The Bull of Heaven

This is concept work for my reinterpretation of the Epic of Gilgamesh. It's an attempt at loosely harmonizing the epic and certain historical data with the book of Genesis. I worked from the assumption that Gilgamesh and Nimrod are the same man, and that Gilgamesh builds the Tower of Babel.

In the epic, the Bull of Heaven is sent to attack Uruk in order to punish Gilgamesh for spurning Ishtar's advances. In my version, the Bull is a triceratops. Gilgamesh eventually kills it, but only after his close friend Engidu is slain.

Mechanical pencil on drawing paper.