I've got this Fucked up idea in my head for something I wanna do for my flash project, or god forbid when I actually get my ands on a copy.
This was 'inspired' by a song Sled introduced me to, 'Hero Of War' by Rise Against. It's the sort of song you have to listen to understand I think. It kicks home the atrocities of war and the casualties because of it.

Lyrics:

He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."

Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends

They took off his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away

The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow

A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"

There are some cruel fuckers on YouTube and they are saying the worst things there... Say what you want about the artwork but don't slate the song on my page, and the first person to slate the Forces will die.

Anyway.. If you look close at her eyes, she's crying... not sure why I put that in, but eh... no matter.
Her name is Maria Benedetta, which if you look upo the Italian translation, is Blessed Mary. This doesn't have a connection to Christianity, I just liked the name and thought it fitted.
Enjoy.
Hero Of War: © Rise Against

Entirely drawn by hand on the mouse in photoshop, it wasn't drawn first.