In the global arena, every country has its image, but how would they look as people? That was the question that Russian artist Anastasia Bulgakova thought about for a year before starting her latest cool drawing project. "I draw personifications of different countries," she wrote. "All of them will be militant and warrior-like, with dirt and blood. Not because of some political persuasion, but simply because that what I always draw in any case, and the idea of warrior-countries gives a lot of creative freedom for my personification examples."
"Every character is going to have some attributed stereotypes that I am going to use in one way or another." From an American that's a bit naive and idealistic to a silent Japanese guy with a suspicious smile, you'd easily recognize these personified 'people' if you met them in the street. Scroll down to check out the cool character artworks that any game developer would be interested in, and let us know which one of the transformers did you like best.
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Canada
Canada is simple guy with puppy eyes. He is kind and not conflicting. Prefers to be at home and not look for any problems in others' battles. He only fights in sports- hockey. He finds it honest and cheerful. Because of his success in hockey, he's called "The King of ice". Sometimes a crown appears over his head and he often dreams about future victories.
Wants to believe that USA is his best friend and they are equal. USA does not see a threat in him and allows itself a cautious friendship. Of course with benefits.
He usually fights Russia in hockey, and USA is also his opponent on the icy field.
But he's still friendly with everyone. Until he hears Britain's call, that is.
Canada usually wears a track suit. His weapons are a metal hockey stick and skates.
Good guy.
Everyone sees him as too friendly, but no one realizes that the NEVER LOST A WAR. Even war of 1812, when Mr.'Merica tried to take his land, Mr. Canada burned down Mr.'Merica's house and took HIS land. When they stopped fighting though, Mr.Canada gave back all the land he gained and called it a draw, even though he won.
USA
A bit naive and idealistic, but quite vicious on the inside. Very attractive and charismatic, easily turns others to her side. Pursues her goals with no regard to morals or consequence. Her main goal is to survive- and do it with maximum comfort.
She wears leather armor, since she prefers extremely long range battles with her two sniper rifles. Cybernetic arms and legs give her extreme speed in combat. She is a killer.
And she likes fire.
Especially it's smell in the morning.
Smells like victory.
You have a lot of talent at creating your art but I feel that these are basically collections of stereotypes of nationalities, which we've heard thousands of times before.
Japan
This time it's Japan, of course, and he is a man. I took some liberty in my decision since there were not too many comments. So next time, be a bit more active to get what you want ; )
Japan is a silent guy, with a suspicious smile. Likes technologies and perversions. Has some strange relationships with other countries, especially the neighbours. Ah, that sweet-sweet China... No one ever truly knows his real motives and desires (or how many "true" superforms he has), and he never answers anyway. But one thing is certain- even if he kills you, he will be extremely polite about it.
Even though he likes technology, he has a real body, and the hi-tech armor is mere augmentation to his abilities and skills. He can be classified as a close-quarters fighter, but prefers speed and agility over heavy armor. He uses a spear and a tail (or tentacle?) to hold his opponents at some distance (but really, I am just sick of seeing katanas everywhere). For long range, he uses exploding spheres.
France
An alternate reality France. Here the monarchy has won, and the revolution failed. He is an ancient country now, more that 1500 years old. An aristocrat and a vampire. Blood and wine is totally his style, and art, of course. The monarch's reign is supreme, and the vampire nobility is stronger than ever. He absolutely hates revolutions, uprisings, equality and "power of the people". Believes that democracy is just a big lie, that other countries use to fool their citizens and make them more obedient. He prefers the old-fashioned way, and there will be no "freedom and equality" under his rule, until people will grow enough to deserve it. First, they need to understand how low they have fallen, and how destructive it would be to give them any power in their current state. And when that happens, well, we shall see... This is his great compassion, as an old and wizened ruler.
Mexico
"Coatlicue"- the mother serpent, the beginning and the end, a goddess from Aztec mythology. Living in Russia, I know very little about Mexico, besides a few stereotypes. So my Mexico is a drug lord- dangerous, beautiful and vicious. Slim and tall, she likes to wear classical men's clothes, like any proper high-class crime lord. The upper body is covered in Aztec-Mayan themed tattoos. She likes being elegant, and doesn't like to soil her hands and clothes in dirty jobs- that what the underlings are for, but if she must, then it will be bloody, showy and painful. And that's what the axes are for. She is also a poison expert- for both healing and killing. The snake is real and poisonous.
