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Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes (30 New Pics)
Remember how we used to spend our mornings or days in front of the television, watching some great cartoons, eating cereal and trying not to laugh with our full mouths? Well, a lot of us have grown up since that time, and things get a little bit less magical and more ugly as our life goes on. If only someone would update our childhood heroes so they would fit our current selves more...
Miguel Velasquez is on a mission to make an unsettling version out of each and every cartoon character and popular meme that's out there. He does his magic by recreating these figures in the digital medium. Digital art lends itself greatly to Miguel's goal of making everything unsettling: high-definition graphics, realistic textures and many other things turn these characters into something that's a little bit too real and anatomical for sketchy animation figures.
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#1
Spongebob Squarepants
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#2
Squidward
Lynn Wilson 3 years ago
Going with the meth idea. Actually meth might make him look better - lol !
#3
nixoloco 3 years ago
It's a puppet from a Japanese kid's show called Ōkiku naru Ko (Growing Children) which was on from the late 50s to 1988. The main character is this monkey named Kento.
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Shelagh Woodson 3 years ago
Man. AAAGGHHHHHHH! THAT SPONGE BOB IS THE STUFF WHERE NIGHTMARES ARE BORN. God, dude.
#4
Minion
Laroo 3 years ago
If this is supposed to be about what they would look like in real life why does the banana have a face?
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
This is more like what if they were redesigned by Guillermo del Torro
#5
Wallace
Kisses4Katie 3 years ago
Right? Off putting, but like he would still get your cat out of a tree and you could bring him a block of cheese as a thank you
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J Doe 3 years ago
LoL lots of people negged me for saying the Woody looks bri-tish
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WiTchY_WoMaN 3 years ago
To be fair he was already pretty creepy looking anyways..
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#6
Remen Zack 3 years ago
Hey, it's the chocolate guy. The one where he wants to get some chocolate but screams and scares Spongebob and Patrick away. Classic!
#7
Mike Wazowski
#8
LEGO Woman
Final score:
69points
Death Luna99 3 years ago (edited)
Well now we need Lego man & Lego woman together, however still nightmare fuel
#9
"Y Tho" Meme
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I want a print of this. I'd frame it and put it up in the bathroom. XD For no good reason.
#10
Scooby
Death Luna99 3 years ago
Can't tell if he's seen some s**t or if shaggy ate the last Scooby snack .
#11
Patrick
#12
"Y U No" Meme
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Both tits? Seriously, where are these coming from?
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#13
Woodie
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
"Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes" - so the artist is purposefully making the characters look weird and unsettling.
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Anthony W. Pierson 3 years ago
Dear Lord I can't tell if it's Steve buscemi or a Lifesize penis
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Literally the title of the article, my friend: "Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes" - so the artist is purposefully making the characters look weird and unsettling. Probably so he can get reactions out of the people looking at his art XD But, no one's forcing you to look at them, fortunately! :D
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
That's his down and out cousin. Why's he look so....wrinkly and derpy?
#14
Kevin C. Cucumber
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Is this a character from Spongebob? It looks like the art style, but SB wasn't my jam (was already old when it got popular), so I'm not too familiar with it.
novasoup (she/her) 3 years ago
yeah hes a one-off side character in one of the episodes
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Johanna she/her 3 years ago
It doesn’t censor because apparently male nipples are completely “appropriate” and woman’s aren’t. I hate society.
#15
Mr. Krabs
#17
Winnie-The-Pooh
Kate Jones 3 years ago
Who approved this and why is he wearing a cut off shirt? And why is his skin like that?????? This has been a traumatizing thread.
#18
Finn And Jake
#19
Piglet
Fieryfyreflayme 3 years ago
As my high school art teacher would say, art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable
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Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
"Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes" - name of the article. XD
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#20
M&M's Dr. Phil
Bryan With A Why 3 years ago
One of the rare times the artist didn't add unnecessary nipples or creepiness lol
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#21
Patrick-Homer
TechnoticGaming 3 years ago
I am so done with looking at alternate versions of characters, but the hair reminds me of some particular in the 1900's era of war.
