These super colorful, multi-patterned pop-portraits are the work of Italian designer Alessandro Pautasso, and showcase a skill for facial accuracy, despite the pop-design mentality.

We love the use of color blocks and patterned fills, while keeping the figures clearly identifiable. Can you name them all? Fun work, via Inspiration Grid:

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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