Artist Dave Styerd (of Geek-Lee-Tist) created this still life using R2-D2′s head as a serving bowl for some delicious grapes, bananas, apples and oranges. The blue Bantha milk is a nice touch too. I have to say it’s kind of cruel that Dave had to decapitate the little droid though. I mean, why not use R5-D4? He already had a bad motivator unit and was headed for the scrap pile. Besides, his flat head would be less likely to tip over and spill fruit onto the table.

Regardless, I’m sure this will inspire some Star Wars geek out there to make an actual R2-D2 fruit bowl using a stainless steel mixing bowl, and e-mail us a picture once they’re done with it. Right?

But I digress. This 16.5″ x 11.7″ Giclee print is the perfect thing for any Star Wars themed kitchen or dining room. Grab one over on Etsy for $15 (USD).

Admittedly, it doesn’t always go well for superheroes, especially when they get made into movies. One bad movie can destroy years of great storylines in comics (i.e. Green Lantern.) Still, I doubt that The Dark Knight has got anything to worry about – at least not since Batman & Robin.

There are a total of 4 prints available, showing The Flash, Batman, Robin, and Superman (all DC superheroes). They are available as limited edition prints only and sell for $50 over at Eyes on Walls. I wonder if she’ll tackle any Marvel superheroes next.

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California illustrator Tony Hsu says that he was quite pleased with the results and that he got the chance to work on these images, which he created with Corel Painter and Photoshop. I like them all, but Yoda and Chewie’s paintings are truly impressive.

And while Vader isn’t in the collection, and you’d like to see more of the Dark Lord, check out these concept pieces that Tony also made. I definitely need to watch the movies again, post-haste. It’s the perfect way to begin the weekend.

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I can imagine seeing these birds flying around in my backyard, only I’d keep my dog away from them, as it looks like they have a mean temperament and might try to fling themselves at us.

Thankfully/Sadly, these Angry Birds won’t starting trying to destroy homes filled with equally real looking green piggies anytime soon.

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This single image, simply titled Mario Dreams, is jam-packed with characters from the Mario universe, all drawn with a whimsical and dreamy cartoony style that I’d personally love to see Nintendo use in an upcoming Mario game. I’m not holding my breath, but thankfully I can still have this poster for my wall.

Mario Dreams is available in high quality giclée prints in 12″x18″ ($20 USD), 18″ x24″ ($40) and 24″ x 36″ ($80) sizes over at inPRNT.

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You’ll find Sith Lord Darth Vader melting some MSE-6 repair droids with a magnifying glass, bounty hunter extraordinaire Boba Fett with a carbonite-filled balloon, a celebrating  Tusken Raider beating on a piñata , and a slithering Jabba the Hutt after a long day at the amusement park.

These prints were created by the artist collective known only as the Octopus Tree House (I’m guessing this means that there are 4 or 8 artists involved). There are four of these prints available through their Etsy store, all of them strangely cute. Each of these prints is available for $20 (USD), or you can buy all four for $70.

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These illustrations are the work of artist Michael Musco. He loves his old school video games, especially Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros. The combinations are quite bizarre to be honest, but they do look good.

The result is pretty awesome and will most likely make you want to play some old school games. Thankfully, you won’t have to go far because you can play Street Fighter on or SFII on your phone these days.

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There are 50 different characters in Bare Essentials, and almost all of them are easily recognizable. The book was released recently, and it’s available from Lebowski Achievers for €25 (~$34 USD). There are even some prints of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Donatello) that made the cover. They sell for €50 (~$68 USD) and are each signed and numbered.

deGroot is a Dutch designer who created the illustrations, and the project was brought to print with the help of Nalden.

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Beau is a mechanical engineer and that becomes obvious the second you look at his work. His sketches are all finely detailed and he has engineered the hell out of what he puts on paper. Putting his designs on paper is one thing, but Beau, being an engineer, wanted some actual models of these drawings. Of course LEGO is the perfect medium to give them life.

And boy do they live. All of that detail from the drawings is brought to life in glorious 3D. Want to see more? Check out his Lego Steam War Machines yourself and see what you think. You can see his amazing Steampunk sketches here on Flickr.

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Illustrator Nicola Felaco created this cool blocky version of Mario using a variety of diamonds, trapezoids, and triangles.

By combining shapes of varying hues and shapes, he managed to give us a really unique version of the little platforming plumber.

While he definitely doesn’t look like Mario does in any game I’ve ever played, there’s no mistaking him – unless, of course, you get too close to the image.

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I love the use of the Triforce as a suit, and the art on the Ace, my goodness. I’m seriously considering having the Ace of Triforces tattooed on my arm.

As you can see Nelde drew Ganon, Zelda and Link in the traditional playing card style. I have to say though that the look of Jack of Triforces Link is the least awesome of the three for me.

