The Giantess Gerd

A piece of work I ACTUALLY finished is ‘The Giantess Gerd’. And as you can see from the progress stage pics, after some initial confusion about a can of worms verses a mushroom fascinator, I created this mythical portrait of a Norse goddess. I sketched her up and eventually executed the finished painting all within Procreate. It’s the program closest to a traditional hand drawing experience that I’ve discovered so far. As a huge fan of concept sketching, the Apple pen and iPad have become the absolute default for my process.

I’m chuffed with how she turned out and I have a few more goddesses up my sleeve.....I’ve used the image to design an album cover for some of my bizarre electronic soundscapes called ‘Goldi War Locks’.


And here is a full time lapse video! Seven minutes of utter waffle....I describe my thoughts and creative process for mythical portrait painting of The Giantess Gerd, whilst attempting to tell the story of entirely pre-#metoo style antics on display from God Freyr, as he woos from afar via golden apples and a big shiny ring. This was a lot of fun to put together!

Painted in Procreate and edited using Motionleap and InShot.

Narration and sound by me.