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ANZAC day.

The ANZACs were the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought in WWI in the battle of Gallipoli - April 25th was the day they landed. The holiday is there to commemorate the New Zealand and Australian soliders who fought, and those who died. I don't know about Australia, but in New Zealand (being the tiny country that it is) just about everyone has a connection to someone who fought (my grandfather and great uncle were both involved).
Every year there are dawn parades all over the country, where veterans gather (there aren't many left these days) and wreaths are laid, and the Last Post is played on the bugel just as the sun rises. They're not big, flashy ceremonies...

Red poppies were the only flowers that ever grew on battle fields, because they thrived in the loose soil disturbed by the bombs. While the flowers bloomed, the field became a sea of red, and not just from the poppies. Poppies are also the traditional flower of rememberance.
So every year on ANZAC day people put red poppies on the graves of their ancestors who died in the war, and the Returned Services Association sells little felt poppy pins on the street for a donation.

Oh, and there is a commemorative biscuit too, the Anzac biscuit, a golden syrupy rolled oaty thing, sort of chewy and crunchy at the same time, and it's delicious.

9 comments – latest 4:

mooki (Oct 11, 2007)

looks liek a painting. nice

emmamommalag (Oct 12, 2007)

This is so pretty!

Sweetcell (Oct 12, 2007)

Lovely poppies. Makes me want to recite the poem Flanders Fields.

davincipoppalag (Oct 13, 2007)

Congratulations on second place giselle!

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Windwashed

thesolarwinds (Oct 11, 2007)

safety save
god I wish I had a tablet!!!

2 comments – latest 4:

thesolarwinds (Oct 11, 2007)
drawn in 1 hour 4 min

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs17/300W/f/2007/177/f/3/Windy_preview_3_by_lockstock.jpg
ref used... but I suck.... getting back into the swing of it... and this is not finished.

davincipoppalag (Oct 11, 2007)

VEry pretty so far

thesolarwinds (Oct 11, 2007)
drawn in 3 min

yeah...

PS (Oct 11, 2007)

This looks very nice so far.

see me

Kloxboy (Oct 10, 2007)

two beats
one light

4 comments – latest 4:

PS (Oct 10, 2007)

very nice, I really like this one.

davincipoppalag (Oct 10, 2007)

What a beautiful concept. You could sell this one to a card company with no trouble at all.

flap (Oct 11, 2007)

This is great.

shell (Apr 7, 2010)

nice

Sad attempt at this guy.

Sweetcell (Oct 7, 2007)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jokinbcn/1513501972/

Made him stumpy. Damn glasses.

11 comments – latest 4:

JillJJ (Oct 8, 2007)

This has a pen and ink feel, the trees in the background are amazing and I can't see anything at all wrong with the glasses. I like it! Jillj

shining_star_sam (Oct 14, 2007)

Very nice sweetcell! What's his number? lol jk.

HolyCow (Oct 14, 2007)

I like the feel of this picture :)
I've always liked this style, and the trees in the background look really neat.

As for your comment on the glasses, to me it more seems that the angle of the nose is just a smidge off which in turn makes the sunglasses seem like they're at a funny angle or broken or something.
I think maybe if you adjusted the nose ever so slightly towards his left lens (our right) it would look less "stumpy" hehe :)

Sorry if that didn't make much sense, but I tried.

Good job, though. I really like this :D

Sweetcell (Oct 14, 2007)

No it does make sense HC, the nose in the picture is at a strange angle and hard to capture. I have to try another one of these.

Tankies.

color

Axil62 (Oct 6, 2007)

here's this thing to look at.

6 comments – latest 4:

jpjp1052 (Oct 6, 2007)

I don't know what they are, but it is a really nice drawing of them.

xwindflyer (Oct 6, 2007)

Great color kid. Nice going.

HolyCow (Oct 7, 2007)

nice one, mofo.

Sweetcell (Oct 7, 2007)

Glass paper weights. Well that's what I see. Oh, and the obligatory "It's pweddy"

Boksuneun

Hokori (Oct 5, 2007)

"I know you're a good guy... but you know why I have to kill you..."

Cookies to whoever knows what this is from. I'll wuv you forever... because this is probably my favoritest movie of all time. I'm not doing justice to it's powerful cover.

3 comments – latest 4:

Hokori (Oct 5, 2007)
drawn in 2 min

Oop, bg fixed.

PS (Oct 6, 2007)

I don't know what movie this is from, but I do like it, especially how you did the fabric for the coats and shirt.

solve (Oct 7, 2007)

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance. A Very sad, but enjoyable movie.

Hokori (Oct 7, 2007)

*throws a cookie* Indeed.

HAL9000

HolyCow (Oct 5, 2007)

I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me,
and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.

5 comments – latest 4:

davincipoppalag (Oct 5, 2007)

Open the pod bay doors , Hal...... Hal... open the pod bay doors..... I loved that movie when it came out. Nice work here

PS (Oct 6, 2007)

I was just watching this movie a couple days ago, you did a very nice job on this.

Sweetcell (Oct 7, 2007)

I did one my own self when I first started drawing here (http://cellosoft.com/2draw/view/67281/). Nice to see him again.

fleeting_memory (Oct 7, 2007)

haha awesome! "My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."

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International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Punky (Oct 2, 2007)

September 19th
It's a real holiday, I swear.

From Wikipedia:
At first an inside joke between two friends, the holiday gained exposure when John Baur and Mark Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to the American syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry in 2002. Dave Barry liked the idea and promoted the day. Growing media coverage of the holiday after Dave Barry's column has ensured that this event is now celebrated internationally.

6 comments – latest 4:

Punky (Oct 5, 2007)
drawn in 58 min

PS (Oct 5, 2007)

Thats neat. I really like this.

Rudeezy (Oct 5, 2007)

lovin' thisssss. the tattoo on his arm is very awesome. :)

Pakasutemanshikuka (Oct 24, 2007)

HAIDEEEEeEEeEEeEe D: This is way tooo cool in every way! I love the colors, I love the expression, I love the background print... and so on. Seriously, you.. you rock. You have amazing skills, amazing, amazing skills. You'll never know how jealous I am. Really. I adore you.