Famous cartoonists. "Bah! All the faces are familiar!" Artist Vladimir Mochalov
Cartoonist is an artist who walks the line between insult and wit, a good portrait painter with a subtle sense of irony in the perception of details, and a psychologist who captures the topical moments happening in life. And the caricature itself has always been a formidable weapon against offenders, enemies and those in power. Dictators and the ruling elite of all eras and peoples destroyed scoffers, sending them to be devoured by tigers, to the scaffold, to camps. But, despite such persecution, not a single government managed to eradicate the caricature.
Caricature with its horses goes far into the past. But this genre moved into the category of art during the time of Leonardo da Vinci. In the 18th-19th centuries, caricature began to thoroughly “warm up” the people’s relations with strongmen of the world this. And since the twentieth century, it has been an important political weapon that harms the authority of countries and political figures. Therefore, cartoonists are loved and revered by the people to the same extent as they are hated by the authorities.
The famous Russian artist Denis Lopatin (1977), one of the hundred best cartoonists in the world.
Denis is a diploma winner at many international forums, and a laureate of the “honorable mention” category at the Portuguese “World Press Cartoon” competition (2011), the world’s most prestigious forum for professional cartoonists and cartoonists. Until now, not a single Russian artist working in this genre has received such an honorary prize.
In the same year, Denis Lopatin took part in a worldwide competition of professional caricaturists on the social network Facebook and won the Grand Prix.
Denis was born and studied in Minsk, lives and works in Kamchatka, which the regional authorities are not very happy about. Since, being periodically persecuted by the “powers” of this world, he creates a lot of problems for officials and judicial structures of the Kamchatka Territory. The master of the satirical genre has four subpoenas, repeated bans and censures to his credit. For seditious cartoons and caricatures in 2005, the governor of Kamchatka imposed a ban on personal exhibition artist entitled "Grimaces of Power". And the cartoonist believes this fact highest award I was hooked on my creativity.
Denis has an amazing talent as a portrait painter, brilliantly wields the weapons of satire and humor, masterfully using both good and evil irony. His cartoons and caricatures aimed at public people, recognizable by everyone, cause a genuine smile, irony or sarcasm. You can verify this by watching this review to the end.
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Vladimir Georgievich Mochalov. (born May 21, 1948, Moscow, USSR) - Soviet and Russian caricaturist, graphic artist, painter, author of portrait caricatures and realistic portraits.
He is considered one of the most talented continuers of the traditions of such outstanding masters, like Kukryniksy, B. Efimov, L. Soyfertis, K. Rotov, I. Semenov, V. Goryaev, E. Shukaev. The artist owns more than 10 thousand masterfully executed cartoons and caricatures, drawings and illustrations, marked prestigious awards at Russian and international exhibitions, competitions, biennales.
In his portrait gallery, Vladimir Mochalov depicts famous politicians, figures of art, culture and sports, whom he saw through the prism of irony and the grotesque. He accurately conveys the character’s characteristic grin, characteristic gesture, and gaze. Working not “to order”, the artist does not paint glossy, ceremonial, but sharply characteristic, sometimes caustic, revealing portraits.
“Political cartoons are the same masks, the same buffoonery, clowning, this is also a caricature. Fine caricature is one of the facets of our satirical attitude to one politician or another. Politicians always want to save face. They create an image for themselves, enhance their image by all available and inaccessible means. They go out in public and pretend to be a truthful politician in every possible way. And the task of the caricaturist, in my opinion, is to consider in his biography, in his actions, in his actions, things that do not correspond to the image that he creates, and with his own artistic means, using techniques, using a pencil or pen to show, expose, reveal its content,” says the artist.
V. G. Mochalov was born in 1948, in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Printing Institute. For about 20 years he was the chief artist of the Krokodil magazine. His sharp cartoons were regularly published in satirical publications in more than thirty countries: Russia, Belgium, the USA, Japan, Turkey, France and other countries.
V. Mochalov - winner of the Grand Prix at International exhibition cartoons in Saint-Esteve (France, 2000), First Prize at International competition cartoons in Surgut (Russia, 2004), special prize and a diploma at the First Moscow International festival“Tradition and Modernity” (Moscow, 2007), medals “Worthy” Russian Academy arts and other awards.
In 1997, Vladimir Mochalov set a world record for drawing caricatures. The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper recorded that in one hour Vladimir Mochalov drew 111 cartoons with portrait likeness.
