Monday, 14 January 2008

Ronald Searle




Ronald Searle

Inspirations:
Well Ronald was successful and inspired to draw at a young age. He loved to draw that much, gained him self a professional comic career at the age of just fifth teen.

Work:

Cartoon for Cambridge Daily News

Joined army as Architectural draftsman. [serving in Singapore, became a prisoner of war. But during this didn’t stop drawing and on release got himself an exhibition of his work.]

Forty drawings
The peaceable kingdom
St Trinian's [became popular inspire a movie]
Illustrator on theatre column-Punch Magazine
The Odyssey Comic-Punch magazine
Became first non-American to receive the national cartoonist society Reuben Award

Moved to Paris and became painter

Then many more illustrative books:

Where did the people go?
Cat book ‘memory lane’

My thoughts:
Well this guy is very inspirational for his lifetime achievements and success. Become an comic artist at fifth teen show his passion for drawing, even being a prisoner of war and still drawing excessively that on being freed he got an exhibition. Which furthered his career doing job for papers, magazine and books, which I admire him for. As a graphic artist would also like to work for a magazine or paper and have learnt from Ronald that no matter what life throws at you don’t lose sight of your goals to achieve. i really like St Trinian's the movie too, the anarchy and rebellion of the girl at the school, which was inspired by Ronald's work.

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