Has territorial disputes with USA, but must acknowledge her power. You could say they are cooperating (in building walls, etc.), but will probably kill each other the first chance they get.
"So my Mexico is a drug lord- dangerous, beautiful and vicious" This is true.
Israel
Israel is a soldier girl, in her current incarnation. She is, actually, quite ancient, but due to her always being small, she gets trampled, exiled, or destroyed, only to reborn again a few generations later. Since she always tries to remember all her wrongdoers, most of which no longer exist, she ends up being salty and angry with the world. Nevertheless, she is quite positive by nature. Building, researching and eating, is her favorite. Of course, there is always the question of her neighbors, which are actually her numerous cousins. Family is a battlefield, and Israel is forced to protect the little she has.
She is sensitive and impulsive, when it comes to her relationships with other countries. The European family loves to troll her about pretty much everything, and she always responds, like the little girl she is. She wants to be accepted in the West, even though she lives the East. Tries follow all the rules, but always ends up frustrated, since she usually betrays herself in the process. She is young after all, she will learn..Despite all that, she has some very bizarre relationships with some countries.
Her best friend is USA, but they can actually be called siblings, or maybe one of them is a clone? In truth, it's still unclear which one is the real Israel, who rules who, and in turn, the rest of the world. There is a love-hate relationship with Germany. No matter how many times Germany sends her crying, Israel always comes back.
There are also friends in the Far East. South Korea decided that she and Israel are BFF, since both are small and get bullied by weird siblings. Israel even trusts Korea with her lifeblood- printing shekels. Japan is a strange fan of Israel, but he is a strange fan of many things, including Russia. Lately Israel has found a vocal support in Micronesia- it's always good to have friends in the middle of nowhere.
Israel wields a big pulse rifle, and commands an army of UAVs, UGVs and drones. Since she is too small to win directly, she uses her brains to outsmart her opponents and always have the tech advantage. If possible, she will fight from afar with the her automated army and prefer defensive combat. When it's not enough, the big rifle is probably good for something. She also has a hedgehog scout, flying on the drone. He is invisible on ground and simply weird in the sky...He loves Israel very much: )
Iran
My first ancient civilizations character.
I didn't know to which country should I attach to my character. After reading a few articles I decided that it would be Iran. Because it's location was the largest cultural center of the middle east for a long time. You may disagree, but this is my decision.
Iran is a mage (the first mage in my series). He is gloomy and not talkative, because talk is cheap, unlike gold and power. This hero is on the "gray side".
Dressed in arab style clothing with gold armor elements. Uses the golden mask to hide is face and intimidate his opponents. He has a magical lamp with a djinni, who will fulfill the mage's wishes. It's not like it has any other choice. In fights he mostly uses magic and diplomatic pressure. The curved saber is mostly used for executions, since djinni does most of the dirty work.
He's definitely the Lord of Sands. Many disagreed, of course, but good luck finding their remains in the desert.
The djinn consists of blue flames that resemble liquid. It is sentient and wears elements of ancient armor, which are mostly broken by now.
It usually appears from the lamp to protect it's master and speaks in an strange language.
It's a typical mage and summon duo.
Iran is not an Arab country. Arab countries today are defined as countries that have Arabic as their primary language . Iranians speak Farsi. 'Arabs' originally came from the Arabic peninsula. Iranians have a very deep rooted civilization, one of the oldest in the world. Also Aladdin's origin are Chinese (debatable), the Disney version is inspired by Iraq and not Iran.
England
I was asked not to make England too stereotypical, with tea, royalty and Downton Abbey. Well, here you go then... My England is fresh, young and wild- punk culture and rock music. I also really like Joseph Gilgun, and he was originally going to be my England, like you can see in the early sketches (link below), but the design didn't work.
England is hot, proud, jealous and impulsive. He remembers how great he was, and the glorious victories he had, but that does not make him blind or stupid. You don't survive that long, or extend so far by blind rage alone. So he is rational and calculating when it suits him, but when deep feelings are involved, the raging beast will stain history with another bloodbath, as it had happened with his sister's rebellion.
