The Seedy Underbelly Of Sports Fan Art

Barry PetcheskyBarry Petchesky|published: Sun 22nd November, 17:30 2009

There's a popular game going around the Internet, in which you search your favorite team on DeviantArt, the premier fan-created art site. Some results are pathetic, some are decent, but most are sanity-threatening. Let's go through the looking glass.

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Actually, this one's pretty badass.

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Oddly, there's about five My Little Ponies for every team. But spend enough time there, and the word "oddly" loses all meaning.

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From the artist's description: "This is Carmello Anthony made out of Chicken Mcnuggets From Mcdonalds. I decided to do him because He's on the NUGGETS! you just add a Mc in there and you've got food!"

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I can't tell if the artist did anything to this picture. This is what Steve Kerr looked like, right?

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Yes, that's Hunter Pence trying to rescue Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee and Miguel Tejada from a sandwich.

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Be warned. There's a lot of furries.

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I love the fact that Squirtle has a Jason Giambi cap.

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Cowboys fans like a stacked top half...

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While Avalance fans prefer their junk in the trunk.

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There's also a good amount of slash fiction expressed here. If you don't know what slash fiction is, don't look it up.

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What's this I don't even...

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There's no art here. The user just scanned a photograph. For what purposes, I'm terrified to ask.

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More furries.

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Okay, they all have Red Wings. I get it. But why are they anime characters with vampire fangs?

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Lakers bird just got told by Celtics rabbit.

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Some sort of Giants stump playing a snare drum.

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The devil ray, a perfectly fearsome creature, gets represented by a wolf. Whatever.

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Enjoy your nightmare fuel.

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