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This Person Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like IRL
Ever wondered what cartoon characters in real life would look like? Yes, they’re fictional sketches, which means we’ll never know their human looks in our world. But what if cartoon characters were real?
The subject of cartoon characters IRL is fascinating, so Bored Panda’s pro member Hidreley delved into experimenting with AI-generated cartoon characters. That’s what digital art is about—blurring the lines between fantasy and reality on screen!
Surprisingly, some cartoon characters as humans look even better than the originals. See if your favorite cartoon characters are on this list, and scroll further to witness 23 pictures of real-life cartoon characters!
Note: The original article was written by Hidrėlėy and later edited and updated by the Bored Panda team.
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Hidreley did all the work on AI-generated cartoon characters by himself: “I’ve done some similar posts by other authors here on Bored Panda. I wanted to try something out myself, and so I dove into the world of AI. This time, I challenged myself to try to do one on the theme of cartoon characters. For this project, I used Photoshop and three mobile applications, FaceApp, Gradient, and Remini.
The Simpsons were the most challenging when making realistic cartoon characters. “In terms of how they all turned out, I’m more and more pleased with the results with each post I make. I really liked how Moe Szyzlak, Ned Flanders, and Milhouse Van Houten turned out because initially, I thought that the Simpsons drawing style would be very hard to emulate on ‘real life’ terms. Still, they are actually very easy to recognize,” Hidreley explains.
Moana
“I am Moana of Moto’nui. You will board my boat, sail across the sea, and restore the heart of Te’fiti.”
Ariel
“This post inadvertently brought back some good memories from my childhood. Like every kid in my generation, I loved watching cartoons. I really loved the Simpsons and Hanna Barbera classics, and I can safely say that they’ve made a huge impact on my life,” adds Hidreley.
“I’ve been exploring the world of artificial intelligence recently, and I can tell you, it’s a world without limits! With the rise of AI-assisted art generation, there are virtually (no pun intended) no boundaries for digital art; you just have to be creative and know how to guide the blind hand of the machine,” explains Hidreley.
Jasmine
Ned Flanders
At some point, we’ve all wondered if cartoon characters were real. Were they inspired by celebrities or real-life events? Hidreley explains that he’s also intrigued by this concept:
“I don't want to tease anything too early, but currently, I’m working hard on a project where I’m trying to show what some prematurely deceased celebrities would have looked like if they were still alive. I hope it will turn out great, and I’ll be able to share this with you soon!”
Milhouse
He looks like a guy I went to elementary School with (except the haircolor). His Name was Sten.
Rapunzel
Lady Tremaine
Wrong hair. Her butt hair has always been very important to me
Kristoff
He kinda looks like some kind of 2000’s Disney Channel character from a show that takes place in a summer camp
Isabela Madrigal
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY MADRIGAL! THE HOME OF THE FAMILY MADEIGAL! WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE ARE fAnTaStIcAl AnD mAgIcAl!
A hurrican of jacarandas, strangling figs, hanging vines. Palma de cera fills the air as I climb and I push through, what else can I do? Can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous! A little just won't do. I wanna feel the shiver of something new! I'm so sick of pretty, I want something new. Don't you?
You just seemed like your life’s been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes. All I know are the blossoms you grow but it’s awesome to see how you rise, how far can I rise through the roof to the skies, LET’S GOOOOO!
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It starts with Abuela And then Tía Pepa, she handles the weather (but what about Mirabel?) My mom Julieta can make you feel better with just one arepa (but what about Mirabel?) My dad Agustín, well He's accident-prone but he means well (but what about Mirabel?) Hey, you said you wanna know what everyone does I got sisters and cousins and (Mirabel) My primo Camilo won't stop until he makes you smile today (Mirabel) My cousin Dolores can hear this whole chorus a mile away (Mirabel) Look, it's Mister Mariano, hey You can marry my sister if you wanna but (Mirabel) Between you and me, she's kind of a prima donna Yo, I've said too much and thank you but I really gotta go (Mirabel) My family's amazing (Mirabel) And I'm in my family, so (Mirabel) Well, Mirabel!!!
Luisa can't lift an empanada! Mariano's nose looks like a smashed papaya! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!
There is actually a Syrian actress who I think looks very similar to Isabela, her name is Rasha bilal. Have a look and lmk
missing the long and wavy hair and flower. the dress is also missing, which is a key characteristic of isabella.