England is USA's elder brother, although his feelings are more than just brotherly. They come from the great European family, that has descended from the late Roman Empire. USA was sent to the New World to conquer and spread her brother's glory. Little by little, she became big and experienced, and free thinking has occurred. Some say that heresy against tea took place, and the English beast was unleashed. USA was heavily beaten, lost her limbs, but still not broken. Thanks to that accursed French vampire, England had to retreat, empty handed. But USA will be his again, one day...
Oh yes, France, the stinking, perverted, bloodsucking peacock. Although, France himself is not impressed by such accusations, since he does not paint his hair red and chase after his own sister in ragged clothes for unmentionable reasons. Still, the English beast can bite, and those aren't the stylish vampire bites that France enjoys, the old vampire knows it all too well.
Likes dags, good dags. Has a smoking-drinking bulldog named Churchill. A real friend, loyal. Not like those colonial siblings.
Even though it's England and not Great Britain, I chose Union Jack's colors, since they are more recognized. The hairstyle is wild and red, since he is a punk. I have a few versions with different heads that you can see in the link below. England prefers close combat with his fists, so he uses brass knuckles. His hands can emit hot and cold energy, but they never mix (two taps joke).
Apart from the dog and the flag on his leg there is hardly anything english about it. 2 Scabbards and a samurai hairdo. Seems more like japan than England to me.
Russia
Pretty, cold, straightforward and with diplomatic skills of a sewer drain. Still, if you know her a bit, she will show you how warm and loving she can actually be.
She wears a glamorous armor. Always. Since she is at war. Always.
Now combat, she likes it close and personal. Especially against the odds, especially at winter, and especially if it's heroic. She can shoot a bit, but where is the fun in that? Still, it usually clears the riffraff that is not worthy of the chilly, wintry, personal embrace.
The word "pizdec" is engraved on the sword, which pretty much symbolizes the Russian life in any age and era.
There is a bear with AK-47, of course, but it's guarding the nuclear reactor back home. And the vodka. Probably a bad idea though.
Russia is very different, it is difficult to draw a picture that reflects the diversity of our country. character is cool! tjank you!
Germany
He still is a Teutonic knight, and a big one at that ( if you can see a knight in this concept, of course). And high-tech. Extremely.
Germany is considered to be clean, orderly and modern, so he wears a mechsuit. Something like an Ironman suit, but with more precision German engineering in it. And more stylish. Unlike earlier times, he mostly fights long ranged battles now, to keep the suit clean.
Has unfoldable wings and thrusters on his back, like any proper mecha should.
Me, personally, I give the mechsuit to Japan. Other than that, clever way of using the flag's colors.
Techno and Japan is indeed a good fit but it would work for South Korea too!
Load More Replies...To me this would represent Israel, the technological advantage they have over pretty much every country they go to war with plus their innovation in cyber security and drones makes them seem quite space like. Germany to me although strong seems like a country that fights more with diplomacy, only resorting to violance as a last measure, I guess you cannot really draw badass blood soaked clip boards though.
well - considering that germany is also one of the biggest weapons exporters worldwide - its really a matter from which angle you look at it.
Load More Replies...Honestly I don't think this represents the people of our country at all. Maybe parts of the industry but not the people who are the real representatives of their country.
PLEASE DONT GET MAD AT ME GERMANS. Friend group: Germany. The delinquent. Probably has anger issues
This is pretty good :-) Only somehow, I would make him slimmer and less conspicuous. But a Teutonic knight was a good choice :-)
dunno, what would the weapons be? Meat pies, Lamingtons or a nice Pavlova to throw? :P
Load More Replies...That's actually quite accurate ,the police are dressed like this during big demonstrations..they look like storm troopers
He's flashy sometimes, and likes good music. Can be a bit arrogant sometimes, but at least he'll level with ya. Quite a scruffy fellow but for some reason you're getting a little turned on by him. He will drink you under the table mercilessly.
Perfect. Cold, mechanical, dangerous! Don’t turn your back on Germany, not for a second.
