John Patsakios

Freelance Illustrator/Visual Artist All of the artwork uploaded to this blog was created by me, unless stated otherwise. Feel free to share it online, but please do not use, edit, or sell any of it without permission, or claim as your own. Thank you!

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Jiren

Jiren and the Pride Troopers from Dragon Ball Super. I like how Jiren is essentially a buff badass Alien Gray Superman. I've always been fascinated by aliens so the design (albeit very simplistic) took my interest! Please don't use this without my permission etc. Dragon Ball (c) the people that own it - I am not one of them!! This is just fan art. Thanks

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Love your critters, sad to see that you don't have very many likes. :( I, for one, am excited to see future designs from you. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much! I really appreciate the kind words. I hope you like my future works!

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The doors to Utopia can only be reached by a select few, as the information of its whereabouts is kept secret amongst the great hierarchy. Those who may accidentally stumble upon the narrow canyons that divide the world from the sacred land of tranquility must deal with the sole Guardian, whose legendary skills in battle have bestowed upon him the gift of immortality by the Lords he has now sworn to protect.

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Another one of my conceptual illustrations, this time featuring my favourite animal, the Elephant, in a not-so-beautiful setting.

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"Marowak is the evolved form of a Cubone that has overcome its sadness at the loss of its mother and grown tough. This Pokémon's tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken" - Pokedex.

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I decided to colour it in the end. You can find the earlier black and white version in this very blog.

The Illuminalien is a dastardly little creature that likes to seed conspiracies with his blinding beams of persuasion.

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The slender sea queens of the deep abyss; it is said that the decline of the intelligent sacred species has endowed upon those remaining an overwhelming feeling of loneliness, hopelessly subdued through their attempted communication with those who cannot even speak.

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A lone Merman, dauntlessly wielding a weapon forged by the remains of some of the most dangerous creatures of the deep, finds himself ambushed after inadvertently intruding upon the courting ritual of a mating pair of mysterious deep sea Serpents. With his spear-like tool clasped firmly in hands, the merman exudes eery confidence and an intimidating disposition reinforced by the successes that his battle-filled life has brought him in the past... Similarly unfazed, the encircling serpents disperse chunks of semi-digested meat from their last victim as a warning gesture to the seemingly stubborn intruder to leave, or meet a grim fate.

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A design I did for a demon creature (I default to calling my creatures demons for lack of better words), working from a sketch in my sketchbook. Hope you like it!

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The Skull Crusher, who crushes skulls!

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"Mothman is a legendary creature first reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register dated 16 November 1966, titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something."” Hope you like it :) Still more Cryptid works to come!

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One my my earlier pieces- hope you like it!

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Boba Fett dragging in his latest bounty. I love the characters and lore of Star Wars, and Boba is definitely one of the most badass fictional characters of all time.

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Mortal Kombat is one of my favorite fighting games (well, games for that matter). I’m really stoked about Goro and the newcomers to Mortal Kombat X, but the recent announcement of Tremor as a DLC fighter alongside Predator and Jason has me all giddy. He looks great and appears to be exactly the type of character I’ve always wanted in an MK game. I remember playing the Special Forces game when I was younger and always wondered why they didn’t do more with Tremor! Glad to see he’s finally made a comeback.

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Another concept sketch that I did in my spare time; it’s a portrait of a giant of some kind. :)

*Edited 27/03/2015*

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Another Cyrptid piece; this time we have the infamous Werewolf! The image of the werewolf evokes raw strength and unprecedented freedom, which I tried to emphasize with the torn straitjacket (which also serves to infer some kind of backstory... hmm!)

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Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z, which I loved to watch growing up. I’ll probably do some more DBZ art in the future, at least of some of my other favorites. I like how people re-imagine cartoon/anime characters in their own art styles, and I’ve tried to do the same here (while trying to keep the essence of Piccolo in tact). Hope you like it!