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We all know what famous personalities of the modern day look like, but it's a whole different topic when it comes to history. Most of them were portrayed by artists who were influenced by the trends and technologies of their day, and their own unique style was a factor too. It's not rare that one single person looked completely differently depending on the artist. So naturally, we come to wonder what they really looked like. And the current technology powered by computers and artificial intelligence offers an answer to that interest. And sometimes the answer looks so real it's even creepy. It's as if these historical personalities are our own contemporaries.

The Netherlands artist Bas Uterwijk, known as Ganbrood on Instagram, satisfies our curiosity yet again by showing some new and updated versions of historical and fictional personalities.

More info: Instagram | basuterwijk.com | twitter.com

#1

Nefertiti

Nefertiti

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Margaret O'Connor
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is completely inaccurate. Ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan (black) africans. They were Mediterranean/European/Middle Eastern people. In other words, they looked white. Historians have always known this and it has now been scientifically confirmed with DNA. https://news.sky.com/story/egyptian-mummies-have-european-and-turkish-dna-scientists-10898867

Tara
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry but people are not JUST black or white. And ancient Egypt was especially poised as a place for lots of racial mixing. Just because some mummies have some confirmed European dna does not mean they were white.

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Laugh or not
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Based on what ? This really doesn't look like representation we have of her.

Requiem
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

based on making her look like she was born in the 1990s

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4 years ago

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Charmwashere
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nefertiti still looks gorgeous. No propaganda and artist renditions to stroke this Queens ego. She is simply sublime.

Requiem
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is how these people would look now. Our ancestors even 100 years ago looked different than we do now

Grumble O'Pug
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can extrapolate based on population movements, artistic representation, and origins. Egypt, thanks to predictable flooding, was pretty stable for a long time.

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It isn't the first time that Bas' neural network reconstructions have been featured here on Bored Panda. His first post went viral, and the recreations in the second post were no less impressive than in the first one. We highly recommend checking them out, as even in today's post there are updated versions of the images that were in the older posts, and it's very interesting to see the evolution of how they were refined to what they are as of now.

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    #2

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

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    Gossameringue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another powerful woman who pissed off the lovers who couldn't control her

    StrawberryParfait
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cosmetics she used would not have looked at all like they were applied at Merle Norman in the mall in the 80s. What a distracting and unnecessary detail.

    Begone Fool
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Notice the misogynist Western world buried all her brilliance under the now all too familiar myth of female seductress. Time to right that wrong.

    Loretta
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait sources do we have about her appearance?

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks beautiful and with a great personality.

    Frances M
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were multiple Cleopatra’s, the most famous was just the last of them.

    Hugh Willie Mungous
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's not nearly enough primary evidence (other than coinage) to even make a stab at what Cleopatra looked like.

    Xan Maranya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Greek biographer Plutarch, writing about a century after Cleopatra’s death, presented a less flattering picture: "For her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her.” Plutarch, however, was quick to note Cleopatra’s ;irresistible charm,' sweet voice, persuasiveness, and stimulating presence." -Brittanica

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    Clay Matthews
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    4 years ago

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    She looks just like Lyne Renée

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    #3

    Aphrodite (New Version)

    Aphrodite (New Version)

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen her rock and her baths. She wasn't home though. ;-)

    a.r. lee
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe better for you to avoid an awkward conversation as to why you're in her baths... lol

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    Margaret Buckley
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit of a joke to make a picture of a mythical figure and claim realism!

    Heather March
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People have pictures of Jesus in their houses.

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    BigFish Artwire
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was indeed beautiful perfection

    Cynthia NP
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aphrodite is a mythical character. How could computers interpolate her facial features without any proof.

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought her hair was auburn

    Otter
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ancient Greeks described her as having golden hair, like her father Zeus. Yes, the ancient Greeks had blonde gods!

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    Gossameringue
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how androgynous she looks - as the goddess of love, it's not surprising.

    Sarah Grape
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i have a hard time calling a greek myth a historical figure. also, i figured it was clear that she changed her appearance to accommodate the looker's opinion of beauty?

    Marika Miettinen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her eyes.. they remind me of my eyes. Maybe I'm just seeing things, I'm looking myself in a mirror and looking at her eyes and I'm like ??? but I don't really have any good pictures from straight forward to make a more accurate comparison.

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    Bas has been kind enough to share with us about his life and his passion in two separate interviews: "Although my career path has swayed in different directions, my focus has always been on playing with realism and illusion. Special effects, 3D animation, and video games all try to make fantasies plausible. Influenced by European comics, movies, and video games, I have experimented with most forms of visual storytelling."

    #4

    Akhenaten

    Akhenaten

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    Herewegoagain
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This man is beautiful.

    Otter
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but he looks nothing like the sculptures of Akhenaten that are still around.

