1. Mr. Buns under Trump’s mask makes strange logic!<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg)
Via alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGordon Ramsay takes away his mask to reveal Remi from Ratatouille hiding beneath, Mr. Burns hides behind Donald Trump’s covering, Rick and Morty expose they are actually Marty McFly and Doc Brown from the 1985 classic Back to the Future, Gollum is a deep cover Dobby, and Scooby-Doo is the dark secret of a timid Courage. The characters and personalities Solis pairs strangely make sense. The figures chosen are not by chance; you will note how similar some of them are because the artist questions whether anything in pop culture is entirely original.<\/p>\n
2. REMY, didn’t expect to see you here!<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n3. Baby Yoda is now a Furby!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlex Solis told about how this entire project started: \u201cEver wonder if the characters you see on TV, in movies and in comic books are hiding something behind their masks? That perhaps they\u2019re really someone \u2014 or something \u2014 else?”<\/p>\n
“When pop culture is such a huge part of our lives, we\u2019re bombarded with these characters everywhere we turn. Each time we see a new character in a movie, video game or commercial, we feel a sudden sense of deja vu. There\u2019s something about their goofy grin, that creepy laugh, or those boogly eyes that feels eerily familiar\u2026<\/p>\n
This got me thinking. Is anything we see ever 100% original? Or is everything we experience really just our minds piecing together past experiences to create something that feels unique and new?”<\/p>\n
4. Now that’s an accurate representation of Back to the future!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n5. Holy crap! That’s the reason why Deadpool always wore a mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Gordon Ramsay takes away his mask to reveal Remi from Ratatouille hiding beneath, Mr. Burns hides behind Donald Trump’s covering, Rick and Morty expose they are actually Marty McFly and Doc Brown from the 1985 classic Back to the Future, Gollum is a deep cover Dobby, and Scooby-Doo is the dark secret of a timid Courage. The characters and personalities Solis pairs strangely make sense. The figures chosen are not by chance; you will note how similar some of them are because the artist questions whether anything in pop culture is entirely original.<\/p>\n
2. REMY, didn’t expect to see you here!<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n3. Baby Yoda is now a Furby!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlex Solis told about how this entire project started: \u201cEver wonder if the characters you see on TV, in movies and in comic books are hiding something behind their masks? That perhaps they\u2019re really someone \u2014 or something \u2014 else?”<\/p>\n
“When pop culture is such a huge part of our lives, we\u2019re bombarded with these characters everywhere we turn. Each time we see a new character in a movie, video game or commercial, we feel a sudden sense of deja vu. There\u2019s something about their goofy grin, that creepy laugh, or those boogly eyes that feels eerily familiar\u2026<\/p>\n
This got me thinking. Is anything we see ever 100% original? Or is everything we experience really just our minds piecing together past experiences to create something that feels unique and new?”<\/p>\n
4. Now that’s an accurate representation of Back to the future!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n5. Holy crap! That’s the reason why Deadpool always wore a mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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3. Baby Yoda is now a Furby!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlex Solis told about how this entire project started: \u201cEver wonder if the characters you see on TV, in movies and in comic books are hiding something behind their masks? That perhaps they\u2019re really someone \u2014 or something \u2014 else?”<\/p>\n
“When pop culture is such a huge part of our lives, we\u2019re bombarded with these characters everywhere we turn. Each time we see a new character in a movie, video game or commercial, we feel a sudden sense of deja vu. There\u2019s something about their goofy grin, that creepy laugh, or those boogly eyes that feels eerily familiar\u2026<\/p>\n
This got me thinking. Is anything we see ever 100% original? Or is everything we experience really just our minds piecing together past experiences to create something that feels unique and new?”<\/p>\n
4. Now that’s an accurate representation of Back to the future!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n5. Holy crap! That’s the reason why Deadpool always wore a mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Alex Solis told about how this entire project started: \u201cEver wonder if the characters you see on TV, in movies and in comic books are hiding something behind their masks? That perhaps they\u2019re really someone \u2014 or something \u2014 else?”<\/p>\n
“When pop culture is such a huge part of our lives, we\u2019re bombarded with these characters everywhere we turn. Each time we see a new character in a movie, video game or commercial, we feel a sudden sense of deja vu. There\u2019s something about their goofy grin, that creepy laugh, or those boogly eyes that feels eerily familiar\u2026<\/p>\n
This got me thinking. Is anything we see ever 100% original? Or is everything we experience really just our minds piecing together past experiences to create something that feels unique and new?”<\/p>\n
4. Now that’s an accurate representation of Back to the future!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n5. Holy crap! That’s the reason why Deadpool always wore a mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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5. Holy crap! That’s the reason why Deadpool always wore a mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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“In Icons Unmasked, I\u2019m trying to bring a new sense of discovery to characters everyone has seen hundreds of times. I wanted to recreate the experience of what it might be like to see one iconic character from your childhood for the first time as an adult,\u201d Solis continued.<\/p>\n
6. The great eye, Eye Of Sauron! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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7. Krusty the clown and IT can be best buddies! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Solis began this series in 2015 with the idea of creating a handful of pictures but rapidly realized that it could continue on forever without end. Solis, who has created around 200 characters to date, led us through the steps of the creative process.<\/p>\n
“Having done so many now, I just wait for characters to cross my path, and lots of times I see the resemblance from other characters. It’s easier now for me to quickly come up with the mash-ups and concepts of the characters since I have this ongoing series and I keep the concept in mind. Coming up with the right unmasking takes a bit longer than executing the illustration, but mainly because it needs to make sense. Once I have two characters in mind, I do a bit of research of the debut of the characters, etc., and read up a bit on them. While doing this, sometimes the characters can change to a different character that fits best, so def a lot of pop culture research, but I truly enjoy learning and looking up the different characters that have such big impacts in our lives.”<\/p>\n
