The Blonde Version of the YMCA

In this YMCA spoof photo, four grinning girls pose their arms to create the letters Y,M,C and A. It must have been a blonde’s idea, though, because the word is inverted. The brunette should have known better. Unless she’s just an undercover blonde.

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Star Wars YMCA

Stormtroopers are highly recognizable characters from the Star Wars films. They have been parodied in dozens of Stormtrooper fan art works, giving any spoof a humorous aspect with their ridiculous plastic armor.

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YMCA, it’s Harder in Other Languages

This funny demotivational poster shows several soldiers performing martial arts, with the caption, “YMCA, it’s harder in other languages.”

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Jesus Blasphemous YMCA

This image uses a sculpture of Jesus Christ to create the Y letter in the sequence. The grinning people who make up the rest of the abbreviation have used distance in the image to create a funny optical illusion; although the statue of Jesus is enormous, the distance between it and the foreground figures makes it seem smaller.

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Funny Jesus Christ YMCA

Like the photo above, this demotivational poster uses Jesus Christ’s outspread arms to create the Y in YMCA. The label on the poster states, “BLASPHEMY, a ticket to hell has never been funnier.”

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Ronald McDonald’s Wife

Ronald McDonald, the franchise’s clown mascot, wears a red and white striped shirt beneath a yellow waistcoat, a red curly wig and a red nose. The mascot is displayed in nearly every form of McDonalds advertising and media. The picture below shows an artist’s interpretation of what Ronald McDonald’s wife would look like, basing her clothing and make-up on the McDonalds clown mascot.

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Why so Happy Meal?

In a spoof of the Joker character played by actor Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, the Joker is shown dressed as Ronald McDonald. This fan art throws a shadow on the normally cheerful McDonalds characters, parodying the Joker’s favorite phrase, “Why so serious?” with “Why so Happy Meal?”

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Ronald McDonald gets Super Sized

Ron English promotes propaganda through his art works, encouraging the public to take a good hard look at many of the things that we take for granted. In the piece shown below, English portrays the Ronald McDonald mascot as an overweight clown. This is a comment on the obesity epidemic that is currently taking place in America, pointing a very chubby, super sized finger at McDonalds food as a direct cause of the weight problems.

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Death by French Fries

In the documentary film, Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock conducted an experiment to determine the life span of McDonalds menu items. The McDonalds french fry was portrayed as being near immortal, barely degrading even though weeks had passed. Though the artist’s intention with the food art work below is not clear, there is a definite link between the seemingly innocent french fry and death. Perhaps the message is that McDonald’s french fries are so far from being organic that the food itself is dead.

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Ronald McDonald the Obese

In another controversial art work, the art has depicted the Ronald McDonald clown as being grossly obese. The art work comments on the fact that though McDonalds fast food has been linked to obesity, the McDonalds media characters are slender and healthy.

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McDonalds Fats Food Restaurant

This street art sticker shows an obese man eating the McDonalds mascot. A banner across the graffiti image proclaims “FATS FOOD”, a parody of the type of food that McDonalds serves; fast food.

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McDonalds Food Art Animals

The food art work below shows two creatures that have been made out of McDonalds food items and packaging. On the left is a crab-like animal made from french fries, battling against what looks like a cockroach made out of wire and a McDonalds tomato ketchup sachet.

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Calvin and Hobbes Sledding in the Streets

One of the most famous images of the popular comic duo, Calvin and Hobbes, is the picture of the friends tobogganing. This clever graffiti gives the image a new setting, allowing Calvin and Hobbes to sled in the streets.

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No Smoking in the Streets

This clever graffiti art work is both a visual pun and a statement of the artist’s view on smoking. This graffiti piece cleverly incorporates existing objects into the design.

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Giant Graffiti People

This graffiti design shows an image of two giant girls, crammed into a tiny building. The piece creates a spacial deception that is more effective when standing in front of the street art.

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Hang Man Graffiti

Like the street ashtray graffiti above, this piece uses an existing object to create the desired effect; the character appears to be pinned to the wall by the peg.

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Street Puddle Olympics

These Tim Burton styled cartoon characters have been graffitied beside a street puddle, acting out a parody of an Olympic diving event.

