Awesome Art

Artist Alex Mitchell re-imagined the Avengers movie characters as Japanese warriors, gods and demons from the Sengoku Period. He even came up with brief back stories for each of them.

Artist Patrick Vale draws the view of the Manhattan skyline from the Empire State Building. It took Vale about 5 days on and off to finish the drawing. The song is Moanin’ by Charles Mingus.

While the time away or gamble with the high rollers of hip hop. Each card has hand drawn art by Japanese artist Sayori Wada, featuring legendary artists or groups of rap and hip hop.

Blitzkrieg bot! This is StickBoy, a robot drummer built by Frank Barnes. He has 4 arms, 2 legs and a head with bad-ass metal mohawk spikes. He should use his wrists more though.

Artist Shin-Young An paints mundane tasks over collages of newspaper articles about serious issues, evoking either one’s powerlessness to affect or indifference to the effect of the world at large.

Moreno De Turco and Mirco Pagano spent over 200 hours making portraits of 6 dead musicians using 6,500 CDs of the musicians’ greatest hits. The portraits were made for an anti-piracy exhibit.

A funny good luck charm from Kid Robot and The Simpsons. Homer Buddha is a 7″ vinyl figurine with a movable head and a tummy that you won’t be able to resist touching. Drops 9/6/12 for $50.

Artist Mark Crilley starts out with a torn playing card, and challenges himself to draw a photorealistic rendition of the King of Clubs that’s nearly indistinguishable from the real deal.

14-year-old LEGO maniac Evan Bacon is well on his way to being a pro LEGO artist with his second life-size superhero sculpture. His 6-foot-tall Iron Man even has light-up eyes, hand, and arc reactor.

Jim Tuckwell is working on a deck of playing cards based on Game of Thrones, particularly the Starks, Lannisters, Targaryens and Baratheons. Here are the first 3 cards. We can’t wait to see the rest.

Unimpressed with available designs featuring the various house crests from Game of Thrones, graphic designer Darren Crescenzi took matters into his own hands and made this sleek poster.

Embroidery does not easily elicit our admiration, but these surprisingly detailed and in some cases satisfyingly eerie hand-stitched illustrations from Etsy seller Sam Gibson are a good exception.

Artists and sculptors – including the original designers of Boba Fett’s costume – created over 40 alternate Boba Fett and clone trooper helmets for the As You Wish charity auction event.

DeviantArtist Witit Karpkraikaew proves how truly deviant he is with these creepy, childhood-ruining images of Disney princesses after they’ve been infected by the living dead.

By using a grid of thousands of special lenticular LEGO bricks, Arthur Gugick created this awesome mural that shows Batman when viewed from one angle, and The Joker as you pass by.

A wall of LEDs that light up whenever they come into contact with water. It was made by Antonin Fourneau and his colleagues at the Digitalarti Artlab and was displayed in Poitiers, France.

More mind-bending artwork from István Orosz. His Ship of Fools series features intricate illustrations where the parts also form skulls. Orosz was inspired by Sebastian Brant’s satirical book.

Director Lukas Chmiel turned the juggling prowess of Soccer Art member Kamil Drzewucki into a truly tantalizing work of art in this well-shot clip. Music is by Felkon. (Thanks Grzegorz R.!)

The name says it all. And though the price may initially go against your human logic, keep in mind that Etsy seller sewmuch2luv handmakes each of these 9-inch plush Spocktopi by special order.

Jason Freeny’s latest creation is a mass produced sculpture, puzzle and educational toy in one. The Gummi Bear Anatomy Toy has a transparent body with 41 removable internal parts.

A life-size model of the Aston Martin DBR1/2, which won the 1959 Le Mans. The parts are all functional and mounted kit-style, along with a replica of the Le Mans trophy and an autographed cap.

While the Newton’s Cradle is known for its nearly perpetual motion and clacky metal balls, we rather like this version, created by Yasutoki Kariya using light bulbs in place of steel orbs.

Minimalist posters by Bernie Gross featuring some of the most popular pro wrestlers of the 80s and 90s. Funny how the guy who’s all about death is the only one whose career is still alive.