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I am Alper Yesiltas, a lawyer and photographer living in Istanbul, Turkey. I've been imagining scenes and capturing memories for about 19 years now. During that time, some of my photos have been edited worldwide in books, magazines, exhibitions, and websites and were awarded in several photo contests.

I would like to share with you the first collection of images of my AI-based project called "As if nothing happened". Behind this project lies the question of "how would people look photo-realistically if some great events had not happened to them". I look forward to your feedback and suggestions.

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Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

I wish he hadn't got that disease.

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With the development of AI technology, I've been excited for a while, thinking that "anything imaginable can be shown in reality". When I started tinkering with technology, I saw what I could do and thought about what would make me the happiest. I wanted to see some of the people I missed again in front of me and that's how this project emerged.

#2

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

I wish he hadn't been affected by the exhaustion of his role.

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GoGoPDX
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was one celebrity OD death that shocked me. I honestly did not know he struggled with SAD.

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Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

I wish she hadn't sought the inspiration she needed elsewhere.

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Danni
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her story breaks my heart, So much talent and so little support and love. she deserved better.

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The hardest part of the creative process for me is making the image feel "real" to me. The moment I like the most is when I think the image in front of me looks very realistic as if it was taken by a photographer.

I am using various software programs. The time it takes for me to create one fully finished image varies, but I would say it takes a while for an image to feel "real" to me.

#4

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

I wish he hadn't faced vitiligo.

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New Everywhere
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love seeing this. Michael was naturally super handsome and it would've been wonderful to see him like this

Kitty1019
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, after all the plastic surgery, specifically on his nose, he never would have looked like this. But it would've been great if he had.

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Natalie H
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean if he hadn’t ruined his face with all those ridiculous surgeries. If he’d just left his face alone, look how handsome he would have been!! He could have shown the world that vitiligo is beautiful, instead of destroying himself. So sad

Fenchurch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. Vitiligo was not the problem. Makeup isn’t what killed him…

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vitiligo had nothing to do with the way he had his face carved down.

Christianne White
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would have been beautiful if he actually could have come close to looking like this, sigh he chiseled away so much of his natural beauty and became a different person.

Biliegh Berrie
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing. It's sad he felt he had to do all those surgeries. This is a beautiful pic

Louieeeeee
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Listen I can understand wanting MJ to have been more confident in his appearance, but Vitiligo is not something to be wished away. It’s just a skin pattern. There’s no reason for you to feel bad for him because he had vitiligo. Vitiligo is beautiful, and pity like this, treating it like some sort of illness, is not the way to normalize differences

Gay-Froggie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yall I'm seeing a lot of these comments saying he died from his vitiligo- that's not true.. he wasn't able to sleep at night so he would take anesthesia I believe so he could sleep. Well the doctor who gave it to him was supposed to stay in the room with him until he fell asleep, but the doctor went into the other room (also gave Mr. Jackson too much of the medication) . Michael could've been saved if he was watched and taken care of properly. Hope this informed you on the true passing of this amazing man.

Marcella Savage
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ironically, he probably would have died anyway due to lack of rem sleep. Propofol doesn't let the user experience ren sleep. Complications from that would have been fatal, even though he probably woke up feeling like he had a good night's sleep. Another way his doctor let him down. Fatally.

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Rachel Blankenship
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom has vitiligo and she is beautiful. Like a porcelain doll. And she has no strange, surgery fetishes

guyx23
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this one's missing bars, as the bastard would probably be in prison for molestation

Noelle R
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The baldness was likely alopecia due to damage from misuse/overuse of chemical relaxers, also he had that accident when his hair caught on fire so possible scalp damage from that. So if he had embraced his natural hair along with his natural features this is how he’d look.

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Patti Wagner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo tells me that Micheal finally found Happiness and Peace in his life, and finally felt comfortable being himself.

