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created Sketches and watercolours of WWII
on 05-11-2010 03:27 AM
These are made by a Hans Liska, who served in the german army in wwii. I found them almost by accident, but thought they were interesting, both artistically and historically. Plus I think its neat to see some of it in colour as percieved by an artist, and not overlaid onto a B/W photo some 60 years later.
Anyway, here goes:
http://www.allworldwars.com/World%20...s%20Liska.html
A side note, posted this in its own thread because I thought the art was somewhat inspirational aside from being a historical novelty, which is why i didnt just put it in the "awesomeness" thread. If this is silly reasoning, please delete this accordingly.
Last edited by bbob; 05-11-2010 at 03:30 AM..
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, dedicated polycounter,
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pretty cool, Ive still got my grandfathers sketchbook from when he was in eqypt in world war 2 with the british forces somewhere, although he was more focused on the egyptians and origins of man and stuff than the war.
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, veteran polycounter,
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nice the detail is awesome
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, polygon,
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After English stay in a French château.
not much has changed in 70 years... |
, card carrying polycounter,
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Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed looking through those
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, polygon,
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That is awesome! I am always interested in such material and something from WW II can be goldmine...
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awsome!
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, spline,
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holy shit, so damn nice!!!
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, veteran polycounter,
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Damn, that guy could draw! Thks for sharing  |
, polycounter,
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great find bbob!
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, card carrying polycounter,
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Man, I love watercolor work...thanks for the link bbob.
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, triangle,
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Super, thanks for posting, excellent stuff really.
Isn't this one really famous? I've seen this before. |
, card carrying polycounter,
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Dig the ones of the POW's, they all look angry or upset, with good reason ahah.
You're gonna carry that weight.
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That is really amazing; thanks for posting this!
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, Polycount Editor,
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The english broke that poor poor cello. =(
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HonkyPunch
Dig the ones of the POW's, they all look angry or upset, with good reason ahah.
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awwwww low blow!
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, card carrying polycounter,
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lot of energy in these.
that's a big gunn
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, polygon,
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Thank you for sharing--we know that the artist's perspective is different (and in some ways truer) than the photograph. Serious skill at work here, especially in the environment of a warzone. Beautiful work, thanks.
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Glad you guys liked it, too ^_^
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[Stukas over the Pantheon]
Isn't this one really famous? I've seen this before.
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Yeah, probably. I think he did some of the posters for recruiting, too.
Also, after scrounging a bit around yesterday, i found out he did quite a lot of work for Mercedes Benz after the war. |
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Quote:
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awwwww low blow!
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You wouldn't be upset to be a prisoner of war? Ahah.
You're gonna carry that weight.
Steam:HonkyPunch
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, card carrying polycounter,
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Amazing yet damn scary stuff.
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Quote:
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After English stay in a French château.
not much has changed in 70 years...
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At first i thought this was a joke till i saw the website.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moof
lot of energy in these.
that's a big gunn |
thats not a gun its a tilted launch pad for a V8 rocket I believe.
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, triangle,
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Looks to me like one of these Krupp railway guns:
However, it looks as if there is quite a bit of stretching the truth in that watercolour, making it look like there is one of these for every mile of the line. When in reality only 35 of them were built from the 30'ies to the end of the war, with a couple that had their barrels split due to funky rifling. |
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