SONJA NADSAX - British Heroes

 

(2B pencil on 158mm x 137mm paper)

"They're not flag-waving wannabes, or finger-pointing-blamemongers. They're true British Heroes! They were born with spines of steel, have spunk by the bucketload, and their upper-lips aren't just stiff, they're rock-solid! They're the type who'll kick those mad-dogs aside and proudly march, bare-arsed, into the midday sun!"

Revolutions do start with the simplest of things, and the unlikeliest of people.

SHARDONAY JIZZBY - British Heroes

 

(2B pencil on 147mm x 133mm paper)

"They're not flag-waving wannabes, or finger-pointing-blamemongers. They're true British Heroes! They were born with spines of steel, have spunk by the bucketload, and their upper-lips aren't just stiff, they're rock-solid! They're the type who'll kick those mad-dogs aside and proudly march, bare-arsed, into the midday sun!"

Flashes of genius can come from the most unlikely people at the strangest of times. The beauty of it is that it thoroughly annoys those who work far too hard to try and achieve the same thing.

EUGINE COCKSHAFT - British Heroes

(2B pencil on 141mm x 118mm paper)

 "They're not flag-waving wannabes, or finger-pointing-blamemongers. They're true British Heroes! They were born with spines of steel, have spunk by the bucketload, and their upper-lips aren't just stiff, they're rock-solid! They're the type who'll kick those mad-dogs aside and proudly march, bare-arsed, into the midday sun!"

And, without even looking, you can bet there's a conspiracy theory similar to it!

BARRY ANALBY - British Heroes

(2B pencil on 140mm x 135mm paper)

"They're not flag-waving wannabes, or finger-pointing-blamemongers. They're true British Heroes! They were born with spines of steel, have spunk by the bucketload, and their upper-lips aren't just stiff, they're rock-solid! They're the type who'll kick those mad-dogs aside and proudly march, bare-arsed, into the midday sun!"

The images themselves are quite ordinary. It's the text alongside that changes the nature of them. And real heroes are like that. They really are just ordinary-looking people.

THE COCK & BALLS

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

I did it as a crude pub sign with the words “free house” on it because anyone can draw a simple cock and balls, whether they're young or old. It's a basic form of disapproval, of protest and defiance. They don't take long to do and the message they have is universally understood. And there's always something which deserves to have one.

Like Inktober for example.

SACRED COW

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

A simple drawing to show that sacred cows, no matter what is viewed as one, should never be immune from any form of criticism. They are nothing but burger meat.

Inktober, itself, has become something of a sacred cow, and so fair game.

ZOMBIES & CHIPS

 

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

Zombies have become somewhat iconic. We don't have to worry about any real life zombie apocalypse because they're already swarming all over TV, movies, and videogames. It tends to be the “go to” idea when you've run out of all others.

In other words, they're just “chips” and like chips, they can be served with practically anything these days. There are some good examples of their use, but mostly they're a lazy add-on. People do like chips, but not all the time. Take, for example the drawing I've done. If zombies are representing chips in that image, it would be “chips and chips” That's when it starts to get a bit ridiculous.

FINNIGEN KAX

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

Characters like this are easy to think up and even easier to draw. They can sometimes cause a creative block if ignored, so it's always best to draw them, give them a silly name, and then have done with them.

CBA - FIVE

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

The fifth, and final, image of these “can't be arsed” quick-pics, and the bored artist will always find something more useful to do, but they usually come back.

CBA - FOUR

(Gel Fineliner on A5 Paper)

 The fourth of the “can't be arsed” images, and an artist can be quite stroppy when they get in the mood to do fuck all. They're not being unreasonable. They just can't be arsed!