Guy Makes Eminem ‘Smile’ By Photoshopping His Pics And They Look Better Now (14 Pics)
Ever Since Marshall Mathers, AKA Eminem (amongst other names) exploded on the scene in the late 90s, he has become a firmly established part of our pop culture. From his controversial, and often humorous beginnings under the persona Slim Shady, he evolved over time into a more serious, introspective figure that made us think more deeply about social and psychological issues such as poverty, inequality and addiction.
Mathers’ difficult upbringing is well-documented. This, combined with his angrier, more thoughtful demeanor, makes it understandable that he’s often seen in public with a neutral expression. I mean, it would be just odd if this furiously intense man was frequently pictured with a luxurious, beaming smile. Wouldn’t it?
Photoshop funster Mike Brown, whose Facebook intro is “make someone smile every day,” decided to test this theory and shared a cleverly curated collection of Eminem in various ‘before and after’ pics. The original photos portray the man as we know him best: smoldering, serious, straight-faced. The doctored pics give a startlingly different vibe, however, with the addition of an outrageously cheesy grin creating an amusing but at times creepy look, reminiscent of the ‘Hide The Pain Harold‘ meme.
“I have always manipulated faces, it’s just funny to me,” Mike told Bored Panda. “I always look for new manipulations, and ways to go about it. I came across a plugin that allows photoshop to scour the web for close matches.”
“Although I had some success, the results took too long to ‘get right,’ so I kept trying and trying different ways. I ended up buying an app on Google Play that did just the trick, in such a faster time frame. So I do a first edit in Photoshop, then I run it through the facetime app, apply a few filters to make the image seem real, and it’s done!’
“I chose Eminem because that guy never smiles! And me and my wife were laughing at the one I did initially. So I posted it by itself at first, and my sister wanted a few more because it looked so good. The rest I can’t explain lol, I woke up and there were like 32000 shares.”
Perhaps now we can see why Eminem chooses not to smile very often? We have become so accustomed to his ‘tough guy’ image, that when he does crack a grin, it just looks wrong. But of course, he’s just like anyone else. We all have our ups and downs (although Marshall has had his fair share of family issues), and we are sure that away from the camera he smiles just as often as you and I!
One person who misses Eminem’s less serious days is an admin of the Facebook group Eminem Fan Club. “I prefer his older music much to be honest, especially the Slim Shady days,” he told Bored Panda. “The original music is dead, the beats are dead, there is no real voice only autotune, everywhere you hear same beats, the same flow and voice. Just different clowns.”
Do you think the Eminem looks better with a smile? Have you noticed that he rarely smiles in photos? What do you think about the direction that his career has taken? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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Maybe smiley Shady IS the real Shady and the other Slim Shadys were just imitating.
I hope Eminem saw this series 😀 I wonder if it would made him smile if and when he sees it
Context is that men have been telling women to smile more TO LOOK PRETTY LIKE A GODDAMN FLOWER VASE IN A ROOM. Some dude photoshopped Eminem's pics to make him smile BECAUSE IT'S F*****G FUNNY. Don't tell me you actually think Eminem looks pretty in these photoshopped pics. XD
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No smile lines by the eyes. Without them the smile looks fake and creepy. Photoshop manipulations of human features creep me out in general. Just because we CAN, doesn't necessarily mean we SHOULD.
it looks weird, because he fotoshoped only his lower face, but in genuine smile also eyes change.
Think that's why he looks oddly like the Don
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Him and Kanye always look constipated. It looks like he finally pooped and is happy now😀
Sheesh, at least work on the frowns. Eminem looks creepy while smiling with a frown
not all people can smile good. some have that face of being serious, yet i have seen eminem smile, and hes got it. he just feels more comfortable not smiling, and i would say it makes these show more of who eminem is.
that second to last one in the hoodie makes him look like a crime show serial killer
Some photos look nice because the artist has very subtly modified the eyes, some look uncomfortable and forced like grandpa Harold, its funny nevertheless. Others are sort of serial killerish because of the pissed off eyes.
i think he just makes an active effort not to smile, esp after coming back from his hiatus. but if you look through the behind the scenes vids and old interviews, they're there. IMG_2625-5...eb693a.jpg 
1- Go to: :https://faceapp.com 2- Upload Eminem photo 3- Pick "smile" or "tight smile".
Here's actual pics of him smiling bc these edits do the guy injustice lol: IMG_2858-5...8daaa8.jpg 
These are really f*****g creepy. Eminem should never be seen smiling. Like how Teller should never be heard speaking.
1, 6, 8, 9, and 10 are going to give me nightmares. 2, 7, and 12 are good, though.
Let's see Mike Brown fix this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHfOTOYc8QI
He's a good looking kid when he's not trying to look so tough. Even in a couple if these when he isn't smiling he's very handsome. Too bad he has so much angst in his life that he feels he has to look so tough and menacing all the time.
Can't really decide whether the smile is real nice or a little spooky x)
I can appreciate what this guy was trying to do but these pictures are awful, in fact i may have nightmares tonight
I can appreciate what this guy was trying to do but those pictures do not look good at all, in fact I may have nightmares after viewing them.
Some of these man-made smiles don't look natural and some are just plain creepy looking especially the one with the hood.
❤️ The smile....it makes me smile and feel happy. Seeing the before pictures makes one feel unsettled looking at his expressions. Smiling gives me a good day to look forward to.
NO! NO! NO! Everytime I see him with the smiling pic (which looks forced) it makes me quiver and yell! Really he was made to frown and he looks completely natural when he is.
Just a few months ago we had an article about how people shouldn't tell women to smile. This isn't funny, this is a double standard.
It looks odd with those smiles, even wrong at times. He’s a nice looking guy, and smiling helps him look even better. He raps about some serious stuff though, and smiling is just wrong. Fun to look though.
I don’t know about this. You put a smile on this guy and he just looks like a Batman villain. 😱😱😱😱😱
It's remarkable how much more intelligent and mature he looks with a smile. His bratty scowl is like a nonstop tantrum.
When he smiles he sometimes looks like a deranged creeper.
If you want to see Em actually smile.for real, check out some old videos on you tube of him and proof before he was famous...
He didn’t use photoshop. He used faceapp. You can tell by how bad it is. If he was actually doing more than 20 seconds of work, he’d have blended the skin tone instead of making it look so odd. And yes, I’ve been a photoshop user since the early 90’s, im Actually familiar with it and have taught it for over 14. If one of my students turned these in, it would be a C at best, because it was so blatant. You can do some cool stuff with faceapp, but don’t claim it’s one thing when it’s not.
Second to last one looks like he's 'bout to murderder(My friends get the reference) me.
I don't and never will understand the American obsession with smiling for no reason. It's so fake.
As a parent, I know how important it is to be able to express emotions to your children. I don't know, but I would hope he smiles for his daughter.
How is this any different from telling women "you should smile more"? Geez, let Eminem be Eminem...
You know what is a waste of time? Its you. Like, you're not even funny dude. Literally everyone knows that you're a miserable troll. If you're going to be so damn awful as a person then the least you could do is actually be original and vary your s**t. Get a life, get help, just do something other than rack up some stupid downvotes. There is no award you're going to win for being a massive gangrenous d**k.
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it's actually the caked up make up which i find disturbing
Load More Replies... Maybe smiley Shady IS the real Shady and the other Slim Shadys were just imitating.
I hope Eminem saw this series 😀 I wonder if it would made him smile if and when he sees it
Context is that men have been telling women to smile more TO LOOK PRETTY LIKE A GODDAMN FLOWER VASE IN A ROOM. Some dude photoshopped Eminem's pics to make him smile BECAUSE IT'S F*****G FUNNY. Don't tell me you actually think Eminem looks pretty in these photoshopped pics. XD
Load More Replies... No smile lines by the eyes. Without them the smile looks fake and creepy. Photoshop manipulations of human features creep me out in general. Just because we CAN, doesn't necessarily mean we SHOULD.
it looks weird, because he fotoshoped only his lower face, but in genuine smile also eyes change.
