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AI · September 30, 2020

Toonify

Cartoonify your selfies

Toonify launched on September 30, 2020 with 309 votes, #46 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

In plain words

Toonify is an AI tool that transforms selfies into cartoon versions using deep learning technology. Built by Justin Pinkney and Doron Adler, it employs StyleGAN and Pix2PixHD neural networks to generate the cartoonified images. The tool is designed for anyone looking to turn their photos into stylized cartoon versions for entertainment and creative purposes.

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From the sources

Toonify Yourself was made by Justin Pinkney and Doron Adler for fun and amusement using deep learning and Generative Adversarial Networks (StyleGAN for image pairs and Pix2PixHD for training).

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