D'NicKy Karito
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The text description underneath is dumb. It's like putting Peter Dinklage and saying "wish he wouldn't have faced dwarfism" or lee Scharf "faced down syndrome".

Sue Mullen Andersen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Michael was my "celebrity crush" as a young girl. SO handsome. Though I liked him with the natural look instead of the plastic surgery. .

Linda Patterson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He had so many issues because of how he grew up. I wish he had been able to be happy as himself. He was so talented and so exploited. His dad only cared about what Michael could do for him.

Atreïdes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More like how he COULDN’T grow up (he was thrust into stardom too early)

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Whitefox
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He had Vitiligo which causes areas of your skin to depigment. He tried masking it by bleaching it. Technically it was an OD but not like what you think. His dr. gave him too much of an anesthetic he was using to sleep. He did not do it to himself.

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Mushroom Mandrake
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You do not die of vitiligo. You die of, as you have said on other drug overdose photos, seeking inspiration (or comfort) elsewhere.

Denise Lewis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

they forgot to add in all his plastic surgery this is what he would have looked like with out that surgery.

Böb Schüster
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should have had some balding and gray hair in there. This pic doesn't look like a 64 year old.

Iam Knucks
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would have been great to see this man in jail for all the lives he destroyed.

Travis Robinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your opinion of his allegations holds no weight, you are just another misinformed sheep. He was convicted of nothing and numerous children admitted to their parents influenced them to lie for a pay day.

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Lara Elliott
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He would look NOTHING like this as he had already disfigured his face with so so many body dysmorphia-induced cosmetic surgeries. Plus I doubt very much he would ever grow facial hair as he had a need to be a perpetual Peter Pan.

David K
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can we please stop ignoring the fact that he molested kids? Bored Panda, you need to regulate this. Glorifying a man who preyed on innocent children. If you don’t see, then you don’t want to

Malwin Wellham
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That has to be younger picture of Michael. He doesn't even look 50 here

Linziaj
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg this is so not what he would look like. Maybe from a teenager to old but not with what he did with surgery

No One
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nose is wrong. It doesn't take into account all the surgeries.

Tiny Dancer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, it does. See, this is what he would have looked like had he NOT had all of the surgeries. At least, they're all just the artist's speculation or fantasy of what these people would look like had things been different in their lives.

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fogharty
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think how many more young boys’ lives he could have affected!

Djoarhet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah people still idolizing Jackson is something I will never understand...

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Arizona Sunflowers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vitiligo wasn’t the problem. His low self-esteem was. He literally had no nose when he died. His face looked like a skull. Especially the way he had cut nearly his entire nose off! He wore a wig and didn’t apparently like his real hair. He wanted to take away the facial features that made him Michael Jackson! And couldn’t sleep without narcotics, which was the reason for his death, thanks to a ignorant, star-struck doctor!

Arizona Sunflowers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His nose had nearly disappeared before he died…this nose is really not right. I think you must have taken a picture as a kid, before he had all that plastic surgery on his face.

Johnny Crowe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can hear him singing here… “ Each time the wind blows I hear your voice so I call your name…”

Johnny Crowe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can imagine him singing… “ Each time the wind blows I hear your voice so I call your name…”

Jutta Goodman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No way, Michael Jackson would not look like this. Totally different face.

Helena Zancani
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...Does he look weirdly like Antonio Banderas to anyone else or is that just me?

Iris Adams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what he was trying to look like his entire life. The vitiligo , insecurities , the surgeries ... this IS Michael.

Iris Adams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg!! Amazing!! This IS who he was trying to be his entire life! I love it!

R Zu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

By now, Jackson would have had 15 more facial surgeries, and there would be nothing left of his face.

Travis Robinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sent chills thru my spine, wow, I don’t even know how to feel looking at this I’m just in amazement, sad and idk then the title, “as if nothing happened” f**k man wow just wow

Rachel Pluff
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember he had a nose altering surgery, nose is wrong, but very accurate otherwise.

