Censorship on Religious Grounds
Rant incoming, and I don't know if it's funny or sad... don't sue me, pray at me, or unfriend me for my heathen ways. Recently I was commissioned to do a project for a friend. The project itself was a calendar about demons, and where their myths came from (Sumerian legends, Hebrew texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Johann Weyer, Milton, etc). To me this was a fun project, because I got to create characters based on these creatures of myth. I'm a character artist... making up what I think monsters look like is part of how I make my living; and I always strive to be better as an artist in that respect. I did the art, I made some characters, and I learned something: All these demons are a representation of our fears... about ourselves. Each horrific creature was representative of fears that reside within all of us. Apathy. Revenge. Vice. Hate. The fear that something (or someone) out there was working against us. Oh, the irony. It was a fascinating subject, lik...