Barcelona-based photographer/illustrator/mixed media artist David Gomez, whose work we spotted over at Pomocracy, certainly has a vision. Influenced by his shoe-designer father’s sketches and inspired by “indigenous tribes and mystical cultures,” he creates highly stylized portraits, turning his friends, family and cultural heroes into tacit members of his own, very colorful, tribe. In turns African-inspired, futuristic and baroque, the portraits are simply created but nonetheless satisfying. We’ve collected a few of his celebrity portraits here, so click through to see your cultural icons in a whole new light, and be sure to visit Gomez’s website, where you can view many more of his illustrated portraits and also check out his other projects.
Woody Allen
Michael Jackson
Devendra Banhart
Agyness Deyn
Amy Winehouse
Andy Warhol
Beck
Courtney Love
Erlend Oye
Karl Lagerfeld
Lykke Li
Bowie
Barack Obama
Marc Jacobs
Rei Kawakubo
Thom Yorke
Toro Y Moi
David Gomez himself