The One-armed Soldier by buraisuko on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

*blows off dust from the shelf as he looks through the gallery* Well... *coughs a few times* I must say, this is quite the image. Been searching for one-armed pictures for a little while now and, I tell ya, yours takes the cake. Or the nachos. Whichever you prefer, really.

I could go on for a while about composition, the drama of the pose and how it accentuates not just his one-armedness (new words!), but even more than that the nature of the character itself. I could mention, were I so inclined, the lack of joining lines for his hair, and the absence of anything that might resemble legs, and tell you how brilliant they are in making his missing arm seem less out of place. I could talk about shading and monochromatic color and all sort of nonsense, but this is a very old piece of work and I should really go comment and fave your new stuff more thoroughly so, instead, I'll say this:

Thank you for posting this. You have truly inspired me with it. *faved*