#columnar jointing is so cool I think it deserves to have two monsters based on the phenomenon

[avanii]

A second Beast of Basalt, taking inspiration from columnar basalt like before, but also the phenomenon of flood basalt. The tail is composed of a'a lava, and makes that clinkery, glassy sound when it gets swung! I painted this with acrylic inks.

#glyptodon #flood basalt #columnar basalt #geology #lava monster #volcano monster #avanii's art #avanii #I noticed the shells of the ice age megafauna glyptodon had these hexagonal scales #and it immediately reminded me of the hexagonal basalt columns #so before I knew it this beast was in my sketchbook #columnar jointing is so cool I think it deserves to have two monsters based on the phenomenon #basalt is the rock that keeps on giving #traditional art