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Guy Kawasaki ~ Enchantment Caricatured

Oct 7, 2011

Tonight I’m posting a manipulated caricature of Guy Kawasaki, Author, speaker, and entrepreneur (born August 30, 1954) is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, bestselling author, and Apple Fellow. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He is currently CEO of Alltop. Author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions and former chief evangelist of Apple. His book Enchantment is featured below and you can click the image for information on purchasing a copy. He is also a well-known blogger and a huge Google+ figure with nearly 200,000 circles, so make sure you put +Guy Kawasaki in your G+ circle and check out his profile page which has some of his most popular links.

This caricature of Guy is a mild one. I didn’t have the heart to ruin that nice smile. I chose his book as the background because I was looking for ideas and wasn’t having any luck. I emailed Guy and asked him what the significance is of the origami butterfly in his Google+ profile picture. He answered with a link to his book and the story behind the cover. After seeing the book and reading a little about Guy, the book seemed to be a perfect fit. I hope he doesn’t get too mad at me. I’ve posted the source material below as well as a video of Guy on his new book. Check it out, he’s a super nice guy and a very interesting person.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

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Bouguereau’s & Raphael’s Felicia Day Spoofed

Oct 5, 2011

Raphael’s La Donna Velata Felicia Day

Bouguereau’s Work Interrupted Felicia Day

Tonight I’m posting a couple of photo-manipulations of actress and Google+ giant Felicia Day. I’m sure most of you know her for her acting and her work on The Guild Web Series. For those of you who may not, you can find her here on her Wikipedia Page. She can also be found with the other leading members of The Google+ Project by her user name +Felicia Day with 200,000+ circles. I hit a milestone myself today going over 10,000 circles of my own so don’t forget to circle +Felicia Day and +Rodney Pike while you’re there.

I like this image of Felicia with the smirk on her face so I chose it along with a couple of Bouguereau and Raphael‘s masterpiece paintings to do a couple of spoof photo-manipulations that I will tag her with on Google+ and see if I can get her attention. She’s too pretty for a caricature so I went with straightforward manipulations and a little humor added. I was nice to her because I want to get on her good side. The source images of Felicia and Bouguereau’s paintings are posted below.

Felicia Day

Raphael’s La Donna Velata

Bouguereau’s Work Interrupted

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Barqzr Davi The Terrible Portrait commission

Sep 8, 2011

Tonight I’m posting a caricature study I did for a good Google+ friend, Davi Barqzr. Don’t ask me how to pronounce it. His G+ handle is +barqzr so if you’re a G+er, check him out. He’s a very interesting person. A little eccentric but I think that’s a good thing, especially in my world. Seriously, he is a true lover of great art, great music and has an awesome sense of humor. Barqzr is one of the most interesting subjects I’ve worked with. He’s tough, proud, a bit crusty, has great features for a caricature and has a little attitude for good measure. I think it suits him well. I see him in a blood spattered crusty suit of armor wielding a massive sword in a medieval setting. Actually he was a lot of fun to work with but it’s back to business tomorrow. I experimented with one new techniques and actions this time that I’ve been working with to better enhance detail. As you can see, he did most of the work though. Below is the original source image used for this project. This guy should be in movies right? Don’t forget, I’m a G+er as well so circle us. My handle is +Rodney Pike.

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Barack Obama Portrait ~ I was nice

Jun 23, 2011

I’ve declared it “be nice to Obama day” today and I have a straightforward manipulated caricature portrait with no satire. This was actually requested by a friend. I’m not sure what I think about it yet. I’m not accustomed to being this nice to Obama. Don’t worry; I’m not going soft. I’m taking him down on the next one. 🙂

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El caballero con el pulgar en el culo ~ El Greco

May 9, 2011

Tonight I’m posting the completed manipulation of Bill Murray in a painting by El Greco. The original painting is called “El caballero con la mano en el pecho” which in English means “The Knight with His Hand on His Breast”. I changed the name just a bit to “El caballero con el pulgar en el culo” which means “The Knight with His Thumb in His Butt”. I’m sure those Spanish speaking readers already got the punch line. If you’re a Bill Murray fan as I am and you remember the late 70s and 80s, you’ll understand the Brooch on his chest. For those of you who don’t, the brooch pays tribute to SNL Star Gilda Radner or as seen as her alter ego, Rosana Rosanadana. Hope the spelling is correct. I’m sure that’s clear as mud for those of you who don’t remember her. Anyhow back to the manipulation. If you view it in full size you will see the texture work I’m kind of experimenting with. I’m trying to produce convincing paint crackles, scuffs and scratches. I’m not there yet but I’m getting closer. Source painting below:

El caballero con la mano en el pecho by El Greco