Most people don't think spiders are particularly cute, especially not hairy, thick-legged ones. The excessive numbers of legs and eyes tend to turn people off, or at least not want them in our homes.
But one Disney-Pixar animator decided to prove the haters wrong by creating the world's cutest CGI spider, and almost overnight, a YouTube sensation was born. As of Thursday, he even has his own line of merchandise, Polygon reports, as all great internet stars do!
Meet Lucas the Spider
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He's adorable, he can talk, and he's the internet sensation we didn't know we needed.
Lucas is the main character of his own series of short films on YouTube, where he has more than 2 million subscribers!
The "Lucas the Spider" cartoon was created by Joshua Slice, an animator who has worked on Disney blockbusters like "Big Hero Six" and "Zootopia."
When asked what inspired him to animate a spider, of all things, Slice shared Lucas' origin story with Business Insider:
"Creating characters on the computer and bringing them to life has always been a pastime hobby of mine. A year and a half ago I had the itch to start a new project and I saw an image of a jumping spider sitting on a leaf. I thought it was really cute and wondered just how cute I could make a spider in 3D. Despite all the success, the only goal I had in mind from the start was to make a believable spider look as cute as possible."
In each video, Lucas is seen getting into mischief throughout the house and occasionally getting into unexpected trouble. In this episode, he found a sleeping "polar bear."
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