Artist Shannon Lee Creates Humanized Versions Of Animals And Cartoon Characters (20 Pics)

A lot of us have seen our fair share of Disney character recreations but Australian artist Shannon Lee decided to try out something different by turning them into humans. And she did not stop there – the artist also created some human versions of animals, and her works are simply stunning.

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Shannon says that designing characters is her absolute favorite thing. “It’s sort of an exciting challenge to think about who you want a character to be and then to translate that into shapes, colors and stylistic choices, etc; problem-solving so that another viewer could get a solid read of who that character is,”says the artist.

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Even though the artist creates a lot of humanized versions of characters these days, she revealed that she had a phase where she didn’t enjoy drawing humans. “I didn’t practice them because they weren’t fun to me and as a result, I ended up with repetitive “same face syndrome” designs,” said Shannon. Then the artist remembered seeing other artists create reimagined versions of characters that she enjoyed and started creating some of her own.

Check out more of Shannon’s amazing illustrations below!

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