Animals and plants have much more in common than the Latin root “anima.” All animals have unique characteristics, just like cartoon characters or any other type of cartoon. One naturally begins to wonder what the animals would look like if they were turned into cartoon characters. A Korean artist named Nitro, who goes by the pseudonym byeongju.a on Instagram, satisfies this curiosity by merging the two and showing interesting results.
Nitro recently made a series of illustrations that attempt to portray domestic and wild animals, such as big cats, dogs, birds, etc., as original characters that you would expect to see in an animation. It’s not hard to imagine that the hardest part is turning it into a new style while keeping the unique properties intact. Whether it succeeds or not, we leave it up to you to judge, but in our eyes, it did a great job.
If they were part of a real animated series, where would they fit in? Or, perhaps, one could create a new anime series containing all of them? Regardless, the characters are very engaging, and there’s a good reason behind that: the artist is adept at creating unique characters out of thin air. Can’t you believe it? Take a look at the artist’s Instagram and see for yourself.
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There’s an unexpected benefit to Nitro’s action that we don’t think he took into account. OCs (original characters) are raising awareness about some species of wildlife that are becoming endangered. For example, black panthers are rapidly losing their territory, and northern bald ibis, which are native to Syria, have disappeared from the wild due to hunting and habitat degradation. Panthers, East African lions, damask goats, macaroni penguins, and black macaques, among the other species featured in this post, are also endangered, some of which are critical.
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