Ronald Searle was probably most famous for his creation of the famous St Trinian's, it was popular first in print, then as a series of films for which Searle created title sequences, and has still been reused to this day. However his artist career began when he created hundreds of drawings while a POW during WWII, some of the drawings he produced was an inmate illustrations of Changi Gaol, the Japanese Prisoner of War camp.
Ronald Searle drew hundreds of magazine and book covers throughout his illustration career. He incorporates the traditional English comic ideas which include pointed elbows and shoes throughout all illustrations, and include all the satire that we love as the audience.
To match his humour he used traditional media of watercolour and ink, teamed along with minimalistic lines and details - retaining more detail to selective areas that draw your attention in. The way he uses this reminds me of Roal Dahl's work with the "inky" effect.
"Searle's work out is genuine wit, intelligence and unabashed ambition. He is one of our greatest cartoonist, with a lifelong dedication to his craft unequalled by any of his contemporaries."I really love his work, the drawings are loose and simple but I think they capture so much character especially in the ink-based sketches. I can definitely take inspiration from his way of working, looser sketches that have caricature based elements emphasising the main points of illustrations. I definitely want to try more work in ink and little colour.
