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Con Chrisoulis' Illustrations

  • This is Apollo Creed. Childish Gambino 'This is America'-inspired piece featuring Donald Glover as the blaxploitation character Apollo Creed, from the Rocky film franchise.

  • This is Third Earth. Childish Gambino 'This is America'-inspired tribute featuring Donald Glover as the Thundercats' Panthro — the cartoon's token black character.

  • #ThisisAmerica. My final piece (?) from my 'This is America'-inspired tributes — featuring Donald Glover as Childish Gambino.

  • This is Wakanda. Childish Gambino 'This is America'-inspired tribute featuring Donald Glover as Jack Kirby's Black Panther. *Yes, he wore a cape and his mouth was visible when he first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (1966)

  • This is Bishop. Childish Gambino's 'This is America'-inspired piece, feat. Donald Glover as '90s X-Men comics character, Bishop. #ChildishGambino #DonaldGlover #ThisIsAmerica

  • This is Mr. T Childish Gambino 'This is America'-inspired piece featuring Donald Glover as the A-Team's blaxploitation character, Mr. T

  • This is Luke Cage. #ChildishGambino #ThisIsAmerica-inspired piece featuring #DonaldGlover as the '70s Marvel blaxploitation character, Luke Cage.

  • This is Lando. Childish Gambino 'This is America'-inspired piece featuring Donald Glover as the Star Wars blaxploitation character, Lando Calrissian.

  • instagram.com/p/BZ8WMDYHl-Z #Inktober is just another month of my life.

  • instagram.com/p/BWpFB22lMzV RIP GeorgeRomero. In 2008 I took part in the Night of the Living Dead Reanimated project, which was a remake of the Romero classic and one of the first crowdfunded projects that utilized hundreds of illustrators to recreate a movie. I did four sequences. It's the only imdb credit that I have.

  • instagram.com/p/BThQWNnFXCJ Old illustration c. 2012 of Iron Maiden's original vocalist Paul DiAnno

  • instagram.com/p/BTtC36xFjOs Old illustration c. 2011 of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series, drawn immediately after seeing the last film ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BTqUpKTFZov Old illustration c. 2011 of Voldemort from the Harry Potter series, drawn immediately after seeing the last film ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BTnxWVHFmwC Old illustration c. 2012 of Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter series ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BTlxcSClIxR Old illustration c. 2012 of Harry Potter ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BTYY92Al5C2 Forager the Bug. Obsessed about Jack Kirby's Fourth World comics, I illustrated this pinup about 12 years ago. Btw, there's a new series out feat. art by Michael Allred/Madman/Michael Vs Laura Allred

  • instagram.com/p/BTvddYUlBQU My brother's meeting the legendary original drummer of KISS, Peter Criss, today at a KISS con meet n' greet in Melbourne! Wish I was there! 😲 Here's a 15-year old illustration of the Catman that I made back when ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BVKkJniljxx #RIPAdamWest *Doodle I made back in 2004. It's hard to comprehend these days that (pre-Tim Burton's 1989 Batman) the '66 series (watched religiously on endless afterschool reruns in '80s Melbourne) was deemed proper superhero live-action and not the camp laughathon that it's considered today. What memories! 🦇 #batman #adamwest #burtward #holypopcorn #dothebatusi

  • instagram.com/p/BTOOu_PFr7r Some more playing cards that I designed in 2011 for a University of Brighton graphic design project

  • instagram.com/p/BTMUWFpF1oc Some playing cards I designed for the Queen's jubilee for a 2011 graphic design Uni project

  • instagram.com/p/BTLad1eFBJ8 Happy birthday, Queenie! Just some stickers I made for her jubilee for a Uni project back in 2011... 👑 #queenelizabethii #commonwealth #republic #saxcoburggotha #thequeenisdead

  • instagram.com/p/BQyFBOflrK2 Quick illustration of Mer-man of Masters of The Universe - a freaky toy I played with back in the '80s. ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️

  • instagram.com/p/BK2suhTjvWy Poster I designed for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent which advises refugees in Greece on how to relieve their stress. The illustrations were based on a previous Red Cross template, so I had to alter my 'style' to accommodate. I made eight variants in different languages (Arabic, Kurmanji, Sorani etc). This one is in Arabic.

  • Just illustrated this socomic cover; it's a tribute based on the tv series STRANGER THINGS and the classic E.T. movie poster. You can order a LIMITED PRINT of the poster from my online store: www.conchrisoulis.com/store

  • Just drew a wavy tat design for Kobe. instagram.com/p/BA4hwJ1nQC1

  • instagram.com/p/BH9TV1bDh3 Poster I designed for the International Federation of Red Cross to advise young refugees in Greece to avoid the summer heatwave. The illustrations had to be as simple as possible, so I had to alter my 'style' to communicate quickly and effectively. I made eight variants in different languages (Arabic, Kurmanji, Sorani etc). This one is in Farsi. Feels good to help the refugee crisis in some kind of practical way through my art.

