Pictoplasma / Giveaway

http://www.stianrasmussen.com Stian Rasmussen

GROO

Sean B.

Harold of the ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ books. I’m drawing with a purple crayon right now actually…
http://harrietmorley.carbonmade.com/ Harriet

I think it would have to be Rupert Bear. Not only is he one of the homeliest character to grow up with, but has pretty darn fine fashion sense. LOVE that scarf, has been a great influence in many mens clothing! fact!
http://www.jessicajadetrestain.com Jessica-Jade

Definately have to go with David Bowie from the ‘Labrynth’, his character of the Goblin King named Jared.
He was this mixture of creepy, magical and damn right funky.. I mean who could wear tights like that and still command respect?
I still know all of the words to that movie-”you remind me of the babe
What babe?
the babe with the power
what power?
the power of voodoo
who do?
you do!
do what?
Remind me of the babe”
Stevie

Cat Bus from My Neighbor Totoro

I grew up in Japan with limited American programming. We had no cable and a few VHSs in Japanese. I watched Totoro over and over without understanding what was being said but I wanted so badly to ride on the fuzzy seats of the cat bus!

I am now a artist working primarily with fibers. I huge element in my art is the interaction with the viewer, the sense of play and exploration like Satsuki on the cat bus!

Haley

Without a doubt, Margaret from “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” Embarrassing, yes. True, yes.

Liesl Jauk

Harriet the Spy

http://jellyfish-me.tumblr.com El

King Mufasa from The Lion King. Awwwwwww

Maggie Cassidy

Angelina Ballerina

http://cargocollective.com/connora Connor

Wolverine

Fernando Farfán

Charlie Brown

Andy

Link from the Zelda games would be my answer. No other character captured my imagination as a kid like Link. Ocarina of Time alone accounted for maaaany hours and ignored/put off chores.

http://scummins.tumblr.com simon

all three of the pets in Homeward Bound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Pxi9vfzfE

Teena

Disney’s Alice

Jessica Larsen

Jen, the gelfling from the dark cyrstal!

http://cuspo.pt.to ines

awesome book first of all
well there’s a lot of characters that influenced me a lot. but right now i might have to say Bulma from dragon ball.
i think sometimes im like her a bit

Martina

Laura Ingalls and Pipi Longstocking!

http://Elgarandlyle.com.au Brem

Princess Zelda!!! Her obsession with triangles began my own obsession with them and using them in my designs!!! Love her!!

Gayle

LAMB CHOP

http://asnakedasever.tumblr.com/ Justine

Chibi Maruku Chan! A hilarious Japanese cartoon – exactly how I lived my childhood.

Julia

Alice (in Wonderland)

http://www.jeremiahkuch.com Jeremiah

Mr. Wizard

http://www.jeremyokaidavis.com Jeremy Okai Davis

C.O.P.S

Rodri

Sir Daniel Fortesque from medievil

http://www.thefloodzine.com natalie

meeeeeee! oh man, someone already answered mine. definitely harriet the spy! i would roam around the neighborhood and spy on my neighbors and write down their license plate numbers in my diary for some reason.

Milly

Carmen Sandiego

awesome looking book!

http://aglassjar.blogspot.com Liska Cole

cher horowitz from clueless.

http://www.dalepeart.co.uk Dale Peart

Little Rabbit Foo Foo!

carita

JEM!!

Shota

Calvian and Hobbes <3

http://cargocollective.com/kylescoble Kyle

The Hardy Boys

http://bastienleprince.com bastien

Nounours from Bonne nuit les petits

Lindsey

when i was a kid, it was The Last Unicorn/Lady Amalthea…. actually, every character in the story really affected me.

the music, the scenery, the talents who read the voices. Has become a life long love… I now watch it with my 4 1/2 year old daughter; right now i’m about to begin reading the book by Mr. Peter S. Beagle for the first time!

*le siiigh*

Shawn

The motherfuckin’ red power ranger

Zoe

Totoro. He was the cuddliest, most awesome adventurer EVER. <3

Colin

Stimpy is probably my oldest cartoon influence or Beavis/Cornholio

http://www.nesslee.com Ness Lee

Sailor Moon!!!!!

Eric Robinson

Mr. Go! http://tinyurl.com/854och6

http://playgroundmischief.blogspot.com.au cat

moonface from the faraway tree… so many hours at the top of trees just willing the characters to appear

Eric K

Arko from He-Man.

Abbey

Dot Matrix from ReBoot! What a babe!

Erik Grice

As a kid I loved Robin Hood…not just as a fox, any rendition really (except maybe Costner…but even still). I had a painting of Robin Hood from the 60s that my dad gave me as kid. http://tinyurl.com/7tjzthl

Jerrrrrry

Fatz Geronimo from the Rock-afire Explosion !

i was 7 years old and learned how to play the piano because of him —- a robot gorilla in a pizza place

http://totlotpark.blogspot.com Justin

The first character that ever influenced me would have to be Gumby, at a young age. I loved the claymation as a little tot and all the crazy adventures Gumby would go on. I liked it so much I created my own imaginary friend I fashioned after him. Not to conform and name my new friend a name everyone was already familiar with, I named my friend “Humpy.” My family quite enjoyed my peculiar name choice, to which I never understood why until many years later.

http://notofagus.com Nata

A hedgehog from “Hedgehog in the Fog” by Yuriy Norshteyn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucybellcrater Sarah

Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking, of course.

http://www.emilyrosecollins.blogspot.com Emily Rose

Angela Anaconda scared the hell out of me growing up, but that fear and anxiety in the collage work has definitely trickled into my own illustration as an adult. The characters that influence you most aren’t the cutest or the funniest, but the ones that unnerved you and made you question things. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r11/naomitheasian/5280.jpg

Jon

Definitely Spiderman. Because he was just a normal, awkward teenager untill he became spiderman

http://www.glorifiedloveletters.com Sara H

I don’t know if it was an “influence” exactly (maybe in that I was using my imagination, which leads to writing), but I was convinced that the Snorks lived in the General Mills silo near our house. Never mind that they were underwater creatures — Oh no, they lived there.

http://www.lewkascott.com/ Lewka

Brum.

http://www.tristanwright.com Tristan Wright

The Neutrinos of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame. Those Hipster elves from dimension x changed my life, man.

http://scantselfamusement.com Ivy

All of Bill Peet’s work. From his books like “The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg” to his work with Walt Disney on films like “101 Dalmatians” and (my all time favorite) “The Sword in the Stone”.

http://www.sarahdrawsthings.com Sarah

Milo from The Phantom Tollbooth and Fern from Charlotte’s Web.

http://cargocollective.com/joshuaforth joshua forth

Throttle from Biker Mice in Mars. dooode

Laine

I was inspired by the cartoon “Rocket Power” which was on Nickelodeon. It was about a bunch of kids surfing and skating around in California. At that time I was visiting my dad in Florida so it kind of all came together – the sun, the hot weather, the fun they had together.
Even bought myself a skateboard (for 25$ ,haha, and only tried it on the balcony and in an empty parking lot late at night).

Caroline C

Beetlejuice, my first crush. ! He taught me that I liked the inappropriate sexual advances of men, and that I preferred them to not exactly fit the mold.

http://blogs.glam.com/glamnest/files/2010/10/beetlejuice.JPG

leah

Roadrunner!

http://spectrescepter.tumblr.com Ryan S

Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe. I spent most of my spring and summer days in the woods, trying to step as quietly as I could across fallen leaves, finding broken branches to use as laser guns and swords, while wearing a skimask and goggles to look as much like him as I could.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinpatrickcanary/ Colin Canary

bucky o’hare ! That book looks awesome !

http://erichosford.com Eric Hosford

Michelangelo from Teenage mutant ninja turtles. Carefree, dedicated, party animal.

http://www.matthewribkoff.info Matt

Thufir Hawat, from Dune.

Lauren V.

the power rangers haha

http://www.melissadipasquale.com Melissa D

Annette Funicello as Mary Quite Contrary in Babes in Toyland. If you haven’t seen it, you must.

http://swadey.blogspot.com S.Wadey

MONKEY MAGIC !! pink flying cloud, kung fu skillz and an ever returning staff (the weapon, not employees, although i would want pigsy on my pay roll).

Sandy J

Sailor Mercury !

http://r-i-p-it-up.tumblr.com/ Ashton

popeye the sailor. dude was hardcore. I wanted to eat my veggies because I knew for sure I would get jacked like him. Realistically I was just full of energy and ran around in the woods after dinner.

Kelly H

Loved Hong Kong Phooey, number one super guy!

Josh

Figment (the dragon from Imagionationland at Disney)

Teddy Lim

Barney the dinosaur

Kerry

Princess Moninoke. I spent many hours in the woods pretending I lived with wolves.

Lynn

Godzilla! You shoulda seen me destroy entire cities…

Scared E. Cat

I’ve always been terrified of half human/half animal creatures like the Cowardly Lion.

http://ttrialanderror.tumblr.com/ Sezin

Wile E. Coyote

Ozan

Bic and Bac from Les Mondes Engloutis / Spartakus and The World Beneath the Sea

Daylan

Ray Stantz of The Ghostbusters.

All the busters had proton packs, but Ray was the only who rocked the goggles.

http://bethanyjeanart.blogspot.com/ Bethany

I have to say Data from The Goonies, coolest kid ever. ” I’m setting booty traps!”

http://bhrwork.tumblr.com LoSo

Baloo was awesome. He sang all the best songs. He even had a part in “I wanna be like you” which was by far the best song in Jungle Book (i know its supposedly racist but its still catchy). Plus he was a total bum but lived like a king and was always where the action was at. Come on baggy, Get with the beat!

http://coelacanthahoy.blogspot.com Coelacanth

The organism that is the TV-movie “Brink!”.

http://my-design.net jo

mad man – the comic

Brad

Definitely Batman

Loren

Winnie the Pooh – was asked in high school to name a childhood hero… and the tubby little bear got it. My English teacher proceeded to make fun of me.

http://www.p34p4w.com p34p4w

Edward Scissorhands.

http://bearandwalrus.bandcamp.com Zachary Reese

Unico, the white baby unicorn who brings happiness to everyone he meets. I used to watch the anime all the time as an infant and it was something that subconsciously shaped my outlook on life more than anything else. It wasn’t until I was in college when I stumbled across some images on a message board that I realized Unico was an actual character and not an imaginary friend I had invented as a kid.

Stevan

ALF

http://www.facebook.com/hudsonology Carla Rossi

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

terese

‘Rusty’ the tin man, ‘Dandy’ the lion: the characters from that crazy animated tv show “the Wizard of Oz”!
‘Socrates’ the Scarecrow was my fave!

Emily

Sirius Black from Harry Potter–he/JK Rowling inspired me to start writing, and now I’m applying for my MFA in creative writing!

http://dangerouscake.wordpress.com Zahra

Doraemon from the comics. I think I started out drawing by copying the way the artist drew girls. I’ve improved since then… Onwards and upwards!

Erickson

Michael Alig the Club Kid.

http://hierisek.tumblr.com/ Emily

Bill Nye The Science Guy! I used to sit at home and and watch bill nye all weekend and dream about being a scientist… BILL BILL BILL! Those dreams were cut short when I couldn’t look at my Chemistry 30 textbook without feeling ill. One can always dream… right? OR a very close second would be that guy from ‘Art Attack’ on the Family Channel who would make giant pictures out of found objects. I always thought that was SO cool.

http://backthewayicame.tumblr.com/home Adonika Jayne

Otis (the pug) from Milo and Otis. What a hero!

beto starv

THE IRON GIANT!!!! I loved that movie. It influenced me when I was a kid not to always expect the worst out of people. And on an other note I also loved the art style in the animation how the colors seem to be faded in a way

Darin

Shaggy. Or Scooby.

Heather

MacGyver because he was a genius with a stick of gum!

Floyd

Babar; I don’t know why but he’s really stuck with me.

http://www.minusmanhattan.com Chase Turner

For some reason it’s Penny from Inspector Gadget.

http://nacidosdeuncafe.blogspot.com Andrea Carolina Muñoz.

“Terry”, he was the second true love of “Candy”. ¡And I was in love with him too! ¡He was my first love! I don’t care if I was in love with a cartoon… because then, I fell in love with simba

jaycie

the street sharks because i wanted to be a shark when i was little.

Marie Antoinette

Miss Frizzle. I still hope to stumble upon a magic school bus. As I find myself in my final year of University, I have a good feeling about 2012.

Lindsey Schmitt

Spinelli, the tough girl, on the show recess.

Jerilyn Goncalves

Lucy! Lucy van Pelt from Peanuts, hihihi.

http://beckynguyen.wordpress.com Becky

Sailor Moon. It inspired my friends and I to make our own crime fighting group called the Shadow Fighters.

http://www.jonnysopotiuk.ca Jonny

Teddy Ruxpin!

http://www.thisismeasawoman.bandcamp.com Kimberly Ann

Milo from the Phantom Tollbooth

http://racheldixon.com Rachel

The Little Mermaid. (Not the Disney one, the one who died heartbroken and didn’t sing.)

sarah e.

The old Looney Tunes made me feel like I could be invincible as the characters were. I believe Daffy Duck encouraged me to hang upside down on our swing set, with my feet barely hanging onto a monkey bar. I quickly found that webbed duck feet would have been better to have as my face met the ground

http://superpowers.tumblr.com LP

Daria and Batman.

Brendan James

I think its a tie between The Justice League, and Teen Titans

Morgan

Chuckie. From Rugrats.

http://empiricalfiction.com Christie

donatello the ninja turtle

http://www.polopgraphic.com POL

Doraemon

http://kendallturner.wordpress.com Kendall Turner

Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking. Also Known as Pippi Longstocking: An imaginative rebel with style and spunk. I mean seriously, the girl can lift a horse.

Stephen

Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk was the best. He ate the giant’s food, robbed his house and sent him plummeting to his death. It was nice to have a story where no lesson was learned whatsoever.

http://alamheda.tumblr.com monoforma

Eddie Van Halen :R

Rob

At my kindergarden back to school night every kid had drawn a picture of their favorite character, or what they wanted to be, and the teacher hung it up. My parents were embarrassed when they found mine — I loved (and wanted to be) a watering can.

http://wellbeloyalscouts.tumblr.com Andrew

All of the bad guys from the first series of Power Rangers.

Patrick Patterson

I would have to say..

Bill Nye The Science Guy

He had those cheeseball songs, “cool kids” helping him with the experiments, haha and he got ROYGBIV stuck in my head for life.

madeleine

tin tin. So much adventure and always packed a sidekick.

Marco

Kermit The frog from The Muppets.

Kai

“I’m a shark and you can be a goldfish.” – my brother

http://cargocollective.com/simonberard Simon

I must say Dexter, from the laboratory. I still dreamin that one day i’ll have a huge laboratory like his.

MAriel

Mafalda
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafalda)

http://www.roelandhuys.eu Roeland

Alfred J. Kwak

http://www.behance.net/lookatstefan stefan

I used to watch Sport Billy as a kid. And I really wanted to be like him. He was a little athlete travelling in time with an alarmclock. Plus he had a sportsbag with all kinds of usefull things in it (from screwdrivers to helicopters) which actually was a sort of ‘inspector-gadget-avant-la-lettre’

http://youtu.be/huJlDsfXf5U

Christoph H.

Of course Fantomas!

http://files.myopera.com/samaccat/blog/FantomasGoy.jpg

http://phuong-meomo.blogspot.com/ Phuong Phan

Sailor Moon.
I love her outfit and she usually appear in my drawings

ROK

Mole (Zdeněk Miler character)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EzzYh-nzO0&feature=related

http://www.matt-lee.com Matt

Willy Wonka – for the top hat, the cane and all his eccentricities. He also gave away his chocolate factory to a child. What a guy.

http://okasha.daportfolio.com Dalton Sjogren

Pains me to say it, but Sailor Moon.

nina

TAOTAO!!!
the little panda bear living in china with his mother and friends…..

http://clubsxnxcaves.tumblr.com Bonnie

Lol @Dalton Sjogren, same Sailormoon! Although i always wanted to be like sailor venus

George

Superted.

Emily C

Totoro. The end.

http://eni-art.blogspot.com Céline

The octopus witch in the Little Mermaid!
I was persuaded I could become a witch, so I told everyone I had magic powers, wrote books of magic spells, and even tried to make magic potions…

http://www.alconic.it Andrea

Future boy Conan

http://www.benspictureoftheday.com Ben

Woody.

Karl-Joel

pocahontas!!!!!

imakeidoiam

Captain Planet. He was my hero. I had a major crush on him when I was 10. I was quite disappointed when I realised that cartoons were not stylised reality and there wasn’t a man out there in blue/red lycra and with green hair for me.

http://www.lionrescueinprogress.nl Hansl Kerstens

James Herriot .. until I noticed I’m no great fun of cutting in live flesh ….

http://liisakruusmagi.weebly.com liisa

lolo

Dazzle D

The Hungry Caterpillar

Byron Mac

Mr Sguiggle!

http://www.kanedavis.co.uk Kane Davis

Bucky O’Hare

http://svetaaxonovapatterns.tumblr.com/ sv

all the lion king puppies.
and the book-fell in love with it at les arts decoratifs,but young and broke.

http://c.ntr.st/ Bálint

Probably Dexter from Dexter’s Lab.

Susanne Wolff

Karlsson on the roof (Karlsson paa taget)

Steven

I was fascinated by Falkor the luck dragon from The Never Ending Story.

http://cargocollective.com/michaeldeste michael

probably Jean-Luc Picard or William Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

http://flickr.com/awilby Alex Wilby

Kaneda no Doubt! When my VHS Akira turned up I watched, re-watched, drew pictures with it on pause, recorded the audio onto tapes and then watched it again over and over.

http://www.petitmal.co.uk Phil Cooper

Honestly, Sonic the Hedgehog. I would play for hours to get to a level that I wanted to draw, then pause it and just try and recreate that vista in felt pen. I found a folder literally choc full of details from the sonic games the other week – I’d forgotten just how anal my obsession was!

Alfredo

TINTIN

Alfredo

SAMURAI CATS

Mansour

Howling Man Murdock, from the A-Team.

till

probably “tim” or “tintin” from the comic book “the adventures of tintin”.

http://evaldasbubinas.daportfolio.com/ Evaldas

When i was 5-6 year old, i was highly interested in Puss in Boots redrawing

http://www.guygrimshaw.co.uk Guy

El Nombre without fail, he was like a mini zoro. Made me want to understand maths at the time, and get a pet hamster

http://geadancu.tumblr.com Gea

Scooby Doo, he made me want to be an archeologist, right until I was 17! Then, I changed my mind. Top Cat because he made me be interested into jazz. And also, this boy from a Japanese WW2 story. His parents die, and he is left to take care of his little sister. His courage and his ambition really give you strength. I can’t remember the name of those cartoons.

deKalibrú

Is this book by Captain Obvious, of course it’s “not a toy” it’s a bloody book!
Nice content, though.

Brianna Harris

Ayla. From Clan of the Cave Bear and Valley of Horses.

http://bonjourjohanna.com Johanna Tagada/ Bonjour Johanna

As a child I couldn’t stop watching and reading “Babar” (French), I never got bored of him, his friend and the city Celesteville . I even watched the cartoon again a few months ago.

