Artcow Nayzak - Islamic Anime Propaganda Art

  • 🐕 I am attempting to get the site runnning as fast as possible. If you are experiencing slow page load times, please report it.
  • Like
Reactions: SpergPatrol, DatBoiShepard, Johnny Bravo and 2 others
Captain Lhurgoyf said:
Speaking of symbols...
is_co_existence_possible__an_islamic_response__1_by_nayzak-d51zybk.jpg
I don't know where to begin on this. What religion uses that weird-looking E as a symbol? It definitely isn't an om. Speaking of which, why does the Hindu girl have an exclamation point on her top and not an om? Why are her tits so fucking huge? Why is there a girl in a Superman shirt? According to the comments she's supposed to represent atheism, which just baffles me even more.
Click to expand...
Where the hell is the perspective point in this picture? Where is Judaism's left elbow?? What happened to the Islamic girl's neck???
 
  • Agree
Reactions: SpergPatrol and Venusaur
Petronella said:
I did some digging and I think it is supposed to be half of this: http://www.religionfacts.com/a-z-religion-index/eckankar.htm
That seems like a very obscure religion to include, though.
Click to expand...

Yeah, Buddhism would have made a lot more sense. Also it really confirms something I've suspected about Nayzak that he drew half the symbol, realized he wouldn't have room to complete it, and just left it as is instead of re-drawing the picture: he's lazy.
 
  • Like
Reactions: SpergPatrol, Adamska and Petronella
Considering what he was going for in this picture, a blank shirt would've been the best option in my opinion. And from a technical standpoint it's a bizarre as hell picture. If it were focused on the center of the circle, we'd see all of the girls more or less flat on their backs similar to Muslim girl. But the way he drew Muslim girl suggests that the focus is on her, except none of the other characters properly reflect that.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Qajinima022, SpergPatrol, Petronella and 1 other person
trombonista said:
The symbols are supposed to spell "coexist".
Click to expand...
I noticed that in the comments. That explains why Hinduism just has an I, but it really does raise the question of how lazy Nayzak had to be to just put in an I unaltered. It'd make a lot more sense to use an om for the E and find something related to a major religion for the I. I mean, even when the bumper stickers used the male and female signs for the E that was less forced than this.

It also explains why Judaism looks like some sort of reject Power Ranger instead of just leaving it at the Star of David.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: SpergPatrol and Johnny Bravo
CuriousBystander said:
Watch Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and try not to cry. I double-dog dare you.

Anime does not have to suck as hard as Nayzak makes it suck.
Click to expand...

This is kind of a-loggy. He's not trying to tell a story. He's drawing propaganda posters. I double-dog dare you to find an religious conversion tool that makes you cry.

You can say a lot of shit about Jack T. Chick but saying he's bad compared to R. Crumb or whatever is a weird criticism to make. There's a picture of kids smoking cigarettes and then burning in hell, it seems little strange to point out that the smoke isn't drawn in a realistic manner.
 
  • Agree
  • Disagree
Reactions: DatBepisTho, KimCoppolaAficionado and Johnny Bravo
Artard said:
This is kind of a-loggy. He's not trying to tell a story. He's drawing propaganda posters. I double-dog dare you to find an religious conversion tool that makes you cry.

You can say a lot of shit about Jack T. Chick but saying he's bad compared to R. Crumb or whatever is a weird criticism to make. There's a picture of kids smoking cigarettes and then burning in hell, it seems little strange to point out that the smoke isn't drawn in a realistic manner.
Click to expand...

The post I replied to implied that all anime was soulless and poorly drawn. I was pointing out that it's not Japanese animation in and of itself that's bad, it's mostly weeabo shit like this that gives it a bad name. Nayzak's art may look alright on the surface but when you compare it to other anime works it becomes clear just how mediocre of an artist he is.

And since this is a thread about an artist, I don't see how talking about his art is forbidden. That's like saying, "Why should we criticize Chris-Chan's art? It's just a picture of two hedgehog pokemon fucking."
 
CuriousBystander said:
The post I replied to implied that all anime was soulless and poorly drawn. I was pointing out that it's not Japanese animation in and of itself that's bad, it's mostly weeabo shit like this that gives it a bad name. Nayzak's art may look alright on the surface but when you compare it to other anime works it becomes clear just how mediocre of an artist he is.