I love the character. Would not mess with him for a second. I would have put the horns on the helmet the other way around though, since Germany is a psych, manipulating countries (EU, weapon sales) around for its own good and soaking out their energies like a gin - but more scyfy. Before you shout out against this meaning, I am German xD
"Precision German Engineering" well now all i can think of is him flexing and yelling: HONOR, GLORY, REINHARDT REINHARDT REINHARDT
try to get your nose out of stereotypes and history based images every once in a while and take a look at the real world - fresh air really improves thinking.
Load More Replies...uarg.... I can not eat as much as I want to puke on this comment!
Load More Replies...To sum up: most countries will kill you and only Canada will play hockey with you instead :)
The issue with making interpretations of countries is that different parts have different people. Variety is hard to represent. One has to resort to stereotypes. Great drawings though!
Well the German one does really represent Germany. *rests metal legs on couch*
Load More Replies...Lol yeaah this is how to call Hetalian soul inside 😂
Load More Replies...A simple bloke with a beer and his Sheila at the family BBQ lol
Load More Replies...The illustrations are absolutely extraordinary, the descriptions are, um... largely nonsensical?
well - to my knowledge this is what art is about, isn't it? Best way ever Mr. Martin described a detailed work of art: https://youtu.be/R4JM5c5TSS8?t=1m58s
Load More Replies...Can you do India? And some African countries maybe? I'd be interested to see what they look like.
THIS. IS. AWESOME! You should illustrate for videogames! (Or make a fighting game out of these drawings/characters!)
I know the idea was stereotyping and the art is amazing but it is very similar to other stuff I have read plus I don't believe in many of these stereotypes
BOY DO I HAVE A SHOW FOR YOU BECAUSE HETALIA HAS LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME CONCEPT
USA girl here loving the USA one. It's so rare to see something so right about America that doesn't involve burgers. To be fair she really does need a roll of belly fat to be truly American, and like maybe a few more guns? Lol
Amazing art. These characters would look awesome in any kind of online game.
Here is one more suggestion. Korea. She has a twin sister who causes her trouble. She's rich, successful and popular, while her twin sister is poor, a failure and everybody hates her. Regardless, her twin sister is too proud to give up and follow the tides. Korea is an over-achiever and a fierce fighter. She's also very smart and aggressively competitive, but at the same time pretty polite and can be very friendly. She's also very emotional and cries when she gets drunk. She's very tech savvy and good with numbers and mathematics in general.
I am Irish Canadian and love the Canadian one! He actually looks like my son!
And you should apply for the jobs in Japanese anime studio and As well as Disney and Pixar too
Make Croatia, here is the description. She's a small drunken warrior speaking many languages. She has a beautiful body (beautiful nature) and she's good at sports. She has a love for literature, but not many people know about it. Her diplomatic relationships with the neighbours had some trouble in the near past, but she tries to keep it cool (TRIES TO), while on the other hand, she prefers making friends with the bigger and more popular guys and girls in the group, she joined their club too, not so long ago (the EU). She might be a bit late to big events, but she tries hard to keep up.
I think that in the future we will have many new countries! put the arrow up so that the author saw and sketched the new countries!
Well, she did England and not Great Britain, so I assume instead of Netherlands she would do Holland :)
Load More Replies...Amazing thank you for choosing Iran and all this countries as your inspirations. Please don’t listen to all this negativity abt your art it’s very hard to draw a country as a person specially places like Russia, Iran and USA which have many different types of people and each state and region feels like a new country love your work and really appreciate you for taking time out of ur day and doing this.
The nature of humanity is just that every so often someone accidentally invents hetalia again. there are 6 things as of 2019
♡♡♡ Beautiful! Such amazing inspiration source! I'd love to see typically under-represented countries: Belize, Lithuania, Tasmania etc. Or lost civilizations! Still...TERRIFIC!
Everyone is a critic, most of them lack the talent to do anything near this... yet, they sure can complain!
Where's silent china and Israel's new best friend? North Korea?? I was waiting for them....
More like "If gross cultural stereotypes were people".... I'm sorry that this artist only thinks of most countries as the worst representation of them. Especially Mexico. It is a beautiful country with so much to offer. Drug lords may think they own large swathes of Mexico and her people....but in reality they don't. Not really. They are a bastardization of Mexico. The drawings are striking and exceptional. But after feedback, this countries edition needs an update. The artist should interview and get to know people from all over these countries and see how her perception of these countries has changed over time.
