Character designs for my latest comic pitch project. It’s been a lot of fun to work on so far.
I’ve also been working on a t-shirt design with birthdayshoes.com that’ll be up soon.
Character designs for my latest comic pitch project. It’s been a lot of fun to work on so far.
I’ve also been working on a t-shirt design with birthdayshoes.com that’ll be up soon.
Is today! So I did a little update to the earlier painting.
In response to the continued death threats and victimhood complex from radical (and increasingly ‘moderate’) Muslims towards cartoonists and animators for depicting Muhammad, May 20th has been designated by the internetz as Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.
Freedom of speech and belief are linchpin virtues that civilized society and discourse are dependent upon. You have every right to believe that Muhammad was a prophet and that he instructed not to be depicted, and you even have the right to be offended when people don’t follow that. You do not have the right to demand that people who don’t share those beliefs adhere to them and you remove yourself from serious discussions of respect when you threaten censorship and violence upon other people for exercising their freedoms.
So here he is, in all his tribalistic, superstitious, 9-year-old-wife-raping glory.
My buddy from school, Andy Taylor, is working on an OGN memoir of his time at the Joe Kubert School and he asked me to color the cover. The script is awesome and I can’t wait to see this thing in print. He captured the Kubert experience very… honestly.
Haven’t done much personal work, or even sketching, recently. Trying to get back in the habit of that so I don’t forget how to draw. Which apparently has happened, as this person is totally androgynous.
Also, I feel awful about that ear. I didn’t even attempt sub-surface scattering. This deficiency in my painting ability demands rectification.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker recently received a death threat from Revolution Muslim, a New York based islamic group, for barely depicting their prophet Muhammad. In response, lots of people on YouTube are posting videos of themselves drawing Muhammad. This is my contribution.
In addition, another site has designated May 20 Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.
It’s good to see people responding to the absurdity of demanding reverence and censorship through intimidation.