gstoute theme 4

Unfortunately due to a high work load this week, I have not been able to allocate as much time to my piece as I would have liked. So this isn't exactly at 70% completion (and the poor photo quality doesn't help much either). Anyway this piece is a continuation of my previous piece which brings solders of different eras together to show how technology has impacted the way America has fought its battles. This piece jumps straight ahead into the 20th century and beyond. From left to right the figures are a soldier from WW2, a soldier from the war in Iraq, and a Air Force officer who pilots a drone. Compared to the tan background of my previous piece, this one presents a darker gray setting. Taking inspiration from Sofija's recommendation on my last piece, I will implement the silhouettes of smoke stacks and explosions in the backgrounds of the figures with a slightly darker water color pigment. I plan on making the density of such background noise decreasingly dense as the figures are closer to the modern era. Are there any other ideas that may help strengthen the piece's meaning? Any ideas on how to make the soldiers stand out more from one another(As the attire hasn't changed as drastically as it did in my other piece)?