  • instagram.com/p/BJDz1kJDHGk RIP R2D2 Old Illustration of mine of Kenny Baker's droid alter ego. #RIPR2D2 #RIPKennyBaker #R2D2 #KennyBaker #starwars #maytheforcebewithyou

  • Grimes Cover I just made for the SoComic webcomics site. Check it here: socomic.gr/socomic-cover-grimes

  • instagram.com/p/BHsB4unD6Cq Grimes. Work in progress. Grimes #electro #electropop #music #vogue #jwanderson #marcjacobs #fashion #illustration #drawing

  • David Bowie tribute cover I just illustrated for the website SoComic.gr You can view it here: www.socomic.gr/socomic-gr-david-bowie #davidbowie #rip #RIPDavidBowie #ConChrisoulis #illustration #tribute

  • #RIPLemmy Sheesh. Can one of you social media daily weepers please name another #Motorhead tune beyond '#AceofSpades'? I remember drawing this sketch of Lemmy quite hastily roughly ten years ago, when people kept cheering him on for drinking his talent to death. You can stop cheering now; you made it. #Lemmy #LemmyKilmister #Hawkwind #EatTheRich

  • A tribute to Guido Crepax's Valentina that I illustrated for an upcoming exhibition in València in December 2015 which will celebrate the publication of his complete works by Fantagraphics Books Inc.. - -

  • Click here to see full image: socomic.gr/bad-by-michael-jackson Commission that I created in Jan 2015 for ION Sokofreta in which I was asked to illustrate Michael Jackson's song, 'Bad'; apparently, Whacko Jacko died 6 years ago. Shamone! RIP. /// /// #6YearsWithoutMichaelJackson

  • The Good Times live @ Floral poster (Saturday 16 April 2011). This poster was done for the greatest Rock n Roll covers band in Athens, The Good Times! Don't miss their gig, believe me they are great (PLUS its FREE-- what else do you need!?)

  • 2014 Dec. A project I'm working on right now regarding common themes in folk tales.

  • Enlarged details from 4 illustrations that I just completed (June 2013) for Professor Marie-Bénédicte Dembour's lecture series on the four Schools of Human Rights, which she made at Amnesty International. These are actually accompanying pieces for the original four that I was commissioned to make in 2011 and they complete the picture (you can also view the original four in my gallery). More on the original four pieces here: http://brightonoff.tumblr.com/post/21321910963/human-rights-illustration-series-one-of-four-natural

  • Paul Di’Anno (Really) fast sketch I did of Paul while listening to the Irons in their prime this morning… Detailed image: http://brightonoff.tumblr.com/post/24741054009/paul-dianno-really-fast-sketch-i-did-of-paul — with Paul Di'Anno.

  • Enlarged details from 4 illustrations that I made for Professor Marie-Bénédicte Dembour's lecture series on the four Schools of Human Rights, which she made in Dec 2011 at Amnesty International. These are zoomed-in details of the original four that I made for her 2011 lecture and in June 2013 I was commissioned to make another four to complete the picture (I have uploaded a similar sneakpeak image in my gallery). More on the original four pieces here: http://brightonoff.tumblr.com/post/21321910963/human-rights-illustration-series-one-of-four-natural

  • instagram.com/p/BDOpAWrHQJy Much respect to Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las for prohibiting Donald Trump from using the '60s girl band's song 'Leader of the Pack' at his hate-speech rallies. A sketch I made of Mary back in 2011.

  • Old Skull>> to see the full animated GIF, and info on this weird piece, go here: http://tumblr.com/ZdRbdwDCiz8n

  • Human Rights Illustration series (One of Four) Natural School More info at my blog: http://brightonoff.tumblr.com/post/21321910963/human-rights-illustration-series-one-of-four-natural

  • Konstantinos Vita (K.BHTA) of seminal Greek electronic/trip-hop band, Stereo Nova (1992-1997).

