Salvador Dali's The AT-ATs

While stunning, Salvador Dali's designs for the AT-ATs where far too delicate. Still, it was a lot better than his Persistence of Time Death Star. (AT-Dali by Jill Wilson. Link via Geek-Art)

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AT-AT Walker Texas Ranger
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The Vitruvian Big Bird

These are indeed the ideal proportions of a large, talking, flightless yellow bird. (The Vitruvian Bird by vherrera)

There are a couple dozen other entries in Worth1000's Classic Paintings with Sesame Street Characters photoshop contest.

If there was a way to make Salvador Dali more surreal, adding Elmo is the way to go. (Elmo Awakening by xxlant)

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Sesame Street Fighter
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A History Of Emoticon Art

Bet you never thought you'd come here and learn something. Now the next time you go to the Museum of Modern Art or the Louvre you won't feel so out of place. (Link via BuzzFeed)

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It's Pizza Time, Picasso!
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It's Pizza Time, Picasso!

It's a little know fact that there were originally 10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that only the four named after Renaissance artists survived. Which is too bad as I really would have loved to see Dali's moves. (Artistic Renditions from Not Really... But Seriously via The Daily What) 

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Pop Culture Masters
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