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Submitted: May 8, 2008
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Hermesby ~spokenillusion

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Storybook

This is an illustration to go with a poem. I lost the poem and the poet's name. Lame of me, I know.

It opened with the line "Four years into the war Hermes showed up..."

I had a lot of fun drawing Hermes that way. I don't think I ever realized how cool he was. God of Thieves. And other cool things.

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~NibbleKat Feb 13, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I love that you got him in his psychopomp aspect.

~MeTheAwesome Jul 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I love that poem, and I love Hermes. I'm so happy someone made an illustration for it.

~RebornJr Apr 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

The poem is by Charles Simic

"In the fourth year of the war, Hermes showed up. He was not much to look at. His mailman's coat was in tatters; mice ran in and out of its pockets. The broad-brimmed hat he was wearing had bullet holes. He still carried the famous stick that closes the eyes of the dying, but it looked gnawed. Did he let the dying bite on it? Whatever the case, he had no letters for us. "God of thieves!" we shouted behind his back when he could no longer hear us."

one of my faves

~TaraCochrane Mar 7, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Love it.

~fiddlers7 Oct 4, 2008

i think this poem may be by either wilfred owen or sassoon . . . not sure though . . . bit ominous, isn't it? i love the soldiers in the trenches!

~spokenillusion Oct 15, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

Those names seem very familiar... I think Sassoon. My friend from the class is illustrating more of his poems. Thank you, and thanks for commenting.

`jademacalla Jun 8, 2008

Really great image.

~spokenillusion Jun 8, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you :3

~Razriel May 8, 2008

XD GOooooooo Kathrynn!!

~spokenillusion May 9, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

*bashful blushing* Teehee

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