Author
SmokeryDots
Date Submitted
07/12/2009 | 06:56PM EST
Category & Size
Illustration | 400 x 484 px
Current Score
4.55 / 5.00
108 votes | 1,905 views
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Author's Comments
Hehe...
The People Have Spoken
Average Score: 9.2 / 10
The Monkey Has A Point...
I used to dislike monkeys. Then I saw this. I wanna hang with that monkey.
Yet another piece of your art that does a good job of expressing how I feel about something. In this case, humanity's utter shitiness. Nice shading, drawing etc etc etc. Your have definatly grown to be one of my favorite artists.
Author's Response:
I'm very glad to hear that :-) I hope that I won't let you down in the future....
"hope?"
sad but true.
that monkey is misanthropic :P
Good Shyt
I like this guys shit so much...draw yourself getting a pat on the back mate, the black marker doesn't look too good though - my only criticism..
Simply because of a lack of much to do with artistic style (and the badly placed black-over-white-with-a-somewhat-bland-font), I rated this 4/5.
But the message it sends is clear. BTW, you spelled "pedophilia" wrong. XD
This is more than a drawing, this is showing flaws in humanity. Every time a human does something stupid enough to make headlines, that puts a mark on our record as humans. Pfft, the fact that half the retards on here can't distinguish the difference between "genocide" and "genoside" is evidence enough. Of course I'm still debating which one you actually meant, genocide being mass murder and genoside being anarchy in a governed country. Regardless of which one, they're both bad.
@bkdude: Apes are definitely smart enough to know whether or not a potential mate is dead.
but what about religion? and isn't geneside spelled genocide? im probably wrong.... anyways, great piece
Author's Response:
Thank you, and it is GenOside :-)
art-wise I thought it was ok.
However, at the most basic levels, apes/monkeys (well, pretty much all animals if you really think about it) fall at the same level.
Lets break it downnnnnnnnnn
Racism: I'm pretty dang certain monkeys find other monkeys with mild dissimilarities insulting to be in the presence of.
Murder: Try cannibalism. When theres no food they'll start eating each other. Bangin my mate? I'll bash your head!
Geneside: Agreed, regardless of how you look at it, one ape can't orchistrate the murder of millions, albiet a dozen.
Rape: Nonconsentual mating to apes = textbook "rape" to us, however I do understand circumstances revolving around wartime circumstances.
Drugs: Agreed
Atomic Bomb: HOLD THE PHONE DAWG. the "Atom" bomb has been used twice against other humans, and in reality it has SAVED the lives of many Japanese and American people. (add "War" to your list under politics) If you look at the more widely-used "NUCLEAR" bombs (hyrdogen, implosion, Tsar Bomba being the largest) haven't killed ANYONE less a handful of scienists in wrong place/wrong time situations. However there was a rather large "War" based on the production of such bombs, with deaths more contributed to Stalin and his geneside of ~10+ million people.
Politics: Politics can be both good and bad. Read up on your history, yo.
Corruption: I like to take a skeptical view on this, so I will also state that "corruption" in general can be used for "evil" purposes, that, in a different light, may be viewed as "good". I would suggest reading/watching/listening to a lot more literature to get a feel for this.
Pedophelia: While in the first-world we've much farther than "progressed" past this issue, ("15 will do ya 20") many more "corrupt" countries' tycoons have gained profit through this venue in rather sadistic ways. However in a different light, monkeys probobly take no distinction between a well-matured ape and one a few years of age.
Necrophelia: Not really a problem in any society really, cept a few odd cases. Apes most likely find it difficult to differenciate between "dead" and "alive" however. Performing this act with correct knowledge however is pretty dang sick.
Pollution: Looking at the whole picture, human kind has actually gone pretty far regarding pollution. Thanks to zero-emission cars created by producing more efficient-burning straight-up-CO2 engines, I can see the mountains from my back yard whereas in the 70s the same view would have been masked by a cloudy film. Sure, there was pretty much "no" pollution short a few uncontrollable fires and black gunpowder firin' back in the 16th century before the steam engine, however mankind had MUCH bigger problems back then...
