unconventional-fanart

12 of the most unconventional pieces of fanart

We love fanart. What’s more pure than a fan expressing their love of music through a creation of their own? And while good old pen to paper can yield stunning work, these fans have some pretty unique ways of showing their devotion.

From insanely intricate eyeshadow and nail art to a toe (seriously, a toe), here are some of our favorite unconventional pieces of fanart.

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Slipknot body art

This stunning artwork gives a whole new meaning to “The Neck.”

Twenty One Pilots mate set

We’re not going to lie: We had to do some research to figure out what this was. (Shoutout to this fan for helping us learn something new!) Mate is a traditional South American energizing drink made by steeping dried leaves from the yerba mate plant in hot water. It’s traditionally drank out of a calabasa gourd with a metal straw called a bombilla that helps strain the leaves. This custom set made by a member of the Clique makes us want to try mate even more!  

Fall Out Embroidery

These hand-embroidered portraits of the members of Fall Out Boy are on another level.

Painted Panic! jean jacket

Band tees are cool and all, but, honestly, have you ever seen denim look more badass?

blink-182 nail art

Excuse us while we shamefully try to clean all the stray nail polish off the sides of our fingers.

Green Day cross-stitch

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Green Day “Paradise” cross-stitch.

Because nothing says home decor like a cross-stitch referencing lyrics about self-pleasure.

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Warped Tour body art


Listen, we’re all going to miss Warped Tour as we’ve come to know it, but this fan showed us all up with this VWT-inspired body painting.

Crocheted critters

This fan made adorable yarn replicas of some of our favorite lead singers, and we’re sorry boys, but these are even cuter than the real thing.

Album art eye looks


Seriously, how does she even do this? While the rest of us plebians are over here still trying to master the perfect wing, this artist is creating unbelievably intricate eye looks inspired by some of our favorite bands’ album art.

Neck Deep nail art

“Pain, pain go away, come back another day. I just wanna get one up on life before it kills me.” Last week I decided to recreate the artwork of the new Neck Deep’s album just because I really loved it. After what happened in Mexico it has another meaning. It proves that “building walls” and “dropping bombs” is a huge waste of time; it’s not only stupid, it separates people and nobody needs that. Natural disasters are not predictable, they are able to damage everyone, everywhere. Whatever is the case, people is going to need people. We all need of someone else and that’s why we must be nice with others, with the earth, with animals, literally with everything. We need to spread love, not only on catastrophes, always.

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Really though, how do y’all do this?

A Shoe To Remember

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A Day To Remember custom Vans.

How do you make Vans even cooler? Apparently by painting crazy detailed art inspired by bands on them.

And last but certainly not least…BILLIE TOE ARMSTRONG

Fan art. #billieToearmstrong

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Quirky, hilarious and genius. Billie Toe is actually a lot like Billie Joe.