Art Thread

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:44 pm

Cool bear, really fits him.

And with that V he looks like a superhero.

Really nice work, Hukley.

That's not bad, GreatKitsune, I assume it's a dog.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:57 pm

Cesco wrote:Cool bear, really fits him. And with that V he looks like a superhero. Really nice work, Hukley.
That's not bad, GreatKitsune, I assume it's a dog.

Cat, actually. Accidentally drew his muzzle a bit too long.

@Hukley Thanks, Huk.

I'm very much an amateur, tho'.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:57 pm

I thought Valerio was a St. Bernard (?)

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:18 am

Douglas Collier wrote:I thought Valerio was a St. Bernard (?)

I like Bernie!Valerio.

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:52 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:I thought Valerio was a St. Bernard (?)

Well, I asked him and he told me bear

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:36 pm

I was under the impression that he was a St. Bernard also! I guess that he isn't anymore and I'm the only St. Bernard!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:44 pm

No, the St Bernard in his avatar is from a completely unrelated picture that Rick drew.

Nice draw, Huk! I can't wait to see the rest of the series!

Great draw, GK! Now I know what you look like! I think from that you show great potential!

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:42 pm

And here are 2 pics I drew during my stream ^^

First one is a little self portrait

So here's my Fursona Huk

(White Swiss Shepherd)

Huk

The second one is just a little fox looking at the stars, counting them

Counting the stars

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:50 pm

Great background.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:53 pm

So cute draw of your fursona, I love it! Keep drawing, little doggy!

Cute fox, but that activity will take him lot of time.

Czukay · Post by **Czukay** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:11 pm

I was so proud of this new avatar of mine I decided to put it here. I would like to request constructive criticism for my new-ish style.
Edit: Re-Uploaded with changes! Thanks!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:27 pm

I really do like how your new style has come out there! It looks really nice and much cleaner! Great job!

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:47 pm

That is a really awesome style, Czukay! The only thing I can find that you could improve would be to make the back of the shirt in line with the collar, so as to make the back look less hunched - some of that could be added to the front to compensate if it were to look too skinny. You're on a great track, Czukay. I'm amazed at how much you've improved.

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:26 am

@Czukay: That looks great!

A little thing I see: You could also add shadows to the clothing ^^

Here's something I drew for Zips birthday

(http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zip-the-fox)

Caaaaaake!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:00 pm

So adorable that is! I really wanna snuggle him and eat that cake!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 4:54 pm

Great job, Czukay.

Happy Birthday to Zip and very good work for you, Huk.

That cake is all for him, I guess.

Czukay · Post by **Czukay** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:04 pm

@Hukley Nice! Also, happy birthday to Zip.
Now here's Winston in my new style, which I am still getting used to!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:02 pm

He really came out very good! Great job on that!

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:47 pm

@Czukay: Another nice picture

I still think you could do a bit more shading ^^

Here's something I drew for Hyperovatic

He wanted a little species change for his Fursona... So here's Phoenix Hyper

Hyper Phoenix

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:09 pm

Really nice, Czukay, keep improving.

Amazing looking phoenix there and good adding for Furr's hat, great work, Hukley.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:42 pm

Great job, Hukley!

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:02 pm

And here's something I drew for Hlaoroo

Furrhan and two of his clones commemorate ANZAC Day, 2015. This day marks the 100th Anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand Troops in Gallipoli and is very important in Australian history and culture

ANZAC Day 2015 - 100 Years On - Lest We Forget

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:57 pm

ANZAC Day is one of two days when we in Australia commemorate those who perished whilst serving our country, paying the ultimate price so that we can live in freedom. The Gallipoli campaign was doomed from the start due to poor planning and communication but our spirit remained unbroken and despite losing that battle we stuck together and never gave up and so ANZAC Day to us represents strength against adversity, camaraderie, mateship, ingenuity and courage. On ANZAC Day, April 25th, we remember not just the 8700 Australian soldiers who lost their lives on that beach but all those who've fought for us and continue to fight for us so that we can have the peace and security we enjoy today.

Thank you for that picture, Huk. It means a lot to me to have something to symbolise my country's ideals and to acknowledge how grateful I am to those who've made my country the great nation it is and who've sacrificed everything for my safety and peace.

Lest We Forget

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:14 pm

Oooooh! Look at all of the Furrhans! They all look so cute! That picture is nice!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:43 pm

Amazing tribute draw.

Furrhan clones? Now I wonder who's the original one.

I got to read something about this campaign, after have discovered the existence of this other Gallipoli in Turkey.

Thanks for the info, Furrhan. The 25th of April is also a national holiday in Italy.

Czukay · Post by **Czukay** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:06 pm

Nice, as always, Hukley!
Also, umm Happy ANZAC Day?

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:55 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:ANZAC Day is one of two days when we in Australia commemorate those who perished whilst serving our country, paying the ultimate price so that we can live in freedom. The Gallipoli campaign was doomed from the start due to poor planning and communication but our spirit remained unbroken and despite losing that battle we stuck together and never gave up and so ANZAC Day to us represents strength against adversity, camaraderie, mateship, ingenuity and courage. On ANZAC Day, April 25th, we remember not just the 8700 Australian soldiers who lost their lives on that beach but all those who've fought for us and continue to fight for us so that we can have the peace and security we enjoy today.

Thank you for that picture, Huk. It means a lot to me to have something to symbolise my country's ideals and to acknowledge how grateful I am to those who've made my country the great nation it is and who've sacrificed everything for my safety and peace.

