Artist David Szilagyi Reimagined Pokemon Characters With Nightmarish Results
Although Pokemon has made something of a comeback recently thanks to the hugely popular Pokemon Go app, for many of us the card and video game remains a fond childhood memory, making these creations from David Szilagyi even more unsettling. Continue reading »
This Guy Continues To Paint Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings
Dave Pollot (previously) is a US painter who brings new life to old and forgotten art. He buys thrift store paintings and perfectly “enhances” them with pop culture symbols, giving a cool, nerdy spin to what’s dusting away inside cracked frames. Continue reading »
If Classic Childhood Characters Were Badass Lunatics
French digital artist Sylvain Sarrailh (previously featured) has a spectacular gallery on DeviantART of skylines, nature and abandoned landscapes. Here, we can also find our favorite loveable and good-natured childhood cartoon characters, turned into… something quite different. Continue reading »
Illustrator Repaints Cartoon Characters In Her Unique Style, And They Look Better Than Original
Isabelle Staub is a US-based artist who specialises in portraiture and character design. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she uses her skills to turn cartoon characters and popular culture icons into her own unique and often super lifelike creations. Seeking inspiration in everything from Disney princesses and Powerpuff Girls to Pennywise the Clown and Tarantino movies, Staub transforms each of her subjects with a wholly distinct style of her own. Continue reading »
Famous Classic Album Covers Mashed Up With Star Wars Characters
Steve Lear is a London-based, digital artist with a self-proclaimed, “unhealthy obsession for movies, music and Photoshop.” And he’s making the freaking awesomest Star Wars themed album cover mash-ups you’ve ever seen. Continue reading »
Street Art “Surgeon” Cuts Open Cartoon And Media Characters To Reveal Their Anatomy
Nychos is a street artist from Austria who creates spectacular, detailed artworks. Nychos grew up in a little village near Graz (Styria, South of Austria). He calls it the green hell. Born into an Austrian hunter’s family, he saw, at a very young age, things which normal people would consider as cruel and brutal. Continue reading »
“Stranger Toys”: Illustrator Re-Imagines The Characters Of Stranger Things As Adorable Figurines
With his Stranger Toys project, Venezuelan illustrator and designer Chocotoy is having fun turning the characters from the series Stranger Things into adorable figurines, creating also some awesome fake posters and VHS covers! Unfortunately, these art toys are only concepts, and it’s very unlikely that these Stranger Things figures will ever be produced. Continue reading »
Illustrator Imagines What Stranger Things Characters Are Doing Now, 33 Years Later
With the incredibly popular sci-fi TV series Stranger Things back on our screens, Music Magpie has fast-forwarded 33 years to 2017 to give fans a glimpse of what main characters from the show would look like now, and what career paths they’ve taken.
Lucas Sinclair
Age: 46
Profession: Accountant
Hobbies: Building computers and DIY
Sensible and sceptical Lucas was often around to keep the group grounded. Practical and pragmatic, he always got on with the job at hand, particularly when it came to finding his friend Will. Continue reading »
Artist Reveals The Characters Of Zodiacs Through Surreal Portraits Of Women
According to artist Vivien Szaniszlo: “In my series I would like to reveal zodiac sign’s character trough surreal women portraits in a different way.” Continue reading »
Artist Turns People Into 3D Pixar-Like Characters And You Can Become One Too
What do artists Robert DeJesus and Lance Phan have in common? They both turn strangers into awesome characters. However, while DeJesus does anime caricatures , Phan creates portraits that are much more Pixar-like. Continue reading »
This Photographer Transformed Kids Into ‘Justice League’ Characters, & It’s The Best Thing You Will See Today
Courtesy of Josh Rossi Photography
Photographer Josh Rossi transformed children living with diseases and disabilities into Justice League superheroes in order to “make their weaknesses become strengths,” he told ABC News. Continue reading »
Human Characters Interact With Extra-Terrestrial Creatures And Dinosaurs – New Gucci Campaign Inspired By Vintage Sci-Fi
Surreal, psychedelic outer space landscapes and trippy retro-futurist spaceship interiors create wild settings. Continue reading »
HBO Releases Limited Edition ‘Game Of Thrones’ Pixelated Pins Of Main Characters
HBO partners with NYC-based designer twins Dee & Ricky to produce seven pixelated pins modeled after the show’s main characters. Continue reading »
12 Screen Adaptation Characters Who Are Significantly Different From The Original
Screen adaptations of literary works are becoming increasingly popular. However, in an effort to express their vision of a great creation, filmmakers often change the plot lines of novels and stories and sometimes make significant changes to the appearance of the main characters.
