Give me liberty, or give me death?

I really don't want that to be my theme, but it looks like it will be for this series. I suppose  for the next few pieces I do, I'll try to stay away from that. I don't like death being a theme in my pieces; to me it seems cliche. Again, that's just me.

I re-worked the 'Reaper' piece, it had too much red in it... now I think the two go pretty well together...

 

Art is power...

Something new

When I did the 'Renegade Liberty'piece, the phrase "Give  me liberty, or give me death" came to mind... and it gave me an idea... Here is what I came up with:

I'm not sure if I want to keep "Give  me liberty, or give me death" as a basis for a theme, though... It seems cliche to me... Oh well, I think it looks cool. And it sort of goes with my 'Renegade Liberty'piece too.. However,  I'm not sure if I want to add a face. A skull, as the grim reaper normally is seen with, could be a bit difficult to cut out details with my x-acto knife on that small scale... Skulls are also... cliche (in my opinion). Maybe I can do something to suggest a face there though. Remember this is still a work in progress.

Art is power...