I had myself cartooned. I expected Cartoon-Jean to look professional, like a Pep Boy or Colonel Sanders. Clean, nice, anonymous, relatable. I enlisted the service of CartoonMe, based in Amsterdam. For 3.56473 Euros ($5.11), an artist would draw me by hand. The artist made me 1-dimensional, sucking the life out and adding pounds!
Sparkling eyes, out. Double chin, in. Check!
Tri-colored doo, out. Poop colored doo, in. Check!
Designer dress, out. Prairie dress, in. Check!
Pretty necklace, out. Souvenir penny on a chain, in. Check!
I complained. Not just to everyone within earshot. I emailed CartoonMe and said, in a nutshell, you must be joking.
They apologized and tried again. 
I didn’t like. Again.
If you would like to be cartooned, for whatever reason, I recommend this free application on Facebook:
Cartoon Head Creator.
You can also turn any photo into a cartoon using PhotoShop: WonderHowto.com.
Or my kids could draw you for the low, low, low price of 2.0933 Euro.
Speaking of cartoons, here’s a cool site that answers the question, “What if cartoons were real?” LarryFire.Wordpress.com.
• What’s your favorite cartoon?
• What cartoon character do you wish was real?
• Have you cartooned yourself?
Comment By: Sunny
August 31st, 2009 at 8:45 pm
You’re killing me! So funny! I vote to have Nat and Pearly cartoon me. That foreign artist just wasn’t getting it. 🙂
Comment By: jeanhasbeenshopping
August 31st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
You can send pesos. LOL! I know, I think the artist was smoking something funny. Isn’t it legal over there?
Comment By: Nadezhda Konovalova
August 31st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
This is my favorite cartoon 🙂
I had done a cartoon of me once. Didn’t like it.
Comment By: Nadezhda Konovalova
August 31st, 2009 at 9:12 pm
And now I know what is not good at wordpress 🙁 I can not use html code in comments. Ok, here is a link. http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/3/19/16/19016435_conten.jpg
Comment By: jeanhasbeenshopping
August 31st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
That is a very cute cartoon! What is it called?
I hope the artist didn’t really think I looked like that. It’s like hearing your own voice. It’s just odd!
Comment By: Nadezhda Konovalova
September 1st, 2009 at 4:21 am
Oh, this is Karlsson-on-the-Roof 🙂
I agree with you, it’s confusing.
Comment By: Tony
September 18th, 2009 at 2:04 am
My favourite cartoon character is a toss up between Daffy Duck & Foghorn Leghorn. I love them both.
Comment By: jeanhasbeenshopping
September 18th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Those are two awesome characters with tons of personality! Thanks for commenting, Tony.
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July 20th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
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Comment By: Angelia Sims
July 20th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Ha ha, I agree those are terrible! Looks like one of those drawing machines. The Facebook one is much better! I like SpongeJean the best though!
Comment By: Jean Has Been Shopping
July 21st, 2010 at 9:48 am
LOL, Angelia! I told you cartoonme results stunk. It’s sad when a free app at FB makes a cuter cartoon.
I’m loving the Spongebob effect! Hubby asked to be transformed this morning, and don’t tell youngest daughter, but she is getting sponged too.
I’ll post the pics at FB as I receive them. Beck just let me know it is bedtime in his part of the world, and here we are just waking up.