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    Otter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This lovely man looks nothing like the sculptures of Akhenaten that were still around. The original man had a very distinctive face, and not the sort of face that Egyptian artists used when they were trying to flatter the subject.

    marleyj.rutherford12@gmail.com
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, he was erased from Egyptian history for believing that there is only one God, Raah, the sun god. The other Egyptians did not like it. The 'aten' at the end of his name basically says that he only believes in one God. Tutankhamun, his son, changed the ending of his name back to 'amun' so he would not get disrespected. I watch a lot of ancient Egyptian documentaries

    bumble bee
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not Raah, but Aten, His is known for a new religion he created that centered on the Aten.

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    Margaret O'Connor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is completely inaccurate. Ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan (black) africans. They were Mediterranean/European/Middle Eastern people. In other words, they looked white. Historians have always known this and it has now been scientifically confirmed with DNA. https://news.sky.com/story/egyptian-mummies-have-european-and-turkish-dna-scientists-10898867

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    #5

    David By Michelangelo (New Version)

    David By Michelangelo (New Version)

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    Sharrow
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is, except one _small_ detail (not shown in this picture).

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    Jess Thompson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m gonna need to see a full-length to confirm 😉

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd dated him. In fact he's too similar to the former boyfriends I had.

    Yvonda Marie Levings
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone else see the beginnings of a double chin It seems off somehow to me

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    "Working with classical art versus photography in neural networks for me feels like the next step in depicting ourselves. Just as photography changed the shape of classical painting, techniques based on artificial intelligence will start influencing and inspiring art and (post-)photography. AI applications are developing at an incredible speed and it will influence almost all segments of our society. I wouldn't be surprised if, in five or ten years, it will be possible to create moving, interactive three-dimensional characters with these techniques: super-realistic avatars that people are able to communicate within virtual surroundings."

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    #6

    Tutankhamun

    Tutankhamun

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    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned recently he was the product of incest so he had a lot of deformities

    Stefan Scheiben
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Incest was very common in egyptian royalty, to keep the "purity of the divine bloodline" intact - which indeed led to some deformities over generations. Some scientist believe Tutankamun might have been the son of king Echnaton with one of his biological daughters. The image might be massively too benevolent. In this case, the scientists x-raying the mummy found him to have a cleft palate, protruding buck teeth, female hips and even a club foot. He also suffered from bone degeneration and late effects of malaria.

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    Robert St. Thomas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must be based on the burial mask. Imaging of his remains showed a misshapen cranium, an underslung jaw, weak chin, and overbite. Kid was a royal mess.

    Kim Shannon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read several times that because of inbreeding, he was not a handsome man, so this one disappoints me.

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago

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    All royalties are like this. Sometimes we get a mad king or queen, but they don't look ugly because of inbreeding, only (not always) if their parents are also ugly. Look at nowadays European royalties, for example.

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    Jessica Randall
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was recently discovered between genetic testing and the digital recreation of the Younger Lady (female mummy found in Akhenaten's tomb) that not only had Nefertiti's body finally been found, but that she was, in fact, Tut's mother 😯 Genetics showed that Tut was the product of a marriage between first cousins - Nefertiti and Akhenaten

    Bonnie Watts Baker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, he actually had a cleft Palate and lip as well.

    Charmwashere
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering dudes medium chart, I'm sure by how good looking this rendition is

    Requiem
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tiari defending incest here I see

    tiari
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure... My God, can nobody read here? I just said that incest doesn't automatically means the “product“ is deformed. Nothing more. How do you get that I am defending incest from that? What are you all interpreting into that sentence?

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    Margaret O'Connor
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    4 years ago

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    This is completely inaccurate. Ancient Egyptians were not sub-Saharan (black) africans. They were Mediterranean/European/Middle Eastern people. In other words, they looked white. Historians have always known this and it has now been scientifically confirmed with DNA. https://news.sky.com/story/egyptian-mummies-have-european-and-turkish-dna-scientists-10898867

    Flávia Aguiar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a lot of racist spamming, madam. It's accurate. Your racist bias isn't. They were not white

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    #7

    Elizabeth I (New Version)

    Elizabeth I (New Version)

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    Herewegoagain
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello, it is Meryl Streep

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? For not having a tiny nose? In lots of countries it's very common. Beauties aren't only the classical hollywood ones. Specially in other parts of the world.

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    Frances M
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had acne scaring and a receding hair line, not quiet what is shown here

    a.r. lee
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love these. I feel like the paintings leave so much to what the artist was told to portray. As in trends or what the people of the time saw as 'beauty '.

