An Artist Showed What Cartoon Characters Would Look Like If They Were Real People
Art
08/24/2022

We’ve all watched animated characters during our childhood. Yes, depending on when you were born, you might have seen different ones, but no child in the world is immune to the power of cartoons. Hidreley Diao, the creator of the Instagram account hidreley, came up with a very peculiar one to take us back to our childhood years using cartoons.
Today, at Bright Side, we’d like to show you how the artist imagines what various characters from animated series and movies would look like if they were real human beings.
1. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from Tangled
2. Shrek and Fiona from Shrek
3. Naruto
4. The Incredibles
5. Aladdin and Princess Jasmin from Aladdin
6. He-Man
7. Peter and Lois Griffin from Family Man
8. The Simpsons
9. Ash Ketchum from Pokémon
10. Princess Aurora and Maleficient from Sleeping Beauty
11. Son Goku and Vegeta from Dragon Ball
12. Charlie Brown from Snoopy
13. The Madrigals from Encanto
14. Snow White and The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
15. SpongeBob SquarePants
16. Tiana and Prince Naveen from The Princess and the Toad
17. Ariel and Ursula from The Little Mermaid
18. Pinocchio
What other cartoon characters do you wish you could see as if they were real people?
Preview photo credit The Little Mermaid / Walt Disney Pictures and co-producers, hidreley / Instagram
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