#Edwin Vipond

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Otto's weakness is food.

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OTTOWAY

Otto Odinkirk, a German Private, and Edwin Vipond, a British Sergeant, are stranded in no-man's-land, they need a work together in order to survive the hellscape of the Western Front. 

Written and Illustrated by @vikkicomics Vol 1, first addition, available HERE.

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Tried to animate something after not trying for about 2 years. -Edwin and Otto in no-man's land.

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This is about the 300th page of the entire series, but I finally go round to writing commentary on some of the most absurd anti-German propaganda of WW1.

There were monthly publications in British newspapers during WW1 claiming that the Germans had human fat farms and were cannibalizing our dead relatives.

When I was in high school, we were shown a propaganda poster about this, as an example of a lie, designed to make us want to kill other human beings, (Germans). But we were not informed that this lie was repeated monthly in the newspapers.

Special thanks to my colorist @polsterreich

For more information about the Ottoway Graphic novel series, visit my web page: https://ottoway.carrd.co/

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Ah, tonight's page. I'm sleep deprived, I'm surprised i got all the figure lines done. Scene from Ottoway vol 2, Edwin shares his bottle with Otto. What a nice Tommy, surely he's not got anything insidious planned for later on...

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Vincent and Edwin as (Edwardian) teenagers in Sailor Suits. I took some inspiration from Anni Waltz, check out their art!

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Vincent, Josephine and Edwin, three friends separated by a cruel war.

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Trying out a 2 tone, candle-lit scheme.

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Historical Illustrations I’d pick for my artist’s portfolio.

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The Sergeant’s Brother

Art and short story prompted by a 1917 Discord's Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Challenge. 

Link below to read.

https://www.deviantart.com/captainscruffi/art/The-Sergeant-s-Brother-969932322

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More Edwin and Otto Sketches.

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This is clearly harassment.

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Lines for Edwin and Otto in the subterainian maze beneath no-man's land.

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Dirty WWi lads, Otto and Edwin. Plus the All Quiet on the Western Front shot I used as a reference for the colour scheme and bg. The 70′s AQOTWF is my fav adaptation, he’s the cutest Paul too. I usually draw unrealistically clean uniforms because it’s quicker when you’re doing a graphic novel.

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Sergeant Edwin Vipond wearing his uniform in different ways.  +Louie Hobson’s character sheet, which includes an image of Edwin and Louie as children, long before the war.  During the Ottoway time line, Edwin is 25/26, Louie is 18/19. The are half brothers, and were both born ‘Odinkirk’, but British people with German sounding surnames had to change them to avoid being attacked. Edwin chose ‘Vipond’ and Louie chose ‘Hobson’. 

Thousands of British men were imprisoned by their own government during the first world war, Louie is a half German objector. After instigating a prison riot he was beaten by the authorities, forced into a uniform and shipped to the front lines. Edwin, who intended to quietly doge the draft, signed up in order to find and protect his brother. Edwin was quickly promoted to sergeant thanks to his leadership skills. He and Louie spent months working out an escape plan and hoping the war would end before they made the potentially deadly attempt to desert. However, the war killed Louie before they could make their escape.