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I Painted Kim Jong-Un As The Joker
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I Painted Kim Jong-Un As The Joker

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A couple of years ago, I was fortunate enough to be one of three artists commissioned to do street art drawings for a yearly Halloween pub crawl. Long story short, I chose the theme of “monsters” and drew North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, as popular characters of the old Hollywood. Not a big reach, in my opinion, and frankly, didn’t think those were such controversial artworks. But apparently, I was wrong. It was taken down immediately… didn’t even get to finish my work, was stopped halfway through my North Korean leader as Dracula, and never got to even start my Kim Jong-un as a zombie (I was really looking forward to that one). And by the way, the two cool drawings that were up were getting great laughs and attention from everyone who walked by… even had a bunch of people taking photos. It was exactly the outcome I was hoping for.

Fast forward to the present day, a friend of mine said, “Those drawing ideas you did a couple of years ago were great. You should repaint those for Halloween this year.” Well… since I’m not a fan of doing anything twice, and since I’m both a closet artist and a closet comic book characters nerd… VOILA! I give to you “Joker” in all of his sociopathic glory.

Enjoy!

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Joker – 36 x 48 acrylic on canvas

A close-up

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Chalk drawings – Halloween of 2017

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The washing away of the chalk drawings because they were considered too controversial

The end result

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Dean Skinner

Dean Skinner

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Dad. Dude. Husband. Artist. Author. #warriorartist To see my artwork, please check me out on Instagram. To read my book (Broken) just copy and paste the link below and visit any of those ebook retailers. Thanks!! https://books2read.com/broken-deanskinner

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My name is Violeta and I am an editor here at Bored Panda. I love reading memes for a living. It’s obviously much more than that, but I appreciate the variety of topics, information, and pics I get to see every day and share with the world! Those funny memes really make my day too. Being born in the ’90s in post-Soviet Lithuania speaks more about me than I’d like to admit. I’m still learning about the world and myself, but I do love my friends, traveling, art, and my cat. My favorite fact to share about myself is that I used to hide meatballs in my friend’s pockets at lunch so I could go play outside. I wish all those meatballs could find their way back to me someday.

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Violeta Draseikaitė

Violeta Draseikaitė

Moderator, BoredPanda staff

My name is Violeta and I am an editor here at Bored Panda. I love reading memes for a living. It’s obviously much more than that, but I appreciate the variety of topics, information, and pics I get to see every day and share with the world! Those funny memes really make my day too. Being born in the ’90s in post-Soviet Lithuania speaks more about me than I’d like to admit. I’m still learning about the world and myself, but I do love my friends, traveling, art, and my cat. My favorite fact to share about myself is that I used to hide meatballs in my friend’s pockets at lunch so I could go play outside. I wish all those meatballs could find their way back to me someday.

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