Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Bean (played by Rowan Atkinson) on your Favorite Caricature Blog!
For all I know, Mr. Bean could be the most caricatured celebrity ever! The web is full of his caricatures, and mine is going to be just another one of them. I’ll be honest with you. Not doing Mr. Bean’s caricature was like…well, not eating chocolate. Everyone I know eats chocolate, except my dog and I. Similarly Everyone who can draw makes a caricature of Mr. Bean – in fact, most of the times, you don’t even have to make the effort of exaggerating his features…you just draw his portrait and you are done!
So, I’ve done it too; and now that I’ve got Mr. Bean’s sketch ready, I’m feeling lighter, brighter, snappier, and happier! I’ve done it too!
For those of you, who haven’t known this paradox in a tweed coat, here’s…
The Shortest Biography of Rowan Atkinson a.k.a. Mr. Bean, on the Web!
Rowan Atkinson was born on 6th January, 1955 in the Durham County of England. Being a Jan-born, he obviously stuck with safer career options than acting, and studied to become an Electrical Engineer. Things would’ve been different if the acting-bug hadn’t bit him. But it did, and despite his obvious disadvantage of having been born a Capricorn (a goat if you please) he managed to become a comedian. He began his career with Radio Comedy Show called “Atkinson People“. Then he worked with Angus Deayton as a comic, to form a comedy duo where Angus was the straight man (in a different sense of the word.)
Rowan Atkinson’s Career:
Atkinson worked on many different TV serials (sitcoms). Here are some of them.
Rowan Atkinson’s most famous character is of course, the unfortunate and clumsy Mr. Bean.
Mr. Bean – A Semi-biographical Caricature-sketch:
Mr. Bean was conceived by Rowan Atkinson while he was still at the University, however, this interesting character that keeps you balancing on the tightrope stretched between affection and irritation, was born in 1990. Technically, Mr. Bean was born on January 01, 1990, when the first episode of Mr. Bean, a British Comedy series was telecast. Mr. Bean then figured in many spinoffs and two movies, “Bean” and “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” Mr. Bean also inspired an animated series and some books.
Mr. Bean’s Personality and Life:
Mr. Bean lives with his teddy bear, who’s called Teddy. His landlady is called Mrs. Wicket and he’s got a girl-friend Irma Gobbs (View picture here – can you guess who’s who?), with whom he mis-manages his relationship, to the delight of his viewers. Mr. Bean is utterly clumsy.He doesn’t understand the social norms that so tightly bind normal people like you and me, and so he ends up enjoying himself, often on the cost of others. Mr. Bean doesn’t talk much. Yet he combines a lot of mumbling and stuttering with his stumbling and fumbling!
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you are superb …………master in caricaturing … please i want to learn caricature from you …please accept me !!!!
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Thanks Onkar:)
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Haha, you have definitely captured Mr. Bean in this! Your Shahrukh was also awesome!
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Glad you stopped by. You are kind. I am sure that Mr. Bean’s and Shahrukh’s caricatures selves are blushing right now:)
Regards,
Shafali
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Lovely! Very nice Shafali 🙂
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Glad you approve of it, Ajay 🙂
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Clever, dear Shafali!!
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Thanks Adee…but nothing close to the marvels you create from glass:)
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An excellent short bio, as well as a drawing, sufficiently different from the rest, as to score a high mark in my book. This is, of course, only just short of an Oscar. You have joined an elite group of artists. There are only two names great enough to be on the list – and I am the other one. x
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Thanks Ian. I am happy that I have scored well…and I am proud to be on your list of Greats:)
Regards,
Shafali
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You’ve made him far more loveable than I could ever have hoped and not deeply creepy like I usually find the character.
Well done!!
For the record, I am not a big chocolate fan, except for occasionally the very dark bitter chocolcate that I use as medicine. The rest is too sweet and sickly for me.
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Glad you liked my rendition of him:) Viv.
Regards,
Shafali
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