Kotaku: Fan Art

Mass Effect Meets Catherine Is Not Puzzling, Nor Sheepish

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:55:00 EST

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The Catherine box art featuring the game's titular character gets a Mass Effect send-up. Artist Nobunaga-chan reinvented it with Commander Shephard and Garrus for this "Catherine Shephard". More »

How To Improve One of Nintendo's Best Games? Like This.

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:30:00 EST

Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother's opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it's this. More »

The Street Fighter IV of My Japanese Pop Culture Dreams

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST

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Japanese artist Kei Suwabe created profiles for characters that don't exist in Street Fighter IV, but Japanese pop culture. More »

BioShock: Infinite Has Never Looked Better

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:40:00 EST

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Comic book artist Alex Garner had so much fun with his Portal 2 fan piece that he decided to do his own take on upcoming game BioShock: Infinite. More »

Portal 3 Box Art Has a Sex Joke. It's Fake.

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:20:00 EST

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If you've played any of Valve's Left 4 Dead games, you'll know how the zombie hand (and fingers) played into each subsequent installment. More »

Mass Effect, Portal, and More as Things of Pixelated Beauty

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:30:00 EST

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What Mass Effect, Portal 2, Deus Ex, and BioShock have in common are memorable worlds and visual flairs. Not sacrificing either, artist Pieceoftoast traded the games' high-def graphics for pixels. The result is stunning. More »

Mass Effect Has Never Looked this Classy

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:30:00 EST

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Don't get me wrong. Mass Effect has its share of class. But, like most things, it could be classier. Enter artist Sean Donaldson. More »

Shibuya, the Animated Version

Luke Plunkett — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:30:00 EST

Tokyo hotspot Shibuya means a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, it means nice sneakers and a Starbucks with a hell of a view. To artist Andrew Wilson, it means Mario crossing the street. More »

The Smooth, Sexy Fan Art of Will Murai

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:30:00 EST

Brazilian artist Will Murai has worked extensively in the video games, comics and advertising industries. But that's not why we're here today. We're talking about Will because of his amazing fan art. More »

Greet the Morning With Fantastic Blizzard, Halo Fan Art

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST

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Artist Toby Lewin, who took third place in 2011's Blizzard fan art contest, wondered if we'd like to share some of his other work. Sure Toby. We'd love to. More »

Final Fantasy Meets Hellboy

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:30:00 EST

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Comic artist Joe Dellagatta combines the moody art style of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola with the giant swords and giant haircuts of Final Fantasy. Somehow, it works. More »

Zelda's Post-Apocalyptic Future Is Dangerous. Take This.

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:30:00 EST

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The Legend of Zelda is set in idyllic Hyrule. But what if things in Hyrule weren't so pastoral? What if Zelda was set in the future and all of Hyrule had gone to shit? More »

Zelda's Song of Storms, Recreated

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:30:00 EST

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Artist Erik Schumacher didn't paint this striking image of Link atop Epona. It's not a photo either. It's a little bit of both, something called "photomanipulation". More »

The Gritty Adult Mario Game You Want But Will Never Get

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:20:00 EST

Earlier this year Splash Damage character artist Jon Fletcher crafted a magnificently twisted take on Mario for Polycount's Brawl contest. Now he gives us his twisted take on Mario's lanky brother and a splash screen for a game we'll never play but desperately want to. More »

What If Arkham City Were a Suburb of Springfield?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:20:00 EST

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Artist Dean Fraser of Springfield Punx fame is up to his old tricks again, giving the heroes and villains of Batman: Arkham City a Simpsons-style makeover. Mmmmm, Springfield Catwoman. More »

Don't Worry Link, Dragonborn's Got Your Back

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:40:00 EST

You can never be over-encumbered by a friend who's got your back. A lovely piece of fan art done for commission by Dan Jones. More »

Street Fighter's Bosses Are Much More Menacing in Mecha Form

Mike Fahey — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:20:00 EST

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Artists BossLogic and Reza have teamed up to give the big baddies of Street Fighter a mecha makeover, creating a set of characters I'd gladly purchase another version of Street Fighter IV to play. More »

Batman: Arkham City's Guest Appearance On The Simpsons

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:30:00 EST

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Fan artist Dean Fraser, who specialises in turning pop culture icons into characters from The Simpsons, has spent the week giving Batman: Arkham City his (or, well, Matt Groening's) signature treatment. More »

