Raccoon pirate armed with a rifle and dressed in soaked leather armor, crossing the rain-lashed deck of a stormy ship, wearing a red skull bandana and bullet belts, anthropomorphic design with intense gaze, background filled with tattered sails and wet rigging, dramatic cinematic lighting, shallow depth of field, f/2.8, 85mm lens

Bandit of the Black Sails

Prompt in ALT

#aiart, #blueskyart, #digitalart, #aicommunity, #pirateaesthetic, #anthropomorphicanimals, #raccoonwarrior, #stormyscene, #riflebrigade, #bandolierstyle, #leatherarmor, #seadogvibes, #animalpirate, #flintlockfantasy, #shipdeckdrama

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#Captured on #NewYearsEve, these #🇷🇺 #soldiers from the 9th Motorized #RifleBrigade share the brutal truth of what happened during their #failedassault in the #Toretsk direction.
#Ukraine #Russia #Ukrainewar #NAFO #AZOV

I’ve been reading “The Anger of the Guns”, a gem of a war memoir by John Nettleton. Published in 1979, this book is written in a clear and terse style that strips the glory from war, leaving a powerful window onto a soldier’s life in the #GreatWar. #wwI #fwwhist #tommy #RifleBrigade #westernfront