After “Sir Thomas More” by Holbein the Younger Rodney Pike is a caricaturist who uses the uniquely 21st Century method of using digital manipulation to wildly distort actual photographs of his subjects. He’s quite good at it, and his online portfolios attest to that skill. Recently, the excellent design blog Abduzeedo shared a recent portfolio of Pike’s wherein he inserted the great British comic actor Rowan Atkinson, famed for his character Mr. Bean, into about a dozen historical portraits. It’s extremely well done, and the effect is very funny. In fact, seeing Atkinson’s face in all the different period costumes recalls his fantastic pre-Bean BBC program Black Adder. Keep an eye out for altered details, like the pair of lace panties in one of the Holbeins, and the teddy bear in the Bronzino. After “Meditation” by William Adolphe Bouguereau After “Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk” by Holbein the Younger After “Self Portrait” by Rembrandt van Rijn After “Mrs. Richard Yates” by Gilbert Stuart After “George Washington” by Gilbert Stuart After “An Old Man in a Military Costume” by Rembrandt van Rijn After “Irene” by William Adolphe Bouguereau ...