Nelde also made matching versions of the cards from 1 to 10, but is still waiting for feedback before uploading them. If you liked this art – and why the hell wouldn’t you?! – show Nelde your appreciation and comment on his deviantART page, where you’ll also find higher quality versions of the pictures.

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Actually, I just made that team name up. deviantART member Casey Edwards aka basicnoir simply knows them as some of his wonderful illustrations. I would’ve pegged Beast as the obvious choice for Donkey Kong, but he does make for one mean Colossus. And who knew Diddy Kong had an uncanny resemblance to Nightcrawler?

I wonder what Koopa would look like as Magneto. Check out Casey’s deviantART page for high-res versions and more artwork.

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According to the image, the 2011 Atari ST2 is supposed to come with a powerful Intel Core2 Quad CPU, 8GB RAM, Geforce 460 GPU, 1 TB hard drive, 7.1 surround sound, and a cool backlit blue keyboard. It even comes with a (misspelled) Blueray player, and bluetooth. This thing has the blues.

Unfortunately, so do I now that I realize the whole thing is just a concept design by 3D illustrator ~svenart, designed and rendered in Lightwave10 (wireframe here). But an awesome concept design it is. And given the fact that somebody has started selling Commodore 64′s again with modern PC innards, I don’t see why someone can’t run with this idea too.

For now, retro geeks will just have to sit there and drool until someone at least gets out an old Atari ST and mods it to match ~svenart’s design.

All have to say is that I stared at this image for about 20 minutes, and was only able to figure out about 40 of them, but I’m sure that if I kept thinking real hard I could get most of them right.  Think you can name all 70 characters? I’ll get you started: Mario, Pac-Man, Link, Sonic…

Luckily, the print is available over at society6 so you can hang it on your wall and study it for as long as you’d like.

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The images in this collection perfectly combine the aesthetics of the Star Wars universe with the retro-futuristic H.G. Wells-esque steampunk style. I love the intricate detail in the illustrations, especially the brass weaponry and mechanical contraptions filled with mysterious goo.

I think Boba Fett and C-3PO are the most faithful to the originals, while Leia and Han Solo are a bit unexpected in their looks. Han Solo, I want the mustache off. I’m not sure what the deal is with Yoda either. I looks like he’s either taking a hit off of a Hookah, or he’s so old that he needs an oxygen tank. But I kid. These are pretty awesome illustrations.

Check out more of Bjorn’s illustrations over at his profile page on CGHUB, where you can also find work-in-progress versions of a Steampunk stormtrooper, Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker. Surprisingly, Darth Vader is nowhere to be found.

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These awesome illustrations were made by Tomasz Kaczkowski. I’m not sure if he’s planning on turning them into T-shirt designs, but I bet he’ll make a tidy sum if he does that.

Plants vs Angry Zombie Birds anyone?

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I mean really, Darth Vader and cupcakes. It’s sheer madness. Genius, but mad genius. Artist Ryan Jones has worked as a Tech Director and Digital Artist for ILM/LucasFilm since 2003, so he’s certainly an expert on these characters, and has a few of these originals up for sale in his Etsy shop, including Hustle and Fett – featuring Boba Fett driving a Cadillac and smoking a cigarette. Why? Why not?

…as well as the Bold Bluff, with a motley crew of Cantina aliens doing their best imitation of Dogs Playing Poker…

The original 8.5″x11″  illustrations sell for $500 (USD) each, so they’re not cheap, but you can find prints of these over starting at $22 (USD) on FineArtAmerica if you don’t mind owning a copy. Or maybe you can just use a Jedi Mind Trick on Ryan to convince hand over the collection for free.

I think the glowing Chun-Li is my personal favorite, but Evil Ryu is pretty great in light-up purple. But you be the judge. Check out the gallery below, and let us know which one you think is the best:

And when you’re done, head on over to BossLogic’s DeviantArt Page to check out more of his hyper-cool artworks.

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Yayzus Graphics created these warped versions of  Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Darth Maul, Greedo and even Admiral Ackbar with curvaceous bodies, donning skimpy outfits and splayed out in sexually suggestive poses.

I can’t decide which one is the most disturbing to me. At first, I thought Ackbar. But I’m having a hard time getting the image of Greedo and his little friend out of my eyeballs, no matter how many times I flush them with clean, distilled water.

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Most of the characters come from the original trilogy, but some of them stem from the expanded universe of books, comics, and video games. Even though these illustrations include IG-88, Boba Fett, and Darth Vader, they were designed for maximum kid-friendliness, i.e. no blasters allowed!

Brandon sketched each character while Emma rendered them in Adobe Illustrator. A minimum donation of $15 to their son’s college fund would entitle you to a book of this complete character alphabet, but they have met their goal and closed this option until they can find better ways of printing them out.

For now, you can view the full collection of illustrations over at Emma and Brandon Peat‘s website.