"I am Charlie" by Elcet

2D • World Events/Social Commentary • posted on Jan 10, 2015

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On Wednesday January 7th, 12 journalists of the alternative comic weekly paper "Charlie Hebdo", most of them famous illustrators, a renowned and popular economist, and two policemen were savagely shot with kalachnikovs in the office of the paper or nearly by two French jihadist terrorists linked to Al Qaeda, because the jihadists and other mad fundamentalists didn't accept that Charlie joked about the prophet Mohammed (as they did also on other religions), and because France is military engaged against jihad in Mali and in the Near East. The day after, a third jihadist linked to the two first ones shot a peaceful police woman in the suburbs, then yesterday he attacked a Jewish supermarket and killed four other people. The three villains were finally shot by the special police forces after extremely violent and dangerous assaults in Paris and in a nearby town. Huge solidarity demonstrations immediately took place in most of the major French towns gathering one million people. Even more people are expected to demonstrate tomorrow Sunday 11. President F. Hollande and other head of state will be at the demo. Although most of the illustrators who made the comic journal have been assassinated, the survivors swore that the journal will continue and the next issue will appear next wednesday. My drawing is to honor the artists and other peaceful people assassinated for the sole reason that they are willing to leave in peace and keep their freedom of expression. Proudly hold your pencils and live free! This drawing was made under Adobe Illustrator CS6

Comments (23)

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T.Rex

3:21PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

If I were in Paris I would also join the demonstration (but I'm in Sweden. No demonstrations here!). Thanks for the fine image! Made with the same software our friends at Charlie Hebdo used? :-)

Elcet

3:31PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

No, strangely all the Charlie Hebdo team apparently only drawn manually, although probably they did their colors in Photoshop. A sheet of paper, a pen or a brush, some India ink and of course the talent…and it's done in minutes! I draw with a Wacom tablet and a MacPro plus softwares, but it's not so simple… The killed people were really genius in humor and press drawing, some were famous since decades: Cabu (76 years old, famous for his comic series "Le Grand Duduche"), Georges Wolinski (81 years old), Charb… They were a great expression of freedom and advanced democratic ideas.

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Cyve

3:58PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

Thank you for your fantastic dedication !!!

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Lucien_Lilippe

4:04PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

Belle synthèse de ce qu'évoque ce drame. Faut-il que ces événements surgissent pour nous prenions conscience de la valeur des choses simples.? J'ai commis trois illustrations sur ce sujet. (Voir également ma galerie). Pour le moment je préfère la modélisation 3D. Je ne rechigne pas au dessin, mais cela est plus rare. http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2542615&user_id=570980&np&np

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oddment

4:08PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

A wonderful dedication.

dr_bernie

4:35PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

Beautiful work! This is my message to the terrorists: Je suis Charlie and I will kick your sorry terrorist asses and I will make you regret dearly what you did. I am not kicking your asses in the name of the freedom of speech, but in the name of the freedom to warn the world what a bunch of vermines you are. The freedom to tell the world that peaceful co-existence with you bastards is plain impossible, that we will never be able to establish a meaningful dialogue with your kind. So now the battle-line is drawn. See you in the battlefield, cowards.

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helanker

4:41PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

A beautiful tribute to the people who were so barbarically murdered.

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woodywoo

4:47PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

Je suis Charlie

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MagikUnicorn

5:57PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

S u p e r b e . h o m m a g e Nous sommes Charlie, Montréal nous sommes sortie a -35c pour vous accompagné https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHv6slb-XFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sCVOG9BF8

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KarmaSong

6:09PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

En voyant ces trois crayons, la référence à un magnifique trident me vient, pointé vers le ciel pour annoncer la riposte à la haine contre notre 'liberté de penser' et notre droit d'expression. C'est super d'avoir pris la peine de tout relater en détail, ces 72 dernières heures de désolation, d'inquiétude, de colère et d'effroi face au fanatisme islamiste. Au vu de l'émotion ressentie par tellement de gens, j'espère que les langues vont se délier en France pour parler laïcité, liberté d'expression mais aussi et surtout des droits et ...devoirs que la démocracie nous offre et nous impose, car la liberté a un prix, et vouloir porter des lunettes roses, être tout le temps dans l'optimisme forcené et ne voir que le bon côté des choses, tout cela fait le terreau des fanatiques de tout bord, à commencer par les fondamentalistes..... Au fait, ...je te souhaite également une Heureuse Nouvelle Année , et continue à être Charlie ....

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eekdog

7:13PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

the only weapons the journalists had were pencils, pens, paper and ink. so very sad day for thr great folks in France. my prayers are with them and for the families who lost loved ones.. great illustration..

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RodS

9:51PM | Sat, 10 January 2015

Je Suis Charlie! My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. It is time for the world to stand as one against this cancerous scourge of filth. May they all burn in hell.

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Mulltipass

12:17AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

PARCE QUE LA PLUME EST TOUJOURS AU-DESSUS DE BARBARIE... PARCE QUE LA LIBERTÉ EST UN DROIT UNIVERSEL... PARCE QUE NOUS VOUS ACCOMPAGNONS...NOUS SOMMES CHARLIE BECAUSE THE PEN IS ALWAYS ABOVE BARBARISM... BECAUSE FREEDOM IS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT... BECAUSE WE SUPPORT YOU...WE ARE CHARLIE A very BEAUTIFUL Tribute!!!

