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Funniest, Weirdest Artwork Ever (sorry artists)

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    #1 4 years ago

    One of the greatest things about pinball (besides just playing it) is the artwork that goes into them. The skill and time taken to produce some of these masterpieces is breathtaking at times. These machines are definite works of art and I can just sit looking at mine in fascination. Also it can be down right hilarious, like what were they thinking when they drew that? Of course some artists don't always hit their mark. Not every artist can produce great work 100% of the time. The purpose of this thread is to post images of funny, strange or just plain bad artwork. This thread is not meant to insult or hurt any artists feelings ( more like an elbow in the ribs pun). Some times the funny/bad or strange art sticks out like a sore thumb (genesis backglass comes to mind along with Bad Girls pictured in my avatar). Sometimes you have to look long and hard to find it. I will start off. Just picked up a WCS and boy is it a beautiful game. I love some of the artwork and don't care about some of the other art. I actually like the cartoon dog. But this ref chick down at the bottom.... um yeah. Something is just off about her lol. Call it a come hither stare or something else. Of course she gets some positive points as she is showing a little cheek!

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    #2 4 years ago

    The translite for Shaq Attaq. It's so bad its good. I recently created a custom translite for mine, and at least half my buddies who visit were sad that I removed the old one, because of how comically bad it is hahaha.

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    #3 4 years ago

    I look at the TFTC playfield art and always wonder if there we're some DE subtleties purposely added to it. (Even though DE Guns N' Roses came out after TFTC)

    Hulk Hogan (DE Royal Rumble)
    Doc Brown (DE BTTF)
    T-Rex (DE Jurassic Park)
    Slash & Adler (DE Guns N' Roses)

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    #4 4 years ago
    Quoted from sixtyfourbits:

    The translite for Shaq Attaq. It's so bad its good. I recently created a custom translite for mine, and at least half my buddies who visit were sad that I removed the old one, because of how comically bad it is hahaha.
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    Lol the guy is making a snow angle in the middle of the court between shaqs legs. Your right this is so bad it's good!

    #5 4 years ago
    Quoted from ImNotNorm:

    I look at the TFTC playfield art and always wonder if there we're some DE subtleties purposely added to it. (Even though DE Guns N' Roses came out after TFTC)
    Hulk Hogan (DE Royal Rumble)
    Doc Brown (DE BTTF)
    T-Rex (DE Jurassic Park)
    Slash & Adler (DE Guns N' Roses)[quoted image]

    Wow I never noticed all that stuff on the TFTC playfield. I just picked one up a few weeks and haven't had time to just stare at it. I know some people hate it, but I love the horror cheese and you can always find something new. So much hidden stuff.

    #6 4 years ago

    You want some oddballl artwork? Just look at some of the backglasses from Playmatic and Zaccaria in the 1980s... So crazy that it's hard to even look at the scores!

    Adding Moon Light for the best pinball artwork on a glass that you've never seen in person!
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    And what in the living hell is going on in this Atleta backglass??? Has got to be the strangest.
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    It just goes on and on and on...

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    #7 4 years ago

    There will only ever be one Python Angelo the king of awesome artwork

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    #10 4 years ago
    Quoted from fusion301:

    There will only ever be one Python Angelo the king of awesome artwork[quoted image]

    this actually made me laugh out loud. I never thought I'd see turtle butthole on a playfield lol

    Quoted from snyper2099:

    You want some oddballl artwork? Just look at some of the backglasses from Playmatic and Zaccaria in the 1980s... So crazy that it's hard to even look at the scores!
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    I really want to find a black fever to hang on my wall now.

    #11 4 years ago
    Quoted from snyper2099:

    You want some oddballl artwork? Just look at some of the backglasses from Playmatic and Zaccaria in the 1980s... So crazy that it's hard to even look at the scores!
    Adding Moon Light for the best pinball artwork on a glass that you've never seen in person!
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    And what in the living hell is going on in this Atleta backglass??? Has got to be the strangest.
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    Is that skeletor on a motorcycle lolol. These are so horrible. There had to be some good drugs going the office that day

    #12 4 years ago
    Quoted from snyper2099:

    You want some oddballl artwork? Just look at some of the backglasses from Playmatic and Zaccaria in the 1980s... So crazy that it's hard to even look at the scores!
    Adding Moon Light for the best pinball artwork on a glass that you've never seen in person!
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    And what in the living hell is going on in this Atleta backglass??? Has got to be the strangest.
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    the guy on the trampoline looks like he got hit in the nuts, while the other athlete is spreading eagle exposing his bulge.

    #13 4 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

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    I always envisioned the midget guy being in the middle of a hulk hogan imitation. "let me tell you something brother!!"

    The chick in the middle is thinking did I get paid up front for this gig and the old guy is just happy to be near a nice set

    #14 4 years ago

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    And the production version of Grand Lizard (the pre-production version looks a lot better)
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    #15 4 years ago
    Quoted from sixtyfourbits:

    this actually made me laugh out loud. I never thought I'd see turtle butthole on a playfield lol

    I really want to find a black fever to hang on my wall now.

    I did and I did. Stunning art. Bought a mint BG and beat up head and built this ...

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    #16 4 years ago
    Quoted from MT45:

    I did and I did. Stunning art. Bought a mint BG and beat up head and built this ...[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

    Nicely done! That turned out awesome

    #17 4 years ago
    Quoted from sixtyfourbits:

    Nicely done! That turned out awesome

    Thx. Not sure it qualifies as funny or weird just "over-the-top" maybe

    #18 4 years ago

    Back on topic. I always thought the artwork on Volcano was weird - especially isolated elements like the caveman between the flippers. Also weird is that when taken as a whole package ... it works!

