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Published: 2004-05-05 04:32:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 13251; Favourites: 292; Downloads: 2770
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Normandy Battle 1944 WW2.....I've seen this exhasuted face in a book I've had for about 10 years and always wanted to draw it... and now I have.
He is German, and although I don't support what happened, innocent lives were involved and this one, I am sure is.
Hope you like
MIXED MEDIA: Black paper, charcoal, and white oil paint for the highlights... at first it was only to be black charcoal and white, but me being so silly did it on black paper so I had to use oils for the highlights... ah well.
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The regular german soldierusually just a young guy either fighting for his counrty or was drafted. many were young
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Indeed... Ghastly... The horrors of war....
Excellent work.
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is the picture from guy sajers book? great picture tho
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um.. not sure .. could be that book also. I did originally find it in a book called something like ..'20th Century'.
I would go find it but i'm up past my bedtime right now.. i'll get back to you when I find it.. with a better answer 
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Very very nice, His expression is great 
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I can only imagine how it was like for both sides. The reason why I pointed out that this was a german soldier, is because he is/was, and.. man, I have taken into account how horrible war is. full stop. there is no opinions on war, it just was.. and is, which is horrible. -but it's a lesson. thanks.
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Maybe a lesson, but will we ever learn from our past?
Outstanding work!
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A fine reproduction of the lost face on the cover of the book 'The forgotten soldier' the memoirs of a soldaten on the ostfront or Eastern front fighting the well prepared Soviets. Its history, yes the Nazi's commited some henious crimes, we all know this, but if we all read the memoirs of the German side, especially the wehrmacht and the luftwaffe diaries, we will see that 'not all' were willing to fight, and most never called themselves 'Nazi's'..it was their upbringing, the doctrine forced upon them as soon as they could walk, That war killed enough people for the world to surely see, that Wars are always lost, nobody wins in war, the aggressors, the defenders, nobody, because lives are lost on all sides, hardly victory is it? if you have to spill the blood of your countrymen....
A great picture sir. A favourite of mine.
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apologies for my late reply, i see you say.. a 'reproduction of the lost face on the cover of the book 'The Forgotten Soldiers' ? I drew this from a '20th century' book.. looking at the big events of the century.. i've been trying to get in contact with someone about copyright.. -but have given up.
i'll have to check out 'the forgotten soldiers'.
thanks for the comment.. although i'm not a sir
The 'war' in iraq for example.. doesn't seem that important to people.. politicians are still taking advantage of their people to gain more power and to be on the good side of the ones with the most power.. so on so forth.
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My apologies 'Madam' for my ignorance, I can't offer an explanation of why I assume eveyone is a Sir...
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no worries, i understand... no offence taken
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Very nice. There is emotion on his face.
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Is that a black nazi? 
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thank you deary. and thanks so much for the fav
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Well, i like it! Seems he is deseseperate, fighting against the Red Army in stalingrad, and knowing he will die soon, thinking of war as a useless politics game
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sorry for the delay in the reply.
war is a useless politics game, and well... i think all politics is a game really...
thanks so much for your comment. i love the expression on his face. i glanced at it for years in a book of mine and i had to do it. pity about copyright laws though... but hey. it's done.
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thank you for realizing that there was innocent lives on both sides even if u dont take sides. thank you
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I reconise the picture... I'm studying war poetry for english lit. You've painted this very nicely...lots of texture to it which is beautiful
well done
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I really like this you did a great job and it is refreshing to see people view the germans as human beings and not as monsters, the expression on his face shows that he was just a boy fighting for his country the same as anyone else.
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I love it! Really great! 
Impresive drawning!
I give you a
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looks great...the person itself looks like a real statue
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This looks very realistic. Wonderful mediums you've used.
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Wow! that is an amazing drawing.
Thanx for the +DevWatch
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I'm not gonna comment on anything but for the art...
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wow, I really, REALLY like it. I think you did a great job. I dig how the emotional expression is captured so well....still, so good....
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Wow, this is a great piece. You truly deserved the daily dev for this one. Love the darkness and dirty feel of it.
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totally beautiful picture!!!!! talented you are
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why, thank you very much... I'm very grateful to receive a comment from a talented artist such as yourself!
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Very nice. I have seen the same picture I just don't know where. I know when though....This is very well done!
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Thanks so much! When? I love the pic, (the original). It was the one pic in a book that stood out for years, and I had to do it. It just has so much emotion.
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I remember where I saw it. A few years ago while i was a junior in High school I was doing a play about the hulocaust... I was looking through some books on the subject and found that picture! You are right! It has so much emotion!
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This picture is actually really striking. The monotone colours you chose for this piece really do help bring out his feelings.
Unfortunately, I only know some bare bone background information on the causes of the WWII, mostly what I've heard is Holocaust surviver stories. But I was actually moved by this piece, because it really shows that not all German soldiers were vicious bloodthirsty Nazis. It reminds me very much of a book I'm reading now, called "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque. Even though the book is set in WWI, this piece really shows that all the anguish and horrors of war are repeated throughout any and every war.
Very well done.
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Thank you...
I, the same in regards to not knowing alot on the wars. I have watched alot of war movies, but they're all filtered to some extent, and still don't cast the 'entire' picture of the whole story being told -alot have been reproduced from personal stories... 
This pic has stirred alot of emotions I think through people, both good and bad, only two people have expressed negative 'opinions' but ya get that... besides those comments really did not make a whole lot of sense to me anyway, so I just moved on....
I've heard of that book, and have been told it's an excellent story, or documentary. I should move my ass and read it myself, might 'educate' me.
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Wow... what awesome detail, especially on his face 
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thanks so much. I wasn't 100% sure of it at first, unsure of whether to display the fact that he is (was) german. It sure sparked up alot of interests and disinterests... I wonder how different most people would have commented if I had put nothing about him being german...
I am now happy with it after the great comments I've had on it though... and yours is one of them
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wow! this is a great sketch! Is he that a panzerschreck that he is holding? GREAT WORK! +
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