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gaius

2:18AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Merci mille fois pour ce superbe hommage aux victime mais aussi à l'humour, à la liberté...mort aux cons ! l'intolérance, l'obscurantisme ne passeront pas !

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pixelmeister

2:18AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Welcome Elcet and a very well work.

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3DClassics123456

3:38AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

J'aime ton dessin mais je ne suis pas Charlie. Il me faudrait une page pour développer. Disons en gros que trop de gens qui affichent "Je suis Charlie" beaucoup ignoraient ce "canard", d'autres le méprisaient et, pour certains, auraient bien voulu le voir "crever" financièrement, ce qui était sur le point d'arriver. Sans compter les GROS cons comme Depardieu, qui est réfugié dans un pays où on assassine les journalistes et qui a menacé de casser la gueule à une journaliste en la traitant de "salope" il y a un ou deux ans. Il suffira de lire le prochain Charlie pour voir ce qu'en pensent les survivants! Qui a déclaré "vomir sur ceux qui, subitement, disent être nos amis"? Qui a dit : "Nous avons beaucoup de nouveaux amis, comme le pape, la reine Elizabeth ou Poutine : ça me fait bien rire"? Qui a dit : "Nous vomissons sur tous ces gens qui, subitement, disent être nos amis."?????? C'est Willem, 73 ans, collaborateur de Hara-Kiri depuis les tous premiers numéros. Je suis un vieux et fidèle lecteur de Charlie ( depuis Hara-Kiri Hebdo en 1968 ) sans oublier Hara-Kiri puis Charlie Mensuel. Je suis abonné à Charlie et j'ai versé de l'argent il y a un mois pour voir cet hebdomadaire indispensable continuer à paraître. Charb, Cabu, Oncle Bernard, Honoré, Tignous et Wolinski faisaient partie de ma famille en quelque sorte. A Charlie, il y avait aussi le correcteur, la psychanalyste, un politique invité et l'ouvrier d'entretien...Si on y rajoute trois policiers, 4 clients d'un supermarché kascher ça fait des gens bien différents. Ces extrémistes visant aussi les forces de l'ordre ou les juifs, moi j'attends un dessin avec des crayons associés à une kippa, une casquette de flic, une serpillière, une écharpe d'élu de la Répiblique et un divan... Ceci dit, je te souhaite une bonne année Lionel-Gérard.

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virginiese

3:49AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

C'est excellent ! Et je remarque que tous les médias sont représentés : même le stylet graphique ! je suis moi aussi Charlie !

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dphoadley

7:13AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

חֲשֹׂף זְרוֹעַ קֹדְשֶׁךָ, וְקָרֵב קֵץ הַיְּשׁוּעָה. נְקֹם נִקְמַת עֲבָדֶיךָ, מֵאֻמָּה הָרְשָׁעָה. כִּי אָרְכָה לָנוּ הַשָׁעָה, וְאֵין קֵץ לִימֵי הָרָעָה. דְּחֵה אַדְמוֹן, בְּצֵל צַלְמוֹן, הָקֵם לָנוּ רוֹעִים שִׁבְעָה.

dphoadley

7:17AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Remember Itamar!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02MrmuQjUg&list=PLCy3EFpZeqN9kmswTHmqVvGzYIXMAU2Ox

Elcet

3:05PM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Thanks David for your thoughts! Democraty is always difficult to defend against barbary… but today some 3 million of French people were in the streets. My sister put flowers in front of the gate of the Hyper Cacher supermarket, where 4 other innocent victims were killed by the third terrorist.

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rayag

9:21AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

It's an awesome creation !!!

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UteBigSmile

1:46PM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Wonderful tribute dear friend ~ Mois aussi, je suis Charlie ~ Happy New Year & greetings from Luxembourg (http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2590304&comment_page=2#comments)

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Claywoman

5:21PM | Sun, 11 January 2015

very nice!

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jocko500

7:17PM | Mon, 12 January 2015

so sad and hope the governments will learn from this and put in place things that will not let this happen again but i do not think they will do that

Elcet

11:59PM | Mon, 12 January 2015

Thanks for comment Jocko. In fact some 1200 to 2000 French people have left France to do jihad in Syria and an official said that some 20 people are necessary to seriously look after them so to prevent possible attacks when they will be back. This is for the time in excess with the French intelligence agency (DGSE). In the case of the Kouachi brothers who committed the first crimes (the Charlie Hebdo murders), they came to do jihad some 9 years ago, probably in Yemen (it was unclear), and since then their serious and close attention during years by the authorities gave no results. What worsens the problem are the prisons, in which many prisoners can turn towards radical "islam" (remember that France has a difficult economic situation which doesn't help). Of course the present French government tries to do its best to solve these problems, not only now but because in 2012 another terrorist, Merah, killed innocent people.

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e-brink

8:37AM | Sat, 17 January 2015

We must protect our freedom of expression at all costs! Je suis Charlie!

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Richardphotos

11:01PM | Sat, 23 January 2016

I recall the reports of Paris being on a virtual lock down. terrorism is an atrocious thing that effects so many people. how many innocents were killed in the bloody conflict between the Irish and British

I told a lady Muslim employee at the airport that terrorism is not about religion, but the control of money