This is a picture depicting the Ninja Turtles as imagined by various famous artists . It’s pretty cute . That’s right, cute . I can call things cute because I’m secure enough in my masculinity to do that. Also, tape my penis between my buttcheeks and wear women’s underwear. It’s Pizza Time, Picasso! [poppedculture] Thanks to Thomas and canine-o’clock, who argue that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are , in fact, heroes in whole shells.

This is a picture by Kim Herbst from an art show hosted by the Autumn Society of Philadelphia that took place back in August (OOOOOLD!). The video game inspired show was entitled, “8-Bit And Beyond” and the piece itself is unofficially called, “We’re Gonnna Need A Bigger Rutsack…”. Per the artist: That poor ‘lil guy has to lug around so much stuff through Hyrule after you collect everything. Usually I work in brush ‘n ink and scan the artwork in to color it digitally, however, due to time contraints, this entire piece will be made in Photoshop. The final product will be printed as a signed limited edition on acid-free archival paper and mounted on board at 13″ x 19. Good job. Unfortunately, the show is long over. So yeah, we missed it. But on the up side, we’re all in the same boat. Aaaaaand we’re gonna need a bigger one. Great tie-in, GW, great tie-in. Thanks, I know. Game Art: Exclusive Interviews with Kim Herbst and Jeff DeSantis [gamervision] Thanks to Joe, who would have dragged all that shit around in a rolling suitcase. Smart, Joe, but will it fit in an overhead bin?

The great thing about making a Van Gogh cake is you don’t have to be particularly skilled in the art of cake-decorating . Kidding, that shit looks impossible. Impossibly delicious . I call a star piece! Mmmm — there’s no ear in this, right? Fan of Van Gogh? [forgetfoo] Thanks to Christian, who once found a Band-Aid in an eclair.

Luke Jerram is an artist who makes glass sculptures of diseases (that’s HIV there) to shed some light on the fact that most diseases , despite what you may have seen in textbooks, are actually clear and not the psychedelic tendrilled blobs of death you previously thought. Yeah? Well I never thought that! (They’re not little wizards that live inside you?) These transparent glass sculptures were created to contemplate the global impact of each disease and to consider how the artificial colouring of scientific imagery affects our understanding of phenomena. Jerram is exploring the tension between the artworks’ beauty and what they represent, their impact on humanity. The question of pseudo-colouring in biomedicine and its use for science communicative purposes, is a vast and complex subject. If some images are coloured for scientific purposes, and others altered simply for aesthetic reasons, how can a viewer tell the difference? How many people believe viruses are brightly coloured? Are there any colour conventions and what kind of ‘presence’ do pseudocoloured images have that ‘naturally’ coloured specimens don’t? Interesting thought, Luke, I suggest we stage an anti-pseudocoloring protest. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of all the catchy slogans. “WE DON’T WANT VIRUSES, WE WANT PIRATE-SES!” Well, what do you think? Yeah, I forgot what we were protesting. Hit the jump for several more viruses (see filename for which virus) along with a video of the HIV being made. And you thought it was monkeys!

Remember skilled sculptor (and handsome Geekologie Reader) Kalapusa’s Piranha Plant garden sculpture ? Well now the man behind the pipe-dwelling plant is back at it, this time with a trio of Christmas ornaments . In case you can’t tell what they are because you don’t know anything about the Mario universe , they are (from left to right): Dig-Dug, Kid Icarus and a Metroid. Haha, if you don’t know you don’t deserve to! The blue shell and mushroom already sold on eBay ( and HERE ) for $108 and $76, respectively, but the Goomba is still available if you’re interested ( HERE , for the next two hours). Me? I’m interested in investing in gold. Those commercialsHERE are convincing! Hit the jump for a closeup of each and a link to Kalupusa’s deviantART page.

Samus Aren , arguably the sexiest thing with a cannon for an arm ( toss up between Mega Man ), is looking good here on what may or may not be the bathrooms in the rear of a gas station (it’s actually an art store). Created by artist Allen Hampton , you can tell she’s about to PEW her way right through that jellyfish and blast Bowser there into another dimension. Ha, do I know my video games or what? Hit the jump for three closeups of the piece.

This is a piece of ” art ” by a really sucky artist that I can’t even believe even has the gall to CONSIDER themselves an artist . The piece is for sale at the Art Basel gallery in Miami Beach. The asking price? $75,000. I’d rather eat shit! The heads are connected to servos behind the mold of the artist’s face that are controlled by a computer. The movements and sound are on a 15 minute loop and both sing together and uncomfortably look around the room individually. VEEEERY CREEEPY. Very creepy is right! Also, I’m still pissed this is considered art. I mean, come on now. I’m so frustrated right now I could song a few bars myself. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA . Just like angels, I know. Youtube Thanks to Spikey DaPikey, naas, Grillonic, Michael and Cpt. Awesome, who are gonna pool their money to buy the piece and burn it name a star after me.

This is a series of works created by Star Wars artist Matt Busch in which the original movie posters have been zombified. I like the guts hanging out of the tauntaun , that’s a nice touch. And for the record — I’d still take my chances with Han. So dreamy. To coincide with the release of the latest Clone Wars episode “Brain Invaders”, which involved the clones and a Jedi becoming zombies, the Star Wars guys did a zombie theme for this week. Good job, Matt, impressive work. Granted not as impressive as if they were 3-D and actually tried to bite you through the monitor, but that would make watching porn f***ing insane AND YOU DON’T NEED THAT. Which is exactly why the government won’t release the technology. You perverts ruined it for the rest of us! Hit the jump for the other five posters.

This is Princess Peach as the Virgin Mary . I love the dichotomy of video game and religion . Granted I have no idea but dichotomy means but I used it to sound smart and because I’m probably the hardest hitting journalist in the industry. It’s true, one time during an interview I called Mike Tyson a little bitch and then knocked all his teeth out. That’s why he talks funny. Plastic teeth. Behold, The Virgin Princess Peach [kotaku] Thanks to harry, who’s taking bets on whether Toadstool looked up Peach’s skirt (and whether she has legs at all).

Vanja Mrgan is a Croatian illustrator with a dream, a dream of imagining what normally beardless superheroes would look like with some manly facial hair . Although they aren’t actually all superheroes , some are jerks like Boba Fett . Now I know what you’re thinking, “damn, I wonder what the GW would look like with a beard?” And the answer to that, my friends, is magical . Ever seen a unicorn being born? They fly out of my face. Hit the jump for a few more and a link to Vanja’s deviantART page with even more (ongoing project).