Cartoon Rapper Maker

This tool makes mascots. You describe a character in the "Describe the character" box, such as a short guy with big headphones and a red tracksuit holding a mic, and it draws that figure head to toe on a plain background in a square frame.

Five styles change how it is drawn: Saturday-morning cartoon, 90s comic, Chibi, Sticker and Pixel art. Chibi gives a big head on a small body. Sticker adds the thick clean edge of a die-cut decal. Pixel art builds the character from visible blocks, like an old console game.

All characters are original. The request tells the model the figure is fictional and not based on any real artist, and the tool will not draw cartoon versions of real rappers or existing cartoon characters. The point is a character you can name and reuse as your own.

Character designers talk about the silhouette test: fill the figure in solid black and see if you can still tell who it is. That comes from shape, so lead with shape. Tall and thin, short and round, giant head, long arms. Then two or three colours, then a single prop.

Non-human characters are welcome and often stronger. An animal, a robot or an object with a face avoids any resemblance to real people and is easier to keep consistent. Paste one of these and make it yours.

• Short guy, big headphones, red tracksuit, holding a gold mic, huge grin
• Tall skinny robot with a boombox for a chest, cap worn sideways
• Round bulldog in a bucket hat and chain, arms crossed, one eyebrow up
• Woman with space buns, oversized yellow hoodie to her knees, spray can in hand
• A walking cassette tape with sneakers and sunglasses, throwing a peace sign

One image is a sketch of a mascot, not a mascot. To use the character across covers, videos and merch you need it in more than one pose, and this page cannot lock a design between renders. Reusing your exact description and style gets close; an illustrator redrawing your favourite render as a character sheet gets it right.

Keep it clear of other people’s characters. If a render reminds you of a famous cartoon, mascot or real performer, drop it and generate again. We make no statements about the copyright status of generated art, and a mascot is only useful if nobody else can claim it looks like theirs.

• Fix three things that never change: one shape, one colour, one prop
• Write the description down and reuse it word for word
• Check the design reads at emoji size
• Have the final version redrawn as a vector before printing merch