Part 8: Ronald Searle

Perhaps most notable for his creation of St Trinian's School, Ronald Searle is an English cartoonist.

As we can see from the image above, Searle has his own style, although upon first glance this seems vaguely familiar. Though this may be more a reflection of this style in the work of later artist's/designers. The very free-hand almost irrational style of image, in my mind, has become associated with the Penguin Classic range of books, (like the example above). However this may just be a reaction to being so accustomed to seeing this style of image associated with this range of books. The very 'basic' appearance to the colouring of Searle's work seems almost aggresive in nature.

Personally I am not such a big fan of Searle's work, and as such don't really have all that much to say on the subject. As a general rule I tend to be less interested in very illustrative styles, as oppposed to the more refined appearance of computer-based work, and in particular, that of the moving image.