Think that's why he looks oddly like the Don
Load More Replies... Him and Kanye always look constipated. It looks like he finally pooped and is happy now😀
Sheesh, at least work on the frowns. Eminem looks creepy while smiling with a frown
not all people can smile good. some have that face of being serious, yet i have seen eminem smile, and hes got it. he just feels more comfortable not smiling, and i would say it makes these show more of who eminem is.
that second to last one in the hoodie makes him look like a crime show serial killer
Some photos look nice because the artist has very subtly modified the eyes, some look uncomfortable and forced like grandpa Harold, its funny nevertheless. Others are sort of serial killerish because of the pissed off eyes.
i think he just makes an active effort not to smile, esp after coming back from his hiatus. but if you look through the behind the scenes vids and old interviews, they're there. IMG_2625-5...eb693a.jpg
1- Go to: :https://faceapp.com 2- Upload Eminem photo 3- Pick "smile" or "tight smile".
Here's actual pics of him smiling bc these edits do the guy injustice lol: IMG_2858-5...8daaa8.jpg
These are really f*****g creepy. Eminem should never be seen smiling. Like how Teller should never be heard speaking.
1, 6, 8, 9, and 10 are going to give me nightmares. 2, 7, and 12 are good, though.
Let's see Mike Brown fix this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHfOTOYc8QI
He's a good looking kid when he's not trying to look so tough. Even in a couple if these when he isn't smiling he's very handsome. Too bad he has so much angst in his life that he feels he has to look so tough and menacing all the time.
Can't really decide whether the smile is real nice or a little spooky x)
I can appreciate what this guy was trying to do but these pictures are awful, in fact i may have nightmares tonight
I can appreciate what this guy was trying to do but those pictures do not look good at all, in fact I may have nightmares after viewing them.
Some of these man-made smiles don't look natural and some are just plain creepy looking especially the one with the hood.
❤️ The smile....it makes me smile and feel happy. Seeing the before pictures makes one feel unsettled looking at his expressions. Smiling gives me a good day to look forward to.
NO! NO! NO! Everytime I see him with the smiling pic (which looks forced) it makes me quiver and yell! Really he was made to frown and he looks completely natural when he is.
Just a few months ago we had an article about how people shouldn't tell women to smile. This isn't funny, this is a double standard.
It looks odd with those smiles, even wrong at times. He’s a nice looking guy, and smiling helps him look even better. He raps about some serious stuff though, and smiling is just wrong. Fun to look though.
I don’t know about this. You put a smile on this guy and he just looks like a Batman villain. 😱😱😱😱😱
It's remarkable how much more intelligent and mature he looks with a smile. His bratty scowl is like a nonstop tantrum.
When he smiles he sometimes looks like a deranged creeper.
If you want to see Em actually smile.for real, check out some old videos on you tube of him and proof before he was famous...
He didn’t use photoshop. He used faceapp. You can tell by how bad it is. If he was actually doing more than 20 seconds of work, he’d have blended the skin tone instead of making it look so odd. And yes, I’ve been a photoshop user since the early 90’s, im Actually familiar with it and have taught it for over 14. If one of my students turned these in, it would be a C at best, because it was so blatant. You can do some cool stuff with faceapp, but don’t claim it’s one thing when it’s not.
Second to last one looks like he's 'bout to murderder(My friends get the reference) me.
I don't and never will understand the American obsession with smiling for no reason. It's so fake.
As a parent, I know how important it is to be able to express emotions to your children. I don't know, but I would hope he smiles for his daughter.
How is this any different from telling women "you should smile more"? Geez, let Eminem be Eminem...
You know what is a waste of time? Its you. Like, you're not even funny dude. Literally everyone knows that you're a miserable troll. If you're going to be so damn awful as a person then the least you could do is actually be original and vary your s**t. Get a life, get help, just do something other than rack up some stupid downvotes. There is no award you're going to win for being a massive gangrenous d**k.
Load More Replies... it's actually the caked up make up which i find disturbing
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