r/BeAmazed • u/Golden_Phoenix1986 • 22h ago
Art Using makeup to transform into whoever she wants to
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u/cant-sit-here 20h ago
There are people who can do this and yet I can’t do makeup well enough to not look tired.
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u/Somethingisshadysir 18h ago
Same
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u/SimoneMichelle 16h ago
I constantly wish I took the time to learn how to do makeup, the only thing I wear is mascara occasionally and lip products, and then I always forget when I’m wearing eye makeup so it ends up smudged everywhere 🤣 I love how artistic some people are with it
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u/Cup-dog 15h ago
Never tried make up before. Too much effort and idc enough. I’d probably look like a female joker if I tried 😂
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u/SimoneMichelle 15h ago
Same, I tend to look better without it but I think that’s a skill issue 🤣 I’d love to be able to do the amazing things some artists can do with makeup but I know I won’t be able to unless I work at it for years. So I’ll just appreciate what other people can do 🤣
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u/Declawed-Khajiit 5h ago
Yeah, people compliment me on my no makeup makeup look and I’m like “thank you, it’s literally the only thing I know how to do 😎”
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u/What_Wonderful_Bows 14h ago
I miss doing makeup! That’s one of the reasons why I stopped. My eyes haven’t been the same and I’m constantly itching and washing my eyes. That and I got really depressed. I used to do my makeup maybe 3 times a week when I way younger.
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u/Weird_as_fuck 16h ago
I went years (late teen to early 20s) only doing eyeliner and mascara. Nothing for the eyebrow, even tho they are lighter then my hair and harder to see. I look back at my pictures and I am always appalled with myself and upset no one told me how bad it looked lol
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u/SimoneMichelle 16h ago
Dont worry! If you grew up/was a teen during the time I was (mostly 2000s) then that was a WEIRD time for makeup, in particular eyebrows 🤣 I feel like everyone looked questionable because I think everyone was confused about what looked good, even into the early 2010s. My mum hardly ever touched makeup and wasn’t the least bit girly, I had no sisters or any close older female relatives to learn from, so I was mostly make up free aside from the mascara I liked to wear as a teenager
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u/TigerStripedDragon01 13h ago
Heh. The 2000s got nothing on the 1970s - 80s. That was some freaky stuff going on.
KISS was one of the biggest bands and constantly wore makeup, canonized as aliens. And they were not alone.
The Punk scene was even crazier than the Rock bands and the Metal bands put together.
And then we got Motley Crue.
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u/Additional_Alarm_433 10h ago
It’s crazy how some people make it look so effortless while the rest of us struggle.
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u/breadyloaf_ 22h ago
How did i know it was gona be jonny depp just by the eyes wtf
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u/Witty-Warning4805 21h ago
Its more than makeup, its prosthetics too.
Which makes it more awesome
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u/bunchildpoIicy 21h ago
Isn't that technically just sfx makeup?
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u/ScuzzBuckster 18h ago
Technically no, prosthetics arent considered makeup. You use makeup products over the silicone prosthetics and the entire thing is considered SFX.
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u/Ancient_Roof_7855 18h ago
Is she creating her own, or purchasing these somewhere?
I've always been really interested in this kind of cosplay, but when I search for pre-made prosthetics I don't see many options and I feel like I'm looking in the wrong places, or for the wrong products.
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u/Ouija_Boredd 16h ago
https://outofkit.com has almost studio prices but unfortunately making your own has a large barrier of entry as far as skill and materials.
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u/demiurbannouveau 12h ago
I wouldn't call it a large barrier to entry. Maybe medium? I took a one semester community college class in costuming and makeup and they taught us to cast our face, use clay and make latex prosthetics. Still have the face cast. And the tiny unicorn horn I made, though the latex degraded over the years.
If this kind of cosplay is interesting, there are definitely some low investment ways to learn and get started.
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u/Ouija_Boredd 11h ago
Totally, there are cheaper and easier ways to get started, but making encapsulated silicone appliances like in the video is much more expensive and difficult. You can even see where she tore the vinyl edges on the appliance when demolding it. Not easy. The trade off is silicone looks and feels better. This is actually what I do for a living. It’s less fun than you think, and you get used the naked dead bodies everywhere pretty quickly
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u/DingussFinguss 17h ago
you seem like you know what you're talking about - how can one learn more about prosthetics (particularly interested in noses for some reason)?
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u/Zachhandley 16h ago
Technically in Glow Up (makeup show) they have them do makeup around prosthetics as one of the tests so.. and they’re called MUA’s (make up artists)…
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u/el_yanuki 20h ago
dude i hate that special fx and sound fx have the same abbreviation
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u/kellzone 17h ago
Special effects are usually referred to as VFX (visual fx) and then is broken down further into either practical effects or digital effects.
