[x]

Browse More Like This

More from ~ziwu

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

Not currently featured in any groups.

Details

Submitted: January 24, 2007
Image Size: 230 KB
Resolution: 1350×1001

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 155
Favourites: 703 [who?]
Views: 24,363 (0 today)
Downloads: 4,820 (0 today)

[x]

Ender's Game - Sacrificeby ~ziwu

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Sci-Fi

Ender: "We had pilots with our ships, didn't we."
Graff: "Yes."
Ender: "I was ordering pilots to go in and die and I didn't even know it."
Graff: "They knew it, Ender, and they went anyway. They knew what it was for."

- Ender's Game p.298

This shot is when the last few surviving International Fleet pilots are dropping their star fighters into the Formic home planet's atmosphere to fire off their MD Device. Ever since I read Ender's Game way back in '93 or '94, I had this scene stuck in my mind. But I never actually took the time to make it. Now that the Ender movie is finally announced for 2008, I thought I might as well finish this up.

The reason I like this scene's because, even though as a species, we're selfish and self-preserving creatures; there are times when we sacrifice everything for the sake of others, that's what makes us special. Anyway, to all those who sacrificed and will continue to sacrifice, thank you.

FULL VIEW PLEASE
(Or I'll blow up your house with the Little Doctor!

)

~~mad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~minime41191 5 days ago

This is phenomenal, wow!

~MadSmilesStudio Mar 28, 2013 Hobbyist Artist

sadly the movie didnt come out in 08, but its confirmed to be '13 november 1st

, amazing picture btw, im a huge ender's game fan

~Hanajash Mar 17, 2013

Just brilliant, every detail! And this is a strong scene, it surely deserves this attention. It's just if we were inside the ship, watching others dropping to the planet, terrible...

The scene that always stuck in my head was the generals and other high range militars crying on their knees behind Ender, after he (without knowing it) blew up the formic planet. It was there when I realize it was real.

~DarthRoden Mar 1, 2013

Very moving.

~McTalon Feb 13, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Excellent painting

Aaaaaargggg, I wish the movie would come out sooner. I just hope it's worth the wait.

~MysterMism Dec 30, 2012 Student Digital Artist

South Africa represent! haha. Nice work, great picture!

~KoruIkumi Oct 14, 2012

Excellent job! The lines are great, the colours are great, the sense of momentum is great!

~Stellar-kid Sep 30, 2012 Hobbyist

SO MANY FEELS

~shubi120 Sep 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

i love this book!

~XenocidaEnder Sep 27, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

What I love about his books most - they make you despise humanity and people weaknesses, and adore the perfection of the Buggers, Jane, and eventually Ender, who happens to be cast out of society and becomes kind of 'inhuman' with his analytical thinking and unnatural urge to tell but truth. (And Hyrum! Must not forget about the amazing Hyrum Graff!)

P.S. Am I the only one who finds all the characters extremely(!) believable? I mean, I can't help but think of them as living people even after all that time... and I also like them a lot more than True living people. Darn!

More from ~ziwu

Featured in Groups:

Details

Statistics

Ender's Game - Sacrificeby ~ziwu

The Journal Portal

Polls

What is your preferred drawing software?

deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]

Keep in Touch!

Deviousness

Add Media

Style