2draw.net - boards - Advanced - 1943: American Courage

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 20, 2004)
drawn in 1 hour 39 min

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 20, 2004)
drawn in 3 hours 44 min

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 20, 2004)
drawn in 2 hours 52 min

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 21, 2004)
drawn in 3 hours 18 min

tryagainpixie (May 21, 2004)

<3 how did i know that DBA drew this...thank you thumbnail... <3 this is awesome dba i cant wait to see it finished <33

Gigandas (May 21, 2004)

You captured the action really well^^.Looks good so far...:).Like pixie said, wanna see it finished XD.

xwindflyer (May 21, 2004)

Hurry and finish. I want to see it. This is great! I Love it.

Ty854 (May 21, 2004)

great...make my pic look bad. jk! This is awesome! ur work is amazing!

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 21, 2004)

it's really very close to finished... just gotta add a little more smoke and rubble and touch up a few things...

Supergurl103 (May 21, 2004)

wow, this is looking good.. wow... the war looks so close to me :S hehee, can't wait to see u finish this ;)

gloworm043 (May 21, 2004)

Wow...This is a great picture...I knew it was going to be another winner...U R SO GOOD GIRL!!!! Wonderful job on this..:)

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 21, 2004)

Thanks for the inspiration, gloworm :).

emmamommalag (May 21, 2004)

This is a great picture, Dead. I love it.

davincipoppalag (May 21, 2004)

Excellent job and perfect for the coming holiday..You da bomb mizz Cindy

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 21, 2004)
drawn in 1 hour 5 min

LovelyLori (May 21, 2004)

nice action pic... nice tribute... you worked yer heart out on this one eh?

DeadlyBlondeArcher (May 21, 2004)

Yeah, I kinda did. Looking at the photograph kind of wrenched my heart... they looked so brave and scared and full of adrenaline all at the same time... was weird looking at it for so long. And the guy on the far left actually had a huge bandage on his thumb. :( I left it off because it just looked goofy.

Gigandas (edited May 21, 2004)

Nice green sky there^^.The detail of the dirt being kicked up and thrown around just pulls your eyes down to look at it XD.Looks like you'd be pretty tired after drawing this one^^;....I know I would be.But the effort was worth it.This turned out just great :).

laurael (May 21, 2004)

Great pic dba...love this one too. Gigandas is right about the dirt being kicked up...awesome.

longway (May 21, 2004)

great one.....dba, just really cool.....

Noremac (May 22, 2004)

woah, wait a minute here, 1943 was at WWII but for some reason they are wearing WWI helmets... eh, this hurts my head
but its a good picture dont get me wrong its awesome, i wanna draw something like this

xwindflyer (May 22, 2004)

I noticed that too Noremac. I thought at 1st, they might be british, but your right. WWIsoldiers in 1943? lol

DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited May 22, 2004)

I went back and did some reading on the reference photograph, and it was taken in 1943, and this is what it says:
Troops Attack a Trench
Members of the 31st division of the United States army charge into a trench wielding bayonets during manoeuvres at Camp Blanding in north Florida. (so that solves the mystery of the helmets: very observant boys, you are :)

emmamommalag (May 22, 2004)

Glad that's solved. It's a mighty fine picture, regardless.

Noremac (May 22, 2004)

ah ok that makes more sense, thanks ^^

xwindflyer (May 22, 2004)

Yup, solves it alright, now I can sleep. LOL

Supergurl103 (May 22, 2004)

this is nice... WW2... nice picture to draw.. put me in the middle of the war :S

davincipoppalag (May 22, 2004)

At the very beginning of WWII they still wore the "tommy" style helmets . The GI Joe ones didnt come out until a bit later.

Aubrey (May 22, 2004)

This is really excellent Cindy. The perspective is great and everything that everyone else mentioned that makes it that way :) It's action standing still.. just great.