Let Sleeping Giants Lie

It was said that giants once roamed these lands, centuries ago, in a time now lost to stories and legends. Most scoff at these tales, dismissing them as the fantasies of an addled mind insisting that: 'the only giants to be seen in Glornarlyn were giants of mud and grass.' No one knows where they came from, these giants in the mud, but for as long as the oldest mind in Glornarlyn could recall, they had always been there. They were everywhere in fact, in the fields, the forests, and even half buried in streams. Wherever one went, they were sure to come across one. Strange figures they were, and not a one of them the same. The truth of the figures long forgotten....... That is until now, because, now, they are waking up.

This is an older artwork of mine, I was inspired by the strange mud heads at Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, England for this piece. It's based around an idea that fascinated me of, what if they were actually alive and simply sleeping? Like my other pieces, I painted this in Corel Painter with my graphics tablet.

I hope you liked this piece and it's seed story! If you'd like to see it expanded on, please let me know and I'll add it to my 'to write' list!

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