Digital |6”x 8”

This illustration is inspired by the legendary tale of Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio. For those who do not the story, St Francis was peacefully tamed a violent wolf who was terrorizing the town of Gubbio, showing that compassion can overcome fear.

I personally had a lot of fun making this piece. Not only do I have a special devotion to St. Francis, even once being able to visit the city of Assisi, Italy, but I also brought my love of printmaking into a digital style. This being a more-mythical story of St. Francis and having some lore to it, I wanted to tap into that more ancient style of artwork. Due to time limitation however I wasn’t going to be able to do that in the traditional linocut print making sense. So I brought the lion-cut to the digital screen. Using specific digital pencils, I treated my pencil Like an actual linocut, easing the black from the screen to create this image.

To bring some more humor to the piece I also noticeably changed up the friars hair style. Instead of the saint's usual tonsure, the monk’s head is replaced by the wolf, and the top of his head being the very mountain the town of Gubbio rests on.

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