Ever wanted to take a cartoon character out of the screen and make it a real life friend? Sure you have…
Who wouldn’t want to hang out with Woody, learn Kung Fu from Po, or help Scrat find his acorns?
Well finding a way to bring popular animated animals and people into a real world setting was the challenge laid down to our talented community of creatives here at DesignCrowd.
Designers could take any cartoon character, from any source, and mix them with photographs. They were asked not to recreate the character in three dimensions, simply integrate them into our world.
The Cartoon Pygmalion contests have proved to be some of the most popular on DesignCrowd, and previously on Worth1000, with 1000+ images submitted over the years.
We’ve selected some of our favorites below, or you can see all the entries on our Community pages. Scroll down to see how some of the most famous animated stars might look in real-life scenes.
Cartoon Pygmalion contest submissions on DesignCrowd
Where’s Wally’s teammates
Charlie Brown playing pitcher
Foghorn Leghorn pops the question
Yoga Bear
Puss in Thrones
“Mmmmmm, beer”
Bowser goes karting
Beetle Bailey catching some zzz’s
Johnny KO
Jewel in a cage
Finding the real Nemo
“Not a mindless eating machine”
Link’s street performance
Sir Tow Mater back to the day job
Po takes on UFC
Master Shifu dines out
“Hi, my name’s Wreck-It Ralph”
Valiant among friends
Repunzel aims not to get her feet Tangled
Marty finds his harem
Melman in his ‘natural’ surroundings
Scrat meets his match
Timon fits in with the family
Geri finds someone to play with
Wall-E doesn’t expect home comforts
Minions make a run for it
Woody with is cowboy pals
Want More?
At DesignCrowd, we love bringing cartoons to life. To see more famous characters in alternate roles, check out these articles:
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Written by Kevin Bradford on Friday, January 27, 2017
Kevin Bradford is a content editor at DesignCrowd with a background in journalism and digital production. Experienced in both writing and videography, he loves combining his skills to create captivating content across all multimedia channels.