Rick and Morty is a genre-angle science fiction cartoon one-act. The show follows the misadventures of Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty Smith and features alternate universes, body horror, and a shocking level of emotional depth. All of those qualities and more than are neatly wrapped in a bundle of absurd sense of humour.

It's no wonder why the show has such an eccentric fanbase. Amidst those fans are a lot of talented artists who have taken it upon themselves to depictRick and Morty in a realistic style. Like the show itself, this drove of fan fine art is funny, well-executed, and downright unsettling.

x "Get Schwifty" By Stephen Andrade

Stephen Andrade'due south piece, titled "Get Schwifty," is a realistic depiction of the eponymous Season 2 episode. Gigantic heads descend on Earth, their only demands: "Prove me what you got." Naturally, they're the judges of an interplanetary American Idol. Instead of getting scolded past Simon Cowell, the losing planet is destroyed.

Andrade'southward piece is too an homage to old school sci-fi and pulp magazines. Beautifully rendered in acrylic pigment on canvas, this painting adds a lot of realistic depth to the globe ofRick and Morty, while also maintaining its bold color pallet.

ix Morty Portrait Past Ashly Lovett

This portrait was created by illustrator Ashly Lovett for the Official Rick and Morty Fine art Bear witness in Los Angeles. Using chalk pastel on paper, Lovett perfectly captures the trauma that Morty has endured at the hands of his gramps. The shine in his eyes evokes an unsettling corporeality of pain. The pastel medium itself elicits a sense of instability that suits the show well.

To accompany this piece, Lovett also drew a Rick portrait in the same style. Her blog post details her creative process and includes a fascinating timelapse video.

eight Ants In My Optics Johnson Past Wil Hughes

As if the concept of this grapheme wasn't already unsettling enough, 3D modeler Wil Hughes took it to another level. Hughes elevates the graphic symbol from weird to admittedly off-putting with his immense attention to detail. The sickly red slope in the eyes, every hair having private texture, and of form the ants.

Hughes goes above and beyond in maintaining the show's original design. Every bit a final touch on, the image has a Tv filter overtop, since this grapheme appears in a commercial during the Season 1 episode "Rixty Minutes." The TV layer outcome ties the slice together and connects it to the source material in a creative style.

7 Rick And Morty By Robson Lami

Robson Lami has a serial of videos wherein he photoshops cartoon characters into realistic forms. Each one is unsettling, but his Rick and Morty piece takes the block in that department.

What makes this piece so agonizing is the realistic textures on drawing proportions. It'south equally if actual human parts were stretched over a cartoon manakin. Something about seeing pores, dimples, and wrinkles on these cartoon characters is discomforting. There is an off-putting corporeality of textures here, even so the eyes in this rendition seem less alive than the cartoon ones.

half-dozen Mr. Meeeeks Past Wil Hughes

Wil Hughes' Mr. Meeseeks is another i of his disturbing Rick And Morty renditions. The leathery texture on Mr. Meeseeks appears sickly and demonic. The massive, lipless smile feels unnatural, while the dead black optics resemble a doll's eyes. Everything nigh this slice screeches, "I'm Mr. Meeseeks! Look at me!"

Mr. Meeseeks is one of Rick'southward inventions, his purpose is to carry out menial tasks and promptly disappear when he's done. The dead eyes and unpleasant smile rendered in this image perfectly reflect the anguish of a character with no purpose of his own.

5 Rick And Morty By Miguel Vasquez

This 3D model by the talented Miguel Vasquez is fantastically unsettling. Their cartoonish proportions are maintained — round optics, giant heads, skinny limbs — but they're rendered in a frighteningly realistic way.

Exist it the worried wrinkles on Morty'southward tilted brow or the crazed asymmetrical shape of Rick's optics, in that location is a ton of personality communicated in this piece. What is most unsettling about this piece is the way that their eyes bulge out of their skulls, with eyelids protruding. Not to mention Rick's drool, which gives him a rabid appearance.

4 Krombopulos Michael By Connor Gartland

Connor Gartland's rendition of Krombopulos Michael elevates the pattern from a goofy cartoon grapheme to a big-upkeep sci-fi conflicting. Despite how cool he looks, this interpretation of the character remains Tv set Prove accurate. But once once more, it's the niggling details that give him an unsettling quality.

The peach fuzz texture all over Krombopulos Michael's flesh is completely off-putting, especially the mode its edges take hold of light. Likewise, the tiny round polyps on his caput tentacles evoke a pimply texture. Finally, the strands hanging off his mouth nodules are peel-crawl inducing. This piece is entirely conflicting and as off-putting.

iii Rick Sanchez By Facundo Moyano

In this piece, Artist Facundo Moyano fan-casts Christopher Walken as Rick Sanchez. The linework on the face up is immediately recognizable as Walken. He is appropriately placed in front end of a mugshot groundwork, as Rick is no stranger to run-ins with the police.

Rick'south expression is completely out of it, which is fitting for a grapheme that is an uncontrollable alcoholic. There is a sense of disrespect in the portrait's gaze, no doubt directed at the government who arrested him. As cool as Walken is, his portrayal of a live-action Rick is an uncomfortable thought to entertain.

ii Mr. Poopybutthole By Wil Hughes

Some other fan-favorite character, this time around, Mr. Poopybutthole is getting Wil Hughes' 3D treatment. This character showtime appeared in the Season 2 episode ofRick and Morty, "Full Rickall."The skin texture on this slice is unsettlingly smooth, with his anatomy resembling a well-moisturized finger. The fashion the skin on his neck is wrinkled together nether his neckband is also deeply discomforting.

Hughes' piece of work shines when it comes to a wide diversity of realistic textures, and this piece is no exception. He has an entire collection of hyper-realistic Rick and Morty graphic symbol art, and this one is among his creepiest.

ane Rick And Morty Past MJ Hible

This piece by artist MJ Hible is reminiscent of a comic volume crossover event or a blockbuster moving-picture show affiche. The precipitous linework is highly detailed and provides a lot of energy from its scratchy texture. The vibrant colors and realistic expressions evoke an about psychedelic clash between reality and fantasy. It features fan-favorite characters Mr. Poopybutthole, Mr. Meeseeks, and, of course, Pickle Rick.

Best of all, Hible also bandage Finn Wolfhard as Morty and Willem Dafoe as Rick. This is a blockbuster merely begging to be made.

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