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Tattoos of Alice in Wonderland

The story is centered on a pre-Victorian era girl, Alice. One day she walks out, and finds herself in a marvellous adventure, as told in the book. It is said that Lewis Carroll based the character on Alice Liddell, a child friend of his. Shown below are Alice tattoo designs, from John  Tenniel, Scott Olive and Walt Disney Studios.

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Tattoos Through the Rabbit Hole

Alice begins her adventure by following a white rabbit, which leads her to fall down a rabbit hole. The white rabbit has been depicted in song, in film and in illustration. A fruitless search for something is now referred to as “chasing the white rabbit”.

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The Cheshire Cat in Ink

The Cheshire Cat is a popular tattoo design, symbolizing a fun-loving nature and an enjoyment of all things silly and bizarre. With his toothy grin, colorful fur and recognizable silhouette, the Cheshire Cat makes an attractive tattoo design.

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The Hookah Smoking Caterpillar

One of the most famous Alice in Wonderland characters is the Hookah Smoking Caterpillar. He sits atop a magic mushroom, smoking his hookah and puffing riddles at passersby. This character has proven to be a very versatile tattoo design, as he is recognizable no matter what illustration style he is rendered in. (See more Magic Mushroom Tattoo Designs)

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Tattoos of Alice in Wonderland Characters

The story of Alice in Wonderland is acted out by a host of funny and silly characters. These too, are popular tattoo designs. Shown below are tattoos of the Alice in Wonderland characters; The Walrus and The Carpenter, a Horsefly, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

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Beavis is God

MTV’s popular animated TV series, Beavis and Butthead, produced two teenage American characters that have entertained and repulsed the world for over a decade. It’s likely that in this setting, Beavis would be saying to Butthead, “Pull my finger!”

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Eat My Shorts

Bart Simpson’s shorts appear to have already been eaten. All of the other figures in this humorous Sistine Chapel knock off have been styled to resemble characters from the popular TV show The Simpsons.

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The Creation of Al Dente

“The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism” – Wikipedia. The Spaghetti Monster was created by Bobby Henderson in 2005, in protest of the American government’s decision to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution.

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Miyamoto’s Creation of Mario

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of video games franchises like The Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda, is shown here in place of the original Christian God. Miyamoto is surrounded by other Nintendo video game characters, and reaches towards Mario on the left of the image, in a parody of God creating Adam in The Creation of Adam.

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The Creation of Kermit the Frog

Jim Henson is shown below with the most famous Muppet, Kermit the Frog. Henson, the creator of the Muppets, has been placed so that like Miyamoto, above, he is portrayed as God, giving Kermit the touch of life.

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Luke, I am your Father

Luke Skywalker, from the cult movies Star Wars, is shown with his father, Darth Vader. True to form, Vader is trying to kill Luke.

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Ceiling Cat Creates You

One of the most lovable LOLcats titles is that of Ceiling Cat, bestowed upon dozens, possibly hundreds of shy cats that have taken to living in peoples’ ceilings. This parody of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam is also a pun on the LOLcats title Ceiling Cat.

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Charles Darwin’s Monkey Business

Charles Darwin, an English Biologist, proposed the idea of evolution; that all creatures on Earth have transformed over time through a process of natural selection. Darwin’s theory seemed ridiculous to many religious folk, especially since Darwin suggested that man evolved from apes.

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A Merry Christmas May You Have

The lovable character from the popular Star Wars movies, Yoda, is shown in this tattoo; either as a replacement for Santa Claus or as one of Santa’s little helpers.

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Kiss Me under the Mistletoe

This funny Christmas tattoo falls under the label of adult humor, as the mistletoe design is tattooed just above this guy’s belt line. In western culture, it is traditional to hang mistletoe in a doorway. If someone stands beneath the mistletoe, it is an invitation for a kiss…

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A Nightmare Before Christmas Tattoo

Jack Skellington, the main character from Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, is a humorous contrast to the traditional Christmas character, Santa Claus, with his jolly jowls and bulging belly. The Jack Skellington Christmas tattoo below shows how this character’s evil looks stand in contrast to the innocent-looking characters that are usually associated with Christmas hats.

