{"id":3402,"date":"2023-05-18T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2025-06-01T22:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:27:37","slug":"kiko-byte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/kiko-byte","title":{"rendered":"Kiko (byte)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" id=\"herogallery\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3403\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01.png\" alt=\"Kiko 01\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3404\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02.png\" alt=\"Kiko 02\" class=\"wp-image-3404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3405\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03.png\" alt=\"Kiko 03\" class=\"wp-image-3405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3406\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04.png\" alt=\"Kiko 04\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 04<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3407\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05.png\" alt=\"Kiko 05\" class=\"wp-image-3407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3408\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06.png\" alt=\"Kiko 06\" class=\"wp-image-3408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3409\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07.png\" alt=\"Kiko 07\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3411\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko08.png\" alt=\"Kiko 08\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko08.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko08-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko08-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 08<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I scrolled by the Split portrait of Murakami on his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/takashipom\/\" target=\"_blank\">instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/696e210fccb19aa0788a727b1a62b175.jpg\" alt=\"Takashi Murakami 'Split' self portrait\" class=\"wp-image-3413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/696e210fccb19aa0788a727b1a62b175.jpg 640w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/696e210fccb19aa0788a727b1a62b175-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Takashi Murakami &#8216;Split&#8217; self portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I remember seeing a similar portrait of Kiko Mizuraha that he also made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have made a photoshop based portrait of <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/kiko\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2386\">Kiko<\/a>, early on in the <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/series\/m0dels\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1036\">m0dels<\/a> series, but not a computer generated (byte) series. I thought it would be fun to make my own version of that portrait using code. So I started thinking about how I could achieve a layered &#8216;onion&#8217; effect like that.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only after I coded several versions rendered 1000s of images and selected the final 8 for this series, I went looking for the original Murakami \/ Kiko inspiration as I had it in my memory. And could not find it. Murakami never made a portrait of Kiko, but of Billie Eilish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/87a5778737a51fe55b0382fb213c74cc.jpg\" alt=\"Billie Eilish 'Garage' cover by Akashi Murakami\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/87a5778737a51fe55b0382fb213c74cc.jpg 600w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/87a5778737a51fe55b0382fb213c74cc-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billie Eilish &#8216;Garage&#8217; cover by Akashi Murakami<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I vividly remember how the sculpture of Kiko looked, with multiple layers, with distinct faces revealed in each layer. So totally not like Billy Eilish or his self portrait, but more like the ones below, but in my memory it was 3D, a sculpture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I now think I must have dreamt it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The masking technique I first used on the <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/birgit-byte\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3022\">Birgit (byte)<\/a> portraits, where I used one bit masks to create the portraits. For this series of Kiko I wanted to use anti-aliasing. And I wanted to make high res photos to reflect the high realistic rendering of the Murakami sculpture. So I developed a way to use grayscale masks. And I used AI enlargement (in Photoshop, I did not find <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bigjpg.com\" target=\"_blank\">bigjpg<\/a> to be much better, and Photoshop more convenient to just batch process all images) to prepare all the face-crops that I collected in a high resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote a program where I could experiment with the number of &#8216;layers&#8217; and length and depth of shadows. I also shifted the photos in the outer layers away from the middle to make the 3D effect more convincing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all I did a lot more image manipulation than I ever have in these collage portraits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" id=\"herogallery\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3415\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/layers.png\" alt=\"Onion test\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/layers.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/layers-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/layers-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Onion test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3416\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0004.png\" alt=\"layer test\" class=\"wp-image-3416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0004.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0004-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0004-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">layer test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3417\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0010.png\" alt=\"Layer test\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0010.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0010-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko0010-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"3419\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/1kiko0054.png\" alt=\"Kiko test\" class=\"wp-image-3419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/1kiko0054.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/1kiko0054-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/1kiko0054-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original portraits of <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/kylie\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2225\">Kylie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/fei-fei-byte\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2315\">Fei Fei<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/lara-byte\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2311\">Lara<\/a>, were all about using existing as-is images and pixels without any alteration, just placing them against each other, not altering. My original <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/kiko\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2386\">Kiko<\/a> portrait, made in photoshop, was also like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this series of Kiko I was going after a very specific end result and effect, and am still pleasantly surprised at the diverse results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final selection of 8 images I focused on different ways the layering suggested different meanings and on different aspects, sometimes formal sometimes representational sometimes psychological. In some there is a gradation of joy from outside to inside. Some have a nice gradient of colors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01.png\" alt=\"Kiko 01\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko01-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02.png\" alt=\"Kiko 02\" class=\"wp-image-3404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko02-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 02<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03.png\" alt=\"Kiko 03\" class=\"wp-image-3405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko03-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04.png\" alt=\"Kiko 04\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko04-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 04<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05.png\" alt=\"Kiko 05\" class=\"wp-image-3407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko05-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06.png\" alt=\"Kiko 06\" class=\"wp-image-3408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko06-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07.png\" alt=\"Kiko 07\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko07-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kiko 07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/kiko08.png\" alt=\"Kiko 08\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" 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