27 smart illustrations inspired by pop culture elements

What happens if you mix a cocktail of pop culture, world culture, and black humor? Illustrator Ben Chen does just that.

Ben Chen is a Taiwanese illustrator who creates witty and interesting paintings that reflect films, cartoons, and culture in general. He describes his style as a mixture of black humor and imagination. And it's easy to see why.

Ben Chen is inspired by the characters of films, series, fairy tales, myths, and computer games. He takes them and puts them in unexpected, sometimes surreal situations that have a plot and can be weird and even scary.

Did you like these amazing illustrations?

27 PHOTOS

1. Looking at the work of Ben Chen, you immediately want to go to gfx-hub.net and start learning digital art.

2. What happens if you mix a cocktail of pop culture, world culture and black humor?

3. Illustrator Ben Chen does just that.

4. Ben Chen is a Taiwanese illustrator who creates witty and interesting paintings that reflect films, cartoons and culture in general.

5. He describes his style as a mixture of black humor and imagination. And it's easy to see why.

6. Ben Chen is inspired by the characters of films, TV series, fairy tales, myths, and computer games. He takes them and puts them in unexpected, sometimes surreal situations that have a plot and can be weird and even scary.

7. Did you like these amazing illustrations?

8. You can't blame them.

9. A reference to the movie Alien.

10. Iron Man, Hellboy, Sauron, Terminator, and Edward Scissorhands. Who else?

11. Many of us are thumbs up.

12. Very nice. The curious fact is that there was not supposed to be a cat in this scene. Brando brought the cat to the set.

13. Sorry, this is a DoS attack.

14. What big eyes you have, grandmother.

15. If Tim Burton filmed Zoshuka.

16. And sad and funny at the same time. black humor

17. I wonder what would happen on a full moon.

18. He didn't have any balls.

19. Apples are coming.

20. Thomas the Tank Engine.

21. When food went bad.

22. The moon looks so pleased. Is it because we're unwanted guests?

23. Mmm… sushi.

24. When the Titanic sank, it was a moonless night.

25. This also works.

26. She must have eaten the magic mushroom.

27. Definitely one of the best fights.