IT STARTS WITH ABUELA AND THEN TIA PEPA SHE HANDLES THE WEATHER ** WhAT AbOuT MIrAbelE ** MY MOM JUILETA CAN MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER WITH JUST ONE AREPA ** WhAt about MIraBelE ** MY DAD AGUSETINE WELL HE'S ACCIDENT PRONE BUT HE MEANS WELL ** WHaT aBOuT MIraBle ** YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT EVERYONE DOES I GOT SISTERS AND COUSINS AND ** MiRAbEllE ** MY COUSIN COMMILO WONT STOP UNTILL HE MAKES YOU SMILE TODAY * MiRAbLlE * MY COUSIN DOLORES CAN HERE THIS WHOLE CHORUS A MILE AWAY! I HEY LOOK ITS MISTER MARIONO HEY YOU CAN MARRY MY SISTER IF YOU WANNA BUT BETWEEN YOU AND ME SHES KINDA A PRIMA DONNA YO I SAID TO MUCH THANK YOU BUT I REALLY GOTTA GO! my family's amazing * MIrAbllE * and I'm in my family soo * MIrABlle * well... MIRAAABLLLEEEE
HE TOLD ME THAT THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS, WOULD BE PROMISED AND SOMEDAY BE MINE!
The shape of her face is quite crooked; it (and her features) slant weirdly.
Is it just me, or does the left side of her face look slightly bigger?
Drawers Floors Doors Let's go This is our home We've got every generation So full of music A rhythm of its own design This is my family A perfect constellation So many stars and everybody gets to shine Whoa But let's be clear, Abuela runs this show, whoa She led us here so many years ago, whoa And every year our family blessings grow There's just a lot you've simply got to know, so Welcome to the Family Madrigal The home of the Family Madrigal (we're on our way) Where all the people are fantastical and magical I'm part of the Family Madrigal Oh my gosh, it's them What are the gifts? (I can't remember all the gifts!) But I don't know who is who Alright, alright, relax It is physically impossible to relax Tell us everything, what are your powers? Just tell us what everyone can do And that's why coffee's for grown-ups My tía Pepa Her mood affects the weather When she's unhappy Well, the temperature gets weird My tío Bruno We don't talk about Bruno
HE TOLD ME THAT THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS WOULD BE PROMMMISED AND DOMEDAY BE MIIINE
I just made something unexpected Something sharp, something new It's not symmetrical or perfect But it's beautiful and it's mine What else can I do? Bring it in, bring it in Good talk, bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?) Let's walk, bring it in, bring it in Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in I grow rows and rows of roses Flor de mayo, by the mile I make perfect, practiced poses So much hides behind my smile What could I do if I just grew what I was feelin' in the moment? (Do you know where you're going? Whoa) What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just needed to be? And they'd let me be? A hurricane of jacarandas Strangling figs (big), hanging vines (this is fine) Palma de cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else can I do? Can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do I wanna feel the shiver of something new I'm so sick of pretty, I want something true, don't you?
Her hair is never up-the skintone is different. Also WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO NO NO NO
We don’t talk about Bruno no no no, we don’t talk about brunooooooo BUT it was our wedding day We getting ready and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky No clouds allowed in the sky Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin THUNDER ARE YOU TELLING THE STORY OR AM I I’m sorry mi vada go onnnn
I just made something unexpected Something sharp Something new It's not symmetrical or perfect But it's beautiful And it's mine What else can I do? Bring it in, bring it in (good talk) Bring it in, bring it in (what else can I do?) (Let's walk) bring it in, bring it in (Free hugs) bring it in, bring it in I grow rows and rows of roses Flor de mayo By the mile I make perfect practiced poses So much hides behind my smile What could I do if I just grew what I was feeling in the moment? (Do you know where you're going? Whoa) What could I do if I just knew it didn't need to be perfect? It just needed to be, and they let me be A hurricane of jacarandas Strangling figs (big) Hanging vines (this is fine) Palma de cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else can I do? Can I deliver us a river of sundew? Careful, it's carnivorous, a little just won't do I wanna feel the shiver of something new I'm so sick of pretty, I want something true, don't you? You just seem like your life's
You just seem like your life's been a dream Since the moment you opened your eyes (How far do these roots go down?) All I know are the blossoms you grow But it's awesome to see how you rise How far can I rise Through the roof, to the skies? Let's go A hurricane of jacarandas (woo) Strangling figs (go) Hanging vines (grow) Palma de cera fills the air as I climb And I push through What else, what else? What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment? (Seize the moment, keep goin') What can you do when you know who you wanna be isn't perfect? But I'll still be okay (Hey, everybody clear the way) (woo) I'm coming through with tabebuia (she's coming through with that booyah) Making waves (making waves) Changing minds (you've changed mine) The way is clearer 'cause you're here, and well I owe this all to you What else can I do? Show 'em what you can do What else can I do? There's nothing you can't do What else can I do?
