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These Instagram Artists Showed The Power Of Diversity

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 16:59

A trend on Instagram has seen artists from minority groups recreate their favourite cartoon characters using their own style, revealing the power of representation.

It started with a post by Autumn, with her #stylechallenge inspiring others to shape characters from Pokémon to Fairly Odd Parents to The Simpsons in their own image.

All of the artists are brilliantly talented and used hashtags such as #representationmatters to show how important it was to them to reclaim cartoons with a lack of diversity.

10 Artists Show The Power Of Representation

  • Artists on Instagram reinterpreted popular cartoons to show the importance of representation and diversity. The first post was by Autumn, who included a portrait and then tried different styles.
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  • Another user tried their own style.
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  • Then others followed suit, bringing new characters and styles into the mix.
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  • The Boondocks provided inspiration for some.
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  • Family Guy, Disney and others also appeared.
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  • Can you pick all of the shows?
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  • The Simpsons and Fairly Odd Parents became regular touchstones.
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  • Pokémon was used by many.
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  • Some went for multiple images...
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  • ... demonstrating the power of diversity and representation in popular culture.
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  • Drawings were posted by artists from around the world.
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  • So a radiation therapist decided to recreate famous hairstyles to raise money for cancer. Nice. First up, Princess Leia: this guy is our only hope.
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  • Jack Sparrow: but why is the rum gone?
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  • Kendall Jenner: this is actually amazing, well done sir.
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  • Kim Kardashian: almost there but definitely good enough.
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  • Chad Kroeger: there was no need to remind anyone that Nickelback exists but okay okay your hair is basically the same so we understand why you did it.
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  • Colin Farrell: when was his hair even like this? Wowza.
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  • Daenerys Targaryen: niiiiiiiice.
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  • Dave Grohl: it's kind of creepy having two guys reach out through the screen at you.
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  • Fabio: sure, yeah, it's basically the same. You do you.
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  • Footballer: we don't know who this guy is but great job.
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  • Janet Jackson: very good commitment, a tip of the hat to you.
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  • Jared Leto: SO MUCH JESUS.
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  • Jon Snow: we can see a star rising.
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  • Kate Middleton: we only just noticed how shiny his hair is. So preeeetty.
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  • Khal Drogo: a few thousand more push ups and it's basically there.
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  • Nicolas Cage: weirdly similar to the Fabio pose.
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  • Qui-Gon Jinn: this is the fundraiser you're looking for.
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  • Skrillex: we didn't know what Skrillex looked like before so thanks for enlightening us.
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  • Snoop Dogg: this is the one, this is a keeper. When you grow your hair back definitely keep this style.
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