Well, strictly speaking, the above drawing isn't a sketch, but I thought you might like to see it anyway. I drew it back in 1979 while working in my local library, for a colleague who was heavily involved with the SNP. An election was upcoming, so he asked me to produce an illustration which symbolically depicted the Scottish Lion Rampant awakening after a long sleep - just in case, you understand. I drew this quickly with a Tempo felt-tip pen, but I could've saved myself the bother - his party did diddly-squat.
Had the SNP won, the intention was to publish this in newspapers, but it would really have needed to be in colour to work properly. If you look closely, you'll see that the top bedsheet is the Union Flag (commonly, but erroneously, called the Union Jack - unless it's flying from the mast of a ship), with the Scottish Saint Andrew's Flag underneath. As far as symbolism goes, it wasn't a bad idea - even if it was a tad optimistic from that particular party's perspective.
Still I thought this was quite a good joke there (perhaps it needs a few more cobwebs on the lion himself as he yanks them out of their former placement during the long sleep!
ReplyDeleteAll I see when I look at it, Chris, is just how thick every line is. The webs should've been a lot finer, and other aspects would've benefitted from some variation in dilineation.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, A good inker has to know that I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll redraw it one day and do it properly.
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