This is an illustration for the last part of the story of Beowulf, in which he dies in battle with a dragon after his sword breaks and he is abandoned by all of his thegns except for the loyal Wiglaf. I didn't want to draw Beowulf himself, so the death is alluded to only by the broken sword and the monoprinted "bloody" texture (basically just a heavy, broken plate tone).

I didn't give the great serpent any legs or wings because they got in the way of the smooth knotted spiral I wanted.