Rick and Morty is a genre-bending science fiction cartoon comedy. The show follows the misadventures of Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty Smith and features alternating universes, body horror, and a shocking level of emotional depth. All of those qualities and more are neatly wrapped in a package of cool humor.

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

10 "Get Schwifty" By Stephen Andrade

Stephen Andrade's slice, titled "Go Schwifty," is a realistic depiction of the eponymous Flavor 2 episode. Gigantic heads descend on Earth, their only demands: "Show 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's slice is also an homage to old schoolhouse sci-fi and pulp magazines. Beautifully rendered in acrylic pigment on sheet, this painting adds a lot of realistic depth to the world ofRick and Morty, while also maintaining its assuming color pallet.

ix Morty Portrait By Ashly Lovett

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

To back-trail this piece, Lovett as well drew a Rick portrait in the same style. Her web log mail details her artistic process and includes a fascinating timelapse video.

viii Ants In My Eyes Johnson By Wil Hughes

As if the concept of this graphic symbol wasn't already unsettling enough, 3D modeler Wil Hughes took it to another level. Hughes elevates the character from weird to absolutely off-putting with his immense attention to item. The sickly cherry-red gradient in the eyes, every hair having individual texture, and of course the ants.

Hughes goes above and beyond in maintaining the show's original design. As a concluding touch, the image has a TV filter overtop, since this character appears in a commercial during the Season ane episode "Rixty Minutes." The TV layer outcome ties the slice together and connects it to the source material in a creative way.

vii Rick And Morty By Robson Lami

Robson Lami has a serial of videos wherein he photoshops drawing characters into realistic forms. Each one is unsettling, only his Rick and Morty slice takes the cake in that department.

What makes this piece so disturbing is the realistic textures on cartoon proportions. Information technology's as if actual man parts were stretched over a drawing manakin. Something about seeing pores, dimples, and wrinkles on these cartoon characters is discomforting. There is an off-putting amount of textures hither, nonetheless the eyes in this rendition seem less alive than the cartoon ones.

six Mr. Meeeeks Past Wil Hughes

Wil Hughes' Mr. Meeseeks is another one of his agonizing Rick And Morty renditions. The leathery texture on Mr. Meeseeks appears sickly and demonic. The massive, lipless smile feels unnatural, while the dead black eyes resemble a doll'due south optics. Everything nearly this piece screeches, "I'm Mr. Meeseeks! Wait at me!"

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

5 Rick And Morty Past Miguel Vasquez

This 3D model by the talented Miguel Vasquez is fantastically unsettling. Their cartoonish proportions are maintained — round optics, giant heads, skinny limbs — simply 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, at that place is a ton of personality communicated in this slice. What is about unsettling about this slice 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'due south rendition of Krombopulos Michael elevates the design from a goofy cartoon character to a large-budget sci-fi conflicting. Despite how cool he looks, this estimation of the character remains Tv Show accurate. But once again, information technology's the little details that requite him an unsettling quality.

The peach fuzz texture all over Krombopulos Michael's flesh is completely off-putting, particularly the fashion its edges catch calorie-free. Too, the tiny circular polyps on his caput tentacles evoke a pimply texture. Finally, the strands hanging off his mouth nodules are skin-clamber inducing. This piece is entirely alien and equally off-putting.

3 Rick Sanchez By Facundo Moyano

In this slice, Creative person Facundo Moyano fan-casts Christopher Walken as Rick Sanchez. The linework on the face is immediately recognizable as Walken. He is appropriately placed in front of a mugshot background, as Rick is no stranger to run-ins with the law.

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

two Mr. Poopybutthole Past Wil Hughes

Some other fan-favorite character, this time around, Mr. Poopybutthole is getting Wil Hughes' 3D handling. This graphic symbol first appeared in the Season two episode ofRick and Morty, "Total Rickall."The skin texture on this slice is unsettlingly smooth, with his anatomy resembling a well-moisturized finger. The way the skin on his neck is wrinkled together under his collar is also deeply discomforting.

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

1 Rick And Morty By MJ Hible

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

All-time of all, Hible also cast Finn Wolfhard as Morty and Willem Dafoe as Rick. This is a blockbuster just begging to be fabricated.

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