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This Artist Shows How Pop Culture Icons Would Look In Real Life, And It Will Give You Nightmares
When you think about your fondest childhood memories, some of them probably include the famous characters from cartoons that popped up on your TV screen every morning. You probably won't feel the same way about these popular characters after seeing this post.
Australian digital artist Wil Hughes, who studies animation at Griffith University in Brisbane, has a unique talent. He turns beloved, usually family-friendly pop culture icons into real nightmare fuel that looks like they clawed their way straight out of Hell. If you've never thought of Homer Simpson, Where's Waldo, or Spongebob as horror characters before, you will be now. Let's be honest, though, and we were all a little creeped out by Ronald McDonald, to begin with. Through his masterful use of shading, he creates realistic textures that give his 3D drawings a horrifying look.
Though Hughes' 3D art is definitely unsettling and he's developed quite a fan base that argues that it's quirky and original. Check the 3D paintings out (at your own risk) below, and get ready never to sleep again.
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Ronald Mcdonald
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Homer Simpson
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Squidward Tennisballs
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Krusty The Clown
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Googly Bear
Celestial Lynx 9 years ago
Mikey tried so hard to look scary... if only he had realized he just had to die, decompose a little bit, come back to life, and apply fake blood to terrify the hell out of people... it couldn't possibly be that hard 👹
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An Old Classic
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Pepe
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Peter Griffin
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Spongebob
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Hades
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Grim
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Sheldon J. Plankton
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Mr Meeseeks
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Salad Fingers
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Murdoc
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Courage
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Eugene H. 'Armour Abs' Krabs
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Hey Arnold
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Antichrist
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Scary Terry
Felix Ostendorf 9 years ago
It is a Charakter from Rick and Morty called Scary Terry. But he is just like Freddy Kruger.
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The Clown
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Alien
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Vampire
HauntedForests 9 years ago
He's obviously disgusted but oddly jealous at the fact that he can't sparkle.
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Ants In My Eyes Johnson
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No Meme
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King Jellybean
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Monster
Jilltdcatlady 9 years ago
But he looks like a bat. And I like bats. So I like him.I wonder if he eats bugs or fruit?
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Testicle Monster And Chris
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Netflix Troll
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The Forbidden Fruit
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Abigail Mejia 9 years ago
How they would look in real life?? Bored Panda posts really need to work on their misleading titles...
Jo Bebe 9 years ago
"for Entertainment purposes only" I think the poster gets to title ......not sure
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Jace 9 years ago
Seriously? You have a really low threshold for vomit-inducing disgust.
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Rhân 9 years ago
Hm. Kind of silly that some of them are looking nearly like they do in the cartoon or whatever they came from and some of them just look like a horror vision and nothing like I would think they would look like in rl. Also I think it would be cool to see it in a more realistic style. The art style reminds me more on an animation style. So, I think mike wazowski looks the same, just as a horror vision. Also I think there are better characters to show a 'realistic' change, like how it is done with homer simpson. Patrick Star or characters like that doesn't suit a realistic vision bc, we know how a seastar looks in real. But, at least I like some of them a lot and like the gloomy and dark touch of them. I just wouldn't call them 'a realistic vision'
Abigail Mejia 9 years ago
How they would look in real life?? Bored Panda posts really need to work on their misleading titles...
Jo Bebe 9 years ago
"for Entertainment purposes only" I think the poster gets to title ......not sure
Load More Replies... Jace 9 years ago
Seriously? You have a really low threshold for vomit-inducing disgust.
Load More Replies... Rhân 9 years ago
Hm. Kind of silly that some of them are looking nearly like they do in the cartoon or whatever they came from and some of them just look like a horror vision and nothing like I would think they would look like in rl. Also I think it would be cool to see it in a more realistic style. The art style reminds me more on an animation style. So, I think mike wazowski looks the same, just as a horror vision. Also I think there are better characters to show a 'realistic' change, like how it is done with homer simpson. Patrick Star or characters like that doesn't suit a realistic vision bc, we know how a seastar looks in real. But, at least I like some of them a lot and like the gloomy and dark touch of them. I just wouldn't call them 'a realistic vision'
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