8. But\u2026 they look similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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9. Disney Hercules, behind Scars mask.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUpon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Upon asking Solis about the motivation behind this artwork, the artist stated: “Art has always been a part of my life. It’s almost addicting to be able to evoke a feeling with art, brighten and bring a smile to someone with art. I see myself doing art forever.”<\/p>\n
10. Tigger and Hobbes – a win-win combo!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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11. This illustration depicts the same personalities of explains Scooby doo and Cowdy the coward!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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12. Fred and Simpson together! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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13. Itchy and scratchy as Tom and Jerry! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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14. Is there any way to unsee this Shrek and his donkey?<\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccording to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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According to Solis, this artwork gets mixed reactions from the people. “Lots of different reactions depending on what the subject is focused on, there have been some political pieces that get people stirred up a bit, and some nostalgic pieces that tie in new generations. For me, this series is just a reflection of the culture that influences our daily lives and a way to have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
15. Didn’t see Bob’s Burger coming here! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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16. Black panther being an actual black panther.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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17. This illustration is enough to ruin the Frozen movie for the majority of peeps. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSoli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Soli’s best illustration so far:<\/p>\n
“My favorite one is Ronald unmasked as the Joker, and again because it’s not only showing the characters unmasked, but it also pushes a narrative and almost creates a new story for the characters. Just looking at it without having any context behind it, I feel like it opens up a way for the viewer to quickly create an alternate version of the characters and those nostalgic feelings you get from the characters you grew up with and know their story from start to finish.”<\/p>\n
18. Warner brothers Micky looks scarier here!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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19. Dobby, oh creepy Dobby!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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20. Wait\u2026it means Kraby Patties were not made by Spongebob at all?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSolis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n
24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n
27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\nVia alexmdc<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhich compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Solis is now transforming his artwork into physical things that people can purchase: “I get so so many requests for products with this series, and I do try to make some limited pieces with them, but with Parody products, I try to only focus on the fun aspect of those more, since the main goal is not to generate money with them, but here and there some very limited products might pop up and I do have a ton of original characters or products with my art as well on my online shop<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Solis shared some exciting plans in the making, so stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n “I’ve been working for a few years on a studio\/gallery that I’m hoping to open in the near future, to showcase life-sized designer figures, and hopefully have some of the more iconic pieces from this series debut there as well! Plus lots of other exciting projects in the works, I usually post first on my Instagram.”<\/p>\n In “Unpopular Culture,” he delves deeper behind the scenes of pop culture characters, giving them a disturbing twist; in “The Freshest Foods,” he explores a parallel universe where fruits and vegetables come to life; in “Famous Oldies,” he imagines well-known characters and superheroes aging like everyone else; and in “Baby Terrors,” he imagines horror characters like cute little babies. He has also experimented with sign language and created unsettling yet adorable paintings of “Predators vs. Prey.”<\/p>\n Which compiled artwork caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Famous Icons Revealed! Watching our favorite cartoon characters on television and then seeing them reimagined in new contexts makes us realize how fast we have all grown up. Have you ever considered that there could be someone else behind these well-known characters? Doesn’t it sound strange? But that is exactly what this incredible artist has […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":151605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,863,1587],"tags":[4334,57,2367,1118,4109,261,6613,64,7186,112,5780],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cartoon-characters-behind-masks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151497,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149495\/revisions\/151497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defused.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}21. Simpsons behind every evil act!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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22. That’s an adorable one so far! <\/span><\/h2>\n
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23. Mewtwo and Freiza look perfect together<\/span><\/h2>\n
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24. Oh, looks like Pooh is sick of his Piglet’s crap. <\/span><\/h2>\n
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25. Don’t they look like twins?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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26. So there was this Kidbuu behind Patrick’s innocent face.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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27. Magicarp and Blinky from the Simpsons!<\/span><\/h2>\n
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28. Caillou and Saitama resemble each other a lot.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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29. Grimace, is that you behind this mask? <\/span><\/h2>\n
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30. Finally, here’s legendary meme master Pepe.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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