Bram

harry potter, before the hype even started, i was playing quidditch in my garden already, running around with a large branch between my legs.

http://www.studioerror.com/errorizm Adriana

When I was about 9 years old i watched my first anime. It was “Princess Mononoke”. A brilliant studio Ghibli creation that changed my way of thinking, broadened my horizon and even influenced my taste in clothes, hairstyles and so on. Of course my loved character was princess Mononoke herself. I was hypnotized by her character because first of all, she was independent. She grew up with wolfs. Secondly, she was pretty, wearing that white fur,the mask, and having paint on her face. Finally and most importantly she cared about her home, her planet, the forest she lived in. She could have given her life just to save it. Before watching this anime i was sort of a so called spoiled brat but after that i understood something. We have to cherish what we have and always try to make a brighter future. I was really influenced by this character and i thank her because she made me who i am now.

Anderson

Spock- lover of culture, science and deep thinking- capable of figuring almost anything out. I had the actiion figure and he kicked Evil Kenevil’s ass everyday.

http://www.wiyumi.com Alex

Cheburashka : )

http://www.kevinguthrie.ca Kevin Guthrie

A two fold answer, Fiver from Watership Down for his sensitivity (the part in the film where they play “bright eyes” always made me cry), and Bigwig from the same film for his raw badassery!

Greig

Han Solo. Brimming with sass. Though I didn’t have the backbone and dirty bar rumble experience to get me out of all the trouble Han Solo got me into…

Franz

The two fighters from Nintendo’s Double Dragon.

http://www.lookingforvania.com Vânia

“Atreyu” from Neverending Story

http://www.juliodolbeth.com julio dolbeth

shin chan!

http://www.genero.cl cristian o.

when i was a kid, i was inspired by a french cartoon, Barbapapa. http://www.dessinaimprimer.net/barbapapa/barbapapa020.gif i like this one, is a painter, its funny and i dont understand at all. im from santiago, chile. these character was very psychodelic!

http://www.avimatan.com Avi Sinkin

Edward Scissor Hands

Awesome book!

http://arnophoto.tumblr.com/ Arnoldas

Cheburashka!

http://fancycarrot@googlemail.com fancycarrot

haku from spirited away.

http://www.christieowen.com Christie

Tom & Jerry! The most detailed and beautifully violent cartoons ever!

http://jonduff.com Jonny

I was kind of raised by Star Wars, and my earliest role model was Han Solo. I guess he kind of reminded me of my dad minus my dad’s bad qualities, he was very good looking, and he was such a scoundrel.

http://madfc.com zen

nono the little robot from ulysee31

Daniel

Wolverine!

http://jay.panelo.com panelomo

i was the shortest kid in class complete with my shiny belt buckle. So, every time we played Hall of Justice – i was always the ATOM.

haz

Taz from looney tunes !!

http://smallntender.blogspot.com Perrin Ireland

Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. I still have his haircut. And I’m a lady.

K.J.

Johnny Quest and Hadji. infinite adventures and never ending fun, thats all I’ve ever wanted.

Kaitlyn

Indiana Jones, without a doubt. I was always exploring and going on adventures, sure I was going to discover something new.

jack

melt man from kablam! I used to turn the shower up as hot as it went. what a rush.

http://danielrolandtierney.com Danny

Howard the Duck, which is a really disturbing movie upon revisiting as an adult.

Alexander

Curious George.

Adrian

I always wanted to be Little Pete (of Pete and Pete fame). He had a huge tattoo, a pirate radio station, a personal superhero, and was constantly thinking up new ways to be awesome.

Angel C

Mazinger Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyRoF689VRE

http://www.ruivitorinosantos.blogspot.com rui

Abelha Maia or the german original name “Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer” by Waldemar Bonsels

Sean

I was influenced most by Hergé’s Tintin. I loved the cartoons on Nickelodeon and I read all of the comics repeatedly. Little did I know how much his values would be instilled in me- goodness, honesty, the urge to always do what’s right, value for friends, and the boldness to pursue a goal for the sake of adventure.
I also felt the same way about Guybrush Threepwood from the Monkey Island adventure game series, it was just a plus that he was funnier and dumber.

http://cargocollective.com/sgiroux Stephanie

Sailor Moon caracters for sure!

Lauren

Barney, I saw him live like three times when I was a child, he taught me to love

http://haventyetforgotten.com michael f

Though not characters, I watched more nature programming than anything, so David Attenborough and Thomas Eisner. Otherwise, the Snowman by Raymond Briggs.

MyT

Matilda, from the film by Danny De Vito was my favourite character ever. She had special powers such as moving objects juste by looking at them and being ultra clever. I was convinced I had the same powers!

This book is just stunning, I go to my favourite library all the time just to look at it, hoping it’ll get cheaper…
8-]

http://www.yellowbirdmachine.com Amy

Maude from Harold and Maude.

Elena

I really loved and looked up to Disney’s Mulan. She was the only female character I could relate to, as I hated pink and all those supposedly girly stuff.

Holden

The Green Power Ranger. The rouge power ranger, doing things on his own, for himself. I didn’t like him as much as when he became the White Ranger, but he was still pretty rad in the the first move with Ivan Ooze.

http://www.nowherelandart.blogspot.com Jon St. Amant

I related most to Sebastian from The Never Ending Story. He was kind of a wimpy kid who retreated into his own imaginative world.

http://caloniedoesart.wordpress.com Calonie

Oh boy! So many!!
But one of my greatest memories are with the Mr. Man and Little Miss books and characters! Remember those? They just conveyed happiness and even an attitude of being yourself.
Mr. Small and Little Miss Star were some of my faves : )

http://daughterearth.com/blog/ Daughter Earth

strawberry shortcake. she was so cool, and smelled delicious

GJJ

Puppets have had an enormous influence especially the yip yip martians from sesame street…remember them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTc3PsW5ghQ

Linus

i always liked the peanuts. not only cause of linus

http://smward.tumblr.com S.Ward

Influence is a very interesting word. My earliest (and more importantly enjoyable) influence came when I was very young. My mother used to read my “In the Night Kitchen” by Maurice Sendak and I just loved it. I’d ask her to read it to me before bed and when I finally started reading I read it and read it and read it and hope that I would dream about being Mickey and falling into a giant vat of cake batter and magically escaping the bakers in a plane of bread dough. It’s a wonderful book; if you’ve never read it, even as an adult, I recommend you pick it up. It will probably do you some kind of good.

Later it was Bill Watterson’s Calvin and when “Little Nemo: The Dream Master” came out it was Nemo. I think I was really struck by the idea that I could be somewhere else in my sleeping or waking life and that maybe there was some kind of way to maybe kind of sort of bend the rules a little- like maybe the world (and what we could experience of the world) wasn’t so static. It sparked my imagination, you know? Like the thought that if I did some kind of dance, or if I just paid attention to something else close enough (or fell asleep) or fell off the monkey bars at school and bonked my head on the ground I could disappear and find a whole other world where unexpected, weird and awesome things that nobody ever got to see happened all the time.

I still think there’s some truth to that, although it feels now like one of those more adult “this is the way it works” truths. I mean I think if you look hard enough you’ll see the things you’re looking for. We do live in your own secret worlds. Or at least I do.

http://www.karicholnoky.com Kari Cholnoky

Hands down and without a doubt Tank Girl. Yes, the movie sucked a big D, but the comics were the closest thing a 12 year old tomboy had to a kick ass superhero(ine). I don’t drive a black pick up truck with a shotgun in the back seat for no reason.

Maja

Rachel from Blade Runner
(http://images.wikia.com/bladerunner/images/1/19/Rachael-blade-runner.jpg)

When I was a child I wasn’t allowed to watch the cult films my father loved watching.
When my mother was out or went to bed. I would sneak into the living room – I remember Rachael from Blade Runner. Beautiful, venerable and loveable – yet powerful.
– Even today, Im 18, I have the same hairstyle and bushy brows.

Tristan

Snoopy! Love the Peanuts strips and the cartoons.

J Schinkel

Calvin… and usually Hobbes.

http://ktrsc.com KONRADT

One-eyed mouse, that danger one

http://www.idoart.dk Rune Rasmussen

Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town

http://www.evidenti.com Jonatan

‘Mortadelo y Filemón’ from Francisco Ibáñez!

http://www.macchiavello.net enrico

Zanardi by Andrea Pazienza

Saxonkm

Wishbone the dog. He was so wise and could go back into time to tell you the moral of a story. Inspired.

http://flickr.com/superwolny migel

|| CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH || for sure influenced me !

rodrigo aguilar

Ren & Stimpy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wabisuke_/ wabisuke

Rei Ayanami, from Evangelion!!

http://andresturiweb.com andres

The power rangers!!!

http://www.behance.net/higoszi/frame HI.GOSZI

Cheburashka also known as Topple ! ! )

http://www.florence-to.com Florence To

Alfred from Alfred J.Kwak because no matter what bad ever happened his values always came first and he played beautiful music on a violin.

Austé

KING BLUEBEARD
Lithuanian style

Colin B

gumby and pokey!

randy!

MITCH BUCHANAN (mitch buchanan)
was so sexy watching him running through those waves… gosh!

Richard Evans

Ulysses from Ulysses 31 – an awesome 80′s cartoon that taught me about Greek mythology, simply epic!

Jonne

goku for sure!

http://www.marydi.de MaryDi

The super sweet Emily Erdbeer

stego

the silent assistant of gyro gearloose called “little helper” was one of my favourite characters as a child. i even tried to build robots like him myself, back then

Jose

Definitely Mazinger Z!

Amberoo

As a kid, the character that most influenced me was Johnny Bravo. So much so that I copied his mouth spray move, but not with mouth spray. Foolishly enough, I used perfume.

Don’t try it.

Steffen

darkwing duck, because the evil guys are very funny!

http://francstuff.tumblr.com/ fran

Pikachu from Pokemon. I Loved Pokemon SO MUCH and It still makes me a little bit sad that it’s not actually possible for me to own my own Pikachu, hehe. That feeling is what continues to grab my interest about animation and character design today…creating creatures and worlds that you WISH existed and making them feel real. Forming a connection to a 2d drawing or some little pixels on a gameboy screen is really quite crazy but judging from the replies here everyone has done it and I love that!

Nokush

Marco (3000 Leagues in Search of Mother)

Maria

This would be an amazing book to add to by shelf…especially for being an art educator. So perfect.

Amir

Omega Supreme from the Transformers

NADAV

PAPA SMURF…

http://www.melopasopipa.com Lor van der Blandis

Pippi Långstrump!!

http://nanetteregan.com Net

Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Ruby Barrett

THRILHOUSE!!!!!

Mrstone

Without a doubt UFO Robo Grendizer.

ohgush

The androgynous Ma-Ti from Captain Planet and the Planeteers, with the great power of heart, uniting all in one. I always imagined he is a girl.

http://www.prontopixel.com Tamish Aswani AKA Pronto Pixel

Danger Mouse!

Adi

Mark, the ultimate hero of Battle of the Planets (G-force)!

danny

Lucky luke – shoots faster than his own shadow…

http://www.muxxi.me/ Muxxi

Beetlejuice!

http://jacohaasbroek.com Jaco Haasbroek

I spent so much time drawing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Mandi

Zia and Esteban from The Mysterious Cities of Gold…

Birgit

Huckleberry Finn

http://www.zorankonjarski.com Zoran

Bruce Wayne.

http://leticiamercado.com Leticia

Ren & Stimpy for sure! Teaching me randomness is a part of life that always presents itself. randomly.

http://www.13cactus.com Elena

Roger Rabbit

http://nnnickperry.tumblr.com/ Nick

Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) in Beetlejuice. She was the first celebrity crush I had and I instantly fell in love with her after seeing Beetlejuice years ago. Her character taught me that there is beauty in the darker things in life which at first glance may go unnoticed.

Julien

Buck ,the dog from The Call of the Wild (Jack London)

ANG CHENG ANN

All those crazy characters from Don Martin of Mad maagazine.

Lilya

The spider monkey Fulang Chang inh Frida Kahlo’s paintings. Bill Waterson’s Calvin and George Lukas’ Yoda once we moved to a country with public libraries. But Frida’s primate character stayed with me. I looked after an orphaned macaque at the zoo and felt a wordless closeness to this woman who also poured her energy into such an intuitive creature.

Nicholas

Brian Robeson, from the Gary Paulsen books. That kid was such a bad ass.

http://www.manuelregalado.com Manuel R.

Aeon Flux, it definitely blow my mind the first time I saw her.

http://pazmania.carbonmade.com Paz

definitely Ren Höek
(from “The Ren and Stimpy Show” of course)

http://www.flickr.com/cobrinha_marian Cobri

She-ra!!!

Chanel

Krumm from AAAHH!!! Real Monsters

http://www.behance.net/karamba adzka

Old Shatterhand – blood brother of Winnetou.

http://tessmillar.com/ tess

Hobbes

http://braintomouth.tumblr.com em

Anne of Green Gables.
I would get my mom to put braids in my hair and sit on opportune windowsills and wait to see who came by and said “Oh, you look like Anne of Green Gables.” And then I would smirk.
Luckily this got old.

Felo

Captain Planet

http://chasekunz.com/ Chase Kunz

batman. always and forever.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51922354@N07/ Ben

I gotta say Bilbo Baggins for his heroism in The Hobbit

michelle

Jane Lane from Daria. She was an artist, had a rock n roll brother, and generally didn’t give a shit! Wanted to be just like her.

Zack W.

Courage The Cowardly Dog

Jackie S.

I guess I must be old…I was always inspired by Wonder Woman and would drive my mom nuts when I would spin around, on the kitchen floor, until I collapsed from dizziness…all well she was trying to cook dinner

http://adamgrabowski.tv/ Adam

HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey (my dad is a Kubrick fanatic who showed me his stuff early on)

http://amiarmagost.web.officelive.com/Welcome.aspx ami

When I was 5 my family and I moved to Japan. I didn’t speak any Japanese but I started watching Sailor Moon and not only did she teach me Japanese but going to preschool became fun because we all played Sailor Moon! She was a big part of my transition from the US to Japan.

l2odrigoMichel

The Riddler from the old Batman cartoon.. he was just so weird!

Keith

I was really inspired when I was a kid by Ash from Pokemon. I would always run around pretending to be him, wearing his hat and imagining defeating all my opponents. He had so much drive and determination, as well as an overall good heartedness that pervaded his every action. These are traits that I still try to emulate to this day. Ash was so great that he died and was resurrected with Pokemon tears, a feat only paralleled by Jesus.

http://comingsoon? Illium Millium

Am I too late?
What is time anyways.

Where’s Waldo. I always wanted to know why is he hiding? What is he hiding from? Why wear such an obvious getup to hid?

Waldo is my hero because he hides from all, but is found by everyone. He is like God, yet comes with a shorter book that is more fulfilling for one lifetime.

I found your page today and was tempted to write your name down. But how do I know I will remember to remember, why should I write anything down when the enjoyment is finding in the first place.

Today, jeff can be my waldo.

http://mag1cwind0w.deviantart.com/ Mag1cWind0w

When I was kid I was very influenced by Donald Duck; his bad luck and irascible temper amused me very much.
Also, I really liked the other characters in the comics made by Carl Barks and Keno Don Rosa (probably the two best-known Disney’s cartoonists), especially Scrooge McDuck.

Time flies, but I still enjoy these comics and characters! ^^

Hannah

Wendy from the Adams family. I was brought up in a sarcastic family, so even as a kid I was described as a smart alec. But mostly I just like her generally dgaf nature.

Jennette

Frank N. Furter, believe it or not.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanjcorley/ Bryan J

Ash Mothatruckin Ketchum. When i was a kid i frickin loved Pokemon (still do); all the different pocket monsters were so cool and out of the ordinary, my 7 year old self didn’t know how to handle himself other than to go around dressed like his favorite cartoon character (Ash). Ash Ketchum inspires me to this day because even though he isn’t the best Pokemon trainer around he still believes in his heart that one day he will be the very best that no one ever was. He loves Pokemon and being a Pokemon trainer. I try to reflect these ideals with my passion for art. Obviously I’m not the best artist, but I love creating enough to pursue it in hopes that one day my art will truly be great: the best there ever was even.

P.S.
When I’m feeling crappy about my art I put on my old Ash Ketchum hat I used to wear when I was a kid and continue working.

Taylor b

When I was a kid I would watch sesame street and I would just love Oscar the Grouch so much. Like, I was in love with him. Good thing too, I really did live in a garbage can from ages 13 to 30. And my first husband looked a lot like him too. I find he has influenced me now because I constantly draw him, I can’t stop. Someone please help me.

Sylvanshine

Babar the Elephant,,,,or there’s also Anno i.e. Anno’s Journey etc. So many more to choose from! Glad to hear about Pow Wow II,,it’s gonna be Rad.

http://montanaalexandra.wordpress.com MONTANA

daisy duck…she was sassy and a classic…plus she got to hang out with donald…way cool

kris

Jesus from ‘the bible’.
He could do crazy magic tricks and stuff, like making the fish walk and slaying dragons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus

http://www.flickr.com/tralialia Vikte

hedgehog, from Yuri Norshtein animated film “Hedgehog in the fog”. No one understood me.

http://cargocollective.com/juarezrodrigues Juarez

Calvin!!!

Eileen

Alice in the Wonderland

Giacomo

I wanna see who else can remember him: Freakazoid!!

http://www.jeffhamada.com/ Jeff

yep!

Adrienn

Jerry from Tom & Jerry heheh

http://www.louisesterling.co.uk Wilbur

DUMBO THE ELEPHANT! psychedelic mayhem!

difa

usagi, from sailor moon.

http://marinamijatovic.tumblr.com/ Marina

I was inlove with sailor moon…aldow I wan’t a kid any more and I still love them ;D

http://flyillustrations.blogspot.com jade

ALF: he is a goober.

shinmay

it is the tv stuff from the 80s in germany: the fraggles, the muppets and sesame street people like samson, the cookie monster, oskar who´s living in the trash, all these hairy, furry, coloured and stuffed animals. it´s no one specific, it is the feeling of being home with them.

http://www.flim.mk Ivan Petrusevski

Skeletor from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe He used to scare me but I also liked him and his castle was way cooler then Eternia : )

http://marinamijatovic.tumblr.com/ Marina

Well mine was Garfield, I was so linlove with them…I always have to war my garfild sunglasses, and have badges on my Garfield outfit (cool garfild kid)…and I always screamed garfild when the cartoon started…when I started to read my mom went nuts cause I still have box full of garfield comics….ah…lol…

Henrik

Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro

http://www.stnk.org/ Stnk

since I was a kid, mom showed me cartoons. felix the cat has been without doubt one of my biggest influences. felix being one of the first animated characters cartoons mom showed me

si

tintin

Robert

The Log Driver, because we all want to waltz with the Log Driver.

http://www.stnk.org/ Stnk

since I was a kid, mom showed me cartoons. felix the cat has been without doubt one of my biggest influences. felix being one of the first animated characters cartoons mom showed me.

Lilian

the caterpillar from alice and wonderland.
he was always just so chill and wise

http://ihavetoappealtoeverybody.tumblr.com Jesse Wilcox

I was influenced by pugsly addams. He was always picked on by his sister and only really ever let her do that because he was kind and he wanted to spend time with her. That kind of reminds me a lot of my childhood with me and my twin, except she wasn’t exactly a sadist. I just always identified with him.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irit Irit

The Mr. Men series of books.

http://maniknakra.tumblr.com Manik Nakra

In 1990, at the age of 8, I moved from the US to India and lived there for 4 years. At first I was miserable when I realized I no longer had the ninja turtles, transformers, batman. But at my school, all the kids were into The Adventures of TinTin. The famous globe travelling reporter. Reading those comics helped me escape from the culture shock and TinTin’s stories taught me about other cultures and how to treat others. He was my hero. I discovered a new batman. And a way to relate to my indian schoolmates. And his adventures were way funny!

http://www.flickr.com/metalmech mercedes

my tiny blonde younger sister!

http://www.flickr.com/metalmech mercedes

ok i realized that doesn’t count.
then opcion b
all of the above

Dominique

ALVIN from the chipmunks. still in love…

Lulu

Momotaró. Borned inside of a huge peach, flowing in the river.

