The Story of the Queen Cartoonified

The Story of the Queen Cartoonified

Ideas and Inspiration

I started drawing the Queen back in April 2022. I love colour, I love brightly coloured clothes and I love senior women who wear brightly coloured clothes! So Her Majesty was my perfect drawing subject (or am I the Queen's Subject? This could get confusing).

I had a rough idea to create a fabric design based on her hats, but I let my creative head get carried away and she began to turn into a cartoon. I think you can see the progression in the samples of drawings below. And I drill down deep into the design process in this blog post.


See the difference between the 'cartoon character' and the original illustration. The cartoonified Queen is much more exaggerated and she has some set features which are repeated almost like a pattern: her eyes are always hidden so that the public smile is the focus; her hat is Mad Hatter size and her legs and feet and tiny. She is magnanimous, but at the same time she herself could be a little figure being pushed around on a board game.Close up of cartoon of the Queen in blue outfit

I took care to match all the key characteristics of the real Queen of England:  handbag and brooch always on the left side, gloves and large pearl earrings always worn and one, single colour for the outfit.
Close up of cartoon of the Queen in pale blue outfit

Here are six of the final Queens. The yellow and black 'Queen Bee' outfit is my own design and I'm proud of it! Perhaps I will send it in to Her Majesty she might even wear it.


Let me know in the comments what you think. Does this cuddlesome Queen make you chuckle? Does she warm your heart?
Row of cartoon Queen Elizabeth figures - each in a different colour of the rainbow

Drawing in progress

Apron and Biscuit Tin

I put some of the queens on products such as a biscuit tin, apron and mugs and I sold a few to friends and family. 

White apron with black neck and ties. Showing Queen dressed in a yellow and black outfit like a bumble bee.

Female model wearing Queen Bee apron.

Biscuit Tin

A classic fave in the UK - bet your Grand parents have one, and you have too. Imagine this biscuit tin, in 40 years time, well loved, and still used as a container for those tasty chocolate chip cookies or shortbread.

Side of biscuit tin showing Jubilee emblem and two of the cartoon Queens with feathered hats.

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