In 2004, V. Mochalov, unexpectedly for many, exhibited about 300 paintings: portraits, landscapes, still lifes. On his canvases - world history twentieth century, primarily in Russia. The artist rewrote his most famous pencil portraits in oil.
V. Mochalov illustrated stories in the magazines “Youth” and “Rural Youth”, books including “Peter Pan”, stories by A. Averchenko, G. Oster and other writers.
The most significant, most vivid portraits depict extraordinary people, but quite familiar to us. The artist discovered something in them that had gone unnoticed by us before, but was very important for characterizing the character’s personality. Most portraits convey not so much the momentary mood as the character of the character, his disposition, sometimes hidden from others. He doesn’t care in what area the person whose portrait he is painting achieved recognition, the main thing is that he is a Personality. Precise, strong drawing that defines the unconditional portrait likeness with a model, the sharp irony of a high-class cartoonist allows you to create grotesque and at the same time psychologically convincing portraits.
The artist paints not only his contemporaries, but also historical figures, one way or another influenced the fate of our country. The creativity of Vladimir Mochalov, modern, lively, original, can make us take a fresh look at the world and the people acting in it.
Personal website of Vladimir Motchalov http://www.motchalov.ru//
Official website of Vladimir Mochalov http://vladimirmotchalov.com/
I have been drawing cartoons for over 20 years, back in college, since I was interested in caricature, I decided thesis make it based on a cartoon. I made several cartoons of the teachers, in particular the one who supervised my thesis. The cartoon had such an effect on him strong impression, that he suggested that I immediately look for another curator. So I had to do my thesis on a different topic.
When I draw a cartoon I relax because I enjoy the work. Anyone who thinks to please the client is not a cartoonist, but a portrait painter. The cartoonist's mission is open to the person then, which he himself is not aware of. Then there will be real delight.
They always ask me: “How did you guess?” Well, this is not even a profession, it is a gift that allows me to see through every person, to look under the mask that he has put on himself.
I transform easily, I love it different costumes, I feel like an artist at work. I know that there is a picky viewer behind me and I try to draw so that the work resembles a circus act.
I never chase quantity, although I always draw quickly, otherwise a person will simply get tired of waiting and will no longer care what you draw there.
Sometimes I like to do grotesque things, although people don’t always recognize themselves in them, but it’s always fun for those who watch the process, standing behind the cartoonist.
After all, what kind of cartoon is it if there is no courage in it? The cartoonist's mission is to show off people, to catch them inner essence which everyone naturally hides.
Although many holiday organizers do not understand this and believe that a cartoonist should not laugh and be serious and God forbid not offend the desired client. However, people gather on holidays to have fun; they can be serious at work too.
Women get it from me too, but I believe that women should not, all as one, resemble famous fashion models. A friendly cartoon depicts the most character traits in a person, so in the picture you can see your real appearance, and not an imaginary one.
However, women are always in the first row to pose for the artist. They are more concerned with their appearance than men and they are always interested in how others perceive their appearance, especially artists. And you shouldn’t think that all females have a complex regarding their appearance. From my own experience, I can confidently say that only a few people suffer from it.
In caricature, the grotesque is what actually distinguishes a portrait from a caricature. You can simply draw bad portraits, as many people actually do, and pass them off as cartoons, but to be honest, the hand doesn’t always obey and not every drawing turns out as desired. Although I rarely like my works, this is generally quite successful, there is also grotesqueness and there seems to be a similarity.
While the guests were working with spoons, I wasted no time. I drew a cartoon of myself. This is more of an image in which I would like to see myself than a real portrait.
Holidays are very often held in beer restaurants. Just don’t think that I’m “that one.” No, I don’t drink, at least when I’m working, and in beer restaurants like Pilsner, where this cartoon was actually drawn, people of very impressive appearance and size are even proud of the width of their faces and the impressive shape of their bellies and the wider you are If you draw a snout for them, the kinder they become because of it.
Most often at weddings, guests are drawn in pairs. I usually first ask everyone to tell me a little about themselves, and then I make a short story out of what I can find out. For example, a man in this cartoon said that he likes to do yoga and that he is a crest. His wife said nothing about herself. I came up with the idea to draw him as a fakir, and her as a geisha with a plate of dumplings.
Cartoons with animals in Lately are becoming more and more popular, as are cartoons and portraits of animals in general.
I drew a cartoon of the politician Govorukhin in pencil and then colored it on the computer.
Cartoon on English actor made with graphite pencil.