  • Severus Snape illustration I did after watching the last Harry Potter film this summer... (I did this piece on the same day I did the Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Lord Voldemort pieces that are in my gallery, so check those out too!) *You can see a better resolution version of this piece@ http://mataiodoxia.deviantart.com/art/Severus-Snape-269391756

  • Lord Voldemort illustration I did right after watching the last Harry Potter film this summer... (I did this piece on the same day I did the Harry Potter piece in my gallery, so check that out too!) *You can see a better resolution version of this piece@ http://mataiodoxia.deviantart.com/#/d4fyqve

  • Ron Weasley illustration I did after watching the last Harry Potter film this summer... (I did this piece on the same day I did the Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort pieces that are in my gallery, so check those out too!) ...now, why has he got all those speed lines all around him when he's the slowest of the bunch?? ...beats me! I was probably thinking: action, Ron, aaaaaaction! *You can see a better resolution version of this piece@ http://mataiodoxia.deviantart.com/#/d4g0x0h 🙂 🙂 *:-D

  • Harry Potter illustration I did right after watching the last film this summer... Strangely enough, even though I saw all the films right when they were released, I never felt the need to draw any of the characters... But then the "Deathly Hallows Part 2" was released and I suppose I dug the saga's conclusion and kinda thought that I'd never feel motivated enough to draw any of the characters in the future (so I sat my ass down for a day during an Athenian heatwave this summer and drew a whole bunch of them--- which I might upload at some point)! *You can see a better resolution version of this piece@ http://mataiodoxia.deviantart.com/#/d4fnwwq

  • Flyer / Poster made for a friend, Tassos Stamou, who coordinated a workshop that encouraged children to imporvise musically using all sorts of instruments, from toy instruments to pro instruments to weird, cool sounding, objects! The workshops took place at S.I.X. dogs in Athens, Greece, throughout 2009. Hand drawn using Micron pigment and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Big Fish. Illustrated guide on how to make DIY products/gifts for Christmas holidays. In this tutorial the task was to show how to make a photo album on your own! Hand drawn and lettered using a Stabilo 88 marker and coloured with Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • May the fourth be with you///part1 Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter illustration circa 2009. Today I'm gonna act less annoyed with the Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Corp and celebrate the original saga with the rest of the world, as it did blow my childhood imagination away a long time ago, on a continent far, far away. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

  • Big Fish illustration. Article topic: "Editors' Summer Fantasies". I was sent ten different Summer fantasies from ten editors that work for "Big Fish" magazine in Athens. They all described some really weird fantasies that they had in the summer of 2009. This particular one involved the editor, Michael Jackson's spirit and Brandon Flowers (of the band Killers) (!?) Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers, Pentel Brush and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • May the fourth be with you///part3 Chewbacca and Han Solo illustration circa 2009. Today I'm gonna act less annoyed with the Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Corp and celebrate the original saga with the rest of the world, as it did blow my childhood imagination away a long time ago, on a continent far, far away. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

  • May the fourth be with you///part2 Star Wars characters from the original saga. Illustrations circa 2009. Today I'm gonna act less annoyed with the Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Corp and celebrate the original saga with the rest of the world, as it did blow my childhood imagination away a long time ago, on a continent far, far away. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

  • Preliminary sketches of interiors/exteriors of a Greek countryside house circa 1930s for an upcoming personal comicbook. Hand drawn using a Micron pigment 0.1 marker.

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Big Fish illustration. Article topic: "Women taking over Greek soccer teams". This particular illustration depicts a Nana Moushouri-type taking over Panathinaikos FC. Hand drawn using a Pentel Brush and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Hand drawn character illustration made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240). The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Hand drawn character illustrations made for a pisstaking article on Greek Tourism for the 27Jun2010 issue of BIG FISH magazine (issue 240), edited by Nikos Fotakis and Thodoris Triantafillou. The characters were placed on an illustrated map for the article and throughout the article's pages. This was the last issue we collaborated on. ©Con Chrisoulis

  • Big Fish illustration. Article topic: "Creating a rock band". This particular illustration depicts the part where members of a rock band have to spend every single dime they own on promotion, photo sessions and so on. Hand drawn using a Pentel Brush and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Big Fish illustration. Article topic: "Creating a rock band". This particular illustration warns against signing early on any long-term contracts with crackpot manager types. Hand drawn using a Pentel Brush and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Big Fish illustration. Article topic: "Creating a rock band". This particular illustration depicts the part where the band has to create and manage a MySpace-type webpage in order to promote their music. Hand drawn using a Pentel Brush and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Big Fish illustration. I was told to illustrate an article that described the various types that attend festivals and galleries these days in Athens. The editor required that I use photos of "real" material as their clothes, so I scanned or fetched over the internet clothing that were incorporated in my characters' sketches. Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers and "coloured" using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Big Fish illustration. This was quite possibly the best assignment that I had for the magazine. I was sent with a reporter of the magazine to a huge electronics store in a mall and I had to take photos and notes on a Guitar Hero videogame contest that was being held! The result was funny, 'cause all the participants were equally hilarious! Hand drawn using a Stabilo 88 marker and a Pentel Brush and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • Morrissey illustration. Hand drawn using Stabilo 88 markers. Coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Double-page spread that was printed in the graphic novel "The battle of Thermopylae" that was fully illustrated by me in 2003 (Evandros Press). Hand drawn using a Rotring Rapidograph 0.1 and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • An illustration of Eric Powell's comic book character, "The Goon". Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers, Pentel Brush and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured and manipulated using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Big Fish illustration (Social Party Advertising). An illustration I made for "Big Fish" magazine, that is included for free in the best selling Greek newspaper "To Proto Thema". Here I illustrated an article which mentioned the weird procedure that the greek governing social party went through in order to cast some extras for their latest campaign, so they can showcase a "new" face. Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers, Pentel Brush and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/Big_Fish.html

