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CONTEST SUBMISSION for the 'sHistorical Era Contest 2010.
all entries at:[link]
info on contest (which ends erm, 'today' XD;;; ): [link]

DEPICTS: The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921).

this piece took me an age...ORZ. 1st, i fell sick a month ago...(am still happily co-inhabiting with cough germs...
TT TT) then it got tangled up with my commission deadlines and work deadline...aaaargh!***tears hair out***

finally i got time this week TT TT. am really really glad i redrew Russia, 'coz the 1st ver of him makes me so irritated i er, exterminated him XD(izzat possible???); and redrew him again XD. aaah, now he looks more...bishie~ thank you, dear lovely admins, for extending teh deadline for one more day~~ love ya~at 1st, due to an appointment, i thought i wouldn't made it. then when i came back from a disappointing day of search for certain items, i saw...the magic word, EXTENSION~yay~~~ quick, lemme redraw Russia !!!! flying leap to wacom* (grin) yes, i drew Poland 1st, then i drew Russia. but i coloured Russia before i coloured Poland XD.i like both Russia and Poland, in real life and in the anime (though i like Lithuania too in the anime ).

real reason (s) i chose this topic out of the others was because...i really wanted to draw Russia
was worth all the %$# delays just to get to draw him~hehehehehe

then i read this in wikipedia:'According to the British historian A.J.P. Taylor, the Polish–Soviet War "largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more. […] Unavowedly and almost unconsciously, Soviet leaders abandoned the cause of international revolution." It would be twenty years before the Bolsheviks would send their armies abroad to 'make revolution'.[27][92] According to American sociologist Alexander Gella "the Polish victory had gained twenty years of independence not only for Poland, but at least for an entire central part of Europe.' ---OK, AM DRAWING THIS~

explaining artwork: used a map i found suitable, and just downplayed the tone, as i was aiming for a little text book-old world feel. i feel there would be more impact showing them up against a backdrop of the --quote from wikipedia---1920 map from The Peoples Atlas showing the situation of Poland and the Baltic states with their still-undefined borders after the treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Versailles and before the Peace of Riga.

wish i could have done better with the colouring. tried to colour in Sai, but because i am unfamiliar with it...(kept on typing shortcut keys for PS and Flash,lol) back to Flash we go~ ah well, i will save trying out Sai for another occasion then^^! and am rather satisfied the colours came out right this time!

note***this is NOT meant for propaganda and what nots!

references, map at background, Poland's uniform and symbol on shield taken fromwikipedia [link]
Poland's pose taken from this poster, as a nod to its historical reference : [link]

program used: Flash 8 for both linearts, colours and er, mini photo manip

*****************update (half an hr later)************

wow, the fave meter just flew up! thank you thank you thank you for all your faves~would liek to thank you all one by one but my wifi is so slow it will take me ages, so i will say a BIG THANK YOU HERE~THANK YOU~

******update 2 (16 May)****************

tanx for suggesting the edit on shield! took me just under 10 minutes to edit it (becoz prog crashed once -_-, but almost and hour to upload it...aaaargh!!!!!!stupid wifi speed~~*gnash teeth.

****update 3(18th May)*****
yay, finally managed to upload a slightly higher dpi version~ now u can see their faces more clearly~

Russia/Poland (c) Hidekaz Himaruya

wanna commission me?
[link] ?

other APH:

Description
CONTEST SUBMISSION for the 'sHistorical Era Contest 2010.
all entries at:[link]
info on contest (which ends erm, 'today' XD;;; ): [link]

DEPICTS: The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921).

this piece took me an age...ORZ. 1st, i fell sick a month ago...(am still happily co-inhabiting with cough germs...
TT TT) then it got tangled up with my commission deadlines and work deadline...aaaargh!***tears hair out***

finally i got time this week TT TT. am really really glad i redrew Russia, 'coz the 1st ver of him makes me so irritated i er, exterminated him XD(izzat possible???); and redrew him again XD. aaah, now he looks more...bishie~ thank you, dear lovely admins, for extending teh deadline for one more day~~ love ya~at 1st, due to an appointment, i thought i wouldn't made it. then when i came back from a disappointing day of search for certain items, i saw...the magic word, EXTENSION~yay~~~ quick, lemme redraw Russia !!!! flying leap to wacom* (grin) yes, i drew Poland 1st, then i drew Russia. but i coloured Russia before i coloured Poland XD.i like both Russia and Poland, in real life and in the anime (though i like Lithuania too in the anime ).

real reason (s) i chose this topic out of the others was because...i really wanted to draw Russia
was worth all the %$# delays just to get to draw him~hehehehehe

then i read this in wikipedia:'According to the British historian A.J.P. Taylor, the Polish–Soviet War "largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more. […] Unavowedly and almost unconsciously, Soviet leaders abandoned the cause of international revolution." It would be twenty years before the Bolsheviks would send their armies abroad to 'make revolution'.[27][92] According to American sociologist Alexander Gella "the Polish victory had gained twenty years of independence not only for Poland, but at least for an entire central part of Europe.' ---OK, AM DRAWING THIS~

explaining artwork: used a map i found suitable, and just downplayed the tone, as i was aiming for a little text book-old world feel. i feel there would be more impact showing them up against a backdrop of the --quote from wikipedia---1920 map from The Peoples Atlas showing the situation of Poland and the Baltic states with their still-undefined borders after the treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Versailles and before the Peace of Riga.

wish i could have done better with the colouring. tried to colour in Sai, but because i am unfamiliar with it...(kept on typing shortcut keys for PS and Flash,lol) back to Flash we go~ ah well, i will save trying out Sai for another occasion then^^! and am rather satisfied the colours came out right this time!

note***this is NOT meant for propaganda and what nots!

references, map at background, Poland's uniform and symbol on shield taken fromwikipedia [link]
Poland's pose taken from this poster, as a nod to its historical reference : [link]

program used: Flash 8 for both linearts, colours and er, mini photo manip

*****************update (half an hr later)************

wow, the fave meter just flew up! thank you thank you thank you for all your faves~would liek to thank you all one by one but my wifi is so slow it will take me ages, so i will say a BIG THANK YOU HERE~THANK YOU~

******update 2 (16 May)****************

tanx for suggesting the edit on shield! took me just under 10 minutes to edit it (becoz prog crashed once -_-, but almost and hour to upload it...aaaargh!!!!!!stupid wifi speed~~*gnash teeth.

****update 3(18th May)*****
yay, finally managed to upload a slightly higher dpi version~ now u can see their faces more clearly~

Russia/Poland (c) Hidekaz Himaruya

wanna commission me?
[link] ?

other APH: