30 Amazing Semi-Photorealistic 3D Cartoon Characters
- By Vitaly Friedman
- Posted in Inspiration
- 47 comments
Since the origin of 3D graphics, designers attempts to create photo-realistic imagery. Although achieving genuine-looking graphics is a difficult challenge, some artists manage to achieve extraordinary results. Photorealism opens up new ways for creativity and innovation.
In this collection we bring you some of the inspiring semi-photorealistic 3D cartoon characters from various artists across the globe. You’ll find famous cartoon characters, movie stars, celebrities and original characters alike, so dig in and make sure to check out the artists’ portfolios for more goodies!
Beautiful Semi-Photorealistic 3D Cartoon Characters
Vladimir by Fred Bastide
Mz. Crabapple by Tony Mesiatowsky
Untitled by Richard Rosenman
Jennifer by Jonathan Simard
#empty by Anthony Guebels
Couchepin by Fred Bastide
Mr T by Lee Davies
Stan Winston Tribute by Krishnamurti Costa
Animator Guy by Krishnamurti Costa
Thomas, the Plumber by Krishnamurti Costa
Thom Yorke caricature by Andrew Hickinbottom
Will smith by Mrpeculiar
Gordon ramsay by Mrpeculiar
Patrick Star by Brushcommander
Old Man by Cristian Patrasciuc
Emocionado by Misael Barbosa
Elmer Fudd by Magdalena Dadela
Bar Scene 1 by Michael Sormann
Caricature by Marco Carminati
The Owl Hunter by Sergey Kolesov
JJimi Hendrix – The Guitar Legend by Marcin Klicki
Giuseppe by Laurent Pierlot
Little Man From Another Place by Andrei Cristea
Fern the Farmer by Team CHEVisodes
The Big Cowboy by Gustavo Federico
Untitled by Brent Wong
The Strange Man by Gustavo Federico
Evil Witch by Sven Gerusckhat
Somebody by Weiye Yin
Untitled by Shannon Thomas
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Jordan Walker, 22 February 2010
What a character!
Duncan, 22 February 2010
Wow! And I thought the Homer Simpson one was good. Setting Jimi as my wallpaper right this second. Nice collection
NJ Web Designs, 22 February 2010
Cool Gallery..
carl stratton, 22 February 2010
Loving these! Hendrix is timeless!!
Good work chaps. Carl.
JC, 22 February 2010
Great collection. Some truly amazing work here. The detail level on these is astounding. THX!
isht, 22 February 2010
Quite cool…
Damian, 22 February 2010
great work…
PanamArq, 22 February 2010
Awesome! Some are so creepy and disturbing. I especially like Fern the Farmer
nuemedia, 22 February 2010
Awesome collection. Really like the The Strange Man by Gustavo Federico
james, 22 February 2010
I love this one of fat jon
http://www.marcofolio.net/images/stories/art/inspiration/realistic_portraits/fatjon.jpg
Jen Walter, 22 February 2010
These are wonderful. Makes me want to all my work away and work on something a bit more fun today. :) nice post.
Aidan, 22 February 2010
Awesome! It’s so life-like.
Nina, 22 February 2010
Wonderful collection, very inspiring!
Thanks for sharing :)
Chris, 22 February 2010
I am strictly a web designer, no 3-d background but what I am seeing here blows me away. Great job with the collection!
Larry McGough, 22 February 2010
If I could have 1/2 of the talent the artists who made these images have…
Tom - Airopia, 22 February 2010
Cooooooool!
Kartlos Tchavelachvili, 22 February 2010
You should include this music video as wel :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepXF2B5NK4
Ben Teoh, 22 February 2010
Nice caricatures.
FelipeBorcard, 22 February 2010
NICE VERY GOOD
Anna, 22 February 2010
These are really impressive!
Homeopatia, 22 February 2010
Holaa
Me encanatron las caricaturas..Realmente dan impresion ya que son muy reales!
Muy buena coleccion!
Saludos
Nick Burd, 22 February 2010
The witch is quite possibly the one that might show up in my dreams, forcing me into a cold sweat, and the inability to sleep. :D
Great selection. I enjoyed it. Specially the Will Smith image. lol
King, 22 February 2010
Need more such characters…
XHTML TEAM, 22 February 2010
Awesome collection… Thanks for sharing :)
Peter Q, 22 February 2010
I am guessing that many of these are done with “Blender” or a similar 3D Tool. It would be fun to get some of the source files for them, and play around with changes.
thecode09, 23 February 2010
T•E•R•R•I•B•L•E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brow, 23 February 2010
I love these. Would be cool to see how the actual characters are made…maybe a speed video or something. :)
Catherine Azzarello, 23 February 2010
Wow! Now my subconscious has new inspirations to build my nightmares! ;-)
Goran, 23 February 2010
Amazing stuff… Thanks for sharing.
Tom Lewis, 24 February 2010
Some of those are freak scary, id love to see that evil witch animated into a short film.
Dave, 24 February 2010
The plumber looks like he’s fixing toiles in post-apocalyptia!
Alvaro, 25 February 2010
Excellent collection!
Kirk, 11 March 2010
These models are so very cool. I wish I had a tenth the creativity that these artists have.
Laura, 25 March 2010
The Patrick Star one: There are some things that you can’t unsee. They’re all amazing, though.
selva cameraman, 28 March 2010
its coool some one not understand ple write names
ME, 03 April 2010
That’s Pretty Much Inspiring … Great Work Mates !!!
Sadananda Bhuti, 30 April 2010
Wonderful collection,Thanks for sharing :-)
Dante, 01 September 2010
How could i get one of these done for a character based on description?
MIJNeigenBEELD, 21 November 2010
Wow great drawing’s
NaughtyBlogger, 18 December 2010
very nice photos but too much funny…!! :P
Door Knobs, 18 January 2011
I’m getting a javascript error, is anyone else?
sangita, 03 February 2011
what a character sir..really i m very much inspired to u.
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kaungthatsan, 05 July 2011
so good, thank’s
Shana, 20 March 2012
Wooooooooooooowwwww! Those are gorgeous 3d models :) Excellent!!!
Blair Howatt, 08 April 2012
Freaking awsome!
I was surfing the web looking for images of an old man for this weeks editorial cartoon and happened across your website. Keep up the good work!
Enough surfing…..I must get back to work!
Cheers
Sarah Alex, 13 December 2012
This is very fantastic colleection of 3d cartoon characters.
Interesting work , nicely done.
I like it
Thanks Admin
...., 16 May 2013
The technical side of these artworks is great. But why do characters always have to be ugly and contorted into bizarre shapes? Can’t someone make some that are beautiful?