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Jesus, a Bunny and a Jolly Fat Man

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. In Christianity, Easter is a celebration of Jesus ascending to heaven, a ‘rebirth’ of sorts. The most recognizable Christmas character is Santa Claus, a jolly fat man in a red suit. Easter is often represented by a rabbit, called the Easter Bunny. In this funny tattoo, Jesus is shown with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

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A Calvin and Hobbes Christmas Tattoo

Bill Watterson’s famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, has inspired a wealth of fan art tattoos. Most Calvin and Hobbes tattoos depict the main characters; the boy Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, but other characters from the comic have also stolen the hearts of the public, such as the philosophical snowman, shown below.

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Zombie Jesus Christmas Tattoo

This tattoo takes a little deciphering to fully understand its meaning. As far as this author can tell, this is a depiction of Jesus as a zombie (he did, in a way, rise from the dead at Easter). The zombie doll character has its arms outspread in a similar pose to that of Jesus on the cross, and through the palms of its hands are nails, in a parody of the crucifixion of Christ. The lightbulb is, uh, well, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Funny Will Ferrell’s Inky Elf

This tattoo shows funny man Will Ferrell as the character that he played in the Christmas themed movie, elf.

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Rudolph’s Predecessor, Immortal in Ink

This Christmas tattoo is a portrait of Randy the Reindeer, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s predecessor. For years, Randy led Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve, delivering Christmas presents to good little children, sometimes, even, to deliver Christmas gifts to naughty children. Then one snowy night, Rudolph that dastardly Red Nosed Reindeer usurped Randy’s position as lead reindeer, dooming Randy to eternal obscurity. RIP Randy.

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We Wish You a Manga Christmas

This Christmas tattoo design uses the popular Japanese comic book style, manga, to portray Western symbols of Christmas. In this manga tattoo design, the Christmas fairy is shown wearing a Christmas outfit, holding the Star of Bethlehem and accompanied by other Christmas symbols, mistletoe and a candy cane.

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The Grinch Stole a Christmas Tattoo

The famous children’s book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, features a Who whose heart is three times too small. The Grinch is angry at the other Whos, who, every year, enjoy the Christmas cheer. The Grinch decides to stop Christmas from coming by stealing the Whos’ Christmas presents, who-ham and Christmas decorations.

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Adult Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson’s lovable comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, is based on the imaginative adventures of a young American boy, Calvin, and his stuffed tiger toy, Hobbes. The comic has inspired a wealth of fan art, from manga drawings and digital paintings to stuffed toys and Calvin and Hobbes tattoos. The images below show the original comic strip characters as youngsters, and an artist’s rendition of the two friends as adults; a man and his imaginary tiger.

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Geriatric Marvels; Batman and Robin

Marvel Comics’ Batman and Robin have been firm favorites for decades. Here the two are shown defending Gotham City in their youth, alongside an image of Batman and Robin as old men, by comic artist Donald Soffritti.

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Lilo and Stitch; Woman and Beast

Walt Disney’s feature film Lilo and Stitch focused on the friendship that forms between a Hawaiian girl, Lilo, and the nearly indestructible space monster, Stitch. In the kids’ movie, Stitch is portrayed as being creepy but cute. In the the second picture below, he is shown as an adult monster, not as cute as the original character design. Lilo is shown as a beautiful, exotic young woman.

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Aged Charlie Brown and Snoopy

Charlie Brown and his Beagle, Snoopy, from the kids’ cartoon Peanuts, are shown here as adults. Both the characters and the drawing style have matured.

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College Mutant Ninja Turtles

Based on the popular kids TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the fan art below shows the teenage turtles as college kids, still stuffing their face with pizza.

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Patrick Strogulski is a world-famous caricature artist who has produced hundreds of celebrity caricatures. These funny portraits are a combination of fan art and humor, beautifully rendered in Strogulski’s aesthetic art style.

Brad Pitt Caricature

In this celebrity fan art work, Brad Pitt’s characteristic facial expression has been kept, even while the features that create the expression have been exaggerated.

Funny Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama

In this humorous caricature of American President Barack Obama, the artist has made the president’s mouth and ears several times larger than they would naturally be.

Comedian Caricature: John Cleese

Comedy actor John Cleese deserves fan art as funny as this, in homage to his decades of funny appearances in comedy shows and movies.

