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90s Cartoons as School Portraits

Fifty cartoons reimagined as realistic portraits with the help of neural-networks.

Daniel Voshart
6 min readDec 9, 2020

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Using Artbreeder and Photoshop I’ve created fifty fake school photos. The portraits and clothing are inspired by obscure, split-second references as well as flashbacks / flashforward / dream sequences in 90s cartoons.

All characters are aged as if they were late High School/ University.

Shows from left to right:

  • Magic School Bus (Miss Frizzle, Arnold Pearlstein and Keesha Franklin)
  • Futurama (Professor Farnsworth, Philip Fry, and Turanga Leela)
  • Recess (Theodore “TJ” Detwiler, Ashley Spinelli & Vincent Pierre LaSalle)
  • Simpsons (Homer Simpson, Marge Bouvier & Ned Flanders)
  • Pepper Ann
  • Thomas the Tank Engine
  • Arthur (Arthur Read)
  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Sailor Moon (U̶s̶a̶g̶i̶ ̶T̶s̶u̶k̶i̶n̶o̶ Minako Aino)
  • Garfield (Garfield [Davis])
  • Doug (Doug Funnie)
  • Bobby’s World (Bobby Generic)
  • Inspector Gadget (John Brown)
  • Rugrats (Tommy Pickles & Chuckie Finster)
  • Dexter’s Lab (Dexter McPherson & Susan “Mandark” Astronomanov)
  • Pokemon (Ash Ketchum & Misty Waterflower)
  • Reboot (Bob & Dot Matrix)
  • Family Guy (Peter Griffin & Lois Pewterschmidt)
  • Animaniacs (Yakko, Wakko & Dot Warner)
  • Pinky and the Brain (Pinky & Brain)
  • South Park (Eric Cartman & Kenny MacKormack)
  • King of the Hill (Hank Hill & Margaret “Peggy” Platter)
  • TMNT (April O’Neil & Hamato Yoshi)
  • Hey Arnold (Arnold Shortman & Gerald Martin Johanssen)
  • Dragon Ball Z (Son Goku & Vegeta)
  • Daria (Daria Morgendorffer & Jane Lane)
  • Bevis and Butt Head (Bobby Beavis & Butt Head

Magic School Bus

Magic School Bus (Miss Frizzle, Arnold Pearlstein and Keesha Franklin)

Futurama

Futurama (Professor Farnsworth, Philip Fry, and Turanga Leela)

Recess

Theodore “TJ” Detwiler, Ashley Spinelli & Vincent Pierre LaSalle

Simpsons

Simpsons (Homer Simpson, Marge Bouvier & Ned Flanders)

Pepper Ann, Thomas the Tank Engine & Arthur Read

Pepper Ann, Thomas the Tank Engine & Arthur Read

Spongebob, Sailor Moon, Garfield

Spongebob Squarepants, U̶s̶a̶g̶i̶ ̶T̶s̶u̶k̶i̶n̶o̶ Minako Aino & Garfield Davis

Doug, Bobby’s World & Inspector Gadget

Doug Funnie, Bobby Generic & John Brown

Rugrats

Tommy Pickles & Chuckie Finster

Dexter’s Lab

Dexter McPherson & Susan “Mandark” Astronomanov

Pokemon

Ash Ketchum & Misty Waterflower

Reboot

Bob & Dot Matrix

Family Guy

Peter Griffin & Lois Pewterschmidt

Animaniacs

Yakko, Wakko & Dot Warner

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky & Brain

South Park

Eric Cartman & Kenny MacKormack

King of the Hill

Hank Hill & Margaret “Peggy” Platter

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

April O’Neil & Hamato Yoshi [aka: Splinter]

Hey Arnold

Arnold Shortman & Gerald Martin Johanssen

Dragon Ball Z

Son Goku & Vegeta

Daria

Daria Morgendorffer & Jane Lane

Bevis and Butt Head

Bobby Beavis & Butt Head

Limited Edition Print

The ultimate millennial gift. Looks perfect above your couch.

Print available on Etsy.

Or D.I.Y. Download and Print.

Gift for millennial? Trivia night? Buy a digital download of all the portraits.

Print it small for your wallet, or hang it in the background of your zoom calls and maybe strangers will think you’re a fully-matured adult with children and responsibilities.

Each file is 1600x2000 pixels. Good enough for an 8x10 at 200dpi.

“Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!”

Cheers,

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

When Daniel Voshart isn’t making fanart, he’s working in the Art Deptartment of Star Trek: Discovery doing various things related to virtual reality (VR). Find some more serious work in forensics here.

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