How to Animate Funny Cartoon Characters

Everyone has their favorite funny cartoon characters from childhood. Whether you were of the Scooby Doo generation or the Spongebob Squarepants generation, you could always count on a funny character to brighten your day after school. These goofy looking cartoon characters found their way into our hearts and memories and we still look back on them with a smile today.

At some point, you probably wondered if you could animate your own funny cartoon character. Maybe you even looked into it and explored the different free animation software tools but ultimately concluded it was too difficult to make a funny character.

Now, with Krikey AI Animation tools - anyone can animate. You can make your own cartoon person in minutes and bring them to life with dialogue in 20+ languages and create your own funny cartoon characters.

Famous Cartoon Characters that are also Funny Cartoon Characters

Throughout animation history, especially our favorite animations from Disney and Pixar, there are always funny cartoon characters that bring levity to the storytelling. Whether its the pig in Moana or the snowman in Frozen, we love to laugh at funny characters and especially at goofy looking cartoon characters.

What makes funny cartoon characters? Story and dialogue are top of the list - without a good story for who your funny character is and how they came to be, it's hard to make them funny. What funny characters say can change a scene in seconds. How you bring these funny cartoon characters to life with animation can also transform a viewer's emotion.

If you've read this far you probably already have your favorite famous cartoon characters' dialogues memorized and might also have an idea of how you want to shape the story of your funny cartoon characters. Let's move on to how to make a funny cartoon character or a goofy looking cartoon character.

How to make funny cartoon characters

You have made up your mind and you're ready to start! Let's begin - how do you make funny cartoon characters? First, you want to find a great free animation software to help you create your cartoon person.

Design your cartoon person

With Krikey AI Animation, a free animation software tool you can access directly online, you can design your own cartoon person. Open the free 3D video editor in your browser and on the left hand bar of icons, click Character. Here you will find a preset menu of animated cartoon characters in different styles.

There are also two cartoon character creator tools - the Krikey AI character creator and the Ready Player Me Avatar creator. You can choose either one and begin customizing your funny cartoon character. Maybe give her blue hair or give him a funny hat. This is your chance to design your very own cartoon person - take your time and channel your ideas into your funny character!

Animate your cartoon person

Next you will want to save your funny cartoon character and think about what to animate. You have the option of choosing an existing template and changing the dialogue (this is the magic create icon in the left hand bar on the video editor inside Krikey AI) or you can start from scratch.

To do that and maybe just experiment first with a few animations, click the animations icon in the left hand bar. Navigate to the public library of animations and click to see a few options. Choose a few sample animations for your cartoon person - maybe a toddler tantrum and a disco dance. These are hilarious and instantly make anything a funny cartoon character.

Voice your cartoon person

After you have selected a series of animations you might want to add dialogue to go beyond the physical comedy of your funny character. For this you can go to the script icon and type in your dialogue, select a language and voice type, then click generate to get an audio track added to your animated video.

Alternatively if you want to voice your own character, you can record your own voice directly in the video editor or you can upload an mp3 file you recorded elsewhere with voiceover dialogue. Now you are ready to voice your funny cartoon character with either your own voice, a voiceover artist or a voice AI tool.

Help your cartoon person find their best angle

Now you need to choose camera angles. You can click on a camera angle in the video editor bars at the bottom and then use the mini menu with slider bars to adjust the camera angles. You want to help your funny cartoon character find their best angle.

If you want to start over, you can delete a camera clip from the timeline and then in the left hand bar go to the scene icon then the camera dropdown and select a fresh camera angle preset. You can still customize this with the mini slider bar menu but its a helpful way to reset and make sure you have a clean slate as you endeavor to tell your funny cartoon characters story.

Export your funny cartoon characters videos

When you are done with your story - characters, camera angles, dialogues etc., you can go to the share button top right and export your video. You can export an MP4 video file or a GIF or FBX file.

Then you can share it with the world! Or just friends and family - whatever you are comfortable with. Your funny cartoon character is ready to go and help bring a smile to someone's face.

How to create custom funny looking cartoon characters

With Krikey AI, you can also animate custom cartoon characters. The animation software can animate any bi-pedal character, no prior experience or coding skills required.

Funny looking cartoon characters are successful because of how memorable they are - from a slightly mis-proportioned face to a cute dimple or smile, and now you can create your own and animate it to tell stories!

Your very own cartoon person is easy to create with Krikey AI Animation software. You can follow the instructions on their custom character page to bring your own funny cartoon characters to the animation tool and begin animating in minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions about Funny Cartoon Characters

These are frequently asked questions about funny cartoon characters, funny characters and cartoon persons.

How to draw funny characters?

To draw funny characters or funny cartoon characters, start with the basic concept of the character proportions and then experiment with exaggerating them. Maybe slightly chubbier cheeks or longer arms. The slightly disproportionate characters can result in goofy looking cartoon characters. Then you can animate your goofy looking cartoon characters with Krikey AI Animation software!

How to write funny characters?

To write funny characters, begin with a normal scenario and then twist the story into an unlikely, humorous direction. You can write with a focus on physical comedy or witty dialogue. Both can bring great laughter and joy to viewers. You can experiment with writing for funny characters using the Krikey AI animation software tool and even try writing for funny cartoon characters in different languages.

How to make funny characters?

To make funny cartoon characters, you can start by using an AI image generator. Describe your goofy looking cartoon characters to the image generator and see what it creates. Once you are satisfied with your funny character, follow the instructions on the Krikey AI custom characters page to turn your image into a 3D character that you can animate.

How to create funny characters?

Creating funny characters is an artful skill that requires creativity and an infinite supply of ideas for your cartoon person to encounter. Start with designing goofy looking cartoon characters, use Krikey AI Animation software to animate them and then bring your storytelling skills to their video editor to craft your story. Then share with friends, family and the world to see how your funny characters bring joy to people!