Reposted from @burntoakboy The first photo of Salman Rushdie...

Reposted from @burntoakboy The first photo of Salman Rushdie since he was attacked. He was stabbed 12 times. He is blind in one eye. His face is still scarred. His mouth is disfigured. He struggles to type because the severing of the ulnar nerve in his left hand removed the feeling from his fingertips. Next time you hear someone droning on about “Islamophobia”, show them this. This is what happens when you criminalise criticism of religion, when you conspire with the absurd, medieval idea that it is phobic and hateful to be mean about Islam. Freedom of speech must trump the sensitivities of Muslims — the sensitivities of *everyone* — every single time.
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Half-Polish / Half-Italian British-born artist-cum-photographer who earned a living as a designer and artist between jobs as a teacher and IT Comms specialist (CV and other details via [profile] above.) A baritone, autistic polymath, and member of Mensa (6σ IQ), I am Jan Szafranski and also known as The Sadistic Scribbler.

Started out as a comic book artist (first underground in the '70s to mainstream in the late '80s) before teaching art & photography to teens. Moved into computers, web-design, photo-manips, etc. before returning to teaching in 2002.

In 2006 I temporarily lost my sight (right in the middle of a lesson with Year 11s), regained it but then started on the slow downhill decline that comes with MS… including pain, fatigue, vision & cognitive problems, and tremors & spasms. Add to that recent development of osteoarthritis, and all of which make drawing, painting and photographing very difficult when not in remission.

I’m now 'sorta-retired' because of the symptoms, but will still accept art or photography commissions, as well as website designs and IT consultancy. More details of which can be found on my business site: www.idea-technology.co.uk and artist portal: www.sadisticscribbler.co.uk.

I am currently working on developing my use of digital painting. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model, nor does it use the computer to automatically generate a pseudo-painting. Instead, the artist uses traditional painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer as if it were just another brush or medium.

I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using various painting software. The tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface, while the stylus pen or mouse is my paintbrush.

These images and writings are not a part of the public domain. They are not stock and may not be used for manipulations, references, blogs, journals, share sites, etc. All images and writing are copyright © Jan Szafranski (also known as the Sadistic Scribbler).

Any copying, altering, displaying and redistributing of Jan Szafranski’s images and text is strictly prohibited, without express written permission from the artist and is considered a violation of applicable laws.

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Reposted from @burntoakboy The first photo of Salman Rushdie...

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