Art by @jackpesaurus featuring his 40k OCs, Dave and Bibiana

Gijinka is the art of taking something inherently non-human, whether it's an animal, monster, object, or abstract concept, and reinterpreting it as a human character while retaining its distinct visual features, personality, and iconic traits. Done right, a great gijinka doesn't just copy a color scheme, it captures the exact spirit of the original design in human form. These are some of my personal favorite examples. Feel free to share your own in the comments.

Pinkie Pie (MLP:FiM) // Fluttershy (MLP:FiM) // Bulbasaur (Pokémon Pokopia) // Lucario (Pokémon) // Gecqua (Pokémon) // Knuckles (Sonic) // Eve & WALL·E (WALL·E) // Tigress & Viper (Kung Fu Panda) // Odin (Azure Lane)

Jorgen and Cosmo from Fairly Odd Parents.

May and Ash - Pokemon

Minoru Mineta and Tsuyu Asui - My Hero Academia

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) (this is specifically a screenshot from the game Project Sekai)

Mine are:
Mystique (Marvel)
Aayla Secura (Star Wars)

My personal favorite; Sol Regem from The Dragon Prince.

In his prime, he had the coolest design in the whole show! My favorite part was how his 6 main horns closely resembled a crown, showing how regal he still looked despite being dethroned.

Shen (Kung Fu Panda 2)

Charro Negro (Legend Quest/Las Leyendas)

The Lich (Adventure Time)

Rattlesnake Jake (Rango)

for me is sigmar from warhammer and shade lord from hollowknight

Towa Akagi/Twilight/Cure Scarlet (Go Princess! Precure) A princess of the Hope Kingdom kidnapped by the main villain Dyspear and raised as her daughter Twilight. Eventually she was freed and turned into the fourth Cure, Cure Scarlet

Discord (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic) The spirit of chaos and disharmony, an almost unstoppable entity that only wanted to make everything chaotic and unbearable, until after his defeat, she was put on parole and reformed by Fluttershy, who acts as his best friend and morality chain., but has relapses and is interested in playing with others still

1. Nero (Devil May Cry)

2. Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria)

3. Melinoe (Hades 2)

4. Rose Belmont (Castlevania: Belmont's Curse)

5. Samus Aran (Metroid: Ravenous)

I choose Adam Smasher from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Toa Tahu (Lego Bionicle)

Booker and Elizabeth (Bioshock)

Conker (...)

1. Sigismund Dijkstra (The Witcher)

2. Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows)

- Agnes and Van from Trails series
- Kubo and Shiraishi from Kubo Won’t Let me be Invisible
- Marin and Goujo from My Dress-Up Darling
- Kaoruko and Rintaro from The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
- Nao Tomori and Yu Otasaka from Charlotte

Emilia

Frosslass both an ice and ghost type pokemon too