Awesome Illustration

These Sentinel playing cards, a collaboration from theory11 and Hatch, are absolutely gorgeous inside and out, from the original art on the cards to the metallic accents and on the sleek and sturdy box.

Hector Lopez‘ illustration combines three of our favorite things, sharks, giant dinosaurs, and robots. This thing needs to be made real, or at least turned into a movie on the SyFy channel.

Designer Alex Varanese illustrations envision an alternate version of the disco era, with the assumption he could go back in time with 2010 technology and market it to a whole new audience.

We like the connect-disconnect feeling in these conceptual pieces from L.A. illustrator Jon Han, who creates his work by combining sketchy hand-drawn elements with sharp digital edges and flat colors.

UK artist Daniel Reese has created a great collection of sneakers inspired by contemporary pop culture using a standard Nike trainer as base, and is now available for commission work.

Tenso Graphics created this hilarious Venn diagram that explains exactly how we got the Keytar – and the duck-billed platypus. Or is it the Guitboard, and a platypus-tailed duck? You decide.

Would you believe Andrey Gordeev’s amusing (if just a wee-bit stereotypical) point-of-view illustration series Around the World was created for a trucking company’s calendar? Us neither.

In the event of a water landing, be sure to read over this handy flight safety instruction card illustrator Will Schneider found in the seatback pocket in front of him.

Artist Alex Andreyev’s evocative paintings envision a slightly askew world filled with zero-gravity vehicles, gigantic dirigibles and tentacled creatures. We’re not sure it looks like a fun place to live.

We all know Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, but we bet you didn’t know about some of the lesser known ghosts from the game. This handy guide by CMYBacon should help you sort things out.

The house of Massive Black creates art for movies, games, comics, toys and more. Bask in the warm glow of these wondrous creatures and fantastical worlds from their concept art collection.

Remember Juan Pablo Bravo’s Pixar character scale comparison chart? We’ll he’s back. This time he’s got 250 Disney characters over the years – at a whopping 20,779 pixels wide.

Pixar story artist Josh Cooley has created a clever collection called “Inappropriate Golden Books” – drawings in the style of the beloved kiddie books but referencing contemporary movies instead.

What are the three primary beards? Is a Maltese the same as a Claus-esque beard? What the hell is a Queen’s Brigade? All these and more are addressed in the manliest poster ever made.

Remember your elementary science textbooks and their hand drawn illustrations and fun facts? Fake Science is exactly like that, except without the facts. Do not show this site to your kids.

French concept artist Bastien Grivet delivers a strong illustrated collection of the worlds of tomorrow, full of menace and wonder, that somehow feels as if it was painted in the past.