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The Super Mario Brothers Imagined as Grand Theft Auto Characters

Grand Theft Mario by Malaysian artist Amirul Hafiz is a kick ass collection of illustrations that imagine video game characters from Super Mario Brothers as car stealing thugs in the world of Grand Theft Auto.

Kirby Patty, Video Game Illustration of Kirby as a Hamburger

“Kirby Patty” is an excellent Illustration by artist Vaughn Pinpin (aka “Hat Boy”) that portrays the small pink puff ball Kirby as a hamburger. In this case, he actually “is” what he eats! Prints, apparel and tote bags are available to purchase on Society6. This guy has such a fantastic style.

I was thinking Kirby should have the powers of a burger whenever he eats one. He’ll have the ability to be delicious. Ooh.

via hatboy

Mario and Link team up to fight the forces of evil in this awesome video game illustration by artist Billy Allison (aka “Bleee”). Prints, apparel, iPhone cases and more are available to purchase at Redbubble and Society6.

This piece is also a reference to one of the first sci-fi films ever made called A Trip To The Moon (1902), which was directed by Georges Méliès.

Teamwork by Billy Allison (Tumblr) (Facebook)

via Blimation | Gamefreaks

Mario gets prepared for the end of Movember. Goodbye iconic mustache!

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Movember Mario by Justin Page (Flickr) (Behance) (Twitter)

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

You can now follow me on Instagram, if you get bored.

Jess Effect by Justin Rampage (Flickr) (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)