Chogrin - Portraits

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Some portraits between 2010 - 2011 that I was commissioned to do and for fun.  To see more click here or view below.

THINK PINK!

I've been obsessed with pink cards lately! Some are up for sale on my ETSY!

Masters of the Universe (so far)

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Hey duuudddesss, wanted to post up what I did so far in my Masters of the Universe series.

Skeletor, Trapjaw, Evil-Lyn

New messes.

Here are a few new/old new personal pieces. They fit together, like a running narrative. I'll save that explanation for when the rest are done. All were done with my usual mix: acrylic, pencil, ink, crayon, colored pencil, accidental blood. You are excused.

Add preservatives over at the crap-bq*

*6 points to whomever gets the reference.

TMNT: 4 & 5

Here's my 4th piece for my TMNT series, Donatello. I went with the blue for an electrical effect to subtly imply his affiliation with inventing stuff. I actually had this see-through computer panel in front of him with some tech programming type going on, but I was too torn with it and it didn't really look right so I scrapped it. If it wasn't so up close, I'd probably have kept it. Oh well ;)

I decided to go a bit different with Michelangelo, I based his design off of a painted turtle species. I liked the idea of him being somewhat different than his three brothers because his personality is a bit more outgoing and energetic. I think it fits him best. In a side story in Volume 2, it's revealed at an early age that Michelangelo was a talented artist. Without getting too literal with the painted turtle concept, I still enjoyed giving him a bit of a louder design than the other 3. Michelangelo was my first favorite when I was a kid.

My TMNT Portraits!

Hey everybody! First time posting, long time turtle fan. Heres what I've done so far :).
I'm actually offering a bunch as prints - HERE - ....More portraits below!

Potrait Commissions

Here's a couple of portrait commissions i just recently finished. This one they had me incorporate a few of their favorite things...

This is one I did for Mark Whitfield, a UK based photographer.

After I finished his piece, he set up a shot to recreate the pose...

Lord of the Rings Portraits: 2

The next batch of Lord of the Rings portraits. I forgot to post my last batch here so this is a big update. These will get posted every week or so as I get them done with my other work. Hope you guys dig em!

Portrait series

Kira

Jia

Cathleen

Amanda

Hey Everyone! So, this past month I was honored to be featured in a group portrait show called The People We Know at B2 in South Philadelphia. I wanted to say a big thank you to those of you who made it out to see the work. For those that couldn't, here they are. I did a series of portraits of good lady friends of mine, using flowers both as a decorative frame and as an understated, symbolic way of highlighting prominent features in each girl's face. Kira, with the long hair, uses wheat to emphasize the golden brown tones in her flowing locks. Jia has lovely full lips, so tulips were an obvious option. Cathleen has such striking eyes, and while hers are naturally brown I stretched reality a bit and made them a deep purplish blue to match the irises. And Amanda always has blushing rosy cheeks.
The concept was kinda corny, I know. But it looks pretty right? I'm happy with them. Hope you like them too :)

Babes of 3G

"Andy" (the Goonies)

8"X10"

acrylic on panel

"Janine" (Ghostbusters)

8"X10"

acrylic on panel

"Kate" (Gremlins)

8"X10"

acrylic on panel

This show definitely raised the bar on ASOP shows. I had no idea there were going to be as many participants as there are. Every one stepped it up and we will be reppin it hard out west. Especially Pete and Jude, you guys always impress every time.

Okay so no groundbreaking creativity points on these, I know. I'm really bummed mine are so straight up and boring compared to every one's. I wasn't sure I was participating and by the time I got around to these the deadline loomed ever closer and with three to do I had to do some thing I knew I could handle. So I decided to round out my portfolio with some females, some thing I needed. I also thought 3G = 3gals could work. I wish I could be at this opening.

Thanks to Joe as always for networking, and thanks to every one posting, commenting, and sharing ideas and work.

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Hihi

Well it's been a little since my last post on here.

Here is a fun idea a little while ago. I bought this two frame

thing and wanted to put two characters next to each other.

I also wanted to try out these stamps I got with the whole alphabet

pretty great alright. The quality isn't the best but its a picture so...

O well

Hope you like

TMNT just for fun

With this whole 80s craze I couldn't go without doing some Turtles. So just for fun here they are!
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Postcards!

Coming Soon...

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More Watchmen!

Hello Everyone! My name is Guayapizco. A big thank-you to my brother Chogrin for introducing me on the Abe lincoln show posts. As my first official post here I would like to share with you these three portraits I did for the Watchmen Philadelphia Cartoonist Society Show at the Imax theatre.

GP!

Plastic Club New Members Show

The Joker, Scarlett, The Misunderstanding, Heath Ledger.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the opening for the Plastic Club New Members Show!

247 S. Camac Street, Philadelphia
Opening Reception
Sunday, January 4th
2 - 5 PM
JAN. 4 - JAN. 24TH

After a lot of considering and reconsidering of which pieces to hang I went with four with the same saturation, same dark vs. light feeling....portraits and doppelgangers is the overall idea.

a good friend of mine put it best..."a sort of progression from darkest to lightest - or maybe the stages of recovery - wild rage, revenge/protection, sadness, normalcy"

Hope to see you there!