The many artistic portrayals of Lara Croft
by David Hinkle 
{ Nov 19th 2009 at 3:00AM } 
[Nebeziel, deviantART user]
A Google image search of Lara Croft is a lot tamer than it used to be these days, though it's still something we wouldn't suggest doing. Thankfully, we have a link to quench your thirst for inspired, non-naked, sexually-deprived-fanboy-fantasy-quasi-porn, courtesy of The Design Inspiration.
There are 40 fanworks in total, all originating from deviantART (obviously). There are a lot of great renditions, including the image where Lara is fighting dinosaurs and the one where she's hiding from dinosaurs. We also have a soft spot for this odd image of her fighting Wonder Woman, but the best has to be this image where she defends herself so she can stop and eat the baked potato she brought down into the tomb with her. Tomb raiding takes a lot of carbohydrates, people!
[Via Kotaku]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
N1ghtbl4z3 @ Nov 19th 2009 3:25AM
Well you google anything and you'll get some kind of porn lol; especially Lara Croft.
But about that potato, I Completely agree someone just cant waltz into a tomb with out ones lucky potato!
solidsnk65 @ Nov 19th 2009 3:42AM
Wtf? Baked potato, really? I hope that was a joke because you can clearly see that what Lara is holding is not a potato. It has a nose, a red eye, a hair line, and an ear. It's not even brown like a potato. It's gold. Seriously tell me you were kidding.
Griffin83 @ Nov 19th 2009 3:50AM
My GOD! A potato with hair ... It's It's ... an Abomination
Exemplar @ Nov 19th 2009 3:50AM
what, you need to be told? seriously, your humour radar needs tuning.
Reader @ Nov 19th 2009 4:26AM
You must get poor people potatoes. My potatoes always look like that.
Filthy Assistant @ Nov 19th 2009 5:16AM
Gold potatoes are the best you hobo. Go back to eating your lame brown potatoes and never darken my doorstep again.
Trickob @ Nov 19th 2009 4:03AM
This is, sadly, a very useful and informative newspiece in the world of video games...
Giroro @ Nov 19th 2009 4:25AM
Everybody knows that raptors make hot virtual women look even virtually sexier. In art.
Giroro @ Nov 19th 2009 4:28AM
Anyways, it turns out Lara Croft is actually a giraffe.
http://lola-gainsborough.deviantart.com/art/With-Love-from-Lara-132004069
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] ATDFs Financier and Batman @ Nov 19th 2009 4:34AM
not at all what i expected when i clicked that link
Phylogenetics @ Nov 19th 2009 3:12PM
Were you hoping for furry porn too, Batman?
CaramelZappa @ Nov 19th 2009 4:28AM
Completely unrelated. Please tell me you guys aren't switching over to engadgets new format. The persistent login is nice, but the new font and nested replys are already giving me headaches.
SpeeGold @ Nov 19th 2009 5:01AM
I know all of this is off-topic but I have to agree with you there. It's too cluttered, there are too many colors, and the fonts are annoying. For example, the top stories thing at the top of the page looks like a jumbled mess. They waayyy over-complicated the design.
ybfelix @ Nov 19th 2009 5:14AM
what are you talking about?
Avatar @ Nov 19th 2009 7:42AM
Sounds to me like you two need to use a new browser, I haven't noticed any of what you're talking about.
Bearxor @ Nov 19th 2009 10:41AM
You know CaramelZappa, I love you, I think you're great, and I'm gonna let you finish but I just wanted everyone to know that Kotaku has the greatest blog layout ever!
DomoBraden @ Nov 19th 2009 4:56AM
That pillar on the left sure does look veiny... This displeases me. More tits, less phallic symbolism please.
DomoBraden @ Nov 19th 2009 4:58AM
Also, more laughing raptors. Thanks.
MrSpaceCowboy @ Nov 19th 2009 5:27AM
The raptor on the right must have said something HILARIOUS.
Exemplar @ Nov 19th 2009 5:54AM
probably something along the lines of: "so this human walks into a bar... and then I tore out its entrails and ate them."
MrSpaceCowboy @ Nov 19th 2009 7:37AM
Raptor (right): "And then I left Samuel L. Jackson's severed arm in the generator room so that chick would find it!"
Raptor (left): "OH MAN! You so crrraaaazzyy!"
Avatar @ Nov 19th 2009 7:44AM
@Domo
If you're looking at a picture of a busty heroine and the first thing you see is dicks, that's not the artist's fault.
Shiaoran @ Nov 19th 2009 6:25AM
FUCK! For a second there I thought it was a new Dino Crisis game! >:(
mahouneko @ Nov 19th 2009 8:15AM
I saw that image and I immediately thought of this:
http://yfrog.com/05poster57812566j
Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Nov 19th 2009 10:31AM
I can't imagine why...
xenocidic @ Nov 19th 2009 8:22AM
slow news day?
umm....hello??? @ Nov 19th 2009 8:59AM
that looks more like Cammy from StreetFighter fighting WonderWoman.....
captainprotonx @ Nov 19th 2009 9:28AM
Dem titties, dem titties, dem titties.
Nearly fifteen years later, and it doesn't get old.
Shiaoran @ Nov 19th 2009 12:33PM
Speaking of titties... Avatar source, please :)
Urza @ Nov 19th 2009 10:32AM
Is this "news" piece trying to reinforce how unnecessary it is to remake Lara? :P
Alex @ Nov 19th 2009 11:19AM
i like the one where she has big boobs
Stevetrop @ Nov 19th 2009 12:52PM
I see her breasts even effect dinosaurs.
DomoBraden @ Nov 19th 2009 12:54PM
@Avatar-
True. I had to look at the picture for a while to notice the vine/vein resemblance. I was trying too hard find something clever to say about the article. :/
BigD145 @ Nov 19th 2009 2:19PM
That's not Wonder Woman. Her tits are too big.
suistyle87 @ Nov 20th 2009 4:16PM
^ haha funny...
on another not Porn is just a specific type of art... just one happens to be expressed with a little less clothing
But much