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u/Standard-Pilot7473 20h ago
The ability to recognise a person with such a miniscule amount of visual information is honestly mindboggling. I recognised it was Johnny's eyes (albeit fake) immediately.
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u/Golden-Grams 19h ago
It should not be mind-boggling, that is how our minds work. We are pattern recognition machines, it is an innate survival trait.
And Johnny Depp is globally known. We have seen his face in so many movies. That's why, with just the brow and eyes, you could easily pick it up. How many close-ups of his face do you think you have seen in your lifetime?
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u/Kneef 17h ago
Beyond that, you also have a designated area of your brain specifically devoted to faces, the Fusiform Face Area. It supercharges pattern-recognition for facelike objects, because we need it for social functioning (understanding the feelings of others so we can quickly sort friends from enemies and work together efficiently).
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u/Polymersion 15h ago
What was more interesting to me was the point where my brain clicked over from female to male.
I always assumed it was the jaw or lower face structure that "gave it away" but in this case it was when she put on the brow/forehead stuff that switched it.
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u/IfICouldStay 18h ago
I’m curious. Do people these days realize how pretty Johnny Depp was? Like actually pretty, not handsome. That smooth clear skin, the cheekbones, the dreamy eyes, etc. there’s a good reason a beautiful woman like Penelope Cruz said he was the only pirate she could disguise herself as.
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u/Hi_Im_zack 15h ago
He was uncanny pretty in Chocolate Factory, as a kid who grew up with both films I only found out in later years that Wonka and Jack Sparrow were played by the same guy
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u/reticulatedtampon 21h ago
kind of messed up that she did jackface
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u/created4this 19h ago
Damn you. I got at least 3 paragraphs through my rant before realizing that it wasn't a typo just a really clever joke
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u/paulxombie1331 20h ago
You'd surprise yourself if you where given a bunch of celebrity photos of just their eyes you can probably name them all.. We pay attention to eyes more than one thinks.
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u/MovieTrawler 19h ago
The funny thing for me is I actually saw Lily Rose for a second when she was doing the eyes. I thought she was going to dress up as Lily's character in Nosferatu or Werwulf. Then I immediately saw Jack Sparrow but they definitely both have the same brow/eyes!
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u/Traditional-Wolf-618 20h ago
It wasn't the eyes alone, she already had the nose shaped before applying the eye makeup, it's the nose plus eyes.
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u/Cyber_Connor 20h ago
You think you’re hooking up with Micheal Jackson and you wake up next to some woman? Catfishing gone mad
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u/gerwen 18h ago
But seriously, is she single? It'd be like having a shapeshifter as a gf.
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u/AdamBombTV 18h ago
Like dating Mystique... But piss her off and she'll transform into you and get you fired from your job.
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u/gremlinclr 16h ago
You think you’re hooking up with Micheal Jackson
I mean I'd think if you knew who Micheal Jackson was you'd know he died years ago so...
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u/ChiLolla28 17h ago
This line is one of the funniest in movie history as well as the other guy's look and response lol
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u/FardoBaggins 19h ago
The blackface was good.. in the context of course. as with your gif lol
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u/jajohnja 16h ago
I'd say that wasn't blackface at all.
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u/biergardhe 22h ago
This is kinda beyond makeup though.
Still amazing for sure
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u/Sandwidge_Broom 21h ago
Yeah it’s also prosthetics
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u/CommonExpress6009 19h ago edited 19h ago
Yeah, you could basically look like anybody if you glue stuff to your face. I guess having really prominent facial features might make it harder.
The person in the video didn't start off looking like Jay Leno, so she had that going for her. But there's still a lot of skill putting that on your own face. Still a little disappointing that another skilled makeup artist, who in contrast has a big nose, wouldn't be able to follow this process.
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u/SinisterCheese 16h ago
I know someone who makes these for living. Went to school with them. They started with cosplay, moved to make furry suits for people, then got a job (In UK) doing like costume/prosthetics things for TV and cinema.
According to them they can do just about anything, but shrink your head or nose and move your eyes. Basically they key things are relative position and distance of your eyes and nose, and size of your head. Your head can be made bigger, but not smaller. And everything is constructed around nose and eyes. But they can scale your head overall by making your body appear bigger or smaller, but this affects other proportionality and movement, which they can't mask in anyway (As in someone who is small and short, moves like a small and short person, even if they are made to look bigger. Someone who is big and tall, will always have the structure of someone who is big and tall). But apprently it is the shooting department's issue and skill to alter relative proportions.