Brilliant..If this were made into an anime it would be great! -Btw it's heavily influenced by robotics =O
This has already been done. The anime Axis Powers Hetalia has personified nations as 99% of its characters, the plot line being history.
I enjoyed Mexico, America, and Russia, i thought they were pretty cool!!
I'd be so excited to see korean twins! AND AUSTRALIAAA. China would also be interesting too, since it's mentioned here a bit in relation to these present countries
He explained why... its more recognisable than the English flag
Load More Replies...I definitely want to see more! As a Canadian, I laughed at our hockey player, with the puppy dog eyes! Well done.
These are great! They could be characters of a game featuring a World-Wide Tournament, where players representing different countries fight against an alien force that invaded earth. I'd recommend you add China, Brazil, Antarctica, Australia, and at lease one African country.
mexico dont have a territorial disputes, usa took some states from mexico during mexico civil war and caos, we the mexicans of today have left that in the pass, the part of " she dont like to get her hands dirty" they are many mexican women specially indigenous that had raise they children by working the land that gives them food, many of those women inspire respect, , i feel offended as a mexican by saying that mexico is just narcos and drugs NOT ALL MEXICANS SEE DRUGS AS A WAY OF MAKING A LIVING, NOT ALL MEXICANS ARE NARCOS OR INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING, NOT ALL MEXICANS SUPPORT DRUG CRIME, DONT BELIEVE ALL YOU SEE ON TV. this is not a representation of mexico you give the cowboy look to the american when in fact cowboys are from the north of mexico and americans that took texas from mexico adopt the cowboy culture , MEXICAN CULTURE.
Would have loved to have seen an Australian one :P . These are wonderful pieces :)
All of these look like they could totally be skins for OverWatxh characters!
England with a UK flag? The UK consists of four countries:- england Scotland N. Ireland and Wales.
overall I liked it, I didn't like France...France is a place of revolutions and we are proud they kicked monarchy in early times...so using a noble from France is bit offensive to everything France stands out. I am happy she chose Persians instead of Greeks tbh. Persians were such a great civilisation
very irie, depth of thought behind the each vision & of course killa artwork. (prithee - Australia next :P )
Stick to the drawing. You're obviously better at it than writing. You're art is great but you're discriptions make for heavy and laborious and really unnecessary reading.
Definitely should make a video game out of their character images. Similar to Overwatch but more mortal kombat
was really looking forward to your take on Australia!! is it coming soon?
You have no idea who the X-Men actually are, do you?
Load More Replies...If countries were Anime, they would called Hetalia 😂
Load More Replies...Im a person and I dont look like any of these guys, what if we change the name to, "Countries depicted as video game characters"
Yeah they're kinda stereotyped but things are usually stereotyped for a reason.
Any particular reason you did England rather than the United Kingdom or if your splitting us up why leave out Scotland, Ireland and Wales?
Yeah, and why leave out Belgium and Denmark and Portugal? ... The artist made a choice and choose a few countries: Iran is included and Syria isn’t. Mexico is included, and Guatemala isn’t. England is included, and Scotland isn’t. Don’t p**s your nationalistic hurt on someone else’s art.
Load More Replies...I feel like the art is beautiful but the explanations are simplistic, semi rude, and overly stereotypical. In reality I think any visual description of a country would be schizophrenic and mutated with many faces and limbs.
Great art, great characters. Shouldn't have connected them to countries though, especially when you haven't traveled to them and just make your assumptions on stereotypes.
I'm disappointed that the point of all of these seems to be about how they fight in battle. Surely there is more to countries (and the world) than war, and there was another way to go with this!
The 'artiist's' images are simply pastiches that are imperceptive amd simple-minded because of her addiction to stereotypes of violence.These are nothing more than embarrassing cartoons. These aren't art but cover illustrations for bad paperback sci-fi novels.
The 'artiist's' images are simply pastiches that are imperceptive amd simple-minded because of her addiction to stereotypes of violence.These are nothing more than embarrassing cartoons.
Started off well with Canada. The rest just went nuts with mech warrior standard fantasy warrior characters, probably drawn randomly but adapted for these theme.