    Monty Is Fiennes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes but these are based on those portraits... from all accounts Beth wasn't an attractive lady... make up for white skin usually had terrible poisons and raw chemicals in them, sugar had become very popular and a sign of wealth so they were having sugar parties and so on that damaged teeth... plus I think she may have had a separate skin condition like small pox marks or something similar....this picture is very kind to Liz I....

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    Daisy Cartwright
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the hair and the lips but in reality, she would've had more pox scars. Very cool, though!

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    "After working more than a decade in 3D animation, I was getting frustrated with the artificiality of it, so photography, for me, was a way to expand my horizons and investigation of what reality looks like: getting to know light and the way it behaves on materials, human faces, and how we perceive expressions in their smallest details."

    #8

    Jesus Christ Based On Leonardo Da Vinci's "Savior Of The World"

    Jesus Christ Based On Leonardo Da Vinci's "Savior Of The World"

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    BigFish Artwire
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least it's not the Northern European Jesus that we're all used to see 🤪

    Requiem
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still looks like a modern day californian.

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As Da Vinci was born in 1452, 14 centuries too late for them to have met, his idea of Jesus is not likely to be any closer than ours another 5 centuries later!

    Tassenküchlein168
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. As if he looks straight into my heart.

    Tassenküchlein168
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To those who downvoted: I wrote intentionally "into MY heart". How can you say NO WAY to that? 😂 Ridiculous!

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    Christy Smith
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He wouldn't have straight brown hair, he's from middle eastern area, this still isn't accurate, he still looks too white.

    Don McMahon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Christy...he was an Israeli Aramaic/Hebrew speaking semitic/jew. They usually, even today, have dark curly hair and a dark complexion closer to the Mediterranean peoples. On the shroud of Turin his hair is long, wavy and more than shoulder length.

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    Charmwashere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude should have a fro, tho. Or at the very least, very curly hair. It was described as having the likeness to wool.

    Hannah M
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah.... Based on Da Vinci's imagination. None of the multiple sources on Jesus describe his appearance (the closest is a prophecy that said he wouldn't be very good-looking) and there's no contemporary artwork (that we know of)

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    #9

    Apollo

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    Margaret Buckley
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, I give up, this is a worthless waste of time. Anyone can imagine what a mythical figure resembled.

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very handsome as a man or a woman.

    Tjalling Wustman
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    shouldn't he be blonde (or golden haired)?

    Nicolas Schirvel
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He has some androgynous vibes, it's marvelous

    teal&pink
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh my god perfect now do lester! (wink, wink)

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    "These 'Deep Learning' networks are trained with thousands of photographs of human faces and are able to create near-photorealistic people from scratch or fit uploaded faces in a 'Latent Space' of a total of everything the model has learned. I think the human face hasn't changed dramatically over thousands of years and apart from hairstyles and makeup, people that lived long ago probably looked very much like us, but we are used to seeing them in the often distorted styles of ancient art forms that existed long before the invention of photography."

    #10

    Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)

    Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)

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    #11

    William Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet

    William Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet

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    JennyLaRue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Juliet is a fictional character

    Robert T
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In which case it is 100% accurate to the artist's vision of her. ;-)

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    Not A Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are you portraying a 13 year old girl as an adult? Shakespeare's Juliet was THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! (Yes, Romeo and Juliet was about two angsty teens, not the grand romance you think it is.)

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She doesn't look very British nor at her age - too old in this pic.

    olx
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why would she look British if she's Italian?

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    Jacob Ross
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's just shy of her 13th birthday in the play, so probably would not look this old

    Gossameringue
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    4 years ago

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    She looks like every middle school girl who wants to be Billie Eilish

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    But Bas isn't a one-trick pony: "Next to the historical recreations, I really love to work on completely made-up faces. For my audience, it sometimes is hard to see what they are looking at. Especially for people who are not familiar with the technical aspects of my work. That way, they don't know how much is made up. It could be a photograph of someone they have never seen before. I aim to make these faces interesting enough so they captivate and intrigue the viewer, like in any good classical portrait."

    #12

    Mary Shelley

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    Gossameringue
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She knows what secrets she's hiding...

    cheers, cassidy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she looks like a younger fiona shaw

    Son of Philosoraptor
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    4 years ago

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    That face and wild sex parties don't seem to go together...

    #13

    Lilith

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    Chancellor Gowron
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    4 years ago

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    I'm so tired of the Lilith push. The entire Bible is a story, not history. There was no Lilith. GET OVER IT

    Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I'd put better than 90% of the people in the Bible as being fictional, with the remaining being highly suspect at best.

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    Hugh Willie Mungous
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just as there was no Aphrodite nor Apollo

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    #14

    Queen Tia

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    Maya Baggins
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beautiful, but frightening beautiful

    Kawin Salinukul
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    out of all the rest, I think this one is the most accurate. (according to queen tiye's bust)

    Jacob Ross
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great look. Reminds me of Angela Basset with a bit of Viola Davis

    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never seen such a majestic queen..

