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Cautionary Tales Mindlessness

Travel Posters for Lazy People

As gamers, we’re forever being told to “go outside” and play. However, if you’re an agoraphobic or just darn lazy to see the world, you may like these mock travel posters. Created by Caldwell Tanner (LOLDWELL) for CollegeHumor, the retro posters tell of the wonderful destinations that you can visit by just staying at home.

Explore the frozen lands of the refrigerator, kill time in the picturesque province of Skyrim, and laze about on the comfy slopes of the bed. See Tanner’s travel posters for lazy people after the jump.

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Arty Movies

Minimalist Pixar Posters

Pixar Animation Studios has made a metric ton of cash. Its films have grossed USD 7 billion worldwide! In his series of posters, designer Wonchan Lee pays tribute to Pixar, not for its money-making abilities but for all the wonderful cute and heart-warming tales that they have created in the last 26 years. Have a look at Lee’s minimalist Pixar movie posters after the jump.

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Arty Awesomeness Featured Movies

Star Wars Yoga

Rescuing galaxies far, far away from the influence of the dark side can be torturous on the body. To keep their physical and mental states balanced, our heroes Princess Leia, 3PO, R2, Luke, and Yoda regularly practise yoga.

However, it’s not just the Rebel Alliance who are in search of galactic enlightenment. Even the Galactic Empire and the dark lord of the Sith himself try their hands at some of the asanas.

Have a look at some of their yoga poses after the jump.

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Arty Awesomeness Cautionary Tales Featured

I Know That Feel, Bro

Being different can be a difficult thing, and one can often feel alone in the world. Chris Gerringer explores this in his cute little series that shows one pop culture character as they empathize with another because they share the same fault. Whether it be a Storm Trooper and a Koopa Troopa sharing a fist bump for being expendable or Harry Potter and Batman down in the dumps about being orphaned, the common feeling is I Know That Feel, Bro. See the images after the jump.

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Arty Awesomeness Cartoons & Comics Movies TV

Pop Culture Math Equations

Scottish illustrator Matt Cowan explains the origin of some of your favourite characters be they from TV, film, or comic books. Cowan illustrates them in a minimalist way and uses simple arithmetic operations, such as subtracting an eye to create a series of blind super heroes, or adding a cricket bat and a shadowy pharmaceutical company to his Zombie Maths series.

Cowan’s pop culture math equations add up to awesome. See them after the jump.

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Arty Awesomeness Featured

Apocalypse Tomorrow: A Pin-up Calendar fit for a Cataclysm

Illustrator Andrew Tarusov imagines that our world that has undergone a cataclysmic event and has designed a sexy pin-up calendar as a pick-me-up for the hard times. Each month of the calendar features a different type of apocalypse and pretty lass suitably (un)dressed for the occasion.

Check out Apocalypse Tomorrow after the jump, be warned some months may be NSFW.

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Arty Awesomeness Featured

Beautiful Swear Words

In a project similar to Phraseology, graphic designer Theo Olesen mixes typography and profanity to wonderful effect. He takes common swear words and illustrates them by hand before scanning them into Photoshop for further processing.

In his hands, cursing certainly look betters than it sounds. Have a look at some of his beautiful swear words after the jump [NSFW].

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Cautionary Tales Weirdness

Now That You’re Big

In Now That You’re Big, artist Simon Greiner creates a hilarious sex education book in the style of Dr. Seuss.

Drawn in a style similar to the very popular children’s books, Greiner rhymes the story of a boy who is growing up and starts to notice the other sex. The tale starts off innocently with booboobs and junk, and moves to the matter of sex in the hut (and in the butt), and finally to the miracle that is birth. Have a look at a few of the panels of Now That You’re Big after the jump (slightly NSFW).

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Arty Gaming News

Pixel Video Game Characters

It’s not the first time illustrator Michael B. Myers Jr. (DRAWSGOOD) has worked with pixels portraits. He has already created a series of pixel renderings of popular Star Wars characters and various comic book super heroes. In his latest set of posters, Myers Jr. has drawn five pixel video game characters created for a gamer community, High Score Society.

Despite their simple blocks and colours, these badass video game characters are instantly recognizable. Have a look at them after the jump.

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Hip Hop Heads

When it comes to illustrations, we’ve seen our fair share of comic book superheroes and popular characters from TV and film. In his ongoing project, UK-based illustraror Dale Edwin Murray puts hip hop on the centre stage as he creates portraits of some of the biggest names — past and present — in the rap business.

Check out 2Pac, Biggie, Snoope, Kanye, Flava Flav, and a few more of your favourite rappers in Murray’s Hip Hop Heads after the jump.

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