Otto Dix - great influence prints

In this post I have put together a large selection of very inspirational art prints of Otto Dix works. These war prints are perfect examples of the dark and eerie art style that I want to use that will help demonstrate the horrificness of WW1 and war itself throughout my animation.

This image above was drawn by Dix to show that not just humans were being killed by the result of this war, it was also lifestock and other wildlife which suffered as the result of the war. Another simple sketch which gets across the message by portraying the brutality and destruction of the war, the same which can be said for all of these images. 

In these images below and above I really like how effective Dix art style was and is. He uses his style to exagerate objects to make them look more dangerous. If you look closey at the images you can see fence pieces and barbed wire littered across the image with soldiers caught or impaled on them. This is the similar look that I want to go for when creating my trench scenes, especially for the line in the poem were it mentions men crawling through the the barbed wire on their bellies. 

Otto Dix style I believe is very unique but at the same time very powerfull. A style like this can be used in my animation to create the effects I'm going for. It will help me create and original animation which will show our generation what our ancestors may have been through, but coming froma more artistic approach.