Anyone who ever turns on the TV or uses the internet is regularly surrounded by images of our world's leaders. Usually, those are pretty generic though: Some guy or gal in a conservative suit, dozens of microphones in their face, talking gravely about the state of their countries. Or hugging babies. Or shaking hands. Sometimes awkwardly kicking a ball. Even though we constantly see them, us common folk can't really claim to ever get a good understanding of them as people, away from scripted answers and strict running schedules.

At DesignCrowd, we like to poke behind the curtain of politics occasionally, to see what our leaders may be like beyond the stuffy exterior. We've charged our amazing cohort of over 400,000 graphic and Photoshop designers time and again to show us new angles of our world's politicians.

We've asked them to show us what really happened at the G20, and what a shirtfront between Abbott and Putin would actually look like. We wondered what politicians do at home, and how they would look like as hipsters. We got them involved in the ice bucket challenge, mused about their true nature in a Game of Thrones mash-up, and made them mustache-growing charity participants and even Calvin Klein models. Here's a look back on some of our favorite entries from these past contests.

What could have happened at Brisbane's G20... If our world leaders would just agree to go in One Direction.

Hillary Clinton has recently taken the leap to run for POTUS. What's a little bungee jump compared to that?

Anyone want to take any bets how this one is going to end?

Australia's Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull is proud to rock a mo for charity

A young Nelson Mandela is proud to participate in the ASL Ice Bucket Challenge.

Tony Abbott seizes the iron throne.

Putin likes to stay warm in his bed during the cold Russian winters... as well as be prepared for invasion by maniacal clowns.

Kim Jong-un tries his hand at modelling as a back-up career. Maybe that's where he went when he was missing?

When Obama first came into power, Dylan Moran called him "Super Jesus". This image of the true G20 happenings corroborate his claim.

Hipster Obama was president before it was cool.

Bill Shorten's facial hair is ready to raise some funds for a good cause.

Abe Lincoln takes off his top hat in support of the Ice Bucket Challenge.

A rare image of Malcolm Lannister, who is yet to be introduced to the show.

Abbott's expression is perfectly on point.

Just one big happy family.

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Written by Hanna Schenkel on Thursday, June 18, 2015

Hanna Schenkel is a freelance writer, editor and marketing specialist based in Sydney. Her critical and creative work has been published nationally and anthologised. Get in touch via LinkedIn.