Hahaha I just remembered you forgot religion, however thats once again more of a past-problem relating to pretty much every overall theme. (rape, pedophilia (them catholics) murder (NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPAINISH INQUISITION!!) corruption, HAHA HALF the things you listed!) I heard the Christian Reformed church allowed an openly gay Deacon in some church to serve. Wouldn't wanna be that soul 4 century prior...
Thinking is fun. I never have time to draw since i'm always recreating my ideas and thoughts.
Author's Response:
Thank you for your long review :-) I'm glad you could find the time to write, so that we can discuss it, and I can tell you about my perspective on things.
I may not be as "smart" as you, and may not have read a lot of books, but I do have a thing or 2 to say....
You knew I had to respond:-)
Well Ooookay.... Here we gooo....
Racism: I think you're right, and I wouldn't contradict you on this... thou, I think that monkeys/apes don't judge other monkeys/apes on their colors/albinos/ race etc. only on who is the strongest and who wants to be the strongest, you know... Hieraki? -Survival of the fittest?
Murder: Hehe... True. Survival -Not for fun or in some "insurance accident".
Atomic Bomb: Aha... So what your saying is...(?) that a war/conflict was/is (still) ongoing cus of the A-bomb/nuclear bombs. -and that they have saved a lot of people? hehe... And that they arent a problem, even in the world we live in today? What about after effects? -Cause and effect?
Iran and America? That's sure gonna save a lot of people.
Politics: Yo yo yo... What about living in the present and not in some history book to find some answers? Mmmm... We all enjoy Health care, corruption and how all the politics blame each other for the mestakes they all made, by not doing anything while things were going down hill. That's the reason there is an Opposition you know. (Not that they always are the bettere choise)
BTW: I'm danish, and if you look at the text it says: "Politi", which means "police" in danish. It was meant for my danish folk:-) But not mainly. You know, 2 flies with one smack :-)
Corruption: Hehe... I like you:-) And I Feel ya. Corruption shouldn't be necessary, mr. Wikipedia (No offence). I think you forgot my Mr. Monkey, and took it a bit personal? I didn't want to provoke yor "Intellect" or anything. But I'm glad my drawing made an impression on you:-)
Pedophelia: No, I don't think age is an issue for monkeys, only the knowing of your future genes strength.
Necrophelia: It is the few odd cases I'm thinking about. I just wanted to underscore the sick thoughts of humans. "Pretty dang sick".
Pollution: True, and thank god for that, however, fossil fuels have been in our vocabulary LOOONG(!) after we first heard of CO2, ozonlayer and "pollution reforms"... Just to keep our money running thru "our" pipes. Oil, natural gas etc.
You know what I mean? - I can't quite figure out how to explain it in english:-)
Religion: Hahahahha... You Hit the nail Right on:-)
Thinking is Fun, and I quite enjoy it myself... And I'm always open for others perspectives, and I enjoyed givin you this respons, although I don't think that you agree with most of the things, since you seem like the person that only thinks about stuff all alone(In your mind), and dosn't discuss things with other people. Unless, when you smack up some of your statements in a Block :-) (again: No offence, it's cool)
I'm not saying that Im the political correct citizen(far from), I only wanted to make people think... To question things... Like you:-)
You make sound like those things are bad.
I like this one because it has a simple yet the message is so strong.
Good job with the art and the message. I find the monkey's face well made by the way.
My main problem with the work is that the monkey stops at the end of the sign and doesn't extend to the bottom of the image. The monkey's spelling errors are intentional, correct? The marker effect is pretty good, and the monkey's expression is awesome. The message this conveys is true and very deep. This belongs on a poster. So, great job, keep coming up with genius material like this!
Funny, true, very realistic yet cartoony graphics. Great job!
Y'know, this drawing is prob a drawing by God.
Beatiful.
sweet design.
Nice! Awesome topic. Nice drawing. Distribute it everywhere, we have to convince everyone that mankind is a plague.
10/10 for you.
Author's Response:
:-D Thank you:-)
