Celebrities in a couple of lines
These amazing pictures were made by Pablo Lobato – the famous Argentinian artist. He sees celebrities in a special way, being able to pass resemblance in caricatures by drawing just a few lines – see for yourself:
^ Jack Nicholson
^ Beatles
^ Bjork
^ Elton John
^ Madonna
^ Brad Pitt
^ Julia Roberts
^ Red Hot Chili Peppers
^ Paris Hilton, Snoop Dog, Paul McCartney
Other pictures by Lobato (totally worth checking!)
Illustrator Noma Bar is very much like Lobato, only Noma Bar uses even less lines for his drawings, and still the nature of the subject is perfectly caught.
^ Putin
^ Tony Soprano
^ Margaret Thatcher
^ Bob Dylan and Kim Jong-il
All of these pictures have in the book “Guess Who? The Faces of Noma Bar” which was due in November. The book will appeal to graphic designers and pop-culture fans alike.
More on the book and on the author himself here.
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Jan 5th 2008
Why post the names before the picture? That completely ruins everything.
Jan 6th 2008
double the fun on this site and leave the names above the pictures…
Jan 6th 2008
Excellent! There’s a UK artist called Gary Smith (he signs “Gary”) who takes a similar approach to caricature. Getting an instantly recognisable likeness without even drawing the features is an enviable talent. The only ones I didn’t recognise immediately were the ones I didn’t know anyway.
Jan 8th 2008
These are really, really good. I wish I didn’t see the names before the pictures though!
Jan 10th 2008
Amazing work! I acgree w/Richard though – put the name AFTER the picture. I had to try hard to not see the name and guess who it was depicted (and I got them all right!) but for the sake of suspense, put it after the image! Your artwork deserves it. Keep up the great work.
Jan 13th 2008
awesome!!
Jan 14th 2008
..now I a bit further close to cubism.
Jan 15th 2008
These are awesome…thanks for sharing.
Jan 22nd 2008
I cant believe how good this is!
Although being incredibly abstact, the name of the person depicted immedialtely pops to your mind. I think the the artist is tapping some of the very mechanisms how the brain recognizes faces. Maybe he is not even aware of this, but either way he’s a genius.
Feb 7th 2008
Excellent depictions! Thanks for sharing these.
Feb 14th 2008
yeah, these were cool…about 80 years ago when another Pablo was doing them in Spain. come on.
Feb 15th 2008
Wow!!
Feb 18th 2008
stuning
Feb 24th 2008
Very good artistry! As the subjects are very familiar with us all, we may declare that this pablo is BETTER than the other. But we didn’t see the “model” or have a title that explained who or perhaps what we were looking at. This fellow MUST be enormously RICH as his talent is ENORMOUS! I didn’t “get” the McCartney but Pablo HITS a lot more than he “misses”…if he did, in fact, “miss”. Art really is in the eye of the beholder even though everything I’ve see is very GOOD! Whatever was Rembrant trying to say with “Nightwatch” except we may wonder HOW the group could “nightwatch” the border, the palace or whatever..while seated around a table!
Feb 26th 2008
Very artistic! Very nice!
Feb 29th 2008
To Ernesto, you know, i actually don’t think Pablo is rich at all, artists in Argentina don’t get well paid for their work (few exceptions). If he lives somewhere else, there is a slight posibility that he can make a living out of his art. I really hope he does, because i love his paintings.
Thanks for sharing this great guy!
Mar 3rd 2008
uhh the names are AFTER the picture…
Mar 5th 2008
great job, very artistic, I like it very much
Mar 23rd 2008
just special,most were easy,the rest I did not no anyway.
Apr 9th 2008
Really they are “cut color portraits” !!!!!!!!!! simply superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd 2008
I tend to be rather an art snob as far as graphics are concerned. I gotta tell ya, I ate my hat. This is great stuff!
May 4th 2008
Very colorful artwork! I like this illustration style.
May 4th 2008
Simply amazing! Fantastic works!
Jun 6th 2008
Awesome!) But in my opinion, Putin looks slightly different.
Jul 15th 2008
I like these. its weird, i could guess most of them…good job, man.
Jan 25th 2009
great!!! i’ve seen like this before but these… much better!
Feb 19th 2009
wow!! a very nice !!!
Nov 17th 2010
I’m confused, the first group of pictures are more than just a few lines.