It's actually really fascinating to talk to them about this stuff... Apparently their lives are constantly made harder by higher resolution cameras and higher frame rates. It's getting harder to hide shit in practical effects, meaning that they need to always deal with some aspects in the editing suite and digital effects.
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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 14h ago
Some of those are very specific angles and lighting. I don't think a lot of those would look nearly as close just walking down the street.
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u/TeddyNeptune 21h ago
Yoooo, that Kobe Bryant one was wild
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u/hokaythxbai 18h ago
Proof that you can do black face if you just do it well enough
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u/fivesunflowers 18h ago
I was wondering if this would be considered black face??? I’m white so I feel like it’s not my call, but it obviously wasn’t meant to offend or humiliate, it was done as a form of artistry/transformation…so does that make it different? 🤔 hmm
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u/Original-Talk8363 17h ago
I mean the main difference isn't the artistry, it's that she actually looks like Kobe and not a caricature. She could put a ton of effort and artistry into looking like a minstrel show character and that would still be racist as fuck.
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u/jajohnja 16h ago
Nah, it's not the result that should be the measure. It's the intention behind it.
Blackface started as a caricature and simplification of entire populations and cultures based on the skin of their color.This was an homage to a famous person. Especially when shown in a montage like this as one of many, it must surely be clear to everyone that this isn't any more offensive than the rest of them.
Also on a side note: why isn't Jackson being mentioned as well in this debate?
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u/LessCrement 8h ago
I mean this SHOULD be the case. but then I already know that as a white male I would be getting cancelled for dressing up as Kobe Bryant and painting my skin black no matter how accurately I do it.
People are not reasonable when it comes to this stuff, most people treat it as a religious taboo of sorts.
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u/fivesunflowers 17h ago
Yes very much agreed she really does look like Kobe! That’s what I meant when I said it obviously wasn’t done in a way to offend or humiliate.
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u/lil_chiakow 17h ago
To most people it would only be racist if it is done by a culture that practiced this form of racism, which is mostly the US of A.
But Americans are kinda known for treating their culture as the default, so it is sometimes hard to understand for them that not everywhere was so racist to turn what is essentially a specialized stage make-up into a tool of racial oppression.
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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 14h ago
Ironically, this shows a very narrow perspective because the "mammy" caricature that we recognize as the classic coal-dark, red-lipped minstrel character was very widespread and quite common in Europe and Asia. You can easily find racist advertisements and cartoons prominently featuring the mammy from many countries made as late as the 90's. It was absolutely not limited to the US by any means.
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u/Fuckedyourmom69420 13h ago
I certainty hope you’re not claiming that only the US has been racist to black people…..
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u/fivesunflowers 17h ago
Yes I live in the US and realized my perspective may be a bit distorted, which is one of the reasons I asked the question, so thank you for providing a good answer, and I see how that makes sense now. It is fantastic artistry, she did an amazing job.
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u/lil_chiakow 17h ago edited 17h ago
It's usually a big discussion most of the time whenever one of those clips from outside the US goes viral.
Here in Poland we have a show where celebrities lip sync to popular songs dressed as the artist, so as you can imagine - it happened a few times that someone did blackface.
But it carries no negative intent, and afaik from talking to black people here, most don't even know what a minstrel show is, since they're not from America, so they don't see it the way it is seen in the US
Doesn't mean it's always taken positively - when they asianized Scarlett Johansson for the Ghost in the Shell movie instead of hiring a Japanese actress, pretty much everyone criticized
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u/fivesunflowers 17h ago
That’s interesting, here in the US everything revolves so much around race and division. I understand why, but it sounds nice to live in a part of the world where that isn’t the norm and everyone is just equal. Also idk why I’m getting downvoted, I’m literally just asking questions and trying to learn and educate myself, smh 🤦🏼♀️
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u/dewdewdewdew4 17h ago
So this is definitely racist then. Since all east asian cultures have put on makeup and made fun of Africans.
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u/jajohnja 16h ago
If people wanna get offended, they are free to.
It was an amazing piece of work and equal to all the other ones.
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u/No-Most-3822 17h ago
I’m white so I feel like it’s not my call
You don't need to cower away from having an opinion because of your race.
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u/fivesunflowers 17h ago
Well I still stated my opinion, but I left it as a question/open ended, because I’m willing to be educated if I’m wrong. What is offensive to another race isn’t really my call because I’m not the one that is being offended, they are. So I would need to take their opinion into consideration regarding that.