Caricature of artists in Yalta. Made in 1996. At that time I was drawing cartoons on the embankment. The caricature depicts artists Sasha Klechaty and Kaban.
This sketch was made in Anapa in 2000. Still the same Sasha Klechatyi.
Caricature artist, cartoonist. Portrait from photograph in Moscow.
(Caricature artists in Moscow from 1800 rubles per hour)
2400 rubles per hour - Invitation of a cartoonist for only one hour. (The artist’s visit is free, only the work time is paid)
4000 rubles 2 hours - Invitation of a cartoonist for two hours.
1800 rubles per hour - Invitation of a cartoonist for 3 hours or more.
Any form of payment for the services of a cartoonist is possible.
How to surprise and delight your guests at your wedding or birthday? Give them a surprise: invite a real cartoonist. Of course, funny cartoon portraits will not replace the work of a photographer or videographer, but the task in this case is different: a funny friendly cartoon will become an original and unexpected gift for your friends and family (after all, usually at holidays gifts are received by the “heroes of the occasion”, and guests at the same time, they are only donors and leave, as they say, “empty-handed”) and will remain a good reminder of your holiday. Such a gift will be especially pleasant if the “heroes” of the holiday take care in advance to come up with some kind of gift for each of their guests. good wishes and leave a funny signature on the portrait.
It is worth noting that the services of a caricature artist will be relatively inexpensive, since creating one portrait takes from 8 to 15 minutes, therefore, by ordering an artist for two to three hours, you can make a unique gift for several guests at once. Moreover, if you want to give a gift to everyone present at once, then you can calculate in advance, based on the number of guests, how much time the artist will need to work. Such a surprise will look especially impressive if the event participants do not know in advance that there is a cartoonist among the invited guests. For a talented cartoon portrait painter, it is not necessary to pose: he will “catch” the desired guest from among those present so that he will not even realize that a surprise is being prepared for him.
The cost of our caricature artist’s work at an event starts from 1,800 rubles per hour when ordering for three hours or more. When ordering such a service for an hour, the cost will be 2400 rubles . Drawing techniques can be very different: crayons, slate pencils or paints. Examples of work are presented in our photo report from holidays and weddings held in Moscow.
If for some reason it is inconvenient or undesirable for the caricature artist to be present directly at the event, you can take care of a gift for guests in advance by providing him with appropriate photographs. If you want to order a cartoon portrait for yourself, then just call the artist on Skype, and he will fulfill your wish in a few minutes. The cost of this service depends on the material and urgency of the order. Our basic prices:
Portrait in color (production time 1-3 days)
Gouache:
Size 40cm x 60cm - from 2500 rubles
Size 60cm x 80cm - from 3500 rubles
Oil:
Size 30cm x 40cm - from 4500 rubles
Size 40cm x 50cm - from 6000 rubles
Size 50cm x 60cm - from 7000 rubles
Size 60cm x 70cm - from 8500 rubles
Size 70cm x 80cm - from 9000 rubles
Portrait black and white (charcoal, pencil)
Size 20cm x 30cm - from 1000 rubles
Size 30cm x 40cm - from 2000 rubles
Size 40cm x 60cm - from 3000 rubles
Size 60cm x 80cm - from 4000 rubles
Caricatures from photos (production time 1-2 days)
Size 20cm x 30cm - from 1500 rubles
Size 30cm x 40cm - from 2500 rubles
Size 40cm x 60cm - from 3500 rubles
Size 60cm x 80cm - from 5000 rubles
+1000 rubles for each additional person on a cartoon.
In 2014-2015, our company held several dozen corporate and private events in which cartoonists were involved. Among the large corporate customers were IKEA, Road Group, SIAM Consulting, METRO Cash&Carry, Baker and McKenzie, etc. Newlyweds very willingly invite our artists. Friendly caricatures of family and friends always lift the spirits of guests.
A unique offer from our agency is cartoons on souvenirs, T-shirts, flags and bags. In this case, a cartoon portrait is drawn from a photograph or in person (this process takes a minimum of time), which is then transferred to production and transferred to any surface or object. Thus, for your friends’ wedding, you can, for example, make a family flag, a T-shirt or a mug with your own cartoon portrait. You can put a friendly cartoon on the owner’s laptop or mailbox.
We are proud that the work of our cartoonists always receives only good feedback. Write to us by email or call. We will be happy to help you prepare original gifts for your friends and loved ones!
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