Thursday, January 22, 2015

How to draw Mohammed

If you are a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist.

You start with a CDC (crudely drawn cock) for nose and eyes smack dab in the middle of another CDC for face and turban. You will notice, once you notice, a lot of cartoon faces begin with CDC. Sometimes the nostrils are testicles and other times the chin is drawn as face testicles. Sometimes lashes are pubic hair. Sometimes you can turn them upside down and see something very rude indeed possibly amusing.


You have to start your drawing somewhere. Most cartoonists are acknowledged pervs. Who else is going to tell you these things?

It's what makes religionists so angry. Having what they do returned. They've been doing this same thing for centuries, drawing caricatures of Jews drawn with noses and faces of dicks. It's a thing.     

18 comments:

rhhardin said...

Decibels is abbreviated dB rather than db to prevent engineer doodling, from back when things were written on paper.

AllenS said...

Very good. A picture of a dick head.

Shouting Thomas said...

I am a religionist but I also sketch, so I appreciate this little tip... of the dick!

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I'm guessing that the primitives with the machine guns don't pick up on such subtleties.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

From a year ago...

Michelangelo’s David to wear pants in Japanese town.

Unknown said...

I like how the turban is an even bigger set.

Unknown said...

It's actually a double-CDC.

ricpic said...

Paging Siggy Freud. Cleanup in aisle two, Siggy.

bagoh20 said...

At work, we often sit around a table designing some part we intend to make. It almost invariably starts out or goes through a stage where it looks just like a CDC.

Perhaps that's just what's going on in our heads, and it affects everything we do, or when GOD designed the universe she used the CDC as the basic building block of all things. The only item in the world that does not resemble a CDC is the real thing. I know because I actually have one (an ancient relic) hidden away that I only bring out on special occasions like parties or other gatherings that need a little comic relief.

Rabel said...

Thanks to rhhardin I learned today that the Bel in decibel is in reference to Alexander Graham. My day is complete.

Aridog said...

Bagoh20 said...

...when GOD designed the universe she used the CDC as the basic building block of all things ...

Ah, you are becoming well trained by your lovely girlfriend.

That photo of her aiming a rifle off hand is very good...right position for everything. Fast learner I'd say.

bagoh20 said...

I don't know about fast learner. She's 55 and still a liberal, but I'm working on it.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Isn't that the secret for all great art..start with a cock cartoon.

From Lascaux to Lichtenstein!

Chip Ahoy said...

I had "public" hair instead of pubic hair.

Titus said...

Now that was a good post!

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5029/5561697237_dd05c61a57.jpg

Why does the media refer to him as "the prophet Mohamed"?

He's not my prophet. He's a pedophile and a murderer.


I find that aggravating also. Maybe they do it out of a presumption of theological respect, the way someone of unclear beliefs might still say "Christ" when referring to Jesus.

To clarify, they should at least call him "the Muslim prophet."

Unknown said...

@ R & B
To clarify, they should at least call him "the Muslim prophet."

Yes - they should.

I mean- the media don't say "Jesus, Lord and Savior."

edutcher said...

What would make the Moslems even madder is if he looked like Peter O'Toole.