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Founder and creative director of @Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat. Tonal Whiplash Zone.

Nov 20, 2021, 58 tweets

I asked Neural Blender for pictures of Frank Zappa by famous artists. Pablo Picasso, HR Giger, Francis Bacon, Frida Khalo.

Frank Zappa by Vincent Van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Gustav Klimt, Johannes Vermeer.

Frank Zappa by Leonardo da Vinci, Susan Ryder, Kehinde Wiley, Rembrandt

"A painted portrait of Taylor Swift by Pablo Picasso."

"A painted portrait of Taylor Swift by Leonardo Da Vinci"

Now for David Bowie painted by various artists, via NeuralBlender. Pablo Picasso, Bob Ross, Francis Bacon, Vincent van Gogh

David Bowie painted by various artists, via NeuralBlender. HR Giger, Frida Khalo, Salvador Dali, Gustav Klimt

"David Bowie painted by Johannas Vermeer"

I tried @PaulHollywood painted by Pablo Picasso in NeuralBlender

Donald Trump painted by Frida Khalo, really captures his essence.

"Alan Partridge painted by Frida Kahlo"

I managed to get a fairly realistic Alan from "Alan Partridge in the style of a North Korean propaganda poster."

I tried to see how making the text more descriptive could make the image more precise. I think this is a partial success for "Prue Leith, Paul Hollywood, Noel Fielding, and Matt Lucas eating slices of cake in a tent. The tent is large and white." I think Prue is missing.

TinTin by Jack Kirby

"Vladimir Putin painted by Gustav Klimt" gave my favourite result so far

"Vladimir Putin painted by HR Giger" gave what's probably the scariest

"Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh" worked better than I thought it would.

I felt so clever after my Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh image I decided to do "Donald Trump as a giant baby" and now regret my previous arrogance.

As a palate cleanser I tried "President Joe Biden driving a 1967 Chevrolet car, painted by Norman Rockwell." but it ended up looking like a future Dead Kennedy's album cover

Good enough that I probably can't fly to China anymore?

"Teletubbies by Zdzisław Beksiński"

Paw Patrol by Zdzisław Beksiński

"Mr Tumble by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Octonauts by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Hey Dougie by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Go Jetters by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Peter Hitchens painted by Degas"

"Boris Johnson painted by HR Giger"

"Iron Man painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Marvel's Black Widow painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Ant-Man painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"The Incredible Hulk painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Spider-man painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Thor painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Superman painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Cyborg painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Two-face painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Storming Capitol Hill by Hieronymus Bosch"

"Hillary Clinton painted by Pablo Picasso"

"Downton Abbey painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

This came out surprisingly well "Harry Styles painted by Andy Warhol"

Since I did it to Boris I thought it was only fair "Keir Starmer painted by HR Giger"

Tried Robocop by various artists, I think it must struggle with cyborgs. Robocop by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, HR Giger and Degas

"Boris Johnson by Salvador Dali"

"Robocop painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

loss.jpg painted by Hieronymus Bosch

"Captain America painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Black Panther painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Doctor Strange painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Captain Marvel painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Batman painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"The Joker painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Judge Dredd painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Judge Death painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Weird Al Yankovic painted by Zdzisław Beksiński"

"Vladimir Putin painted by Edvard Munch"

"Ruslan Boshirov by Pablo Picasso"

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