Yeah but you wrote this "Russia is a mobster surrounded by thugs, buying it's way into destroying governments around the world." that's kind of bigotted too. The idea behind her drawings are silliy but it's not exactly offensive.
Load More Replies...To sum up: most countries will kill you and only Canada will play hockey with you instead :)
The issue with making interpretations of countries is that different parts have different people. Variety is hard to represent. One has to resort to stereotypes. Great drawings though!
Well the German one does really represent Germany. *rests metal legs on couch*
Load More Replies...Lol yeaah this is how to call Hetalian soul inside 😂
Load More Replies...A simple bloke with a beer and his Sheila at the family BBQ lol
Load More Replies...The illustrations are absolutely extraordinary, the descriptions are, um... largely nonsensical?
well - to my knowledge this is what art is about, isn't it? Best way ever Mr. Martin described a detailed work of art: https://youtu.be/R4JM5c5TSS8?t=1m58s
Load More Replies...Can you do India? And some African countries maybe? I'd be interested to see what they look like.
THIS. IS. AWESOME! You should illustrate for videogames! (Or make a fighting game out of these drawings/characters!)
I know the idea was stereotyping and the art is amazing but it is very similar to other stuff I have read plus I don't believe in many of these stereotypes
BOY DO I HAVE A SHOW FOR YOU BECAUSE HETALIA HAS LITERALLY THE EXACT SAME CONCEPT
USA girl here loving the USA one. It's so rare to see something so right about America that doesn't involve burgers. To be fair she really does need a roll of belly fat to be truly American, and like maybe a few more guns? Lol
Amazing art. These characters would look awesome in any kind of online game.
Here is one more suggestion. Korea. She has a twin sister who causes her trouble. She's rich, successful and popular, while her twin sister is poor, a failure and everybody hates her. Regardless, her twin sister is too proud to give up and follow the tides. Korea is an over-achiever and a fierce fighter. She's also very smart and aggressively competitive, but at the same time pretty polite and can be very friendly. She's also very emotional and cries when she gets drunk. She's very tech savvy and good with numbers and mathematics in general.
I am Irish Canadian and love the Canadian one! He actually looks like my son!
And you should apply for the jobs in Japanese anime studio and As well as Disney and Pixar too
Make Croatia, here is the description. She's a small drunken warrior speaking many languages. She has a beautiful body (beautiful nature) and she's good at sports. She has a love for literature, but not many people know about it. Her diplomatic relationships with the neighbours had some trouble in the near past, but she tries to keep it cool (TRIES TO), while on the other hand, she prefers making friends with the bigger and more popular guys and girls in the group, she joined their club too, not so long ago (the EU). She might be a bit late to big events, but she tries hard to keep up.
I think that in the future we will have many new countries! put the arrow up so that the author saw and sketched the new countries!
Well, she did England and not Great Britain, so I assume instead of Netherlands she would do Holland :)
Load More Replies...Amazing thank you for choosing Iran and all this countries as your inspirations. Please don’t listen to all this negativity abt your art it’s very hard to draw a country as a person specially places like Russia, Iran and USA which have many different types of people and each state and region feels like a new country love your work and really appreciate you for taking time out of ur day and doing this.
The nature of humanity is just that every so often someone accidentally invents hetalia again. there are 6 things as of 2019
♡♡♡ Beautiful! Such amazing inspiration source! I'd love to see typically under-represented countries: Belize, Lithuania, Tasmania etc. Or lost civilizations! Still...TERRIFIC!
Everyone is a critic, most of them lack the talent to do anything near this... yet, they sure can complain!
Where's silent china and Israel's new best friend? North Korea?? I was waiting for them....
More like "If gross cultural stereotypes were people".... I'm sorry that this artist only thinks of most countries as the worst representation of them. Especially Mexico. It is a beautiful country with so much to offer. Drug lords may think they own large swathes of Mexico and her people....but in reality they don't. Not really. They are a bastardization of Mexico. The drawings are striking and exceptional. But after feedback, this countries edition needs an update. The artist should interview and get to know people from all over these countries and see how her perception of these countries has changed over time.
Brilliant..If this were made into an anime it would be great! -Btw it's heavily influenced by robotics =O
This has already been done. The anime Axis Powers Hetalia has personified nations as 99% of its characters, the plot line being history.
