Mondo Greco
I was thinking of the ways I could eat breakfast, and also coming up with a posthumous to do list on OnMyList.com, when I was reminded of the ninja turtles using artist names. There was also a ninja turtle character that tried to capture the commercialized subculture of the Californian skateboarder, who was a mutated gecko.
My point is this: it kind of reminded me of El Greco (real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos, which is probably why they gave him a nickname), from the Late Renaissance. He was influenced by Raphael and Michelangelo (he claimed to be better than Michelangelo), but also of the Mannerists–enough that many people include him as a Mannerist. A lot of the technical characteristics of Mannerism is covered in his work, but he held enough of his own to stand out. What he strived for was an emotion driven ecstasy from the heavens.
He disliked walking in the sunlight, saying “the daylight blinds the light within.” This eerie inner light that shone from the canvases is what gave him his edge. Ties to the Ninja Turtles is what gave Mondo Gecko his.
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