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This character is my Muslim echidna, Hassai. She's an Iranian chemistry student living in Canada, and normally very soft spoken, polite, friendly, conservative, and also very deeply connected to her homeland. In the spirit of the recent turmoil in Iran, I wanted to draw her as what she would be doing if she were still living in Iran.
I've been busy as hell, but I found myself some time tonight to draw! I'm happy so far with how this is coming out (and the scan is actually half decent). I've been following the news in Iran quite intimately so it was fun to do this... sort of get what was on my mind onto paper. I got SUPER LAZY with the background, but when I feel like finishing it, it'll look at lot better. :) I'll probably throw a few extra protesters in the distance. ALSO: If someone out there can read/write Farsi, please let me know if the Farsi on her card is correctly written ^_^;
Hassai is copyright me. This will go to scraps when I finish it!
I've been busy as hell, but I found myself some time tonight to draw! I'm happy so far with how this is coming out (and the scan is actually half decent). I've been following the news in Iran quite intimately so it was fun to do this... sort of get what was on my mind onto paper. I got SUPER LAZY with the background, but when I feel like finishing it, it'll look at lot better. :) I'll probably throw a few extra protesters in the distance. ALSO: If someone out there can read/write Farsi, please let me know if the Farsi on her card is correctly written ^_^;
Hassai is copyright me. This will go to scraps when I finish it!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Female
Size 775 x 1000px
File Size 279.9 kB
Awesome image. My boy and I have been watching everything that's gone on in Iran since the day this all started. I remember waiting in line with him in LA to vote at one of the booths set up for SoCal Iranians who wish to vote. Polling was not even over and they told us Ahmedinejad won. :/ Such BS.
I went to the protests in Westwood when they were happening and was there for a couple hours, showing support. Both my Fuzzy and I have green 'Free Iran' bracelets we got from another event relating to this and we always wear them. It's nice to see furs who actually care about what's going on there rather than going "LOL stupid terrorists" like so many shallow people do. :/
I've seen so many horrible, heart wrenching videos that my boy finds on http://balatarin.com/ (he can read/write in Farsi. I want to learn to as well)
I went to the protests in Westwood when they were happening and was there for a couple hours, showing support. Both my Fuzzy and I have green 'Free Iran' bracelets we got from another event relating to this and we always wear them. It's nice to see furs who actually care about what's going on there rather than going "LOL stupid terrorists" like so many shallow people do. :/
I've seen so many horrible, heart wrenching videos that my boy finds on http://balatarin.com/ (he can read/write in Farsi. I want to learn to as well)
I've been working pn this more! It now has a complete background and additional protesters. Just gotta finish a few details of the sketch and then ink and color it. Oh man, art is so time consuming...
The Neda video is definitely one of the most iconic pieces of citizen journalism (which at this point is the best kind of journalism that comes out of anywhere in the Middle East, with the exception of what Robert Fisk writes) because it's so gruesome and heartbreaking. I know a lot of people who wish they hadn't seen it, but I think it's important that these things make it out on to the internet so that the world can see the reality what's happening - there's no other way to find out.
Iran and the Middle East is something I can go on for awhile ^_^; I'm trying to learn Arabic actually, just because it's more widely used.
Oh, your boy can speak Farsi? Can you show him the image and get him to check the Farsi then? I preeeeeeeeetty sure it's accurate, because I just copied what a bunch of Iranians had written on their protest posters, but I'd like to make sure.
The Neda video is definitely one of the most iconic pieces of citizen journalism (which at this point is the best kind of journalism that comes out of anywhere in the Middle East, with the exception of what Robert Fisk writes) because it's so gruesome and heartbreaking. I know a lot of people who wish they hadn't seen it, but I think it's important that these things make it out on to the internet so that the world can see the reality what's happening - there's no other way to find out.
Iran and the Middle East is something I can go on for awhile ^_^; I'm trying to learn Arabic actually, just because it's more widely used.
Oh, your boy can speak Farsi? Can you show him the image and get him to check the Farsi then? I preeeeeeeeetty sure it's accurate, because I just copied what a bunch of Iranians had written on their protest posters, but I'd like to make sure.
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