The Saddest Little Nathan Drake & Kratos I've Ever Seen

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:30:00 EST

Artist J Salvador has a series of pictures where he takes famous pop culture icons and makes them sad little children. It's touching stuff, especially when Nathan Drake and his soaked feline are concerned. More »

How Link Really Carries All That Crap Around

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:20:00 EST

You didn't think he had magic pants, did you? An enchanted backpack? Nope. Poor kid's gotta lug everything around the hard way. More »

"Fighting Game Characters Are Racist"

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:30:00 EST

That's not a view I hold, mind you. It's just the name of this great piece by artist Sachin Teng! More »

Skyrim + Skyward Sword = Skyrule

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:00 EST

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Fan art legend MetalHanzo has come up with this wonderful tribute to the two games of the hour, Skyrim and Skyward Sword. More »

If You Like He-Man, TMNT or Dark Souls, You Need to see These Amazing Paintings

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:30:00 EST

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If ever you were going to get a man to do the paintings that would cover the house of your dreams, artist Dave Rapoza is your man. More »

It's Always Snowing In Skyrim

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:40:00 EST

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The delightful Zac Gorman shows us the contradiction inherent in playing Skyrim during a Northern Winter. More »

Me Gusta: A Tribute

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:20:00 EST

Artist Aeron Bondoc pays a very detailed homage to the mascot of perverse pleasure on the internet. More »

They Want to Turn a League of Legends Character Into a Playboy Bunny

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:20:00 EST

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There's a campaign going down over on League of Legends' forums to try and have one of the game's heroes reimagined as a...Playboy bunny. More »

This Man-Sized Gundam Model is Amazing

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:00:00 EST

And that's just when you're looking at the pretty pictures of it. Its amazingness levels up when you find out the whole thing is made out of paper. More »

Deus Ex's Adam Jensen Faces the Toughest Choice of All

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:00:00 EST

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Anyone who has played Deus Ex: Human Revolution and looked in the kitchen of star Adam Jensen would know that the man has a...taste for breakfast cereal. More »

R2-D2 Thinks He's Link, Battles Ganon On a...Bantha? What the Hell?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:30:00 EDT

Artist Andy J Hunter throws Star Wars and The Legend of Zelda together to see what sticks. More »

Batman Hates Sharks. Real Bad.

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:30:00 EDT

Artist kay-too sought to "emulate the art style of the marketing for Batman: Arkham City" with this cute piece. More »

Xenogears Lives On In This Awesome Painting

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:30:00 EDT

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Artist Jake Murray pays tribute to classic RPG series Xenogears in the best way possible: with heroic fan art of star Elly Van Houten. More »

What is This, Mirror's Edge or Real Life?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 EDT

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Paying homage to a favourite game of his, artist Dave Payne has created this stunning recreation of the white-washed city featured in 2008's Mirror's Edge. More »

Yo, It's Day of the Tentacle, and it's Flashing

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:45:00 EDT

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Morning, Day of the Tentacle fans! More »

Minecraft's Creator is a God

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:00:00 EDT

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This piece of fan art showed up on the Facebook page of Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson overnight. It is blocky. And strangely erotic. More »

Portal 2's Chell has Never Looked Better

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:30:00 EDT

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Comics artist Alex Garner whipped this Portal 2 tribute up in his spare time. It feels strange calling it fan art. There should be a better name than that for pieces like this. More »

The Next Call of Duty DLC Has...Muppets?

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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Oh, if only that were the case. More »

Hello Morrigan, You're Looking Lovely Today

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EDT

Indonesian artist Admira Wijaya pays tribute to one of the most popular ladies on the fighting game circuit, Darkstalkers' Morrigan, in this great piece of fan art. More »

Dead Space, Meet Daft Punk

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:30:00 EDT

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Because Lord only knows Isaac Clarke could do with some more colour and music from time to time. More »

Batman In the Mass Effect Universe? Yes, Please.

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:30:00 EDT

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Batman's a comic book character, so he's been through more redesigns than I could count. We're about to see another one in the upcoming Arkham City, in fact. I haven't seen many I like as much as this one, though. More »

This Guy Totally NERFed This Mass Effect Rifle

Justin Page — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:30:00 EDT

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Custom Nerf gun creator Brian Johnson put a much needed Mass Effect spin on the Nerf Stampede. This functioning 18 round beast is now on sale at his Etsy store. More »