And then I think they asked me to work on Wish You Were Here, which was the next album coming up. And I didn't do anything for a long time. I had other projects, and I didn't get around to doing anything for a bit. Gerald Scarfe albumaskbite share on social
I mean when I was working shall we say with Disney, you know they sent me the script for the film Hercules and I had to imagine what all the characters looked like. And to develop those characters, so nothing exists visually when I get the script. Gerald Scarfe characterdevelopdisney share on social
And having suffered for part of the war when I was a child. I was too young to really understand what was going on but one of my favorite pieces of animation now is that Goodbye Blue Sky in The Wall because that deals directly with that period in time. Gerald Scarfe animationbluechild share on social
I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain. Gerald Scarfe artistbitebrain Change image and share on social
So, I created these creatures called The Frightened Ones which in the film you see do have mask like kind of heads and they run beneath the ground to hide. Which is what in fact we did during the war. Gerald Scarfe beneathcallcreate Change image and share on social
Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden. Gerald Scarfe asthmaticbedbedridden Change image and share on social
So the whole of war, when you look at it is probably run by professional soldiers, and the rest of them are just recruits, or people who are just forced to join the army. Gerald Scarfe armyforcejoin Change image and share on social
And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time. Gerald Scarfe backcomplexdiamond share on social
England was incredibly dull and everything exciting seemed to be in America. Gerald Scarfe americadullengland Change image and share on social
I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation. Gerald Scarfe drawdrawingfind Change image and share on social
