IT’S ALIVE!
From grizzly bears that drive cars and brush their teeth to sports cars that have a life of their own, cartoonists have been giving human qualities to animals and objects—called “anthropomorphism”—since the first cartoon was penned. To give human characteristics to a non-human thing, first imagine how the object or animal would look as a real person. Next identify the unique attributes of that animal or object, and imagine what the human would look like with those traits. Then combine the two, and you’ll have a living, breathing cartoon character.
PICK A HUMAN, ANY HUMAN To create a cartoon animal, just start with an idea of a regular ...
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