
I started this goofy-cartoon art project with a sixteen-year-old cartoon character I drew in 2009. Applehead Andy was a stupid young boy who claimed he was only stupid because he had an apple for a head. He was initially a marionette made out of fruit by the puppet-maker Paghetto. When the Purple Fairy gave him life, he created in him a flaw where any time he needed to tell a lie, he stupidly told the truth. This resulted in Andy always having to say, “I know I am stupid, but it is because I have an apple for a head.” I drew it on white paper with pen and ink and colored pencils.

Here he is in his apple-headed glory after the last colored-pencil bit was added.

Here he is again as I have now used Picsart AI Photo Editor to add an apple-blossom background.

And then I asked AI Mirror to reinterpret him as a Manga-style character. This made him look more human and much less apple.

And then with AI Mirror again, I reimagined him as a more realistic cartoon human, though I forgot to make certain that the AI program knew he was a boy, not a girl. So, Applehead Andrea.