Anti-War Art

Dadaism 

Dadaism was an art movement during World War 1 protesting against war..

Hannah Höch- 

World War 1 machinery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I

I really like this war beaten tank, the way its falling apart gives a real sense of destruction and violence that a war brings. When designing this mutated soldier puppet, I will use this as an inspiration - as if the soldier is a designed war-made 'machine' 

World war 1 photos

http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/index.htm

This website has a huge archive of World War 1 photos which I have been using to draw sketches from. Really useful website for primary research!

Sketch book - 'soldier character'

These are just a few sketches to show my first ideas of a character I am designing to reflect the horror and gore of war.. 

Process of making puppet cont...