Bouguereau's & Raphael's Felicia Day Spoofed

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 masterpieces 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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New Linkedin Group and the Google+ Project

Tonight I'm posting something a little different which I think many of you will find interesting. Just about everyone who knows me, knows that I'm a networker. I'm a member of Linkedin and have approximately 2,400 business connections there. Among many others, I am also a member of The Google+ Project and have been added to approximately 10,000 circles after only one month there. I'm really enjoying it and I think it's going to be a big hit as well as a great tool for people out there like me who are trying to build a business.

Shortly after joining Google+, I met a man who has become a good friend and trusted business acquaintance as well as an advisor on some aspects of Social Networking and business in general. His name is Mike Croston aka C. Michael Croston. Mike and I have teamed up and formed a new group within Linkedin for business minded Social Networkers in association with Google+. The new group is called Google+ Pre-Business Platform Network. 

The Google+ Pre-Business Platform Network is an open LinkedIn group designed to provide practical information about the new social network and news of the intentions to give exposure and identification to it's business community. Our purpose is to be an off-site interaction community. As information becomes available we will distribute the most up-to date posts, answer generic questions, and emphasize the sharing of personal experiences of members as they join and become acclimated to the Google+ Project in relation to their business interests.

Come join us today and grow your network and business!

Contact Info:

Group: Google+ Pre-Business Platform Network

Linkedin: C. Michael Croston

Google+: +C. Michael Croston

Linkedin: Rodney Pike

Google+: +Rodney Pike

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Jerry Seinfeld ~ Onstge

Tonight I'm posting the finished manipulated caricature of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Nothing fancy here, I was just going for a more natural look so it's a fairly mild caricature. I didn't get that crisp sharp detail that I normally shoot for each time because in the source image, his head isn't very large. I would like to do another one of him with one of his crazy expressions. I'll be working on a Google+ portrait for the next day or two. Below I have posted the source image as well as a little something to entertain you.

A little Seinfeld humor

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Jerry Seinfeld ~ WIP and My Newest Feature

Tonight I'm posting a rough work in progress manipulated caricature of Jerry Seinfeld. Not sure why but I never did him and he seemed like a good subject. This is just a rough idea of what I'm going to do with this manipulation. The WIP is a cheesy 3D action I downloaded to see what it would do. Just playing around but I don't think this will be part of my actions library and please don't judge me by that or the slapped together image above. Speaking of which, I am recording some new actions with techniques I've been working on and experimenting with. At some point I will share these actions online.

I'm sure many of you have noticed the lack of posts recently. I've been really busy with several projects. One is my Google+ account. Google+ is growing at an astounding rate or at least it appears that way from my point of view. I gained approximately 2,000 circles in the past 24 hours bringing my circle count to 8,300+ to date. I've only been there about a month so it has been well worth my time. Not only have I gained over 8,000 new friends there, but I have picked up several jobs and made some incredible business deals. Do't worry, I'm not abandoning my facebook friends. Between my two pages, I have 4,500+ friends there and every one of them is important to me. I promise you in the near future you're going to see some wild new stuff. I picked up a couple of magazine covers there, a few commissions as well as more features both web and print, so there are lots of things happening. Stop by my Google+ page and put me in a circle. 

I am also working on some magazine commissions as well as a load of interviews with various sites and publications; very time consuming but it's part of what I've gotten myself into I guess. I'm working on a couple of deals right now with a publishing company and an imaging company about possibly getting into offering some affordable prints, maybe even posters. I was also contacted this week by the Brazilian Metal band Almah who want me to do a bunch of promotional material for their upcoming orchestrated tour. We've been in contact over this for about 6 months but they are ready now to proceed so that's another really cool project coming up. On top of all of that, I was contacted a couple of days ago by a certain entertainer who wants me to do a load of work for him. This one is top secret so I can't say who right now but he's big and the project is going to be super cool.

Well, I've been feeling guilty about not getting posts up recently and I wanted to get something up for you tonight so this was a quick one. Oh, I totally forgot, I wanted to mention my latest interviewed feature which came out today on Desigg.com. There was a bit of a language barrier with this interview but I think you'll get the idea if you read it. I'm very frank and matter of fact in this interview so you may find it interesting. Check out the text link below:

Desigg.com Interviewed Feature

Jerry Seinfeld source image below:

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Chris Pirillo ~ Google+ Heavy Hitter, YouTube Powerhouse, Technology Strategist and more

Tonight I'm posting a very subtle manipulated caricature of Chris Pirillo, as he is already a walking caricature. Chris is a fellow Google+'er, a multi-talented Technology guru, a YouTube giant, very prominent social networker, Technology Strategist and many other things as well as really nice guy. Most Google+ enthusiasts will recognize him right away, but for those of you who don't know him, he is a very well circled Google+'er with 53,000+ circles, probably a lot more by now with Google+ finally going public. Be sure and look for +Chris Pirillo and circle him. You'll also want to subscribe to his entertaining and informative YouTube channel with 7 million+ channel views...wow! where he discusses Technology and explains things in such a way that even I can understand, beside he's funny as he!!. It's great stuff. I watch it every day, several times a day. He stays quite busy on YouTube. You can also find Chris's Facebook Fan Page, Blog and you can tweet him @ChrisPirillo if you'd like. He's all over, you can't miss him. I'm also posting a short video from his massive YouTube archive. Go check him out! Circle, follow, like, favorite, tweet, and anything else I forgot to mention. Below are the source images I used for this project. Goodnight! Oh, don't forget to circle me at +Rodney Pike and help me grow my 6,000+ circles.

Chris at work....sort of.

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Kristian Winnem ~ Google+ Commission

Tonight I'm posting a commission that was just completed and delivered yesterday. The caricature is of Kristian Winnem who is in one of my circles on Google+. Kristian is originally from Sweden and can be found on Google+ by his handle +Kristian Winnem. Kristian is a cycling enthusiast and most importantly a gamer. His games of choice are war games like Black Ops and Battlefield on XBOX 360. I decided to go with Call of Duty - Black Ops for the theme and other than that Kristian gave me free reins to do pretty much what I wanted and of course he asked for a full out situational manipulation. He was quite happy with the outcome. The images posted below are the ones Kristian provided for my source material. I am accepting these personal commissions on a limited basis but if price is an issue, maybe it's not for you. Just ask Kristian.

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The Browser Magazine ~ October Issue Cover

This is a mockup of my next magazine cover commission for The Browser Magazine's October issue featuring Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear TV show in the UK. Check out their new fan page and support them with a like. Keep a watch on this company and bookmark the site as I have a surprise inside the October 1st issue, and I will be a permanent fixture in this magazine offering my services. It's a great magazine, check out their site by clicking the above image or the links provided. That's "The Browser Magazine"  LIKE LIKE LIKE  &  SHARE SHARE SHARE!

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