Whitlatch says she chose to make the Hulk a T. rex not because of the dinosaurs’ reputation but because she wanted to give it “really muscularly odd little arms.” See? She’s awesome like that. Same with Captain America, who she turned into a Parasaurolophus just because it would be funny.

Thorosaurus is a word play on Torosaurus – the adult form of a Triceratops – and Ironkylosaurus is an Ankylosaur, because just like Iron Man these dinosaurs were genius billionaire playboys armored.

Check out Tales of Amalthea if you want to learn how to draw like Ms. Whitlatch. Who knows, maybe you’ll go on to design the next Star Wars creature. What’s that? Of course there will be another Star Wars. That’s how geeks pay for their sins.

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Great work, Charles. This is the ultimate Marvel/DC/Easter crossover. And you won’t have to buy a ton of issues to see it. Find more photos of Apple’s superhero Easter Eggs over on Facebook.

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From the panels, it looks like they arrived in the Hundred Acre Wood through some kind of a “Werm Hole Exparimunt.” The Hulk masquerades as Pooh, while Wolverine is Tigger.

The funniest looking character of them all has to be Apocalypse. There’s something wrong about this major and evil villain looking cute.

The paintings were drawn using watercolors and they look pretty spiffy. These paintings are part of a series he made for Avengers Art Appreciation for Marvel. His own version of the cover will hit comic book stores on April 18, 2012 for the issue Incredible Hulk #7. You can check out more of Charles Paul Wilson III’s art at his Deviant Art site.

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The portraits had their faces erased and redone. Only the hair and background were kept the same. It’s amazing how recognizable these portraits are. The set was completed by Sam while he was bedridden for six months because of some back problems.

While these illustrations are fun (and a little creepy,) it’s even more impressive that Sam did all of his other illustrations using only his iPhone during this period as well.

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You can order the Game Point art print on Society6 for $16-$45(USD). It’s also available as a stretched canvas or as a laptop skin.

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The CLIMB series of posters features silhouettes of Batman, Wolverine and Spider-Man making their way towards the top of a building, all the while their nemeses, Catwoman, Sabretooth and Doctor Octopus do the same. I’m assuming the bad guys are higher up on the building, and the superheroes are giving chase, but they could have just stopped by the same building at different times, I suppose. I love them all, but Doc Ock is my absolute favorite. I just love how he manages to float his body up the side of the building with those huge tentacles.

Each of these six 12″x 16″ prints would look great in any geeky pad, and sell for $19 (USD) each over at Harshness’ Etsy shop. Can you think of some other action characters who climb up the side of a building this way?

In the series, you’ll find polygonal versions of Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman, Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man. It’s almost as if the superheroes have been made up out of cut glass. You wouldn’t want to see them shatter, though.

You can pick these up as prints as well as on hoodies and t-shirts over at James’ Society 6 shop. Prices range from $20 to $160 (USD). I like the stretched canvas and t-shirts of the Hulk above all.

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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.