And since this is a thread about an artist, I don't see how talking about his art is forbidden. That's like saying, "Why should we criticize Our Pet Lolcow's art? It's just a picture of two hedgehog pokemon fucking."
Click to expand...

Who said not to "talk about his artwork"? There are 8 pages of talking about his artwork. But your example consists anime telling a story which few people could measure up to. Nayzak is just a religious zealot drawing mostly single images with a pants-on-head retarded message.
 
WingNut72 said:
When I was working abroad in Qatar, one of the Captains serving with me was a Qatari native and (naturally) a Muslim. He invited me to his home for dinner one night to meet his wife and family. Having been living there for only a month at this point, a lot of my preconceptions of Muslims were broken that night, and a select few reinforced. One of the things many westerners don't understand is just how charity-oriented Islam is. They are obligated -- even those who aren't particularly devout -- to donate a sizeable portion of their income to specific charities run to aid the poor and destitute. They are also very community oriented, and value selflessness and sacrifice as a way of life.

Trust me, the only way to understand a culture or religion is to live amongst it; simply reading literature on the subject (biased or not) will never give you the full picture.
Click to expand...
I'm reminded of the movie, "Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden?" by Morgan Sperlock. He travels around the Middle East asking people about Osama and their feelings towards him. The enlightening thing that I saw was how hospitable the Muslims were. They invited him into their homes, offered him hospitality and while some were more extreme than others for the most part they didn't come off as crazy revolutionaries. This was not the case when he went to Israel. At some point he was getting rocks thrown at him and literally at one point had to get a police escort so that he could get back to his car without being attacked.

Okay, those were the more... devout Hassidic Jews that were doing this and shouldn't be seen as being the every day variety that are in Israel. Also I do understand that any kind of documentary can be edited to make whatever point you want to make but this difference in attitudes always struck me as being interesting.
 
  • Informative
Reactions: SpergPatrol, WatchingAllOfYou and Johnny Bravo
Artard said:
Who said not to "talk about his artwork"? There are 8 pages of talking about his artwork. But your example consists anime telling a story which few people could measure up to. Nayzak is just a religious zealot drawing mostly single images with a pants-on-head retarded message.
Click to expand...

The post I replied to wasn't even talking about Nayzak's artwork. It was a blatant "hurr durr anime sux" post.

And really, I already made a couple of posts comparing Nayzak's work to other anime artists and to hamfisted "How to Draw Anime" books. I admit I got a little fangirly over FMA and FLCL, but again, that was in response to "hurr durr anime sux." If you want to talk pure style (and I do) Nayzak's art fails on the most basic level because it's so goddamn generic. It's like if Andrew Dobson tried way too hard back in his anime days. Quick! Add more photoshop to distract from how lazy and derivative my art is!
 
Phil Ken Sebben said:
I'm reminded of the movie, "Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden?" by Morgan Sperlock. He travels around the Middle East asking people about Osama and their feelings towards him. The enlightening thing that I saw was how hospitable the Muslims were. They invited him into their homes, offered him hospitality and while some were more extreme than others for the most part they didn't come off as crazy revolutionaries. This was not the case when he went to Israel. At some point he was getting rocks thrown at him and literally at one point had to get a police escort so that he could get back to his car without being attacked.
Click to expand...

That matches what I've heard from people I know who've been there IRL. Hospitality is a big deal in the Middle East.
 
  • Informative
  • Agree
Reactions: SpergPatrol, WatchingAllOfYou and Johnny Bravo
DykesDykesChina said:
i_m_a_muslim__i_don_t_drink_by_nayzak-d7x4bql.jpg
Click to expand...
Back in my bartending days I used to work with a Muslim guy and a Jewish guy. Friday nights, when the place closed, we'd head over to one of the local places that was still open and order a couple drinks. The first time Aziz joined us I asked why he was drinking with us and his answer was simple, "I am Muslim here, " he said pointing to his head. "He is Jewish there, " pointing to JP's head. "You are atheist there, " he said pointing to my head. "Up here we are all different, but here, " he said pointing to his heart, "we are all the same."

I said he was just equivocating or engaging in sophistry but really didn't care because in the end it really didn't matter. If the three of us could get together over a couple beers, be friends and respect each other there was no reason to have to bring religion into the mix.
 
  • Feels
  • Like
  • Winner
Reactions: Qajinima022, DatBepisTho, SpergPatrol and 17 others
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back