Two years of illegal war against Ukraine

-
Image
  It is now two years that Russia tried to invade Ukraine and started an illegal war against its people. Russia has attacked hospitals, homes, destroyed the city of Mariopol, murdered the people of Bucha, attacked food storage in Odesa, destroyed the Kakhovka Dam to use it as a weapon of war... Yet Putin survives, yet the Kremlin's rule continues...  Russia invaded the neighbor country Ukraine and remains with impunity seating at the UN Security Council and other UN functions... pulling strings in the global economy...   I still have hope that the good people will win and there will be justice, but it is crazy that it is taking so long. It is not acceptable that a country illegally invades another, kills, rapes, destroys, ignores all human rights and remains with impunity... in the XXI century. The world cannot allow this, it is too barbaric!
Post a Comment

Why caricature Putin?

-

Multiple caricatures of Vladimir Putin, developed since Russia began its special military operation against Ukraine

Vote on your favourite caricature

Do any of these look like Putin to you? what is your favorite caricature? did I have any success in capturing Putin's likeness? Please leave a comment to let me know.


Caricature as a weapon for peace

Putin deserves to be captured and trialed for his crimes, as do the ones that follow his orders on the ground, in the Ukrainian territory, illegally occupied by Russia. I do believe that war criminals, tyrants, and any other type of genocidal power-abusing invaders deserve to be mocked, ridiculed and otherwise publicly humiliated until they fall, not necessarily by violence, but by the loudness and undeniable-evidence and weight of their own wrong-doing. 

So for the past fifteen months since Russia invaded Ukraine I have been trying to caricature Vladimir Putin. As I am just a hobbyist aspiring artist, and can only work on this in my spare time, it has taken me this much time. Honestly, I thought this absurd war would be over before I would ever need to publish the drawings. Unfortunately, this war still goes on, unbelievable as it is. 


Many caricatures of Vladimir Putin, including failed attempts to capture his likeness, developed since Russia began its special military operation against Ukraine

Is caricaturing Putin the right thing to do?

Remember, "if Russia stops fighting it is the end of the war, if Ukraine stops fighting, it is the end of Ukraine" - this sentence is not mine, but it leaves things clear: Ukraine must defend itself against this brutal abuse, not fighting is not an option for them, only for Russia. And Russia is doing battle with Ukraine in many fronts, not just on the ground, but also in the internet in social media. 

War crimes, human rights violations, crimes against humanity

Since Russia tried to do a mass-scale invasion of Ukraine back in February 2022, through Putin's special military operation, Russia has been committing all sort of atrocities and war crimes in Ukrainian territory, including mass murder of civilians, rapping, abduction of Ukrainian children, deliberate attacks against residential buildings and health care facilities, destruction of the essential water supply system, destruction of the energy supply system in the peak of winter when there were freezing temperatures. These are not just human rights violations. This targeted action to compromise the future of the Ukrainian People also constitutes a crime against humanity, which Russia has tried to justify through its essay on Ukraine and statements on social media. 


Interested in reading related posts?

Location: Germany

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Putin, Mad or Bad?

-
Image
About the designs: The first image, was inspired by a few online articles I read at the end of February /beginning of March 2022 as to whether Putin has gone mad or is simply bad. My current take is that he is both mad and bad. Version 2 is just an update of the caricature. Do you recognize him? Vote now, your opinion matters! And from these two versions, which do you like best? Participate in other design polls: Black heart
Read more

Am I making money selling t-shirts?

-
Image
All right, let us get it out in the open... if you are reading this blog you are probably thinking "she is doing this to make money selling t-shirts for peace in Ukraine, not because she cares about the war". Not true! I have no intention of making money out of this. Let me show you why.  1. Designing t-shirts is very time consuming Art is just a hobby for me, I have no professional training in graphic design. Producing visually attractive designs with meaningful messages for peace and justice takes me a very long time to do. Just to try to make an acceptable caricature of the aggressor Head-of-State who is leading the war of aggression against Ukraine took me about 11 months, with many failed attempts in between - see image below.  Trying to capture the likeness of the invading Head-of-State Can you guess who is the aggressor Head-of-State that I am trying to caricature?  What do you think, does any of these caricatures capture his likeness? Feel free to leave your opini...
Read more