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I get get over how her hair looks. It looks like she has an indent on her head XD
i already know what camilo looks like irl...my ex! not even lying they are identical! i cant belive i let someone like that go...
I don't agree with this one is not even close, the skin color is way too light
AKA Isabella if she was a mom. The messy bun is always a mom trait. Or a teacher trait,
Yall of the Encanto lyrics in the comments lol 🎵 in LA famila madrigal
Nope! Isabela is clearly darker skinned than her sisters. Why was the skin of this version lightened?!
Very pretty. Almost looks like that one chef on food network. (Derping on name.
She's from "Encanto", a movie that was only released a few months ago.
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I agree with the "surprisingly" part. Normally I roll my eyes at this type of post, but this time I was impressed.
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amazing! keep up the good work my good sir/ma'am (i aint tryna assume genders here)
Somewhere in the world there is someone that looks like each and every one of these guys.
How exactly is this achieved, I feel like 'ai' means you hit a button and it happens? I am sure its not like this but there is no context.
No they use something, maybe artbreeder, to make a face that looks like the character. this is why some features weren't recreated bc ai has a hard time with some stuff.
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These are amazing! I absolutely love the work into this. You can really tell how passionate the creator is about this. Stunning work! Well done to you!
Definitely not Snow White! That is not accurate at all. She's not white enough or pretty enough to fairest of them all, unless everyone else is ugly.
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Very nice photoshop worl, but it's pretty clear most of these weren't entirely done by ai.
These are quite good but for some of them.. guess AI need some more training
Do you think the AI programs could do non-human characters? Or like how non-human characters would look like as humans?
Wow those are beautiful. 😍 I would them to do a live action with the pictures if they can find anyone even remotely similar. You did a truly fantastic job. I love you work.
I m face-blinded (google it) thus cant see r differentiate most of the faces featured here. Still, some of them (ones I can recognized to an extend) r similarly impressive... ❤️
I like them! Most of them are excellent! But there were some that...that were a bit wonky. Other than that. Perfect!
most of them are good other than small details like hair, eyes, stuff like that
BRU so good but where is sponge bob i would like to see him in here hehe..........
Excellent article but i'd like to share it with friends. The How?
These human representations of cartoon characters are spot on I would say. Brilliant! Perfection!
It would be nice to have you diversify your character exposure. Princess Tiana (Disney), Franklin (Charlie Brown / Snoopy), Boondocks (Huey Freeman), Black Panther, Storm (X-Men), South Park (Token Black), The Simpson (Carl Carlson), Roberta Tubbs (The Family Guy), Cleveland Brown (The Family Guy), Oscar Proud (The Proud Family), Dr. Hibbert (The Simpsons),
It would be nice to have you diversify your character exposure. Princess Tiana (Disney), Franklin (Charlie Brown / Snoopy), Boondocks (Huey Freeman), Black Panther, Storm (X-Men), South Park (Token Black), The Simpson (Carl Carlson), Roberta Tubbs (The Family Guy), Cleveland Brown (The Family Guy), Oscar Proud (The Proud Family), Dr. Hibbert (The Simpsons),
I really enjoyed these and I'd love to learn the technology for myself, because I've always been fascinated by the nature of how they make composite sketches and similar illustration like this! I think there are a couple noses that lacked connection to the animation they're based on (and maybe some pronounced jawline on John Smith), but ultimately they're very hypnotic to look at!!
They're really good, but I wish I could know what app or website this is.
I think maybe the characters who were already humans should be left alone. You should try pets and low-quality cartoon characters though, like the ones that people would enjoy seeing as human
I don't think that those are truly A.I. constructs. The humans are too good looking. Especially when the animated characters are unrealistic. For example, Olive Oyl looks nothing like what her cartoon face resembles. I'm not saying that there is no A.I. involvement, but there has to be more involved than just showing it a cartoon picture.
Would you make it with animal characters? Bet would be incredible beautiful too. You're very skilled!
I think that some are actually pictures of people, if you look at the backgrounds of some for example #16 Lady Tremaine. That background looks like a house of some ai generated background. Also the hair is messed up for a lot of them, which for how well the ai can do some of these (Simpson characters) it should have no problem with the hair, like on elsa with the braids
Wow, impressive. Most intriguing is that the characters personalities really seem to show through. I can totally see bart spray painting "skinner is a tool" on a wall, or ariel defiantly storming out of a room. Impressive indeed!
This isn't AI it's just "people that look like cartoon characters" lol
I wonder were training data set came from? To have such good result lots of examples is needed.
These are really good. I enjoyed this thread. Thanks for sharing your talent
I hate these i used ai to recreate blablabla posts so much. Woooow so inspired... Lets use ai on the next project and post it again.
