Photoshop Contest: Cartoon people

PhotoshopPosted by Staaan

In this contest, we are going to turn real people into cartoons!

Take any photo of a person, and turn him into a cartoon character. The character can resemble an existing cartoon, or you can invent an entirely new cartoon character. A cartoon character could be from Disney, Pixar, any cartoon TV show, anime, comic books, or even a caricature ...

If you need a source for your character, have a look at the recent 'member portraits' photo contest: here. Just make sure to ask for permission first. You can do so by commenting on the person's entry. If you get the green light, let your imagination run wild!

It is also allowed to use a photo of yourself, a family member or any celebrity. Using tools that automate the process of cartoonifying are not allowed. It is required in this contest to explain how you created your cartoon, what application you used and what sources you used (In the description of your entry). Otherwise, the entry may get disqualified.

Based on suggestion by Skyangel

PS: If you want to see what the inverse of this contest would mean, have a look at these mildly disturbing creations from Marvelous Mikee on Instagram: @marvelous_mikee or on his Artstation page.

Some resources to get you started:

This contest has finished!

1st placeTook first place in contestSkyangel2nd placeTook second place in contestRubber-Ray3rd placeTook third place in contestCosmixmost entriesOlga.L has the most entries in this contestOlga.Lmost commentsscratzilla1 has the most comments in this contest.scratzilla1
Skyangel avatarLevel 15Heart awardSilver awardGold awardGold award
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Mr Bean Caricature. created by Skyangel

Source images are https://i.imgur.com/CQsFOMp.jpg Done in photoshop. Basically followed Cartoon character effect tutorial with a few added personal tweaks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP79VmO36PA

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Squidward created by Rubber-Ray

SOURCES: https://i.imgur.com/lSnRuRp.jpg A very minor time-laspe of how it was made is here. https://i.imgur.com/IDcDOy5.gif Reference image and drawing here https://i.imgur.com/p9l2I6i.jpg

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Olga.L avatarLevel 17Gold award
Olga.L

Your time-lapse is amazing as is this post which looks like a testicle turned upside down. The nose looks very much like..............like...............like.............the proboscis monkey's nose. When I see work this creative/imaginative and hilarious I just gasp. B R I L L I A N T.

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Olga.L :

Hahaha. It's "Squidward" from Spongebob Square Pants cartoon. He's really grumpy. I probably should have included my reference image too. https://i.imgur.com/p9l2I6i.jpg

Skyangel avatarLevel 15Gold award
Skyangel

Absolutely brilliant. I LOVE it and the animation which shows how you did it is also fantastic. 🏆💖

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Skyangel :

Thank S.A. I did the animation because "It is required in this contest to explain how you created your cartoon, what application you used and what sources you used (In the description of your entry). ". Used Photoshop's "Frame Animation" which appears when you activate Windows > Timeline. There is also a "Video Timeline" option, but I used 'Frame Animation" so you can make a gif frame by frame.

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Skyangel avatarLevel 15
Skyangel replied to Rubber-Ray :

Thanks for the info. I will look into that frame animation aspect of photoshop. It's something else that's new for me to learn.

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Skyangel :

I'll make a tutorial on how to do it after the contest.

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Skyangel avatarLevel 15
Skyangel replied to Rubber-Ray :

Thanks. I will look forward to it.

Cosmix avatarLevel 9
Cosmix replied to Rubber-Ray :

Thanks for the info. I use Apple so will look at the options. I've done screen recording a chop before but had a lot of issues trying to downsize it for using online and still appreciate the detail. It took 12 hrs to download onto youtube.

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Cosmix :

Cosmix, OMG you are so in luck!!! A lot of the times I use "WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe" to compress video. Been using it for years. It's so easy to use and the videos look great. Just drag and drop your video file into it and it will come up with some presets like 720P, 1080P, 4K, etc. You can then pick Low Quality, Medium Quality, or High Quality. Then press RUN. Thats it!! They are giving it away for Mac but you only have 3 more days to download it, install it, and use the registration key they give you. Click the green button that says "FREE DOWNLOAD" under "Giveaway License". It will be a zip file and it has the registration key in a text file.

