Celebrities, with all of the attention and money they're afforded, never get off scot-free from scrutiny -- and these offensive celebrity depictions prove it. The public nature of their very being makes them easy targets for often creative and definitely hilarious exaggerated celebrity portraiture.
Being so easily recognizable comes at a price, as can clearly be seen in this compilation of unflattering celebrity depictions. Hilarious, viral-ready and understood by most people, this kind of material attracts both lovers and haters of the famed few who dominate Hollywood and beyond. Integrating widespread personal details and stand-out facial features, the creators featured in this collection are clearly in tune with the defining features of the celebs that they portray.
Addicting, funny and often showing great creativity and artistry, exaggerated celebrity portraiture is popular for good reason.
15 Offensive Celebrity Depictions
Mocking the Rich and Famous Takes a Turn for the Artistic:
Courtney Scharf — May 7, 2012 — Pop Culture
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Exaggerated Celebrity Pin-Ups (UPDATE)
Serge Birault Uses Photorealism for Surreal Images
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Feline Doppelganger Blogs
The Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson Tumblr Gets You Meowing Out Loud
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Star-Mocking Illustrations (UPDATE)
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Exaggerated Celebrity Portraiture
Stars are Taken to Task by Sassy Illustrator Ryan Casey
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Oblong Celebrity Depictions
Vincenzo Illustrates Some Chuckle-Inducing Images of Stars
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Celebrity-Faced Dollar Bills
'Pop Culture Cash' by James Charles Puts the Famous on Money
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Celebrity Apparition Artistry
MetaMephisto Depicts Pop Culture Figures as Ghoulish Ghosts
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Emotional Celeb Caricatures
Dav Andrew's Celebrity Portraits Show Distorted Beauty and Emotion
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Convivial Celeb Caricatures
Dominic Philibert Creates Hilarious Cartoon Drawings of Famous Faces
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These Microsoft Paint Celebrity Portraits by Manmalade are Amazing
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Dirty Laundry Portraits
Jason Mecier's New 3D Celebrity ‘Trashy' Art Uses Donated Garb
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Johnny Dombrowski Transforms TV Stars into Legendary Beasts
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Eccentric Celeb Caricatures
Zoraida Zaro Illustrates Stars with Bizarre Personalities
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Beady-Eyed Celebrity Caricatures
Dave Flanagan Contorts Stars into Odd, but Recognizable Drawings
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