Danielle

mr. rogers

Sofia F

Krumm from Ah Real Monsters! all the way.

http://mikelnilsson.se mikel nilsson

Barbapapa! Because he can take any form he wants. He triggers to creativity..

http://mikelnilsson.se mikel nilsson

* Any shape he wants

Nick

Kim Cattrall in the movie “Mannequin.” I even asked Santa for a mannequin for Christmas…

Tyler

Ever since watching a vhs of the X-men episode “Sanctuary”, I was always a fan of Nightcrawler.

brahmk

super mario throwin radishes

http://www.missmabiel.com Mabiel

I’d say Indiana Jones, defined dreams + aspirations for the first 15 years of my life.

Oliver

Pinnochio. I watched the movie about 1000 times.

http://isor89.blogspot.com/ \\\ s a m o \\\

Rex The Tyrannosaurus Rex

We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s (1993)

http://victoriafernandez.me/ victoria

The Grinch, he trully had a reason to be mean he was authentic, meanwhile the whos where so empty and fake.

Lucas

Arthur

Laura

Lambert the sheepish lion

Matthias

Popeye the Sailor Man

Mownia

SQUIRREL NUTKIN! from Beatrix Potter’s stories. I loved how unruly and crazy he was. I tried to achieve the perfect balance of his mischievousness without losing my tail. That damn old owl…

Priscila

Alex from A Clockwork Orange. I watched the movie the first time at age 7. It was love at first sight.

Alanna

When I was tiny with blonde curls dressed up in lacy pink dresses I wanted to be Capt. Haddock from the Tintin books. I hated water too.

http://factory-moi.tumblr.com Harry Shaw

I was quite inspired by Tin Tin and Ash from Pokemon

Sebastien

Scat cat!

http://treesandrocks.tumblr.com Kelsey

I was most influenced by the Horton the elephant. His life lessons always seemed so relevant. ..er …

Aimee

Wonder Woman. I used to have WW undies and I loved dancing around the house in them, singing and laughing.

http://www.duskanddawn.l-amor.net/ Patrish

Sooo many… but one of my favorites was the little prince!

http://enzocl.tumblr.com EnzoCL

Animal from the Muppet Babies

demo

I was pretty influenced by Senshi of Silence, a Sailormoon Character. It was my 1st contact with the dark side. ahauahuahaua XD

Emma

Chuckie from the Chuckie movies, I saw a doll of him once in Spencer’s gifts and to this day am hesitant to enter a spencers for fear of seeing his face

Harl Vind

I have always been inspired by the crazy and bizarre surrealism of The Cat in the Hat.

Helen

…I grew up in Eastern Germany, so the chance to watch foreign TV was quite limited. It was not allowed to watch Western German TV – but we did secretly and so I saw Nils Holgersson and the wild geese. I loved it and always wanted to be like Nils – able to fly away with a goose

Melanie Christine Warner

Edward Gorey’s characters exude something that we all embody that is dark and yet humorous, with mystery and curiosity, slightly childlike.

Donna

all the animated characters from Fantasia, but especially the broomsticks

diana

Krtek the little mole!

http://evanjed.tumblr.com evan jed

wow, that book looks incredible.

Murdoc from the gorillaz. In my darkest, depressed, crusty punk days of high school I thought of him as my confident, badass alter-ego.

galactica

David the Gnome as a child. I still can’t whistle with to fingers, but try alot.
Tank girl when things got more thrash.

Paul

spongebob, because it got good right around the time i was young enough to watch it. he made so much out of the few events that five undersea characters had

http://www.ryanduffinphotography.com Ryan

I was insanely influenced by Atreyu in “The Neverending Story”. For some reason, I always wanted my own Falcor. I was just jealous so I envied him.
Partially because I liked the imagination of it all, possibly because it seriously disturbed me.

Victor

I was really into the Teen Titans when I was younger and I stil love Raven!

David

Dennis the Menace, a true role model !

Salut.

http://izzysparklebutt.tumblr.com Izzy

When I was a young tot, I love Harriet the Spy. The novel was first published in 1964 by author Louise Fitzhugh. I was a nerdy kid way back in the 90s, and loved spending the hot, musty Las Vegas, NV afternoons in the pristine and cool library. I think that’s when I discovered that book. I must have read it a thousand times, each repetition more exciting than the last. I eventually bought the book, read it a thousand more times, and began to imitate my idol’s behavior of spying. I even kept a notebook just like hers. Needless to say I was beside myself with child-like exhilaration when the movie came out in ’96. I watched that movie a thousand times too. Harriet inspired me to be inquisitive, to explore, to invent and be persistent; those times were awesome…. I think I’m going to go try and find that book now.

Katie

Ron Weasley…
he’s a ginger…what more could you want?

Gabrielle D.

The Moomins, still a major influence for me.

http://theomelettechronicles.wordpress.com denise

hmm…. I guess I really liked Milo from the Phantom Tollbooth.

ChrisMo

Bandit from Smokey and the Bandit. I watched it every time it was on cable as a kid and it was always on.

bron

Much to my mother’s chagrin, my biggest influence from a character when I was a kid was probably Kevin McAllister played by Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone’ – my brother and I had a habit of setting up booby traps all over the house!

Karina

I love the Berenstain Bears. They have the cutest treehouse and I’ve always liked how they are very caring and loving towards each other..

Thomas

Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I would watch the first motion picture for days upon days. He was also one of the very first characters that I learned how to draw as a child.

http://annamakesphotos.tumblr.com/ Anna

Archie from Archie comics!!!! I have a big box of my favorites at home and I’m still trying to figure out if I’m a Betty or a Veronica..

http://freakylouise.tumblr.com Brieee

To be honest…….Austin Powers. Probably the first movie I watched and I remember when I was 5 I would walk around saying “shall we shag now, or shall we shag later?” It was pretty bad, hahah. There was just something about him that inspired me, lol, much to my mom’s fears. She loved the Austin Powers movies too, but hated that my dad let me watch them — but my dad was JUST like Austin Powers — which contributed to her fears even more haha. To this day, I walk around and yell “YEAH BABY YEAH”.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/avacuouszenith/ Ryan

The Spice Girls!

http://www.cargocollective.com/stefanocolombini Stefano C.