Lest We Forget

So it's like D-day?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:47 am

In some ways, but there was a landing before then which, obviously, didn't succeed. D-Day had a lot of preparation and a lot of stuff going on off the beaches too. However D-day had a lot of the stated strengths that Hlaoroo mentioned too.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:19 am

It's not really like D-Day. What was supposed to happen was that the ANZAC troops were intended to meet up with the French and British troops that were already fighting in Gallipoli. Instead, due to a miscommunication they landed abut a kilometre further up the coast than they were supposed to and were stuck on a narrow beach with steep cliffs all around. The Ottoman forces were on top of the cliffs and they held us down on the beach. Both sides endured heavy losses and we were basically pinned on the beach for 9 months until we were ordered to evacuate. This campaign was therefore not a success, unlike D-Day which is why it symbolises strength, endurance and courage and sacrifice a lot more.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:43 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:It's not really like D-Day. What was supposed to happen was that the ANZAC troops were intended to meet up with the French and British troops that were already fighting in Gallipoli. Instead, due to a miscommunication they landed abut a kilometre further up the coast than they were supposed to and were stuck on a narrow beach with steep cliffs all around. The Ottoman forces were on top of the cliffs and they held us down on the beach. Both sides endured heavy losses and we were basically pinned on the beach for 9 months until we were ordered to evacuate. This campaign was therefore not a success, unlike D-Day which is why it symbolises strength, endurance and courage and sacrifice a lot more.

So, Bataan Death March would be closer? We don't really have a day for that anymore, tho.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:24 pm

The fact that the Ottomans took heavy losses when they had the tactical advantage shows a lot of strength on the Australians' part.

Probably closer to Memorial Day or Veteran's Day.

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:48 pm

learning history from drawings ^^

Here's something I drew for swedishWolf

It's a little "thank you" for his work as crator and webmaster of the "Simon & Freddy" homepage

( http://www.simonandfreddy.com/ )

Webmaster Wolf

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:01 pm

Cute sit! ^^ Must be hard to type with paws.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:46 pm

Really cute, he looks more puppy than usual here.

Nice for the Wolfware laptop.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:48 pm

Great job, Hukley!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:05 pm

Really nice job on that Hukley!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:08 am

GreatKitsune wrote:So, Bataan Death March would be closer? We don't really have a day for that anymore, tho.

Well, no. This was not a war crime - it was a badly planned campaign. We were never captured at Gallipoli, just pinned down on the beach by gunfire and shells.

Douglas Collier wrote:The fact that the Ottomans took heavy losses when they had the tactical advantage shows a lot of strength on the Australians' part.

Probably closer to Memorial Day or Veteran's Day.

Exactly. It's one of two days (the other being Remembrance Day on November 11th) on which we remember our soldiers and their friends and families and their sacrifices. So I think that makes it our equivalent of your Memorial Day.

The story of how we evacuated is also very clever, hence the ingenuity part of the ANZAC legend. It was estimated by British generals that we'd lose about half our soldiers during the evacuation but what our soldiers did was they rigged their guns to fire sporadically at the Ottoman forces. One way they did this was to tie two strings to the trigger - one to hold the trigger back and one connected to a weight that pulled the trigger when a candle burned through the first string. Another way was to attach an empty can to the trigger and place a can full of water on a ledge above this. Then, right before evacuating they'd punch a hole in the can so that water would trickle into the lower can and once it became heavy enough it would pull the trigger. Because the evacuation happened in the dead of night the Ottoman forces were convinced for a long time that we were still in the trenches on the beach. The end result was that 80,000 soldiers were evacuated with just half a dozen casualties during the evacuation.

One of our bravest and most loved heroes served at ANZAC Cove too. His name was John Simpson and he was a field ambulance stretcher bearer. On April 26th, 1915, the morning after he arrived in ANZAC Cove, he found a donkey on the beach and with that donkey set about rescuing injured soldiers and bringing them back behind our lines, singing and whistling the whole way. Unfortunately on May 19th, 1915 he was shot in the back by the Ottoman forces and killed instantly. However, in the 24 days that he served he single handedly saved the lives of over 300 soldiers and this while constantly being fired upon by snipers and artillery! Unfortunately due to an error in the paperwork he was never officially decorated nor given the Victoria Cross he deserves. Still, he's just one of the many heroes who've served out country that we remember on ANZAC Day.

So in the words of Charles Bean, Australia's official war historian of the time:
"Anzac stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship, and endurance that will never own defeat."

Lest We Forget.

Hukley wrote:learning history from drawings ^^
Here's something I drew for swedishWolf

Yup. History is good.

Nice draw, Huk!

rollingWolf · Post by **rollingWolf** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:11 am

Awesome as always hukley :)

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:04 pm

My pleasure ^^

Here's a little comic I drew today

A surprising moment PART 1
Frederick (the fox) think it's the perfect moment to surprise his friend Sebastian (the skunk)... This probably won't end well

A surprising moment PART 2
uh oh... Frederick, don't you know what happens when you scare a skunk?!?

A surprising moment PART 3
So... who's surprised now?

I think Frederick learnt an important lesson today

A surprising moment PART 4
... but true friends forgive and forget!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:29 pm

Awww, what a simple lovely story!

Great work, Hukley!

Probably Fred learned to don't frighten a skunk from the back, but there's still to blame Seb's quick instinct of defence.