'Photoreal' images of Roman Emperors

[Imperial Dave]

https://medium.com/@voshart/photoreal-roman-emperor-project-236be7f06c8f

very interesting project....

[Nick Harbud]

Good find Dave.

One has to wonder whether the neural-net tool was influenced by photographs of modern celebrities.  I mean, Gordian III appears to be modelled on Mark Zuckerberg and Vitellius could have been easily played by Gert Fröbe during his Goldfinger period.

[Justin Swanton]

Vespasian definitely looks like Lyndon Johnson. Did Florianus really look like that?

[Erpingham]

Ray Winstone could play Balbinus.

[Nick Harbud]

...and Augustus is surely Vladimir Putin with a wig.

[Imperial Dave]

...and Augustus is surely Vladimir Putin with a wig.

[RichT]

Did Florianus really look like that?

Florianus:


Jack Black:


Who knows? They look pretty cool though - I'd like to see this applied to some Greeks.

[Prufrock]

Commodus looks like Dennis Rodman! What a cool project.

[Erpingham]

Gordian I = Jose Mourinho.

Once you start, it is hard to stop.

[Ade G]

Was a cuboid head a pre-requisite?

[Duncan Head]

There's something of the Stephen Fry about Tiberius - maybe it's just the smile?

[Nick Harbud]

...and Ryan Sampson evidently modelled Grumio's hair style from Trajan.

[Erpingham]

Here's another game - which one should George Clooney play?

[Justin Swanton]

Here's another game - which one should George Clooney play?

Easy - Caracalla.

[Baldie]

Would make a great sticker album