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Just as I always wondered what my favorite mustachioed people of history looked like without their trademark facial hair, I’ve equally wondered what some of my favorite film and game characters would look like with added beards. It’s a thought that has plagued my dreams for years, but having no talent for art myself, and having no magical beard growing powers, there was nothing I could do. Thankfully, someone with a little talent had the same thought.

Croatian illustrator Vanja Mrgan had a few questions of his own concerning beards and famous faces. The result are a set of geeky illustrations which will rock your beard-loving universe.

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Sure, it might not be the largest Mona Lisa ever made, but who needs size when you’re made of the geekiest material ever devised, computer hardware.

The Motherboard Mona Lisa is made entirely of discarded hardware and currently sits in the lobby of the Asus headquarters in Taiwan.

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What happens in Buckingham Palace, stays in Buckingham Palace. How does the Queen keep a lid on her geeky little secret? All she has to do is remind her guests that, technically, she can still order a beheading. Match point!

So, now that we actually know what happens behind those palace gates, I’d love to know the Queen mother’s handle. I’d totally school her.

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I’m glad they decided to go this direction next season. This could have been ugly had they slightly changed their premise. Can you picture it? Batmole: Ad Exec. Batman: Geriatric Secretary. Yeah. This could have been bad.

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In my opinion The Shining is the scariest damn movie ever made. Those damn twins always scared the living shit out of me. In fact, it remains one of the only films I’m too scared to view again. Could it be have been any scarier? I’m not sure, but something about this anime-style version freaks me out.

DeviantArt user Patches created this Shining anime-tized poster using characters his friends and himself had devised. So if you were wondering why the twins were so well-developed, ahem, there you go.

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If there is one talent I’ve always dreamed of having (aside from being able to roar like a Wookie), it’s the ability to be a good drawer. Just being able to draw something in which someway resembles what I was trying to draw would be cool. But no. God blessed me with the uncanny ability to find awesome shit online, but in the drawing department, I’m one of the worst artists you’ll ever meet. Seriously, I’m that bad.

The ScrabbleBot downloads instructional assistant sketches online and helps direct children and talentless wannabes like myself draw basic sketches such as ducks and other various water fowl.

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We like to get down on Friday’s with the best of them. And what better way to get down then to celebrate the greatness of cheese sculpting? I know I’m excited!

These sculptures make my feeble attempts at sculpting a cheese penis out of my measly string cheese look like pure amateur play. Cheddar happens to be my favorite, and I’ve never been one to hesitate eating a U.S. president when I have the chance. As it turns out, cheese sculpting has its own dedicated niche. Very dedicated.

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This Welsh shopping mall recreated the Mona Lisa blown up 50 times the original size. Made out of 82 paint by numbers tiles, this is officially the largest Mona Lisa in the world. I swear someone’s getting beat if that running dude leaves any footprints.

They know exactly how I love my women. Massive, flat and covered in protective lacquer.

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Borrowing elements from both Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Monet’s lilies, I don’t know what would be more proper for this Impressionist Cake, eating it or hanging it on the wall.

Whatever you might do with it, one thing’s for sure. Even though the cake steals elements from other well-known paintings, it takes a real artistic eye to paint, with frosting I might add, such an accurate portrayal. This is a piece of art all by itself.

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Still having a tough time picking out your Halloween costume? This Mona Lisa costume will probably work for both men and woman since the Mona Lisa itself is of ambiguous sex to begin with.

Simply create your own mock Mona Lisa design and cut a face hole in your design. Designer Alexa Westerfield provides more in-depth instructions on her site as well as other “masterpiece” ideas.

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