I also have the giveaway version and it has like pop up when you open it and when you are done with a video it takes you to their website. Hey, it's free so deal with it huh? 😀

https://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/tradepub.htm?AFFILIATE=53928&__c=1#tobuy

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Cosmix avatarLevel 9
Cosmix replied to Rubber-Ray :

Thank you Author very considerate and appreciated.

Cosmix avatarLevel 9
Cosmix

Tremendous chop. Great to see the time-lapse attached. Good luck

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Cosmix :

Thanks Cosmix. I have it saved. Maybe I will add some more steps to it so it's more detailed.

scratzilla1 avatarLevel 9Gold award
scratzilla1

stunning works, polished finish and love the time- vid on how it was made. ( something to work towards) Thank you for sharing this . FABULOUS.

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to scratzilla1 :

Thank you Scrat. This is one of those chops where you are like "How do I do this?". So you charge right in, start messing around with this, then that, and pretty soon it starts to take shape. After a while you say to yourself "I'm really doing it. It's gonna work!". You can probably relate to that. :D

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scratzilla1 avatarLevel 9
scratzilla1 replied to Rubber-Ray :

yes can greatly relate

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Zizounai

Congrats R-R! 😊

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Zizounai :

Thank you sister Z!!

George55 avatarLevel 10
George55

Congratulations....

Cosmix avatarLevel 9
Cosmix

Congrats Ray. I knew this would be on the podium.

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to Cosmix :

Appreciate it Cosmix. I was proud of this one.

IEatRawEggs avatarLevel 16
IEatRawEggs

Congratulations on second place Rubber-Ray!

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Rubber-Ray avatarLevel 11
Rubber-Ray replied to IEatRawEggs :

Thank you Eggy!!

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filantrop

Congratulation!

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Rubber-Ray replied to filantrop :

Appreciate it filantrop!

scratzilla1 avatarLevel 9
scratzilla1

Congrats RR.

Skyangel avatarLevel 15
Skyangel

Congratulations and corny girdle actions to you too. It seems we came equal first since we both have the same percentage. I knew this character would be in the top three.

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Clown Prince created by Cosmix

Thanks for accepting me on board. Originally from Freakingnews, Daggerbay, did join pxleyes and recently Photoshopnation. Thanks to Zizounai for the recommendation. The Crown always trying to put on a brave face. Prince Charles. Sources: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/prince-charles-to-open-2018-commonwealth-games-next-year/articleshow/59810858.cms?from=mdrhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1222391/prince-charles-news-royal-family-princess-diana-end-monarchy-spthttps://www.mamamia.com.au/the-royal-butler-dating-advice/https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/uk-tabloids-called-harry-and-meghans-interview-the-worst-royal-crisis-in-85-years-seemingly-forgetting-prince-andrews-alleged-sex-offences/articleshow/81430111.cms Mostly used the Liquify, Warp and Clone tools.

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Elsa created by Skyangel

Do you want to build a snowman? The model is thanks to Maria Amanda. https://www.deviantart.com/mariaamanda/art/Elsa-Portrait-Stock-448221173. The background is from https://pixy.org/5951538/ The veil is from https://www.deviantart.com/almudena-stock/art/Veil-Stock-Package-1-77142595 The snowflake is made from scratch because I did not want to use the one in the source. A tutorial on how to make snowflakes is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmsR8hTTW6Q The cartoon is created using a mixture of the Cartoon Character Effect and How to turn photos into drawings using Photoshop as in the resource links in the contest criteria. Some hand painting was also used for the fly away hair and some touch up work.

