Please be careful, Stewart. My wife and I went to an exhibition of drawings by Emil Strumpp yesterday. He was banned from his occupation in 1933 for a drawing of Hitler he did for a newspaper. (The one on the wiki page.) He spent several of the next years out of the country, only returning for his daughter’s funeral in 1940. He was arrested and died in a concentration camp. So, if you’re planning on drawing Trump, better make it flattering.
That’s not my art out there but old stuff you can find online. History is unfortunately full of people who were killed because they said what they thought and history is also full of steps forward that would not have been taken if people hadn’t taken risks.
I will add that I wince when I see that someone’s main thrust of attack on a public figure is an image that has been tweaked to make it more unflattering. And I see that a lot and usually can tell the slant on the subject just by the illustration used, before I read a word of what it’s illustrating. If someone is worth skewering it can usually be done just as well with a perfectly “normal” illustration, as long as the idea behind it is sturdy enough. That said, there are images that are more and less appropriate than others or ideas that suggest themselves because of images that turn up. This one, for example, which has nothing to do with Trump, suggested itself only because of the image while something else was being looked for and it’s one I’m really pleased with:
Please be careful, Stewart. My wife and I went to an exhibition of drawings by Emil Strumpp yesterday. He was banned from his occupation in 1933 for a drawing of Hitler he did for a newspaper. (The one on the wiki page.) He spent several of the next years out of the country, only returning for his daughter’s funeral in 1940. He was arrested and died in a concentration camp. So, if you’re planning on drawing Trump, better make it flattering.
That’s not my art out there but old stuff you can find online. History is unfortunately full of people who were killed because they said what they thought and history is also full of steps forward that would not have been taken if people hadn’t taken risks.
I will add that I wince when I see that someone’s main thrust of attack on a public figure is an image that has been tweaked to make it more unflattering. And I see that a lot and usually can tell the slant on the subject just by the illustration used, before I read a word of what it’s illustrating. If someone is worth skewering it can usually be done just as well with a perfectly “normal” illustration, as long as the idea behind it is sturdy enough. That said, there are images that are more and less appropriate than others or ideas that suggest themselves because of images that turn up. This one, for example, which has nothing to do with Trump, suggested itself only because of the image while something else was being looked for and it’s one I’m really pleased with:
https://www.facebook.com/144310995587370/photos/a.271728576178944.71555.144310995587370/1612869082064880/?type=3&theater
Sometimes the dictator’s own imagery can be turned. ‘Why We Fight’ used German, Italian, and Japanese propaganda films to expose their nature.
And, of course, there’s always:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdmk3GP3iM