Maggie Thatcher's 'Fundies'
TO BE PERFECKLY HONEST, that last quick-time sketch I done of the Former Leader of Britain throughout the Tempesteous 1980s was great fun, so I have whipped up another serving : like the artwork on THE FLY, you can see how the artwork on 'new, unchartered territory' evolves and improves naturally over a few early attempts: --and in this case, I actually did look through Google Images for a sense of 'greater accuracy' regarding the likenesses portrayed below.
I am not really enough of a caricature enthusiast to spend a lot of time doing refined, polished imagery, though, and as a result these are deliberately kept fairly rough and raw.
I personally prefer 'all-out' cartooning over the more disciplined approach required to get a good likeness of famous folks---I'm not knocking those who pursue this style of drawing, I'm just busy enough doing my other stuff.
In all honesty, I can see the attraction in making fool of Public Figures using imaginitive drawings: however Politics itself bores me to death, I just do not possess the patience required to keep tabs on the excruciating monotony and boredom required to follow daily ongoing Political Events in this country---the slog of having to do this would far outweigh any benefits I would get from taking this aspect of cartooning up more seriously---fine for mucking about with, though, but this is about as far as it goes with me.
'FUNDIES' were a bawdy, naughty novelty I saw on sale in a joke shop in the Grass Market, Edinburgh, in 1984 [no, I never bought a pair: my girlfriend of the time never believed in wearing undies]
ABOUT THIS DRAWING:
The facial likenesses of Maggie and Denis are slightly improved upon this time around: on top of using Google Assistance [definitely helps a great deal] I employed my usual trick of drawing the heads about four times larger than the rest of the cartoon then shrinking this down and 'grafting' these on top of the body figures. As much as I detest Maggies' Political Legacy---although I do own my own home outright, the only one of her policies I actually agreed with--------there is no doubt that her distinctive features mark her out for being one of the all-time 'true greats' in the Caricature Stakes. There are stacks of really great cartoon images and ideas inspired by her controversial Leadership.
I am not really enough of a caricature enthusiast to spend a lot of time doing refined, polished imagery, though, and as a result these are deliberately kept fairly rough and raw.
I personally prefer 'all-out' cartooning over the more disciplined approach required to get a good likeness of famous folks---I'm not knocking those who pursue this style of drawing, I'm just busy enough doing my other stuff.
In all honesty, I can see the attraction in making fool of Public Figures using imaginitive drawings: however Politics itself bores me to death, I just do not possess the patience required to keep tabs on the excruciating monotony and boredom required to follow daily ongoing Political Events in this country---the slog of having to do this would far outweigh any benefits I would get from taking this aspect of cartooning up more seriously---fine for mucking about with, though, but this is about as far as it goes with me.
'FUNDIES' were a bawdy, naughty novelty I saw on sale in a joke shop in the Grass Market, Edinburgh, in 1984 [no, I never bought a pair: my girlfriend of the time never believed in wearing undies]
ABOUT THIS DRAWING:
The facial likenesses of Maggie and Denis are slightly improved upon this time around: on top of using Google Assistance [definitely helps a great deal] I employed my usual trick of drawing the heads about four times larger than the rest of the cartoon then shrinking this down and 'grafting' these on top of the body figures. As much as I detest Maggies' Political Legacy---although I do own my own home outright, the only one of her policies I actually agreed with--------there is no doubt that her distinctive features mark her out for being one of the all-time 'true greats' in the Caricature Stakes. There are stacks of really great cartoon images and ideas inspired by her controversial Leadership.
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