J.G Posada

Jose Guadalupe Posada is a Mexican political printmaker who was heavily influential to many latin american artists and cartoonists. He used satire to make his audience socially aware of what was going on in the world of politics. Instead of depicting politicians to their likeness, he used skulls, bones and calaveras to represent the figures. This is something which has made me think. I need to look into semiotics so instead of me drawing someone so everyone knows exactly who it is, I can use symbols or certain objects to represent people. 

I think it's also inspiring to see how an illustrator in the 1900s can be so influential, to the extent that I can be in a random bar in Berlin and this will be on the wall...