This is from Mulut Busuk series which I did way back in 2012 (I think) This idea struck me during one of those hectic meetings which words flown in a rather tactless manner between members of the floor so much so that it generated such idea by just being in the same room with those opposing personalities were at each other's throats, figuratively speaking.
It was quite an amusing time for me to observe their facial expressions and body languages in getting their thoughts across, to convince the other party how things should be done.
It started out as cartoon caricatures of these personalities and as I've got the hang of it, I ended up weeks of building, modifying, embellishing,giving the characters certain kind flavors by add-ons and some simplifications too.
Title: Mulut Busuk 4
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Mulut Busuk 4 is a bullish character. Brutish and loud on the outside and very assertive in voicing his/her opinions. Such character has to be shackled by the nose in order to cool him down and made to listen to reasons. As we shackled cows and buffaloes at their weakest point. The nose.
Any arguments with this personality has to be based on facts but never on sentiments. One need to study his weaknesses and capitalize them as a weapon to cool him down or to toe the line.
Title: Mulut Busuk 1
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Mulut Busuk 1 was done personifying the combination of a frog and Ikan Belacak which in their natural life, has the ability to survive both in the water and on land over a period of time. It was a personality that has no clear alignment in term of stance or sides in his/her opinion. It could cause quite a disruption whenever the meeting need to vote on certain decision. Once overdone, it became irritating and slowed the meeting quite a bit. They would start to whine if pressured to make a proper decision.
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
A sort of prototype to the Mulut Busuk 1 in term of personifying the character and the composition. Somehow I developed the other one further than this one. It is quite normal for me to develop several sketches over certain interesting character and developing further one over the other as the mood and inspirations suit me.
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
This is the completed form of "Apple Polisher" character in meetings. Sweet mouthed but what went beyond the vocal articulation is unpredictable.
Most of the time, he is the great supporter to the idea of "The Boss is always right" and at any given time, would be the one who defended the boss, regardless of the relevancy of the issue discussed. He would go to a great length to show his allegiance to the seat of power. Shift of allegiance changes in accordance to shift of power.
Apple Polisher is usually resilient to rejection. At least on the surface. It looked as if he was not affected by rejections from the power that be. But if one get close and intimate to such character, you will learn that he is really a total hypocrite, always in alignment with the seat of power.
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2010
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Nosy Parker type of personality which most of the time ever watchful of what others are doing and always secretly inquiring through the 3rd party (whatsapps, notes under the table et cetera, et cetera) Maintaining a calm composure on the outside but if we observe him closely, his restlessness is evidence until his desire to understand the motive of the others is fulfilled. He rarely voiced his opinion openly but in his own quiet way influencing the decision making by means of proxies. should anything went wrong, his personality is left unblemished/intact. Yet such event didn't stop him from carrying on asserting his influence on the decision-making. Such an undercurrent type of character.
Title: Mulut Busuk 8
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Title: Mulut Busuk 9 ( The apple polisher)
Size : A4 paper
Media: Ball-point pen on paper
Year : 2012
Over the week after that "meeting" I've done about 27 characters with different facial expressions. Some of them are still with me while the others are gone. I will upload the rest of the sketches in my next posting.
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