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Journey Into War
Published: 2006-05-12 03:19:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 50777; Favourites: 1370; Downloads: 4571
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The date is December 11, 1969. A young soldier, fresh out of boot camp, takes his first steps down from a chopper and into the jungles of Vietnam. At that very moment, the innocence of youth is stripped away forever, replaced with the life-and-death struggle of instantaneous manhood. Amid the magenta-colored fog of war, our hero assesses his new predicament, and the dangerous journey ahead of him. He pauses for a moment as the true realization hits him with brutal force β and everything familiar he has known throughout his life disappears on the wind; fading like the whir of rotors from the departing choppers, leaving with their cargo of wounded and fallen comradesβ¦(Honored with a Daily Deviation spot, Sunday, June 4, 2006)
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thanks. Your gallary is great! keep up the good work.
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appreciate the kind words, pal!!!! same to you!
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wow, this is good. you did an excellent job on the coloring.
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thanks so much, pal! appreciate the cool words. btw, your avatar kicks ass!!!!
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Great awesome I really love this, I think its the best I seen so far in the war pics, it looks so real, when i saw the small picture it took me a minute to see that it wasnt a real picture ^_^ this is truely great I love it, it has so much detail in it, really beautiful.
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wow! thanks so much for such a wonderful comment! made my day!!!
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Now this is one cool thing, VIETNAM!
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wild motive 
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A gigantic step into manhood. Death, fear, suffrage; it all provokes a different perspective on life.
This picture has many emotions attached to it. It has many feelings. It is hard to explain, this gives you a feeling of war; but of course it's impossible to perceive it until you have experienced it.
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thanks for the very deep and heartfelt comment, pal! really appreciate it. have you experienced war? would love to get your take on your first day in the battlefield, and if my painting portrays some of the emotions that ran through your mind at that point...
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Oh, I have never experienced war. I mean, I want to fight in the war; it seems interesting. It's not because I'm just some excited immature teen who wants to shoot and kill a bunch of people. I don't know how to say it, I just always had an urge to experience war. I wanted to see things from those in WWI and WWII perspectives. I wanted to save a life.
I guess it is because there are so many things to do in war, not just killing people. It's exciting, thrilling, amazing, and scary. It's hard to imagine it, so I want to live through it.
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You're welcome. Thanks for painting such an awesome picture. I'll be sure to enlist when I turn 18.
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well, if you're 18 or older, then enlist. the service needs people like you who are dedicated and really want to be there! even if you don't save a life or kill people, you're serving your country. there's no higher honor than that! cheers, pal, and thanks again for sounding in -- made my day!
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Awesome digital art. You did a great job on the landscape and the Huey. Surely worth a fav.
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i like the mood of the picture.And of course UH-1 Huey my favorite
great work, maybe you should do more of it.you are good at it.
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thanks so much, pal!!! i think i will.... appreciate the cool comment...
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i like the situation
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definitely! was a tough piece to do (took a long time), but was worth it, i think....
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Looking at this make me want to cry.
Cause it's so fricking nice.
detail detail perfection
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thanks so much for the insightful comment, pal -- really appreciate the cool words....
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WHo, so much emotion, wonderfull done
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thank you very much, my friend!!!
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Excellent facial expression. I love it.
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thanks so much for the cool comment, pal -- and for the fav, too! made my day....
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You're quite welcome, I mean every word of it, too. He's got this look of disgust that just says "this isn't what I signed up for..." I reminds me a lot of Red Badge of Courage, actually. I actually think we should have stayed in Vietnam, but war is Hell, and always will be. He may have signed up for the guns, he may have signed up for the uniform, he may have signed up for the pay, he may have signed up for the adulation, he may have signed up for the glory, but he didn't sign up for the war.
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wow -- thanks for the amazingly insightful comment. imagine how those who were drafted felt? i'd say take your comment and multiply the disgust & horror by 4.... really appreciate your take on my work. made me sit back and think about this for a while....
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You're quite welcome. Thank God for the (effective) repeal of the draft. We all still sign up for it when we turn 18, though. But I personally don't mind, because if it were a big enough war to be worth drafting again, I'd probably sign up anyway. But you really nailed the expressions. And I have to ask, did you model that guy's expression off of anyone? No detriment to the art, I would have. I'm talking about the focus character, for clarity.
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i used actual archival vietnam war footage for my reference, as well as first hand accounts from a friend of mine who fought in combat there. it was his feedback, mostly, that made the most powerful impact to the piece i think... this was the most intense painting i've ever done, both emotionally and technique-wise. but well worth the effort, imho.
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It is excellent work. Keep it up.
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Oh, no, that's not a compliment, that's a demand. I require more awesomeness! More!
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and you shall get it, my friend. all in good time....
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Hehehehe...
I'll be watching you...
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If I wore a hat, I'd tip it off to you
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Yeah. This is awesome beyond ALL comprehension. Better than the outside graphics, haha
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thanks for the cool comment, pal!! made my day....
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Awesome is a too small word...
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Can't say enough about the attention to detail here! It's so realistic and conveys such emotion that I simply couldn't look away from it. The frustration on that troops' face who's humping out that wounded soldier is felt deep in my bones... Thank you for sharing this. Godspeed brother.
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thanks for the heartfelt & insightful comment, pal!! really appreciate the cool words -- moved me. you're also the 2nd person to request that this be made a print -- might have to give this some serious thought. thanks again -- made my day...
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