Dalai Lama Caricature

As with all of Strogulski’s caricatures, this funny portrait of the Dalai Lama shows the artist’s skill. The use of light in the painting creates an almost photo realistic effect.

Jason Statham’s Funny Fan Art

Jason Statham’s films have an intensity to them that is portrayed in this painting of the action man.

Morgan Freeman Fan Portrait

Morgan Freeman has a characterful face even before being rendered by a caricature artist. His distinctive features make life easier for the artist, as this actor is highly recognizable even when severely distorted.

Quentin Tarantino’s Dark Humor Portrait

Quentin Tarantino’s films are known for their black humor, and the artist has managed to reflect this in his caricature of Tarantino.

Funny Man Robin Williams

Robin Williams is both a comedic actor and stage comedian. His stocky frame combined with his enormous gestures and facial expressions create a rich contrast that is celebrated in this funny painting of Robin Williams.

Rowan Atkinson’s Comedy Portrait

Rowan Atkinson is most famous for his role in the comedy series, Mr Bean, in which he is mostly silent. The portrait below shows the Mr Bean character that Atkinson mimed in the series.

Willem Dafoe Caricature

Willem Dafoe has an interesting face as it is, without the help of a caricature artist. In this painting, the actor’s wide mouth and prominent chin have been enlarged to emphasize the character of his facial features.

All of the art shown here was created by Patrick Strogulski, showcased at newevolutiondesigns.

Chewing Gum Pavement Art

Chewing gum is found on pavements all over the world. Once chewed, the gum is spat out and stepped on by pedestrians. This process leaves behind a flattened piece of chewing gum that provides the perfect canvas for gum artists. The photo series below shows Ben Wilson, chewing gum artist, at work. He carefully paints each piece of chewing gum with tiny brushes and bright colors, creating a miniature masterpiece that is both fun and psychedelic. This form of street art verges on reverse graffiti; the art of turning the city’s dirt into something attractive.

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Recycling Food as an Art Form

Canadian gum artist Jason Kronenwald doesn’t chew bubble gum himself unless he has to. Instead of chewing the gum himself, he has a dedicated team of chewers. Kronenwald’s art is referred to as Gum Blondes, and are portraits of celebrities rendered in chewing gum.  The soft, chewed gum hardens as it dries, and has a shiny finish to it. Kronenwald’s celebrity fan art portraits include Madonna, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Marilyn Monroe and Jessica Simpson.

Recycling bubble gum and chewing gum as art is thought of as being a “green” or “eco-friendly” practice, because the gum isn’t thrown away after being chewed.

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Most leaf carvings take weeks or even months to create. The work is incredibly delicate and requires a steady hand and attention to detail. Because of the small size of the finished art piece, mistakes are more noticeable, forcing the leaf carver to work slowly and carefully at all times.

Famous Faces in Fall

A popular subject for leaf sculptures is a portrait of a celebrity or famous personage. These beautiful celebrity portraits are then pressed, preserved and framed so that they will last for decades. Some of the most popular celebrity leaf carvings are of the famous painting The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus Christ and actress Marilyn Monroe.

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Buddha’s Life in Leaf Art

Buddha is the central figure of the Buddhist religion, which practices many forms of meditation. An art form as delicate and painstaking as leaf carving can be quite meditative, as it forces the mind to focus on one thing only. It is apt that Buddha, a symbol of meditation and calm, be the subject of leaf carvings.

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Famous Places Carved into Pressed Leaves

Most leaf carving artists like to use leaves from the Chinar tree, native to the Asian countries of Pakistan, India and China,because of the organic structure of the leaf. These leaves are also considered to be lucky in some Asian cultures. Chinar leaves are very similar in appearance to the Maple leaf, the official symbol of Canada. The Maple leaf is another favorite carving medium among leaf sculptors. Shown below are leaf sculptures of The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, The Statue of Liberty in New York, America, and the skyline of the Canadian city; Vancouver.

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Leaves of Magic and Mystery

The following images show a miscellany of leaf carving designs. Some are artist’s renditions of an actual creature, such as the Japanese koi fish, and others are products of pure fantasy, such as the Chinese dragon. The two baby angels are from Michelangelo’s fresco painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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