Still your idea was solid and held a lot of meaning better than their new backgrounds with the man or whatever slightly on fire with a blue background to contrast the blue and orange while the dipshoot is looking unphased by the fire.
I like your idea but I'm not really surprised by the outcome, I glanced at the image opening this page without reading the text and the first thing that caught my eye was the American flag half on the floor. Much more so than the swastika.
It's considered disrespectful to let the flag touch the ground. I doubt most people care these days (or are even aware) even in the US, I am probably only aware of this having grown up around my grandfather who served in the US Army.
Don't worry about it. Lots of Nazis were spared dying in obscurity in Soviet Siberia by making them advance rocket science for the Aliies - which eventually sent men to the moon, "leap for mankind".
Wernher von Braun
He killed a lot of British civilians in WWII through his research and development of V2 rockets.
But allies let him, his family and his fellow Nazi scientists live in relative comfort in the west after the defeat of Hitler. I believe they even got citizenships eventually.
Around the same WWII period, Japanese-American families were forced to relocate into concentration camps. Which is unjust and unfair considering German-Americans weren't treated the same way or Italian-Americans (the other Axis countries).
So, in some historical context, your illustration can be interpreted as close to depicting reality.
Around the same WWII period, Japanese-American families were forced to relocate into concentration camps. Which is unjust and unfair considering German-Americans weren't treated the same way or Italian-Americans (the other Axis countries).
German/Italian American's were also interned during WW2, just not in as great a number.
What scares me more than the swastika, is the notion that someones should sensor him or herself for fear of offending someone, especially when that´s far from the intention. Not sure why one should have to warn about displaying a symbol in a context that doesn´t aim to glorify it. For me it´s a strong piece of art in it´s simplicity, and the message is clear to anyone with any sense.
But yeah, in hindsight I'm not surprised this wasn't accepted, today I wouldn't even try. It almost made it, until the publishers saw it.
Why would you not try? Because of the reaction to the American flag touching the ground or the swastika?
I got the concept instantly without reading the description. I haven't played a Battlefield game probably since this one(And only a demo at that), but as far as I recall you could play on the German side right? So it was not an unrelated commentary on war in general, but actually tied into the game.
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It's considered disrespectful to let the flag touch the ground. I doubt most people care these days (or are even aware) even in the US, I am probably only aware of this having grown up around my grandfather who served in the US Army.
Wernher von Braun
He killed a lot of British civilians in WWII through his research and development of V2 rockets.
But allies let him, his family and his fellow Nazi scientists live in relative comfort in the west after the defeat of Hitler. I believe they even got citizenships eventually.
Around the same WWII period, Japanese-American families were forced to relocate into concentration camps. Which is unjust and unfair considering German-Americans weren't treated the same way or Italian-Americans (the other Axis countries).
So, in some historical context, your illustration can be interpreted as close to depicting reality.
I could see this being a problem if this was released in certain countries.
I got the concept instantly without reading the description. I haven't played a Battlefield game probably since this one(And only a demo at that), but as far as I recall you could play on the German side right? So it was not an unrelated commentary on war in general, but actually tied into the game.
SImpler times hey :P