Link Round-Up: September 8, 2017

"Starlord!" by Brice Garlick

News: Locals outraged after beloved mural is painted over to advertise new Jennifer Lawrence movie

News: Woman Stripped of Prizes After Using Public Domain Photos to Win Contests: Sasin Tipchai is a talented photographer from Thailand who shares many of his amazing photos on Pixabay. As he designated the images as public domain, technically anyone can use his photos for any purposes. What Tipchai did not expect was that someone would steal his photos to enter international photography competitions. According to Khaosod English, a Swiss photographer by the name of Madeleine Josephine Fierz won first prize at the Moscow International Foto Awards and grabbed a second place award at the Fine Art Photo Awards earlier this year using Tipchai’s work.

10+ Times Kids Came Up With Amazing DIY Inventions

Illustration: Star Wars Facebook Stickers

Star Wars Facebook Stickers by Katie Cook

If you’re on Facebook and a Star Wars fan, you need to go get these new Star Wars: The Force Awakens stickers right now. Designed by Katie Cook, they’re super chibi fun.  Just go to the Facebook Sticker Store and they are a free add-on!

Illustration: Force Awakens Chibis

"Chibi Kylo Ren"

The Force Awakens Chibi Character Illustrations by Canada-based Derek Laufman

Fresh Take: Short Wars

"Short Wars" by Nantwich, United Kingdom-based Ewan Brock

Adorable chibi versions of all your favorite secondary Star Wars characters, including Wicket and R2-D2.

Link Round-Up: August 31, 2015

"May the force be with you" by Nancy, France-based Nadège Floriot

Hope, Despair, and Thundercats: The Reality of a Post-Christian Society

How the ballpoint pen killed cursive.

Jurabbit Park: Classic Jurassic Park Scenes Recreated With a Rabbit

The Original Storyboard For The Opening Of Batman: The Animated Series

Pixar has teamed up with online learning site Khan Academy to create a free, interactive online course to get students excited about learning the math and science behind their favorite Pixar movies. Lectures are presented by Pixar animators using examples from real movies such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Wall E.  Subjects will include environment modelling, character modelling, animation and rendering.  The series is called Pixar In A Box.

"So you look at a work of art and think to yourself, I could have done that. And maybe you really could have, but the issue here is more complex than that -- why didn't you? Why did the artist? And why does it have an audience?" A primer from PBS Digital Studios, addressing common questions about modern art.

Tattoo Artist Answers Questions You Are Too Afraid To Ask 

Why am I not as excited about Star Wars now as I was in 1999?

Fresh Take: Superheroes

"Cyclops" by Andrea Scoppetta

On top of running a webcomic, Andrea Scoppetta posts daily sketches of her favorite superheroes miniaturized into adorable awesomeness.

Fresh Take: The X-Babies

"Oliver and the X-Babies" by Calgary, Canada-based Caanan

Tiny superheroes will never not amuse me. 

Fresh Take: Little Heroes

Little Heroes by France-based Alberto Varanda

Alberto Varanda has a fantastic on-going series in which he re-imagines our favorite comic book super heroes as children.

Fresh Take: Un i formity

"Un i formity" by Willustrate

Illustration: Chibi Star Trek Wallpaper

Star Trek Wallpaper by Spain-based Misi-Chan

Illustration: Lil Hulkbuster vs Hulk

"Lil Hulkbuster V Hulk" by KevinRaganit

Sweets: Vader and Yoda Cakes

Dueling Darth Vader and Yoda Cakes by Avalon Cakes

These fabulous Star Wars Cakes feature a Chibi Yoda Cake and a Chibi Darth Vader Cake. This is the first time I have ever seen two cake boards that fit together like a puzzle and where the cakes go together so nicely.

Illustration: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron Illustrations by 100% Soft

Avengers: Age of Ultron Fan Art

Ultron hasn't outlived his usefulness yet!

Mash-Up: Gundam Avengers

Gundam / Avengers Mash-Ups by 油屋とんび (Tonbi)

Pixiv member Tonbi has an ongoing series of chibi illustrations where he turns Marvel characters into Gundam mechs. He tries to match the Marvel characters with a Gundam’s name or characteristic. Hence we have the Wing Gundam Thor, the RX-0 Unicorn Hulk and the Turn A Captain America.

Mash-Up: Gundam / X-Men

Gundam / X-Men Mash-Ups by 油屋とんび (Tonbi)

Illustration: Star Wars Wallpaper A to Z

"Star Wars Wallpaper A to Z" by Joe Wight

Pencil, Expresso Extra Fine, Photoshop 3

Illustration: JL8 Class Photo

"JL8 Class Photo" by Yale Stewart

This funny ‘class photo’ illustration was created by cartoonist Yale Stewart for his funny "JL8" webcomic in which he imagines popular DC comics heroes and villains as children in elementary school.

Mash-Up: Marvel / Gundam

Marvel / Gundam Mash-Ups by 油屋とんび (Tonbi)

Illustration: Marvel Babies

"Death Of Wolverine" by Skottie Young, 2014.

Team Marvel Babies Concept by Skottie Young.

Illustration: L'il Gotham

"Li’l Gotham" Series by Dustin Nguyen

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Read interviews with Dustin Nguyen at The Beat, Comic Vine, and The Mary Sue.