Awesome Illustration

If you have any question what this whole “steampunk” thing is all about, we bring you this simple informational diagram which should set things straight once and for all.

With the exception of a certain male body part, you never know what you’ll find on Chatroulette. Instead of chatting, artist Paz Bernstein creates live drawings of what he sees through the webcam.

Canadian artist Marc Johns believes that truth can be found through humor, which is realized through the witty, less-is-more illustrations he creates with ink and watercolors. He has a book out too.

Rhonda is an intuitive application for drawing in three dimensions. Combined with a tablet like the Cintiq, you manipulate objects with a mouse or trackball in one hand, and draw with the other.

It’s amazing the things people will stick into their bodies in order to make it into the record books. This chart commemorates some of the craziest digestive feats ever undertaken by mankind.

We like the contrast of the bright and earthy color palette with the softer, somber vibe from the subjects in these works from Brighton-based illustrator and designer Matt Taylor.

The simple yet effective instructions in this illustration by Mr. Jerkface make it easy for anyone to express their anger in a briny, insane, drunken, crustacean-ish sort of way.

The anime-inspired illustrations of Jonatan Cantero aka BattlePeach look like screenshots from an animated film, with plants, animals, monsters and yes, farting ninjas in all sorts of wild scenarios.

Zombify that bare wall with this most excellent Night of the Living Dead illustration by Florian Bertmer. The limited-edition 24″ x 35″ screen print goes up for sale later today (4/20) at Mondotees.

This amusing chart offers a rating of men’s facial hair styles in a clear and concise fashion. We’re pleased to know that the Burt Reynolds and Colonel Sanders are marginally acceptable.

Artist Christoph Niemann apes the style of Google Maps in his clever cartographic illustrations in his Abstract City column in The New York Times. We’ve been down all these roads at some point.

A while back, designer Olly Moss created this funny t-shirt that revised the standard food chain diagram by adding zombies. This anonymously upgraded version of the chart is just that much better.

Illustrator Franco Brambilla envisions a world of alien invasions, carefully compositied into vintage postcards. There are a variety of lifeforms in the series, the Star Wars images are classics.

Graphic artist Juan Pablo Bravo has put together this amazing drawing which shows off 100 characters from Pixar’s animated films, all drawn in proportion to one another.

If you have even the slightest fondness in your heart for the original Star Wars movies, you owe it to yourself to check out these beautiful original concept issues by illustrator Ralph McQuarrie.