    Sam C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't mess with her!

    #15

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    FatRabbit
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too old. He died when he was 35.

    Stefan Scheiben
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Taking his lifestyle into account, he probably looked a lot older than 35 when he died. Contemporary sources, in spite of his undoubted genius and archievements, paint him as a heavy drinker and gambler with a knack for not getting enough sleep.

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    Loretta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looked nothing like that on his paintings.

    Miss Cris
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is still and old painture :(

    teal&pink
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm getting some pretty enncentric vibes over here...

    Demongrrrrl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he looks a bit like Dobby the house elf.

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    #16

    Mona Lisa

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    CatWoman312
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t this just her zoomed in?

    Helwin
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand the need to "redo" her, we have a pretty good image of her face already ?

    Marie
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someplace on the internet is the painting done by the apprentice that has all the original colors because it was stored sealed for many years.

    Jackie Porter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original painting had eyebrows but years of cleaning have wiped them off.

    StrawberryParfait
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She got some exfoliation, but that is basically the painting right there.

    Brittany Beverly
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also don't forget this may be a fake. The painting has controversy

    Natalie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The smile is in the eyes, which is far more captivating to me than the original painting.

    Natalie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And there's a warmth here that was lacking in the original too.

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    #17

    Idia

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    Zedrapazia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, can anyone tell me who this is?

    Olga Mhm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to wiki: Idia was the mother of Esigie, the Oba of Benin who ruled from 1504 to 1550. She played a very significant role in the rise and reign of her son, being described as a great warrior who fought relentlessly before and during her son's reign as the oba (king) of the Edo people

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    Requiem
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats because all of these are made to look like modern day people

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    #18

    Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)

    Fayum Mummy Portrait (New Version)

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    Annemarie Mattheyse
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks much older here than he ever got (he died at 37). Maybe Mozart the elder?

    Catlady6000
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He led a partying lifestyle for a while. That can age a person. Alternatively, I have a photo of my grandmother in her thirties. I'm currently in my '50s and still look younger than she did at the time of that photo. Then there was the guy 2 years behind me in school who bought his first car (a '70s Baracuda) buying beer for everyone, he looked 40-slight wrinkles and balding at 16.. Some people just look old at a young age

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    Lizzie Smith
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He died in his mid thirties, this guy looks way older

    DarkAngelNic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you ever looked at an old yearbook? People looked old at a young age compared to now.

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    Judith Jans Leyster

    Judith Jans Leyster

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    DarkAngelNic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am uncultured and didn't know who she was. She is a Dutch painter.

    Viviane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a number of other female painters you might want to look up: Sofonisba Anguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi. The former has lovely intimate paintings and drawings that catch wonderful expressions of people in everyday situations; the latter is a Baroque artist with some dramatic works (one veers into slasher movie territory).

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    Monday
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda gives me Elliot Paige vibes...

    Irene McIver
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a kid trying out lipstick for the first time.

    Sofia Murat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's, mean. I think your just jealous of her naturally red (slightly orangeish) lips.

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    Anne Lister

    Anne Lister

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    Miriam Spaulding
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love when they make them smiling :) For some reason it makes them feel more real

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    #22

    Sofonisba Anguissola

    Sofonisba Anguissola

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    Doomguy (New Version)

    Doomguy (New Version)

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    Jo Falkinder
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone compared muscly men in skinny jeans to Gru from Minions and now I cannot unsee it 😂

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    Seán Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Kelsey Grammar and Steven Berkoff had a love child.

    Keerthi Vardhan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, this is how a man looks when he survives Doom 1,2 and 3.

    DEAN THORNE
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like he could be related to Duke Nukem.

    #25

    Isabella Brant (New Version)

    Isabella Brant (New Version)

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    Glynis Buller
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some of these are beginning to look repetitive, especially around the eyes

    #26

    Farmer From Laren By Martinus Van Regteren Altena

    Farmer From Laren By Martinus Van Regteren Altena

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    Sandro Botticelli's Portrait Of A Young Man Holding A Roundel

    Sandro Botticelli's Portrait Of A Young Man Holding A Roundel

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    pebs
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the real portrait is speaking itself, no need to recreate it. By the way, the real portrait is much better at expression and proportions.

    Yvonda Marie Levings
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does his neck look backwards to me lol

    Hugh Willie Mungous
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not Sandro! Please! Leave Sandro alone . . . . . he can stand on his own two feet.

    Kat Kirkpatrick
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm getting a strong Lancel Lannister (Game of Thrones) vibe from this picture...

    #28

    Vincenzo Catena's Portrait Of A Young Man

    Vincenzo Catena's Portrait Of A Young Man

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    Hermione Granger
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me or does this guy remind you of Lord Farquaad?