#22
Homer Simpson
Final score:
38points
foofoofloofy 3 years ago
Well, Homer's teeth would be horrible, with all the junk he eats. And he himself has claimed that he never flosses.
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Slim 864 GVG 3 years ago
Wtf? Did Homer make it through the zombie apocalypse only to become a serious meth addict? Some of these are okay but most of them are just demented. Not trying to talk bad about this person's artistic talents, I know I could not do this, but I was hoping to see characters I love humanized not horrified! Lol
#23
Pepe
#24
Little Miss Sunshine
Final score:
33points
Masha Aguer 3 years ago
It's not furr, but more like pimples or goosebumps
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asexualotl (she/her) 3 years ago
that is not bringing any sunshine into my life. little miss draining-all-the-sunshine
#25
Elmo
Final score:
33points
Anthony W. Pierson 3 years ago
After years of ticking, Elmo finally broke....hence the boiling rage face
Barbara Pierce 3 years ago
Why does it look like Elmo and Danny DeVito's horrified, possessed love child?!
#26
Lisa Simpson
Final score:
27points
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
As I've commented before - so because someone creates something that people don't like/disturbs and unsettles people, that means there's something wrong with them? Literally thousands of artists in the past have painted "disturbing" art (look up Goya) and not all of them needed "help". I've drawn art like this before - do I need help? How about horror-film writers/directors? Authors of horror fiction? I'm sure you meant your comment "jokingly" or "not seriously", but the implication that just because someone can create something that unsettles other people means that they are mentally ill/"need help" is a very damaging generalization.
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Anthony W. Pierson 3 years ago
She's just missing a Virginia slim hanging out of her mouth and it would b my friends mom
Bryan With A Why 3 years ago
Since when is Lisa a 58 year old methed out woman? Isn't she like 8 or 10?
#27
Loafer
Final score:
27points
Sleepy children love Moon 3 years ago
Omg with the way I'm scrolling it looks like the eyes are following me up and down 😭😭
#28
Blue Creature From Courage The Cowardly Dog
#29
Final score:
25points
Tori's Life 3 years ago (edited)
Is it just me or does this one look a lil.....old school cartoon racist?
Joe Horn 3 years ago
If so it was made by black people, one of them being Bill Cosby.
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#30
Captain K'nuckles
Final score:
20points
#31
Spongebob Squarepants
Final score:
7points
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
The title of the article is "Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes".
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Sid
Final score:
5points
Kate Johnson 3 years ago
Why must everyone have heavy, saggy, low breasts with realistic nipples?
Kate Jones 3 years ago
Miguel has thoroughly freaked me out with these things. That's a good thing, lol. But still...ewwwww.
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Ray Martin 3 years ago
This is clearly some new meaning of the term "real life" with which I'm unfamiliar.
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I see the article title as "Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes". Nothing about "real life" in the title. Did BP edit the title?
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Gabrielle Riley 3 years ago (edited)
OK, so someone whom has a deeply disturbed imagination created monstrous abominations of beloved characters from US cartoons. Not quite sure how I feel about this, besides having new nightmare fuel. If that was the intention, hats off to you, creator. Why so many have nipples, tho?
Kristie French 3 years ago
Sooo many nipples! A lot of there’s aren’t even mammals. Why would “real life” ones have freaking nipples? Very weird, but artistic licenses and all. 😳
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Ray Martin 3 years ago
This is clearly some new meaning of the term "real life" with which I'm unfamiliar.
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I see the article title as "Artist “Ruins” The Childhood Of Millions By Creating Unsettling Digital Versions Of Popular Cartoon Characters And Memes". Nothing about "real life" in the title. Did BP edit the title?
Load More Replies... Gabrielle Riley 3 years ago (edited)
OK, so someone whom has a deeply disturbed imagination created monstrous abominations of beloved characters from US cartoons. Not quite sure how I feel about this, besides having new nightmare fuel. If that was the intention, hats off to you, creator. Why so many have nipples, tho?
Kristie French 3 years ago
Sooo many nipples! A lot of there’s aren’t even mammals. Why would “real life” ones have freaking nipples? Very weird, but artistic licenses and all. 😳
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