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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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#1
Ronald Mcdonald
Celestial Lynx 8 years ago
I gotta agree with you on that Andrew! The perky Ronald McDonald we see in commercials is equivalent to the images of the food they advertise in the same commercials. This portrayal of Ronald McDonald would be a much more accurate depiction of what their food quality is actually like.
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#2
Rick Sanchez
Pavel Nekoranec 8 years ago
Oh c'mon, not that bad, we all know this guy from bus stop every morning :D
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Ugh, Phil Spector, circa 2008 court appearance... The Real in-real-life Rick.
#3
Homer Simpson
Mr. Bojangles 8 years ago
This one's probably more accurate than the Simpsons episode where he went through the portal and became human
#4
Wally
#5
Squidward Tennisballs
Taryn Wallace 8 years ago
That made me laugh a little more than it probably should have....it's been a long day
#6
Krusty The Clown
Paul Easley 8 years ago
by this depiction, i think krusty, is homer's alter ego. look at homer above!!!
JH Robertson 8 years ago
He looks crustier on the show, this guy just looks depressed and overmedicated and well, ugly clown-like.
#7
Googly Bear
Celestial Lynx 8 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 👹
Ironcat_xox 8 years ago
Aaaaand now I'll never be able to watch monsters inc without crying myself to sleep
#8
An Old Classic
thebridget 8 years ago
And when trolls comment, we can imagine that this is what they look like
#9
Pepe
JH Robertson 8 years ago
No frog should have to be made to look ugly or scary. Call it the Kermit Law. :)
#10
Peter Griffin
#11
Spongebob
#12
Hades
Christopher Roxby 8 years ago
Believe it or not, that's actually LESS creepy than the movie....
#13
Grim
Sondra Oppedisano 8 years ago
ok...this is so unrealistic looking..it's like you took the Grim Reaper and made him a cartoon
#14
Gary The Snail
Sondra Oppedisano 8 years ago
Poor Gary! There was an episode where SpongeBob forgot to feed him and he basically looked like this
#15
Sheldon J. Plankton
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Plankton are so tiny this might be his official mug shot. How would we know it's not?
#16
Pickle Rick
#17
Neomorph
fluffy_ninja_owl 8 years ago
ye kinda until it evolves into a face hugger and lays eggs into your stomach and then the babies burst out of ur belly
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Megan Cherry 8 years ago
ok that is just freaking awesome looking wish they did that in the movies
Jillian Burns 8 years ago
I thought it was actually cute too. Don't want to know what it will look like all grown up though.
#18
Patrick Star
Lazy Panda 8 years ago
Remember that episode where he got a nose surgically stuck to his face but then it came off? Maybe he went back to that surgeon and got another, much smaller nose
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Celestial Lynx 8 years ago
PATRICK CAVEMAN 🤣 I've seen this look before! This is just a way better detailed image of it!
#19
Mr Meeseeks
Josh Shawver 8 years ago
love rick and morty... the artists of the few photos must be a fan too... great work!
#20
Salad Fingers
Margaret Althea Elvenshadow 8 years ago
I've got a fish in the oven, but I just can't reach it... with your supple, little frame, you should be able to reach right in and get it for me...
Nelly Panda 8 years ago
I never get disturbed by things like this but my friend HATES salad fingers sooooo much im sending this to her hehehe
Brittany Hesskew 7 years ago
It’s been a really long time since I’ve even heard the name salad fingers. Gotta look that up again to refresh my memory.
Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
There might as well be duck on this list, or Tony, or Cain, or that butterfly, or lamp, or meat guy, maybe notepad.
#21
Murdoc
Enomfon Asuquo 8 years ago
He's Useless but not for long, the future is coming on
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#22
Courage
lunanoir69 8 years ago
They are going to bring it back!! It was just announced!!!
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Eugene H. 'Armour Abs' Krabs
Brittany Hesskew 7 years ago
Crabby Patties are made of crab meat, that’s why Mr. Krabs is the only crab in Bikini Bottom.
#24
Morty
#25
Hey Arnold
#26
Stimpy
Taryn Wallace 8 years ago
NO they should have done Ren Stimpy is cuddly and adorable and this makes me sad
#27
Antichrist
#28
Smashing
#29
Scary Terry
Felix Ostendorf 8 years ago
It is a Charakter from Rick and Morty called Scary Terry. But he is just like Freddy Kruger.
Marlan Smith 8 years ago
Scary Terry is a parody of Freddy Kruger from an episode of Rick and Morty.
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Luna Kittenwarrior 8 years ago
He's a parody of Freddy Kruger that appears on Rick and Morty
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#30
The Clown
#31
Alien
#32
Vampire
HauntedForests 8 years ago
He's obviously disgusted but oddly jealous at the fact that he can't sparkle.
