FaceApp is trained to modify photos of faces (e.g. Instagram). How well does it generalize to paintings? Surprisingly well.
We can send Marilyn into the painting world (German expressionism from 1930), and pull the painting's subject into reality.
We can send Marilyn into the painting world (German expressionism from 1930), and pull the painting's subject into reality.
Here's a portrait by Rita Angus FaceApped to star Cate Blanchette. FaceApp preserves some (but not all) of distinctive stylized rendering of the face.
Another stylized portrait by Rita Angus.
FaceApp's also good at modifying sculptures. Here's a change of expression and hair style on a work of Antonio Canova.
Jesus in the Ghent Altarpiece, k-pop style.
As expected, realist paintings (like this one by British painter Meredith Frampton) work especially well. (Billie Eilish and Marilyn)
More faceapped Meredith Frampton. Transforming Titanic-era Kate Winslet and Liz Taylor into the painting.
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