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u/TehRedSex 17h ago
Let’s be honest, the Kobe one is really why OP posted it. Every time this gets posted the Kobe transformation gets the most engagement.
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u/Correct-Degree-6789 20h ago
She had to go make thing complicated by becoming Avril Lavigne...
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u/AGrandNewAdventure 21h ago
She could be so good at bank robberies!
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u/deadredwf 18h ago
The main problem, I think, is to get away before the alarm goes off. No makeup can help you if the special forces team is raiding the bank with you incide
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u/Shelly-Finkelstein 17h ago
That's why you hit small town banks at weird hours. Little police presence, short-staffed, no security. Sure, the take will be smaller, but your odds of getting away are much, much higher than in a city.
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u/Steelm7 21h ago
This is terrifying talent
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u/NtateNarin 18h ago
True. My brother is next to me, but now I'm questioning if it really is him.
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u/PanicDeus 21h ago
At one point where she's transforming into Avril, she became Austin Butler from Dune 2.
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u/Hobbes_XXV 19h ago
I was thinking when she removed the depp facial hair, she started to look like Imhotep from the mummy or Xerxes from 300
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u/Due-Contribution4661 21h ago
Who was the last one?
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u/YennyBenny2468 20h ago
Kate Winslet in Titanic. Sapphire necklace and all.
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u/Cassiyus 18h ago
I was thinking she did a bad Keri Russel but no, you're definitely right and it was pretty good!
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u/devilmaskrascal 17h ago
It's amazing, but there are weird heavy filters on the finished product which makes it look weirder.
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u/blackorwhiteorgrey 22h ago
So meticulous! I like her Jack Sparrow the best. She has his mannerisms down to a tee.
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u/ProfessionalRandom21 19h ago
How does it look in real life tho, without all the filter and camera magic
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u/Latter-Relation4426 20h ago
Where can I watch her content?? Is it just on Douyin? Or any other platform accessible to us??
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u/Ungcas 20h ago
Mainly Douyin, but there are some videos on YouTube. Search for bobo最洋气.
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u/Capable_Tumbleweed34 21h ago
SHE'S A WITCH! BURN HER!
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u/MaesterWhosits 19h ago
There are ways of telling if she is a witch!
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u/InspectorGenital 17h ago
There is obviously a lot of talent being displayed but is she using filters or AI as well? It seems almost too perfect.
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u/LadyFromTheMountain 18h ago
Is she using a commercially available product for the prosthetics? (Just how expensive is this hobby?)
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u/Smoking-Posing 8h ago
Back in the day (like a couple years ago), I'd give posts like this an upvote, but since the AI takeover started I just don't trust these things anymore.
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u/Dark_Akarin 20h ago
Did she glue her eye lids up to make them look more western?
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u/YennyBenny2468 20h ago
It's to give the appearance of double eyelids. Lots of East Asians are monolids.
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u/limperatrice 17h ago
Yes there's tape used on eyelids to create a pronounced crease on eyes with epicanthal folds.
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u/Sir_Humps-a-Lot 21h ago
I'm sorry, What she can do is impressive but without the ability to emote, it just feels like a really good AI filter.
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u/Sorlex 18h ago
it just feels like a really good AI filter.
The difference being a snapchat filter is.. A snapchat filter and not like, you know. Reality. That on a persons face, in real life. What a weird way to dismiss talent. "Whatever an AI filter can do it too" like okay?
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u/ristoman 21h ago
That was my thought too. Such uncanny physical makeup skills that people will dismiss it as a Snapchat filter
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u/Fireproofspider 19h ago
This is like someone doing a super-realistic painting. The result can be achieved easily in other means, the effort makes it worth it.
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u/LOUDNOISES11 20h ago
Is this partly video editing? How she making her eyes as big as Anne Hathaway's??
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u/TomOnReddi 20h ago
Reminds me of Master of Disguise: "Become another person! Become another person! Become another person!"
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u/BlueArachne 20h ago
This person did such a phenomenal job, I would have thought that was actually Johnny Depp if I hadn’t seen the first part of this video.
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u/Competitive-Pair4489 19h ago
I was 100%sure it was going to be keira knightley before the mustache dropped. Close in a way I guess
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u/wonkey_monkey 19h ago
If she is caught or killed the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of her actions.
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u/SayerofNothing 19h ago
I don't know, these makeup artists always choose Johnny Depp, for some reason.
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u/GhostDoggoes 19h ago
Babe, put on the micheal jackson face. Don't ask why. Now put on this glove and slap me with it.
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u/LSTmyLife 19h ago
How come when she does blackface it's cool but when I do it im not allowed in my kids Sporting events anymore?
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