JH Robertson 8 years ago
A nosferatu type vampire, not much different than how he is already shown elsewhere.
#33
Ants In My Eyes Johnson
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I know I said this for a lot, but this is truly terrifying and it's pure nightmare fuel
#34
No Meme
Brittany Hesskew 7 years ago
This is obviously the “No Meme” It says it right above the picture. The troll face meme is on the list before this one.
#35
Plumbus
Houssem Hammami 8 years ago
for evreyone wondering what's this , this is how you made your own plumbus : First they take the dingle bop and they smooth it out with a bunch of schleem. The schleem is then...repurposed for later batches. They take the dingle bop and they push it through the grumbo, where the fleeb is rubbed against it. It's important that the fleeb is rubbed, becasue the fleeb has all the fleeb juice. Then, a schlami shows up, and he rubs it...and spits on it. They cut the fleeb. There's several hizzards in the way. The blamfs rub against the chumbles, and the...plubis, and grumbo are shaved away. That leaves you with...a regular old plumbus.
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
My Plumbus© doesn't have that many pustules! Is this the latest model?
thebridget 8 years ago
From the show Rick and Morty. Here's the Wikipedia description: "A Plumbus is an all purpose home device. Everyone knows what it does, so there is no reason to explain it. It was first shown in the episode, "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate" where it was seen twice on the Interdimensional TV First when Stealy stole one from a workplace and made a sale offer for it, and again in an episode of "How They Do It" that shows the viewers how plumbuses are made. They are mentioned as being a common household and business place item used as an accent piece to the room."
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#36
Hunchback Uni Project
#37
Mr. Poopybutthole
#38
King Jellybean
TC 8 years ago
Pitty he's not red or green...since he DOES somehow look eatable...
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Nicholas Wride 6 years ago
"Our people will get more from the idea that he represented, not from the jellybean that he actually was"
#39
Monster
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
But he looks like a bat. And I like bats. So I like him.I wonder if he eats bugs or fruit?
thebridget 8 years ago
Honestly, about one fifth of them are from Rick and Morty. Lol. He seems to be a fan.
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Testicle Monster And Chris
Gentara Kumango 8 years ago
Interdimensional galaxy patrol some sort, it appears on Rick and Morty when they f****d up and split the probability space to 128.
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#41
Netflix Troll
Mia J 8 years ago
There's a Netflix troll? Is he the one that keeps asking me if "I'm still watching..."?
Tara Miller 8 years ago
I think he's the jerk who turns the music up too loud & the dialogue way down in everything you watch.
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#42
The Forbidden Fruit
Becky Browne 8 years ago
With all the rick and Mortys stuff I'm wondering if this is supposed to be an eyehole?
thebridget 8 years ago
I think it's supposed to be. Some people believe that the "forbidden fruit" was sex. So this seems to be a play on that idea.
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Lara B. 8 years ago
So the forbidden fruit is a... testicle? I am going straight to hell then i guess -.-
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I see the k**b-end with a pube stuck to it. And I'm nauseaus now. Excuse me a moment....blarg.
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Abigail Mejia 8 years ago
How they would look in real life?? Bored Panda posts really need to work on their misleading titles...
Jo Bebe 8 years ago
"for Entertainment purposes only" I think the poster gets to title ......not sure
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Jace 8 years ago
Seriously? You have a really low threshold for vomit-inducing disgust.
Load More Replies... Rhân 8 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'
Hemrich Gundesalf 8 years ago
The description is wrong. There's nothing "real-life" to this. This is an artist's take on 3D-modeling of Pop-Culture Icons.
Ryan Rogers 8 years ago
The title is misleading. Some aren't even animated characters (Mr Bean) and many are made to look gruesome. Also many names are wrong.
Rhân 8 years ago
Mr Bean is not only a real film, there is also a cartoon serie :)
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Abigail Mejia 8 years ago
How they would look in real life?? Bored Panda posts really need to work on their misleading titles...
Jo Bebe 8 years ago
"for Entertainment purposes only" I think the poster gets to title ......not sure
Load More Replies... Jace 8 years ago
Seriously? You have a really low threshold for vomit-inducing disgust.
Load More Replies... Rhân 8 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'
Hemrich Gundesalf 8 years ago
The description is wrong. There's nothing "real-life" to this. This is an artist's take on 3D-modeling of Pop-Culture Icons.
Ryan Rogers 8 years ago
The title is misleading. Some aren't even animated characters (Mr Bean) and many are made to look gruesome. Also many names are wrong.
Rhân 8 years ago
Mr Bean is not only a real film, there is also a cartoon serie :)
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