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July 1st...1916

Postby Rooster » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:23 pm

A post about The Somme reminded me that it's approaching the 91 year mark on July 1st. It inspired me to draw this piece, that I really honestly worked hard on making good and conveying the feelings I get when I think about what those guys must have gone through...and think about how hopefully none of us will ever experience what they did.

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In the words of war poet, John Masefield:

"...the hand of time rested on the half-hour mark, and all along that old front line of the English there came a whistling and a crying. The men of the first wave climbed up the parapets, in tumult, darkness, and the presence of death, and having done with all pleasant things, advanced across No Man's Land to begin the Battle of the Somme."

Anyway...what you lot think?

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Postby Richard K Niner » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:44 pm

Interesting...

It's kinda ironic that the first of July is a day of celebration in Canada (except Newfoundland)
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Postby Llewthepoet » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:08 pm

If I didn't know who drew that picture, I wouldn't suspect you.

Looks Good! :wink:

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Postby Zaaphod » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:11 am

Very nice Roo. :)
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Postby Tabris_The_17th » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:12 am

Powerful stuff there Roo. It's interesting to see you do something so different from what you normally show us.
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Postby Rooster » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:37 am

I really wanted to do something else after drawing this last year - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32350770/

I intend to do something on the 11th of the 11th too.

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Postby Comrade K » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:50 am

Nice. I've always wondered about WWI. It must have been so brutal, even compared to WWII or any other war. Not just fighting, but the corpses, the mud and the smells...
A good book on the war is: "All quiet on the Western Front" I highly recommend it.


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Postby Tom Flapwell » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:37 pm

A good book on the war is: "All quiet on the Western Front" I highly recommend it.
Maybe I'll move the movie to next on my Netflix queue.
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Postby Comrade K » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:53 pm

A good book on the war is: "All quiet on the Western Front" I highly recommend it.
Maybe I'll move the movie to next on my Netflix queue.
I never actually saw the movie, so I don't know how good that is...
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Postby Zaaphod » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:49 am

Maybe I'll move the movie to next on my Netflix queue.
I never actually saw the movie, so I don't know how good that is...
The movie is very good.
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Postby CameronCN » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:53 am

It's a pretty expressive drawing. Nice, Roo.
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Postby osprey » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:59 am

Moving my friend, moving.
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Postby Muninn » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:23 pm

I wonder if I should post my Somme poem.

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Postby Angstwolf » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:11 pm

I wonder if I should post my Somme poem.
I think you should.


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