I enjoyed Mexico, America, and Russia, i thought they were pretty cool!!
I'd be so excited to see korean twins! AND AUSTRALIAAA. China would also be interesting too, since it's mentioned here a bit in relation to these present countries
He explained why... its more recognisable than the English flag
Load More Replies...I definitely want to see more! As a Canadian, I laughed at our hockey player, with the puppy dog eyes! Well done.
These are great! They could be characters of a game featuring a World-Wide Tournament, where players representing different countries fight against an alien force that invaded earth. I'd recommend you add China, Brazil, Antarctica, Australia, and at lease one African country.
mexico dont have a territorial disputes, usa took some states from mexico during mexico civil war and caos, we the mexicans of today have left that in the pass, the part of " she dont like to get her hands dirty" they are many mexican women specially indigenous that had raise they children by working the land that gives them food, many of those women inspire respect, , i feel offended as a mexican by saying that mexico is just narcos and drugs NOT ALL MEXICANS SEE DRUGS AS A WAY OF MAKING A LIVING, NOT ALL MEXICANS ARE NARCOS OR INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING, NOT ALL MEXICANS SUPPORT DRUG CRIME, DONT BELIEVE ALL YOU SEE ON TV. this is not a representation of mexico you give the cowboy look to the american when in fact cowboys are from the north of mexico and americans that took texas from mexico adopt the cowboy culture , MEXICAN CULTURE.
Would have loved to have seen an Australian one :P . These are wonderful pieces :)
All of these look like they could totally be skins for OverWatxh characters!
England with a UK flag? The UK consists of four countries:- england Scotland N. Ireland and Wales.
overall I liked it, I didn't like France...France is a place of revolutions and we are proud they kicked monarchy in early times...so using a noble from France is bit offensive to everything France stands out. I am happy she chose Persians instead of Greeks tbh. Persians were such a great civilisation
very irie, depth of thought behind the each vision & of course killa artwork. (prithee - Australia next :P )
Stick to the drawing. You're obviously better at it than writing. You're art is great but you're discriptions make for heavy and laborious and really unnecessary reading.
Definitely should make a video game out of their character images. Similar to Overwatch but more mortal kombat
was really looking forward to your take on Australia!! is it coming soon?
You have no idea who the X-Men actually are, do you?
Load More Replies...If countries were Anime, they would called Hetalia 😂
Load More Replies...Im a person and I dont look like any of these guys, what if we change the name to, "Countries depicted as video game characters"
Yeah they're kinda stereotyped but things are usually stereotyped for a reason.
Any particular reason you did England rather than the United Kingdom or if your splitting us up why leave out Scotland, Ireland and Wales?
Yeah, and why leave out Belgium and Denmark and Portugal? ... The artist made a choice and choose a few countries: Iran is included and Syria isn’t. Mexico is included, and Guatemala isn’t. England is included, and Scotland isn’t. Don’t p**s your nationalistic hurt on someone else’s art.
Load More Replies...I feel like the art is beautiful but the explanations are simplistic, semi rude, and overly stereotypical. In reality I think any visual description of a country would be schizophrenic and mutated with many faces and limbs.
Great art, great characters. Shouldn't have connected them to countries though, especially when you haven't traveled to them and just make your assumptions on stereotypes.
I'm disappointed that the point of all of these seems to be about how they fight in battle. Surely there is more to countries (and the world) than war, and there was another way to go with this!
The 'artiist's' images are simply pastiches that are imperceptive amd simple-minded because of her addiction to stereotypes of violence.These are nothing more than embarrassing cartoons. These aren't art but cover illustrations for bad paperback sci-fi novels.
The 'artiist's' images are simply pastiches that are imperceptive amd simple-minded because of her addiction to stereotypes of violence.These are nothing more than embarrassing cartoons.
Started off well with Canada. The rest just went nuts with mech warrior standard fantasy warrior characters, probably drawn randomly but adapted for these theme.
Yeah but you wrote this "Russia is a mobster surrounded by thugs, buying it's way into destroying governments around the world." that's kind of bigotted too. The idea behind her drawings are silliy but it's not exactly offensive.
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