How does one get hold of all those pop-culture monsters? Here’s a humorous IKEA style guide to movie monsters. The illustrations are the work of artist Ed Harrington.
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Hellboy meets Thor, meet the mashup HellThor
Speaking by way of concept, Hellboy and Thor are very interesting, very powerful characters with great appeal. It’s a whole new level of badass when the two get into a mix, and HellThor comes forth. The illustration is the work of artist Zulkarnaen Hasan Basri, who spiced it up with a caption that read “”Every God in all the universe closed their eyes, and prayed to Thor.”
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Artist coaxes coffee cup stains into beautiful motorcycle illustrations
Coffee cup stains are those sucky problems that you allow to exist, because you love coffee, and the stains are just the side effects. Artist Carter Asmann probably does not see those stains as aberrations, but rather an opportunity that goes well with his stunningly detailed motorcycle illustrations.
You might think them hilarious, but these monsters face very real problems
Everyone’s so very scared of monsters, and yet those creatures prefer to live in the shadows. Those (frightful) poor guys have to live in the shadows because of their problems and the crippling anxiety that stems from these problems. The monsters can’t even get a shrink, because shrinks are anti-monster like that.
Video games as pulp fiction covers
Pulp fiction covers are at their nostalgic best, and so are a number of Nintendo games. Artist Ástor Alexander put together those two greats and created a set of images of pulp fiction covers for Nintendo games, and a few more, but we’ll go with the majority of the set. They are pretty darn cool, and I’m pretty sure I want to read a Nintendo game inspired pulp fiction novel.
Disney Princesses Turn Out to be Monsters
Nobody saw it coming, and Disney Princesses turned out to be monsters. On the plus side, they are very cute, very Disney-like monsters, and probably would be loved a hell lot more in some parallel universe. Well, in fact I’m sure the little monster princesses would find a lot of admirers in our own universe as well. The monster Disney princess illustrations are the work of artist Jennifer a.k.a. NoFlutter.
The Cloud Illustrator
People often see shapes in clouds, artist Martin Feijoó (aka Tincho) goes ahead and marks up those shapes with illustrations. The Shaping Clouds Project took shape based on the clouds Martin photographed on his last trip to Mexico. Now that’s some solid imagination.
The Badass Legend of Zelda and Super Killer Mario
Link is a warrior slashing through hordes of his enemies. In this illustration from Jeremiah Lambert Arts, Link stands with Zelda on top of a pile of his fallen enemies, like any great warrior should. The other illustration shows a heartless Mario stomping on hapless Goombas, leaving a mess of spilled intestines through the mushroom kingdom.
Sam and Dean and Cas… Just Supernatural Stuff
Sam, Dean and Castiel, well that’s just the stuff Supernatural legend is made of. We totally dig the illustrations inspired by the series. If Supernatural is not your thing, artist-illustrator Zerobriant has a quite a collection to show, especially so if you are a Doctor Who fan. You can get them on a variety of items, ranging from prints, and going all the way to throw-pillows. Available on RedBubble.
We Are Thankful 8-Bit Character Art Does Not Show Details
People have had their fair share of gripe about the obvious lack of details in the good old 8-bit video games. Technology wasn’t mature enough for detailed appearances, and videogame artists and developers made best use of the palette available to them. With better technology, came around a different, more detailed look of the characters. But imagine if the original 8-bit art was just a boxy representation of what those characters actually looked like.