  • You wanted the Best, You've got the Best! The Hottest Band in the World, KISS ! Throughout whatever phase I might have gone through, KISS have strangely enough been the sole standard band that I have worshipped for years on end. To the eyes of the wide public, their antics seem to overpower their music, but I was first and foremost a fan of their early 70s records and have always tried to downplay their alteregos and merchandising. Having said that, I have to also admit that ironically I consider them the most iconic band ever. They took the piss poor quality of Alice Cooper's stage show, the New York Dolls bi-something antics (and music) and pissed all over David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era.. ..and the music.. oh man, what can you say about the music.. the first six records are just gems.. plus, they were possibly one of a handful of groups(including The Beatles and The Band) in which all members wrote music and also sang their own tunes. For my own band, autodivine www.myspace.com/autodivine I've created a concept album which visually touches upon KISS more than what is considered the most obvious influence, Bowie. Having said all the above, I'll now get to the point of this deviation. I've decided to do portraits of all the KISS members in (what I consider) their best outfits. This one depicts Peter Criss, KISS' original drummer, in his Dynasty era costume (1978-9), whose alterego was The Catman. Criss had a street gang, 50s and 60s Brooklyn real violent type of backround (that's why he chose the cat persona-- nine lives ! ) , but strangely enough he loved big band music and old time swing. While in KISS (from 1973-1980) he got involved heavily with drugs and alcohol and eventually quit the band in their heyday to live with his family (although it is said that he essentially got fired). He was replaced by Eric Carr. Peter Criss rejoined KISS in 1997 for their reunion tour (where they reused their makeup and antics for the first time since 1982) and, together with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley, toured the whole world for three years. I actually got to see the original line up perform live in makeup et al in Melbourne, Australia in February 1997.. and, well, I basically bowed before them for 2 hours-- me and the other 35.000 fans that attended every night (they played three sold out nights in a row)... He eventually quit the band again after percentage disagreements and his makeup these days is (disgracefully and for merchandising reasons) worn by Eric Singer (KISS' early 90s drummer). Recommended tracks from the KISSography in which Peter Criss sings: "Beth" from their 1975 album 'Destroyer' "Black Diamond" from their 1973 debut album "KISS" This piece was done withan Edding 2.0 marker and a Pentel cartridge brush. The zip-a-tones, scanned from my own collection, were appled via Photoshop 7.0

  • AUTODIVINE. The fourth page from the song "Birth (& the Teenage Years)" featuring the illustrated lyrics from my former band's debut EP, AUTODIVINE (Jemma Press, 2009). Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers and Stabilo 88 markers. Scanned zipatones applied via Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/autodivine.html

  • Unpublished splash page from a 7-page autobiographical comic that I illustrated in regards to my then-recent trip to Berlin. Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers, Pentel Brush and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/autobio_comics.html

  • AUTODIVINE. The second page from the song "Birth (& the Teenage Years)" featuring the illustrated lyrics from my former band's debut EP, AUTODIVINE (Jemma Press, 2009). Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers and Stabilo 88 markers. Scanned zipatones applied via Adobe Photoshop. More info: www.conchrisoulis.com/Comics/2006-2010_Post-Greek_Indie_Scene/autodivine.html

  • The Invisible Ink. Splash page from a four-page story that I illustrated for the "Babel International Comics Expo" in Athens. Hand drawn using Micron pigment 0.1 markers and Stabilo 88 markers and coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Front cover from the 7th issue of my personal anthology "Tales of Unsurpassed Vanity" (self-published). Hand drawn using a Rotring Rapidograph 0.1 and coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Front cover, inspired by Alfons Mucha's innovative Art Nouveau work, for "Subart", a comicbook anthology I was involved in years ago. Hand drawn (including the logo) using a Rotring Rapidograph 0.1 and coloured using Adobe Photoshop.

  • Horses. Watercolour on paper.