The 2D cartoon style is a prominent art form in digital character creation, particularly popular among younger audiences. While advancements in digital human technology have spurred extensive research into photorealistic digital humans and 3D characters, interactive 2D cartoon characters have received comparatively less attention. Unlike 3D counterparts, which require sophisticated construction and resource-intensive rendering, Live2D, a widely-used format for 2D cartoon characters, offers a more efficient alternative, which allows to animate 2D characters in a manner that simulates 3D movement without the necessity of building a complete 3D model. Furthermore, Live2D employs lightweight HTML5 (H5) rendering, improving both accessibility and efficiency. In this technical report, we introduce Textoon, an innovative method for generating diverse 2D cartoon characters in the Live2D format based on text descriptions. The Textoon leverages cutting-edge language and vision models to comprehend textual intentions and generate 2D appearance, capable of creating a wide variety of stunning and interactive 2D characters within one minute. The project homepage is https://human3daigc.github.io/Textoon_webpage/.

翻译：二维卡通风格是数字角色创作中一种重要的艺术形式，尤其在年轻受众中广受欢迎。尽管数字人技术的进步已推动了对逼真数字人及三维角色的广泛研究，但交互式二维卡通角色所获关注相对较少。与需要复杂构建和资源密集型渲染的三维角色不同，Live2D作为二维卡通角色广泛使用的格式，提供了一种更高效的替代方案，它能够以模拟三维运动的方式对二维角色进行动画处理，而无需构建完整的三维模型。此外，Live2D采用轻量级HTML5（H5）渲染，提升了可访问性与效率。在本技术报告中，我们介绍了Textoon，这是一种基于文本描述生成Live2D格式多样化二维卡通角色的创新方法。Textoon利用前沿的语言与视觉模型来理解文本意图并生成二维外观，能够在一分钟内创建出种类繁多的惊艳且可交互的二维角色。项目主页为 https://human3daigc.github.io/Textoon_webpage/。