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Fr Bonkers, a typical mid-to-late 20th century Irish priest: angry, embittered, miserable little man who enjoys dominating others every opportunity he gets (when he's not abusing kids and drinking of course).
I had a lot of fun making this chap. As you can see compared to the previous update I decided to get rid of his hair - it just didn't work for the character.
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In Ireland the priest was the top dog in the community. They were the most powerful of the 4 dominant social classes (publicans, police and politicians being the other three).
The Catholic church would talk about priests being 'chosen' by God........but the simple truth was that you became one because you had zero prospects of being successful in any other area. It was often remarked that in an agriculture-based society the eldest son would take charge of the family farm, while the other son would become a priest (what happened to other family members is a mystery to me!).
I'm thankful that I grew up in the time when Ireland was not controlled by the Catholic church. My parents generation felt the full brunt of people like Fr Bonkers.
Schools, hospitals, sporting events, births, deaths, marriages, you name it......... they were all under the stewardship of the church. Mass was compulsory. The priests word was god's word...even if corrupt, hateful or just plain stupid.
Modeled and rendered with Zbrush, composited with Gimp.
Art by Shapula
