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Pheonix4 — Death of a Nobody
Published: 2012-08-29 04:47:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 672; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 4
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I always loved those melodramatic death scenes in old paintings like the Death of Wolfe, so I decided to draw one of the death of the adorable and doomed Alexander Peterson. Enjoy!Related content
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The only thing known to man that can outdo the melodramatic awesomesauce of death scenes in battle paintings are the lulzies . So kudos to you for the choice of subject, the fact that someone actually dies because no matter how pretty a character is, war is war and getting your peritoneal cavity filled with blood is not funny, and finally, as ~trenchWeasel has pointed out, taking the trouble to draw a group of people.
Is his shirt ripped, however? 18th century shirts didn't have front buttons, and the way this one falls on the body makes me rather think of a modern-days one. Another rather striking thing is the hand of the man holding the flag (is he an ensign or a private, btw?) : his fist appears to be clenched in the wrong way, thus making the arm seem crooked; try looking at your own fist in that position, and you'll see what I mean.
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First of all, thanks! I've aways wanted to try a major scene like this and I'm glad people seem to like it! Second: Aww, and I thought nobody would notice the lazy guys in the back! Also, yeah, I really just wanted to expose his stomach so we could see the wound (as well as, hey, I'm a teenage girl and I reserve the right to throw in shirtlesness from time to time! 
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You're very welcome, and you only have to thank - or curse - the fact I'm a stickler for details; in the regard of all things historical and military for the most part, but I've drawn enough craptastic hands (or characters conveniently hiding them behind their back) in my life to know how tricky they are, and how easily they can ruin a pose. D:
Apropos anatomy, technically that wound would be a bit too low to affect the stomach (see the position of the organ: [link] ). Not that a gunshot wound to the intestine offers any bigger chance for survival, anyway.
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But in the end, they pay off. If anything, because they make you learn a lot of things that, otherwise, you'd hardly dream of looking up!
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It's true. I wouldn't do this if I didn't love all the research.
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That's the spirit! Keep learning, and don't be afraid to edit.
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Such a poignant, touching scene. He wasn't a nobody to those boys and men around him. 
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The adorable ones are always the doomed ones, lol. You did a really nice job incorporating a bunch of characters into this scene. I start freaking out if a drawing needs more than two people
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Yeah, this took me two days and I'm usually too lazy to spend that long on one piece.
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