Miss Eglantine Price, an apprentice witch from ” Bedknobs and Bromsticks” . 1971

Bryenne

The elephant from Sharon, Lois and Bram. I saw their show live as a kid and he pulled me onstage to trap me in a huge bubble. First understanding of personal vs private ways of experience.

http://www.rorylongdon.co.uk Rory

DOUG FUNNY

Isaac

it would have to be tony hawk! because I’ve i used to love his stuff, from his skate videos to his games haha but as a kid he was cool, now he’s gone rather old and gloomy haha

Sheri

Have to be Snoopy – Peanuts had so many enduring characters!

http://breadtobeeaten.wordpress.com Brent

Matilda! I sometimes still try to move small objects with my mind!

http://lindseykemp.com lindsey kemp

lydia from beetlejuice

http://nolugar.org/ Pancho

The Brain, from Pinky and the Brain, show which I watched all the time as a kid and now.

It’s crazy and funny to think that one mouse lab can take over the world. But now I believe that metaphor can adjust to the type of politics that are bieng used now. Like a little Napoleon.

Nina Fránková

Red Riding Hood was my guru. Now I see lot of symbolism in that story. she is great representation of an innocent girl beccoming a woman…

Poppi

Pippi Longstocking as she got away with wearing odd socks every day but I was not allowed to wear my stripey cardigan and green shoes to school. My parents describe me as having been a ‘willful’ child, which I feel probably means stubborn and impulsive, but even so, I have to give some of the credit to Pippi for giving me a ‘but does it really matter and who gives a shit’ attitude and a healthy disrespect for authority. Life is more fun that way. Also. We have almost the same name. It’s fate.

http://moleskinedohoracio.blogspot.com Horäcio

Power Ranger Red

http://emulsionasl.tumblr.com Willa

Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service, Clara from the Nutcracker, and Shaggy from Scooby-Doo… he has become the source of my taste in men strangely enough. Oh and Orbie. Does anyone know what Orbie from Katie and Orbie??
And Elroy from the Jetsons.

Akos

Top Cat.

keer

Mulan. for real.

betibup

i am influenced by Betty Boop, she’s cheeky but very independent and always kind! (not like most of disney’s princess…) She was a modern woman in the old days!

Drue

I always wanted to be Thumbalina when I was young.

Amba

Veronica Lodge from the Archie comics. I didn’t want to be like her, I think I envied her on some level.

Ariel

Ariel from Disney’s The Little Mermaid – I loved her so much I even made my mum change my name from Amanda to Ariel when I was 5

http://carsonwronko.tumblr.com Carson

PETER PAN!
obviusly because I never want to grow up. The most influence he has in me is through my art as I think the freedom he has I try to show in my work. and how he was involved and played with so many types of people for instance indians, which i used to play as well with stalking deer and making teepees. also with pirates, making battleships out of boats at the lake. and not to mention the fact of flying!

andrea erandi

When I was a kid, I used to admire Arnold, from the cartoon HEY ARNOLD! I really felt motivated by him. He was a strong kid who tried to help the weak. He was clever enough to solve issues that were hard to attend, and he would always be thankful for what he got, getting to cope with pain and sadness. He was a humble boy, sometimes rejected by other people but always strong enough to avoid the agression affect his mind.

sarah

i liked peter pan, ofcourse!

MadtHugz

Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls! I was really shy as a kid so I always looked up to female characters who didn’t take crap from anyone. Plus I hated bathing frequently.

I still wish I was as kick-ass as she is.

http://Www.itsadryheat.tumblr.com Colby edwards

Without a doubt… Inspector gadget.
He always had the coolest stuff, especially the helicopter blades that would come out of his hat.
When I was young I always dreamed of being able to fly. I would imagine what it would be like to have a personal, tiny helicopter and fly around the city.

I still really want a personal tiny helicopter.

Steph

Cam Jansen! She had a photographic memory and solved crimes. Booyah.

http://cargocollective.com/djorzgul Djordje

La Linea by Italian artist Osvaldo Cavandoli.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Linea_(TV_series))
Watching it like hypnotized, and believe it or not learned to talk like him.
It turned out, later, my sense of humor, as an adult was pretty similar to the La Linea’s.

I’m always surprised how kids react like little sponges. Absorbing everything, specially things they like.

Matthew Chilton

Parsley.

“I’m a very friendly lion called Parsley,with a tail for doing jobs of every kind.
But I mustn’t treat it roughly or too harshly,for it’s such a useful thing to have behind.”

Victor

brum

http://austinbreed.com austin breed

I really really like that book, and I hope that I didn’t miss the Friday you’re talking about!

My favorite character as a child was Earthworm Jim. Looking at him today, I would think he is one of the dumbest looking things I have ever seen, but when I was a little kid I absolutely adored him. He looked like this buff super hero, but his head was just a big worm with these cartoony eyes. I used to play the video game and there was this really silly cartoon, and I used to draw him in my drawing books all the time.

I had this Earthworm Jim action figure that I carried around everywhere. He had this button on his back that launched his wormy head into the air, which was pretty cool. One time when I was visiting my mom at work (this is really embarrassing) I was standing in the elevator holding Jim and thumbing the button on his back. Just when the elevator doors opened, I accidently shot his head into the air, and it fell right down the elevator shaft.

I was so distraught, all I had left was a lifeless shell of my favorite hero. It was very emotionally scarring. Even now, at 20 years, I still get a little sad thinking about it. Just picture a tiny little boy standing there in an elevator with a headless doll. When we got home, I cried and cried. My Mom said she asked the maintenance people at her office to check the elevator shafts, but they said they couldn’t find anything.

I never touched the video game again, it made me too sad to play. Anyways, that’s my story!

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Samantha from Bewitched. not so much marrying a mortal thing–but the nose twitching wit.

Adam

As a little kid I always wanted to be the journalist detective TINTIN but was always dissapointed to find no mysteries come my way. So I decided to investigate my parents, found I couldn’t understand the long words which they said to each other when i eavesdropped on them and concluded that they were most definitely speaking in code and were topsecret undercover agents. I was most pleased, I had uncovered a national secret in my own home.

Mike

Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Today, I am a Big Red Dog.

Hannah B

The boxcar children!!! I wanted to be an orphan in a rag tag gang of feral children.

DJ

Brave Star.

Simona la plus belle

It was Duckman. I must admit I understood something close to nothing from his speeches, but Loooordy how i “spiritually” bowed down to him. His anger was magnetic. And it’s funny to watch it now and understand everything and still be mesmerezied. like the dudes at the end of this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WzZ7vpBc44

http://www.jeffhamada.com/ Jeff

Vikte and Nata – you have both been selected as the winners of the Pictoplasma book!

ohkeks

he-man

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