16 cartoon characters reimagined as humans, with the help of AI

By Monica Athnasious

Published Feb 9, 2022 at 11:46 AM

Reading time: 1 minute

27262

Digital artist Hidreley Diao has made waves across the internet for his unique and fascinating creations. After being reported on by Buzzfeed, Diao’s incredible artwork has continued to catapult into stardom. The artist, who also contributes to Bored Panda, utilises a combination of AI technology and digital software to create life-like interpretations of your favourite cartoon characters and figures of history. 

Though there are a few pieces that have been deemed ‘fails’ by commenters—for not being historically accurate to the ethnic features of certain characters—his pieces have proved largely successful and we’ve rounded up some of his most popular ones. Here’s some of the IRL versions of your favourite animated characters. 

1. Ned Flanders

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

2. Peter Pan

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

3. Rapunzel

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

4. Princess Tiana

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

5. Bart Simpson

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

6. Moana

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

7. Prince Eric

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

8. Ursula

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

9. Moe

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

10. Mirabel

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

11. Mulan

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

12. Dash

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

13. Millhouse

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

14. Carl Fredrickson

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

15. Joe Gardner

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

16. Tarzan

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Hidreley Diao (@hidreley)

Keep On Reading

By Eliza Frost

How Jet2holidays and Jess Glynne became the sound of the summer

By Eliza Frost

How to spot a performative male out in the wild 

By Eliza Frost

American Eagle and Sydney Sweeney face backlash with employee’s LinkedIn post adding fuel to the fire

By Eliza Frost

Black cat boyfriends are in to replace golden retriever boyfriends, but are they just emotionally unavailable men in disguise?

By Eliza Frost

All the Easter eggs from the first episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3

By Eliza Frost

We finally know why Conrad and Belly broke up in The Summer I Turned Pretty season 2

By Eliza Frost

The Summer I Turned Pretty’s Chris Briney is at the centre of a new love triangle, but this time for an audio erotica story 

By Eliza Frost

Jennifer Aniston to star in Apple TV+ adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died

By Eliza Frost

Netflix’s Adolescence sweeps Emmys, with star Owen Cooper making history as youngest-ever male winner

By Eliza Frost

Rina Sawayama calls out Sabrina Carpenter’s SNL performance of Nobody’s Son for cultural insensitivity 

By Eliza Frost

Taylor Swift’s Release Party of a Showgirl is coming to cinemas everywhere, and it’s already made $15M

By Eliza Frost

Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, and wife Rama Duwaji becomes city’s Gen Z first lady 

By Eliza Frost

The swag gap relationship: Does it work when one partner is cooler than the other?

By Eliza Frost

UK to lower voting age to 16 by next election. A controversial move, but the right one

By Eliza Frost

What is dry begging? And why is it a relationship red flag?

By Eliza Frost

How exactly is the UK government’s Online Safety Act keeping young people safe? 

By Eliza Frost

Bad Bunny is not touring the US due to fear of ICE raids at concerts

By Eliza Frost

Vogue has declared boyfriends embarrassing, and the internet agrees

By Eliza Frost

What is Banksying? Inside the latest toxic dating trend even worse than ghosting

By Eliza Frost

Online pornography showing choking to be made illegal, says government