripping beast. The “gripping beast” is part of the “Oseberg style” of art, originating in Scandinavia circa 800 AD.

The toughest part has been working the gripping beast’s pre/post digested victims into the design of its body..it’s taken me several attempts and experiments to sort out.

Once I finish up  the details on the foreground,  I’ll  be adding a landscape in the upper third of the background, drawn in a loose manner and styled in a way to help strengthen the downward movement of beast and warrior.

I’ve been in the slow process of redoing my old portfolio site, I plan on removing the iframes and keeping everything contained on one page using css sliders and lightbox (or one of the other light___ apps). The image posted above is a piece of the art for the new-main interface that will run along the top of the page. Work has been busy lately so I haven’t been able to draw as much as I’d like, but I’ve started a new drawing that I’ll post a WIP of in a few days.