Annie Yang
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Simply amazing. I wished he would have looked like this too.

Alyssa Keezer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel so ever grateful to have been alive, to see these people come to be in my lifetime. God bless MJ

Alyssa Keezer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It sure would have. I was thinking how fortunate I have been to live the in the century I have and not later. 🥲💝

Joni Merchant
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NO WAY mj would have let him self age. He would have continued to have plastic surgery.

Matthew Schilken
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How on earth does he have his original face back? He *did* have plastic surgery, isn't the point of this what they would look like if they were still alive not what they would look like if they hadn't done things while they were alive?!

Sandy Feuerbacher
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks NOTHING like Michael Jackson - main thing is his NOSE looks nothing like this!! This one is a FAIL!!!

Steve Garland
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He wouldn’t have looked like that. This was before his plastic surgery. His nose and eyes would be completely different.

Scott Taylor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He wouldn't have looked like this. His nose was totally reshaped due to plastic surgery. I agree though IF he hadn't undergone surgery this is how he would have looked. Very handsome.

Andrew Power
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No way would he have all that hair. Think his father Joe and brother Randy.

Charles Philip Adams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think he would have had to skip all the needless plastic surgery first and then not kill himself.

Darlene V
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this one is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melissa Jackson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish he had not mutilated his face with absolutely hideous plastic surgery

Gary Townshend
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look around the streets of Bucharest, and you just might find this guy.

Moo Moo Futch
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He had lupus AND vitiligo so no, he wouldn't have looked like that. People forget he had two serious medical conditions.

fu yu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to the photo, his nose would have reverted to it's pre-plastic surgery state. 🙄

Kelley Bryan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing wrong with vitiligo, I have it myself. But this is a marvelous impression.

Jaguarundi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He would have become such a handsome man if he didn't want to never look like his father.

Simba
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not possible for MJ to "get old" and revert to his original looks 🙄

M….
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NO! Stop. The Q people already think he's still alive. Now they'll be using this as "proof."

Lisa Johannesson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never mind the vitiligo, the lack of plastic surgery would have made a huge difference

Xenon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now is too big. He barely had a nose when he died,

Sydney Smith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't remotely accurate - did they forget what that trainwreck looks like before he died. THIS is a normal looking person, anyone whose sent the pedo knows that his nose was barely hanging on in the end and he had some weird surgery on his face. Let's not forget that he loved to sexual assault children here.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whoever downvoted you is in denial and defending a child molester and pedophile, which is disgusting. You're very correct.

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bottomless.abyss.of.bordem
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you. I was starting to wonder if there was another Michael Jackson. Like, WTF? Yes, this normal, human face would have attracted and lulled many more kids.

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

I wish he had decided to stay.

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GoGoPDX
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow!! I always think of Kurt as older than me. I was 14 and a HUGE Nirvana fan when he died. It always breaks my heart when I realize that he was only and will forever be 27! Still so young and so much life ahead of him. This picture really gets me right in the heart!

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There are 10 images so far in this project, I want to extend it but I want to do it in a selective way, so the process is a little bit slow for me. For future projects, there are various things I imagine about real life using AI technology. Like "Life in 2050" and "Alternate Museum".

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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

I wish he hadn't sought the inspiration he needed elsewhere.

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Detroit Citizen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see this and can picture him in retirement jammin out on a stoop teaching the younger generations how to shred.

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John Lennon

John Lennon

I wish he hadn't been in New York that day.

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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

I wish he hadn't taken that painkiller that day.

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Detroit Citizen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rick the Dragon Steamboats twin. (80's WWE/WWF). But i still wouldnt mess with Mr Lee. Nope.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

I wish he decided to live a life where he paid more attention to the health of his heart.

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2pac

2pac

I wish he hadn't been involved in that event that would cause him to face the mafia.

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Jennifer Checki
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting that the OP knows who killed him, since law enforcement does not. 🤦‍♀️

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