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Here’s What Famous Historical Figures Would Look Like Today, As Shared On This IG Page (30 Pics)
It's always fun to see paintings, cartoons or anime characters come to life when people create realistic edits of them. Inspired by that, award-winning comic book writer Magdalena Vissagio decided she would try to see how famous historical figures would look if they lived in modern times. She uses mobile apps to create these edits, specifically FaceApp and AirBrush, and the results are quite impressive.
Magdalena writes on her Twitter account: "A lot of people think I'm a digital artist or whatever, so let me clarify how I work. Everything you see here is done in Faceapp+Airbrush on my phone. On the outside, each takes between 15-30 mins."
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Alexander the Great
At the airport: - Name? - Alexander. - Occupation? - No, "sightseeing".
Apps these days let you do all kinds of things, from changing the way you look to turning you into a cartoon character, to even bringing photos to life! A.I. has gone very far recently and we carry it around in our pockets. It's only a matter of time before A.I. will be a big part of our everyday lives.
Henry VIII
Catherine the Great
It would be very interesting to see Abraham Lincoln or George Washington these days. What would be their views? Would they still be in politics? Would Alexander the Great conquer the world or TikTok? Too bad that we're never going to find out—we can only see how they would look thanks to Magdalena and her project.
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Silence. I will not have my friends name ridiculed by the common soldiery!
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Show me a single (and authentic) ancient source describing his eyes as blue. You Nordicist uncultured swine
A lot of the artists at the time were reaaaally improving their subject, it was politic. I don't remember where I read it but apparently Julius Caesar was a pretty ugly man, if dramatically charismatic.
What's the obsession with blond hair and blue eyes? He would have had DARK hair and DARK BROWN eyes.
I don't want to start a whole "blue dress" thing, but my tools for the colorblind say his eyes are 170,128,88, which it identifies as "Teak" and last I checked, Teak was supposed to be brown.
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Magdalena Vissagio has over 40k followers on her Twitter account and creates comics. She is a writer and her most recent work is 'Cold Bodies' published by Dark Horse. If you're interested in reading it, go to her profile and check it out!
Caravaggio
Augustus
What do you think of these edits? Do you think they are accurate? Which one is your favorite? Tell us in the comments down below and upvote the ones you like best! Also, go show some support to Magdalena and her work, maybe even DM her if you have a specific request for a historical figure.
Tutankhamen
Caesar Augustus (Gaius Octavius)
Alexander Dumas
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
John Wilkes Booth
Frederick Douglass
Oliver Cromwell
Andrew Jackson
Native Americans refuse to use $20 bills because his picture is on it. He was responsible for the Trail of Tears.
Robert Todd Lincoln
John Tyler
Fun fact: one of his grandchildren is still alive as of 2021. Not great grandchildren, Grandchild.
Andrew Johnson
Nero
Jane Austen
Queen Anne of England
Richard II Of England
Millard Fillmore
James Madison
Ulysses S. Grant
Leonardo da Vinci
Artemisia Gentileschi
Note: this post originally had 47 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
They would have different styles, but their facial features wouldn't change.
Yes, a lot of these look nothing like their original. I guess the AI is still learning.
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A few, a very few, are good. But most of them are nothing like the historical person.
What is this "artist's" obsession with making Roman emperors blonde with blue eyes? Here's a hint..... they WEREN'T. ...///... so much for that.
They would have different styles, but their facial features wouldn't change.
Yes, a lot of these look nothing like their original. I guess the AI is still learning.
Load More Replies... A few, a very few, are good. But most of them are nothing like the historical person.
What is this "artist's" obsession with making Roman emperors blonde with blue eyes? Here's a hint..... they WEREN'T. ...///... so much for that.
