This Pokémon fanart from Tomioka Nirou does a great job at playing with the world of a video game rather than just drawing famous characters. In this piece, a bored trainer can be seen riding on top of a Metagross and using it’s powers to blast other motorists off the road. There’s a lot of awesome subtleties going on like the trainer on the bottom right with a few Pokéballs in their belt, the kid in the van with a Pikachu on his head, and Magneton being used as a power source for the bored trainer. This sort of thing makes my imagination wander far more than run-of-the-mill character-based fanart.
I highly recommend checking out the hi-res version here.
The above photo taken by Takayuki Yoshida (aka TaktheTalk) is on a wall somewhere in Colorado. The mural features well-known gaming icons like Sonic and Mario, with some lesser-known gaming heroes like Mr. Driller and Billy Hatcher. There’s even some never gaming mascots like the Castle Crashers, Bioshock’s Big Daddy, Pipboy from Fallout 3, and even a Raving Rabbid.
Below are some more pics of the same wall, taken by Seetwist.
Here’s a shot of Big Daddy on the other side of the Alameda Video Game Wall, also known as Alameda Alley.