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Tradimation

A free cartoon of yourself, for your trade

Type your trade, take a selfie and see yourself as a 3D cartoon in your trade's workwear in about 30 seconds. Then pick a voice and hear it talk.

Make my free cartoon
The same made-up person as a 3D cartoon tradesperson, after the free cartoon
Selfie of a made-up person, before the free cartoon
A made-up person, not a customer.

How the free cartoon works

It takes three steps: type your trade, choose your photo, and see yourself in your trade's workwear.

There's no app to install, because it all happens in your browser, on your phone or your computer.

  1. 1

    Type your trade

    Any trade works. Start typing and pick yours from the list, or write your own, and your cartoon wears the kit for it.

  2. 2

    Choose your photo

    Take a selfie, upload a photo, use one photo of you and your team (two or three of you), use a photo of your van, or build your cartoon from options with no photo at all.

  3. 3

    See yourself

    Our hard-hat mascot gets to work, and about 30 seconds later your cartoon appears, marked PREVIEW, ready to make it talk.

Adults only. Use your own photo, or one of someone who has agreed. Photos of well-known people are turned away.

Cartoon heating engineer with a speech bubble, from a sample clip for a made-up business
Sample clip. A made-up business.

Make it talk

Type your business name and town, pick one of six UK voices, and your cartoon says one line in a 10-second clip you can share.

Three men and three women from different parts of the country read the same line, so you can hear each one before you pick. The voice you pick carries into your films if you order.

For a heating engineer, the line might be “Boiler packed in? Ring Briarfield Heating in Leeds.” with your own name and town in place of the made-up ones. The clip comes tall and square, with a small “Made free at Tradimation” mark, and takes about 40 seconds to make.

We ask for a UK mobile number so the clip is yours. There's a separate box, left unticked, if you'd like offers by text, and you get your clip either way.

One free clip per mobile number. The voice in this clip is made by AI.

A Christmas clip, free until 25 December

Until 25 December your cartoon can wear a Santa hat and wish your customers a happy Christmas, with your business name in the line. Send it on WhatsApp, pin it to your Facebook page or post it as your status.

Every time someone forwards it, your business name goes with it.

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Cartoon heating engineer in a Santa hat wishing his customers a happy Christmas, from a sample clip for a made-up business
Sample clip. A made-up business.

Your photo, kept safe

Your photo is used to make your cartoon and clip, and it's deleted after 30 days.

Every photo is checked first: it has to show adults only (one person, or two or three of you for a team cartoon), and photos of children or well-known people are turned away. We don't use your photo to identify you or match your face against other photos. The full details, including who helps us make the cartoon, are in our privacy notice.

Read the privacy notice

Questions about the free cartoon

More questions and answers

Press “Make my free cartoon”, type your trade, then take a selfie or upload a photo. About 30 seconds later you'll see yourself as a 3D cartoon in your trade's workwear.

General AI tools can turn photos into cartoons. Ours is made for trades: it dresses you for the job, and it makes your cartoon say a line about your business.

Yes. The cartoon and the 10-second talking clip cost nothing, and there's no card to enter. Films starring you are the paid part, with adverts from £97 including VAT.

After your clip you'll see what a film costs: adverts start at £97 including VAT, and your cartoon and the voice you picked carry into your order. Orders open soon, and you can leave your email if you'd like us to tell you when.

Thirty seconds from now, you could be a cartoon.

Make my free cartoonWatch the sample films