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King Hippo didn’t stand a chance in this excellent Punch-Out themed illustration by artist Anthony Petrie that also encapsulates a great deal of other Nintendo icons. This is one of two pieces that Anthony has being shown at Gallery 1988’s Old School Video Game Art Show: Level 2 opening Friday, October 26, 2012 at Gallery 1988 Venice in Santa Monica, CA.

“I’ll have some more copies for sale after the show is over in my store. Follow me on Twitter for release updates, @zombiebacons.” - Anthony

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G.O.A.T. by Anthony Petrie (Tumblr) (Store) (Twitter)

via zombiebacons

San Francisco-based freelance artist R.J. Palmer (aka “arvalis”) has created an incredible series of Realistic Pokemon illustrations that may leave you seeing the little cute creatures in a different light. You can check out more of his awesome work here on Tumblr or deviantART. Sense of realism, I choose you!

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Realistic Pokemon by R.J. Palmer (deviantART) (Facebook) (Twitter)

via R.J. Palmer and Geekologie

The Cakery, a Dayton, Ohio-based bakery, created this awesome video game themed wedding cake for my friend’s fun-filled wedding that went down yesterday (10/13/2012). I must say, it tasted just as amazing as it looks.

3UP Video Game Wedding Cake by The Cakery (Facebook)

photos by Justin Page

Mass Effect / SNES Instruction Manual Wedding Program Cover

My good friend Jesse is getting married to a lovely lady name Jessi this Saturday (10/13/2012) and the two fellow geeks asked if I could help with making a drawing / photoshop of them as video game characters. This is what the end result was, after some Photoshop work and rebuilding the Mass Effect logo. Jessi wanted a SNES instruction manual look for the cover design, so that is what I tried for. It also received a modern Mass Effect twist.

“Fight for the Love” is simply a remix of the Mass Effect 2 slogan “Fight for the Lost”

Jess Effect - Fight for the Love: 10-13-2012

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Jess Effect by Justin Rampage (Flickr) (Facebook) (Twitter)

Montreal, Canada art director and illustrator Chez Meka (aka “MEKA”) has created a badass series of video game inspired shirt designs for OTAKU. Prints of the Bowser piece are available to purchase from Chez’s online store. 

OTAKU Series 2 by Chez Meka (Tumblr) (Behance) (Facebook) (Twitter)

The epic lead singer of Queen (Freddie Mercury) and the leading Super Mario Brothers plumber (Mario) become one in this rockin’ shirt design by Philippine artist Rua Bloodrust. Vote it up at Threadless to see it go to print.

Mario Mercury by Rua Bloodrust (deviantART) (Behance) (Facebook)

A Borderlands 2 Claptrap Costume T-Shirt, Minus The Smart Remarks

The Claptrap Costume Tee brings the hilarious CL4P-TP General Purpose Robot (Claptrap) from the Borderlands video games and puts him all up on a gold 100% cotton t-shirt. Now available to purchase at ThinkGeek.

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Claptrap Costume Tee at ThinkGeek (Facebook) (Twitter)

via ThinkGeek

Dress Up, A Series of Paper Doll Pop Culture Character Designs

Eastbourne, UK artist Scott Weston (aka “Hoborobo“) has created a three part series of dress up pop culture character designs that depict Luke Skywalker, Mario and Marty McFly as paper dolls, with each having various funny accessories. Prints, iPhone and iPad cases / skins and apparel are available to purchase at Scott’s online Society6 and RedBubble stores.

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Dress Up by Scott Weston (S6) (RedBubble) (Facebook) (Twitter) 

via Hoborobo | Laughing Squid

A Detailed & Humanesque Star Wars Sculpture of Jedi Master Yoda

Italian artist and sculptor Andrea Eusebi created a highly detailed and humanesque head sculpture of Jedi Master Yoda, a character from Star Wars. Andrea built the amazing piece by using plastiline modeling clay.

You can can see more process photos via my Laughing Squid post.

Yoda Part 1 / Part 2 by Andrea Eusebi

photo by Nicola Montesi

via Laughing Squid