Humbaba plaque (Epic of Gilgamesh)

My GF arrived last week, and this is the first complex project I’ve tried. I can’t tell you how pleased I am with the results!


It’s a recreation of a plaque from around 2000 BCE, from ancient Mesopotamia, of the face of the monster Humbaba who appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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He needs some tweaking; I think the piece is too thick, and I need to lower the height of the eyebrows. I also want to make an acrylic stand for display, but I haven’t started working on the design yet.

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Such a cool project! Welcome to the forum.

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Welcome to the forum.
You are off to a great start. Thank you for sharing this project. I love learning about new things because of projects such as this. My ignorance is showing - I had not heard of Gilgamesh.

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great layering. I’m jealous. What program did you use?

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Welcome! Great work! I’m excited to see your future projects.

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Welcome! Impressive first project!

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Very different direction - please post more!

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Wow, very nice! Try using card stock in your layers, you will be able to build up lesser elevations a bit better.

That monster had really good teeth, didn’t it?

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Very cool!

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Great project!

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Welcome, welcome! I think that you hit the ground running with this one!

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This is a really nice layered project! Lots of personality — beautifully done.

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Nice vibes, great use of layering!

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Thank you! Not ignorance at all, Gilgamesh doesn’t get the publicity it deserves :wink:

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Just Inkscape. I made the library first, then spent (too many) hours trying to work out how I wanted to slice it for the layers.

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Thank you! I will - I’m an ancient world nut (Mesopotamia specifically) and I have a whole load of projects in my head that I can’t wait to get out :grin:

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That’s a really helpful suggestion, thank you.

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Wow! Well executed! Thanks for sharing!

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Wow. That’s epic. :wink:

Great first week.

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