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    #19 4 years ago

    Is it just me or does this lady on the Liberty Bell backglass look like one of the walking dead?

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    The paint that is beginning to peel doesn't help her looks either!

    #20 4 years ago

    No one mentioned medieval madness back glass?
    I find something new every time I look at it.

    #21 4 years ago

    That Torpedo BG is truly bad. Is she using a compass on a glass light table?

    #22 4 years ago
    Quoted from Topher5000:

    That Torpedo BG is truly bad. Is she using a compass on a glass light table?

    haha I laughed at that too.
    Also, is the one person using the periscope, even though they are above sea level and have a giant front windshield? do any subs actually have a windsheild? so many questions to be asked, and so many artistic liberties taken lol

    #23 4 years ago
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    #24 4 years ago

    There is something wrong with her legs.....
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    #25 4 years ago

    In 1967 Ball decided that Pluto was not a planet. You can see that it has been omitted from the Rocket III backglass.
    It was in 2006 he International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided Pluto was not a planet!
    That's 39 years before the IAU.

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    #26 4 years ago

    That Galahad has to be the ugliest of all time.

    Devil riders I think is not bad at all though - looks fine to me
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    #27 4 years ago

    Love me my wedgeheads and even want to own a Gottlieb Atlantis someday but the strange she-man figure definately qualifies for weird to my eyes
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    #28 4 years ago

    How long is his left hand!!??

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    #29 4 years ago
    Quoted from MT45:

    Back on topic. I always thought the artwork on Volcano was weird - especially isolated elements like the caveman between the flippers. Also weird is that when taken as a whole package ... it works![quoted image]

    Is that Bon Scott between the flippers?

    #30 4 years ago

    Murtaugh is so bad he is stealing that kids soul from his body while giving him a wet willy at the same time. (notice the black eyes). How this even made it to production is beyond me. Why make his eyes completely black? Is he some kind of demon?

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    #31 4 years ago
    Quoted from tmontana:

    How long is his left hand!!??

    Gene Simmons disease...

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    #32 4 years ago

    Am I the only one that thinks of Bea Arthur when I look at Genesis? Sorry Bea!

    #33 4 years ago

    How about Newman's hands on JP?
    (Pic from IPDB)

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    #34 4 years ago
    Quoted from MT45:

    Back on topic. I always thought the artwork on Volcano was weird - especially isolated elements like the caveman between the flippers. Also weird is that when taken as a whole package ... it works![quoted image]

    That caveman has moobs!!

    #35 4 years ago

    Crazy that future spa hasent been brought up yet. That games BG is borderline disturbing. Guys in a pool, watching a lady workout, mind you his hands are underneath the water. Weird

    Kinda just looks like a creep

    #36 4 years ago
    Quoted from RCA1:How about Newman's hands on JP?
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    I was gonna say Timmy under the right sling is one of the worst pieces of art on any machine. He looks like a mongoloid caveman.
    Those hands are pretty bad too!

    #37 4 years ago

    1970 Williams Aces and Kings:

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    #38 4 years ago

    1984 Gottlieb Ready Aim Fire:

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    #39 4 years ago

    What the ??
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    1970 Gottlieb Mini Cycle

    #40 4 years ago
    Quoted from RCA1:

    How about Newman's hands on JP?

    That's great you called him Newman! Seinfeld LOL

    "Maybe there's more to Newman than we think."

    "No, there's less."

    #41 4 years ago
    Quoted from jeffc:

    What the ??
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    Wait...What the ?!?!? How is she attached to the back of that mini bike and what is pulling on with her hand?? How is that bystander not looking at her wondering the same thing. The seat blends in with the campfire and why is no one wearing shoes??Also the mini bike has no chain, how are they riding it?

    #42 4 years ago

    It took me a minute but it looks like she is on the ground with a stick cooking something over the fire.

    #43 4 years ago
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    #44 4 years ago
    Quoted from bballfan:

    It took me a minute but it looks like she is on the ground with a stick cooking something over the fire.

    That's my guess as well.

    #45 4 years ago

    Paragon is worshipped by many for its iconic art but yeah, I have a couple of unpopular opinions about it:

    1. I can understand a flying lion but do I really have to accept that those tiny wings are supposed to be able to raise it and an armored clad rider off the ground?
    2. That woman does not look sufficiently terrorized by what is about to happen to her.
    3. The riders arms are nowhere long enough for his body. Is he a midget? Is he trying to kill her or save her?
    4. And what is up with that Turkey leg on the right? Is it growing out of the beasts hip?

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    #46 4 years ago

    LIONMAN!!!

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    #47 4 years ago
    Quoted from Rondogg:

    Paragon is worshipped by many for its iconic art but yeah, I have a couple of unpopular opinions about it:
    1. I can understand a flying lion but do I really have to accept that those tiny wings are supposed to be able to raise it and an armored clad rider off the ground?
    2. That woman does not look sufficiently terrorized by what is about to happen to her.
    3. The riders arms are nowhere long enough for his body. Is he a midget? Is he trying to kill her or save her?
    4. And what is up with that Turkey leg on the right? Is it growing out of the beasts hip?[quoted image]

    How dare you?!

    LOL I love Paragon's art. It works. Suspension of disbelief, man.

    1. Manticore
    2. Doesn't matter, she's hot
    3. Perspective
    4. Manticore

    #48 4 years ago

    TBAG version 1 - like a paint by numbers out of a kid's colouring book.

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    #49 4 years ago
    Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:

    LIONMAN!!![quoted image][quoted image]

    Good God that is horrible looking lol

    #50 4 years ago
    Quoted from jeffc:

    What the ??
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    I just realized she is on the ground now lol

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