Frodo Baggins
According to Gandalf, in The Lord of the Rings book, Frodo is a stout rosy-cheeked hobbit, taller than the rest, with blond hair, a cleft chin, and clear eyes. Continue reading »
Costumed Characters Converge On Spanish Town
A man dressed as a “Trapajon” and representing a natural entity poses for a picture before a traditional Spanish mask gathering in the small village of Casavieja, Spain.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo
Every spring they come from towns across central and northwestern Spain, clad in elaborate costumes – some as trees, others as bears, still others as monsters who could have emerged from some sort of fever dream. First they attend local festivals, often timed to coincide with celebrations of spring. Continue reading »
A Creative Dad Brings Family-Favourite Cartoon Characters To Life By Putting Them Into Hilarious Situations
You would be forgiven for thinking that the following images are created using Photoshop – but complete with real fire and coffee splashes, Mitchel Wuís images are all shot in real-time. Using plastic toy characters from family-favourite films such as Toy Story, Star Wars, ET and The Muppets, the California-based photographer puts the plastic characters into surreal situations Continue reading »
How Popular Cartoon Characters Look Like Before Their Morning Coffee
Australian illustrator Sam Milham, who previously brought us his reimaginations of ‘Super Mario’ characters as hipsters, returns with this amusing and laughable collection of famous cartoon characters before their morning dose of caffeine. Continue reading »
Architect Imagines The Homes Of Fairy Tale Characters
Illustrator and architect Federico Babina has a love for fairy tales and he decided to use them as inspiration for some of his latest illustrations. He says that his latest pictures are a tribute to the fairy tale universe where architecture is often reinvented. Continue reading »
Stuck In The Real World: Characters From Cartoons And Movies Placed In Real Photos
Fiction characters have their own universe and their own dimension (it used two be two dimensional world but lately computer graphics and animation tend to be 3D more and more often). What would happen if by some bizarre twist of faith these fictional animated characters popped out and appeared in real life. I guess, our life would suddenly become much more interesting and loony. The group of Russian artists combine characters with real life photos. Enjoy! Continue reading »
Mom Prepares Healthy Meals As Cartoon Characters For Her Son
Getting pint-sized, picky eaters to finish their fruits and vegetables can be a tricky task for many parents. For food artist Laleh Mohmedi, however, it’s a piece of cake. Using healthy ingredients and a bit of creativity, the Melbourne mom dishes out meals inspired by her 4-year-old son Jacob’s favorite animated characters. Continue reading »
Artist Transforms Herself Into Different Characters Using Only Makeup
Although you would be correct in assuming she made a pact with the many-faced god and that she has no name, her real identity is Florea Flavia, a Bucharest-based makeup artist. She does these amazing transformations using nothing but makeup. She spends at least a couple of hours on each piece and the results are stunning. She draws her inspiration from comic books, anime, video-games and anything in between. Continue reading »
Artist Turns Lovable Cartoon Characters Into Terrifying Monsters
Swedish tattoo artist Dennis Carlsson is responsible for these terrifying reinterpretations of beloved cartoon characters. Painted in Photoshop, he turns lovable characters like Pikachu, Winnie the Pooh, and Totoro into grotesque abominations. These illustrations are truly the stuff of nightmares. Continue reading »
Playboy Model Sara Jean Underwood Dresses Up As Your Favorite Star Wars Characters
Be prepared to be turned on in the weirdest, and best, nod to Star Wars that I’ve seen in quite some time. Playboy put together a fake audition tape for the classic franchise from one of the most beautiful women on the planet: Sara Jean Underwood. It’s definitely supposed to be a little tongue-in-cheek. Check out the video below along with professional photos of the characters she posed as. Continue reading »
This Tumblr User “Normalizes” Cartoon Characters And Now People Can’t Decide Which Is Better
Have you ever wondered what makes the animated characters so cute? Sure, the colors and the fluff help, but the key selling point have always been their child-like features. And over the years animation companies like Disney have made that adorable look an industry standard. Continue reading »
This Man Transforms Himself Into “Game Of Thrones” Characters
Filipino artist Paolo Ballesteros is like the Many-Faced God, but instead of skinning other people, he uses makeup to transform into different Game Of Thrones Characters. His master makeup skills have even drawn the attention of Lena Headey (who plays Cersei Lannister) when he turned himself into the ruling Queen of Westeros. Continue reading »
