20th Century Wealthy Cat

 

Still continuing the wealthy cat series with the great great grandchild of the first image now in the 20th century. This grandchild is so abstracted from actual labour, that he doesn't even do his own books. He is there to be the vessel of ownership, and of leisure. The rate of return on owning property after the mercantilist era is diminished and all he does is cling to property by barking orders down the telephone.

Laser Gun Design

I made a fun paper laser gun. I made it out of paper and cardboard and painted it with acrylics.

This is the original design.

This is after I initially glued it together.

This is after it was painted.

Year of the Mouse 2020

Happy Lunar New Year (A few weeks late)

More Satirical Illustrations

 A Boris Landslide

Mike Bloomers Collects His Things for a Short Run

19th Century Wealthy Cat

Continuing the series with the grandchild of the first image in the next century. The efforts of the workers have realised the grandfather's plans. And this grandchild, fully thinking he is a self-made man, is one level of abstraction more away from the actual production and runs the ledgers.

18th Century Wealthy Cat

I'm making a series where I hope I can show how the self made cat is a myth. It hopefully will show how generational wealth aids its concentration, and how some people are working and making everything, while others are taking and owning everything.

Chelsea Of Arc

I illustrated Chelsea Manning as Joan of Arc. I thought it is a fitting metaphor because they both went to war in Mesopotamia as men, but in reality were women underneath. They both were persecuted and Manning is also an objectively heroic figure that Joan of Arc is often portrayed as. They stand for different ideas and I tried to put different things that to me represent what is unique about her. I hope she can be free again as soon as possible and wish her success in her political career going forward.

Satirical Cartoons

I did some satirical cartoons.
1 "Can Boris finally deliver Brexit?"
2 "Wizard"
3"Daphne Caruana Galizia"

Absolutely Brutal

I'm doing some study drawings of the sculptural character of expressive modern architecture. When these architects confined themselves to using concrete and other modern materials and eschewed historical reference and ornamentation, they've created a new aesthetic of shape, form and texture. Eventually I want to combine this sculptural quality but include more ornamentation, or have some mashups with historical styles too. What would a building with similar design shapes and greebles but with Gothic or Classical ornamentation look like? The answer is funny.

Water After Apple

This is kind of a political cartoon. I was spurned by the death of Stephen Smith after being deemed fit for work by the DWP. I thought of this idea after watching Daniel Blake, a fictional film about the same topic. Meritocracy does not fit with a system of entitlements
#DWP #AmberRudd #austerity #politics #politicalcartoons #illustration #plant #tree #pot #curtains #conservatives #apple