FALSE ADVERTISEMENT!!!!! JUST PICTURES OF REAL PEOPLE FOUND ON THE INTERNET!🤥
They are clearly AI-generated (plenty of AI artifacts). But I do question how they generated these images.
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I agree with the "surprisingly" part. Normally I roll my eyes at this type of post, but this time I was impressed.
Load More Replies... amazing! keep up the good work my good sir/ma'am (i aint tryna assume genders here)
Somewhere in the world there is someone that looks like each and every one of these guys.
How exactly is this achieved, I feel like 'ai' means you hit a button and it happens? I am sure its not like this but there is no context.
No they use something, maybe artbreeder, to make a face that looks like the character. this is why some features weren't recreated bc ai has a hard time with some stuff.
Load More Replies... These are amazing! I absolutely love the work into this. You can really tell how passionate the creator is about this. Stunning work! Well done to you!
Definitely not Snow White! That is not accurate at all. She's not white enough or pretty enough to fairest of them all, unless everyone else is ugly.
Load More Replies... Very nice photoshop worl, but it's pretty clear most of these weren't entirely done by ai.
These are quite good but for some of them.. guess AI need some more training
Do you think the AI programs could do non-human characters? Or like how non-human characters would look like as humans?
Wow those are beautiful. 😍 I would them to do a live action with the pictures if they can find anyone even remotely similar. You did a truly fantastic job. I love you work.
I m face-blinded (google it) thus cant see r differentiate most of the faces featured here. Still, some of them (ones I can recognized to an extend) r similarly impressive... ❤️
I like them! Most of them are excellent! But there were some that...that were a bit wonky. Other than that. Perfect!
most of them are good other than small details like hair, eyes, stuff like that
BRU so good but where is sponge bob i would like to see him in here hehe..........
Excellent article but i'd like to share it with friends. The How?
These human representations of cartoon characters are spot on I would say. Brilliant! Perfection!
It would be nice to have you diversify your character exposure. Princess Tiana (Disney), Franklin (Charlie Brown / Snoopy), Boondocks (Huey Freeman), Black Panther, Storm (X-Men), South Park (Token Black), The Simpson (Carl Carlson), Roberta Tubbs (The Family Guy), Cleveland Brown (The Family Guy), Oscar Proud (The Proud Family), Dr. Hibbert (The Simpsons),
It would be nice to have you diversify your character exposure. Princess Tiana (Disney), Franklin (Charlie Brown / Snoopy), Boondocks (Huey Freeman), Black Panther, Storm (X-Men), South Park (Token Black), The Simpson (Carl Carlson), Roberta Tubbs (The Family Guy), Cleveland Brown (The Family Guy), Oscar Proud (The Proud Family), Dr. Hibbert (The Simpsons),
I really enjoyed these and I'd love to learn the technology for myself, because I've always been fascinated by the nature of how they make composite sketches and similar illustration like this! I think there are a couple noses that lacked connection to the animation they're based on (and maybe some pronounced jawline on John Smith), but ultimately they're very hypnotic to look at!!
They're really good, but I wish I could know what app or website this is.
I think maybe the characters who were already humans should be left alone. You should try pets and low-quality cartoon characters though, like the ones that people would enjoy seeing as human
I don't think that those are truly A.I. constructs. The humans are too good looking. Especially when the animated characters are unrealistic. For example, Olive Oyl looks nothing like what her cartoon face resembles. I'm not saying that there is no A.I. involvement, but there has to be more involved than just showing it a cartoon picture.
Would you make it with animal characters? Bet would be incredible beautiful too. You're very skilled!
I think that some are actually pictures of people, if you look at the backgrounds of some for example #16 Lady Tremaine. That background looks like a house of some ai generated background. Also the hair is messed up for a lot of them, which for how well the ai can do some of these (Simpson characters) it should have no problem with the hair, like on elsa with the braids
Wow, impressive. Most intriguing is that the characters personalities really seem to show through. I can totally see bart spray painting "skinner is a tool" on a wall, or ariel defiantly storming out of a room. Impressive indeed!
This isn't AI it's just "people that look like cartoon characters" lol
I wonder were training data set came from? To have such good result lots of examples is needed.
These are really good. I enjoyed this thread. Thanks for sharing your talent
I hate these i used ai to recreate blablabla posts so much. Woooow so inspired... Lets use ai on the next project and post it again.
FALSE ADVERTISEMENT!!!!! JUST PICTURES OF REAL PEOPLE FOUND ON THE INTERNET!🤥
They are clearly AI-generated (plenty of AI artifacts). But I do question how they generated these images.
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