Tick tock. Will he pull the trigger? Is he right in doing so? What is the origin of the deformed creature? These questions rose up in my head as I looked at this piece. Masterful use of pencils create an increasingly intense scene as the viewers are plunged into suspense.

Commendations are at hand for the brilliant and very bold idea, but I do have some qualms with it. While the drawing itself is proportionally sound, there is a certain conflict between the light sources of the foreground and the background. The light in the drawing seems to be descending from directly on top of the soldier and the creature, but in the background, it seems to be coming outward, towards the viewer. To make it look realistic, the bodies of the soldier and the creature would have to be darker, as the viewers would be exposed to their shadows. Alternatively, the background image could be adjusted slightly.

Another trifling thing that was spotted was the amount of contrast placed on the solider, along with the smokey outline surrounding him. I suppose the contrast of the highlights could be toned down in areas, and the smokey outline could be blended into the background a little more.

However, overall it is a wonderful and visually aesthetic piece. A few issues were spotted here and there, but I am glad to see you are branching out into new and better things. I eagerly look forward to more.

Wow. This says so much, really. I love how it shows, how we don't even know what the enemy looks like. Just some faceless monster. We send our men to die, and don't know what's killing us. The "monster" in this picture, looks like it's reaching out for help, which, in my opinion, shows the man holding the gun, as a jerk. I think it also shows that we need to look before we shoot. Who's behind that mask? That even if we knew, we're seeing one thing, and not remembering the rest, the fact that they are humans too. We're killing infidels and innocents, will it ever end?