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Obama Charicature created by Skyangel

Done in photoshop basically following the tutorial on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9dARMU0ek Source files... https://i.imgur.com/cDJjLby.jpg

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Bearded Musician created by scratzilla1

photos used with permission . Bearded Musician- thank you Scratzilla. https://www.deviantart.com/scratzilla/art/The-Bearded-man-1-2020-830396965 Steampunk bits and machinery : used with permission . Thank you Scratzilla https://www.deviantart.com/scratzilla/art/MACHINERY-10-LARGER-FILE-STOCK-633956359https://www.deviantart.com/scratzilla/art/VALVE-LARGER-FILE-STOCK-2-634689099https://www.deviantart.com/scratzilla/art/Steampunk-Goodness-3-824314257 Thank you Creator . Moe/Hair extensions : https://www.hiclipart.com/free-transparent-background-png-clipart-zkqeh/download Guitar : thank you Isaac Weatherly https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-guitar-near-river-2156327/ How this was made : Halved face , joined. warped hat, lots of liquify for eyes. (inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdjgsuqt2O0) . Added Moe, extended beard using liquify / clone /warp tools . Watched all the suggested videos on how to cartoon and drew inspiration . Filter Gallery used : Poster edges , various paint applications . photocopy sketch .. then as suggested in one of the videos added : Unsharpen Mask, Oil paint , then high pass. ( i did two various applications in this area) I layered the two images and masked the top one. Using White paint i revealed parts of the bottom image. The face/ parts of the hat and background. Allowing to keep the more crisp look of the guitar and more hair detail in moe and beard while providing a more softer look to the face . Colouring .. turned image BnW. added a photo filter of sepia . various items had Brightness and contrast clipped to them to make them fit the image better . The eyes also had a clip of brightness and contrast added at the end to bring back a little more life after having all the painting added. The eyes were : liquified to the limits and beyond . Then given a treatment of dodge and burn . Had an addition of dark purple oval added to the middle to define the centre of the eye more . the dots/highlights were painted in an off white with the layer setting set to "Linear Dodge Add".

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Ted Cruz created by Koyote11

Used Photoshop Liqu idifier, Raw, Oil Paint and Dreamscope.

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Fifi Brindacier created by Zizounai

https://imgur.com/a/ZgtRcae

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Yuko Manaka created by Zizounai

Source image of poor quality, I had to cover its few pixels with many layers for a new skin. Photoshop filters, Topaz for the hair, eye enlarged... Nikoniko, this is a manga! https://imgur.com/a/pKsFqY2

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Bright Eyes, Kind Heart Caricature created by Olga.L

tutorial followed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZetlmTOv8&ab_channel=Pixivu

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Big yellow cap created by lolu69

autoportrait ! https://imgur.com/a/uev3Z3r

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Soul Queen. created by Bern67

As she plays her song her soul fills the room.

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Musthafad created by Olga.L

My own photo. Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZetlmTOv8&ab_channel=Pixivu

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Got swagger created by PercyBramwell

Cartooned version of a photo from signatureedits

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Cartoon Myself created by Olga.L

I used the Cartoonize yourself tutorial but got stuck at the 6-minute mark. Then I used the distort filter to distort myself.

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Christina Ricci manga created by Zizounai

https://imgur.com/a/usrFP6N Made with Photoshop. Eyes widened, nose and mouth shrunk. Many layers of paint brush to soften and redo the skin, the eyelashes. Sharpen tool on the hair. Lightning bolt shapes come from Custom shape tool

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George55 avatarLevel 10
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MYSELF created by George55

My picture..... poster edges.... blur.... posterize.... levels....

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Lufi created by filantrop

Don't ask, how I did it. On the back of an effect, an effect.

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The look created by Diamite

This is my daughter

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SMILE created by claudiolky

I took the picture and at photoshop a lot of filters.........

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Anger. created by filantrop

Description in pictures. http://w3.hdsnet.hu/petike/cartoon/

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Zizounai avatarLevel 16
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Animal crossing created by Zizounai

Externals: https://imgur.com/a/OuTxFrq The girl and TV photos are my photos. Used Photoshop, cut and paste, mainly camera raw filter various settings (detail, noise reduction, vibrance…) Added the glasses and the bird, some shadows. Cut off the girl’s head. Then of course pasted it back and made it larger. Put the glasses on. Moved the direction of the eyes so she watches the bird.

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somnolence created by claudiolky

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E.T. lady created by Zizounai

Sources and explanations: https://imgur.com/S6CanVM

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Dr. House created by grasshopper1

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Uzbek Smile created by Olga.L

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Dreams of a Little Girl created by Olga.L

I used the COMIC BOOK EFFECT tutorial in Photoshop to come up with this image.

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