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When comparing books and their movie adaptations, books almost always prove to be better. One of the reasons is that a film does not always manage to convey the same imagery as a book in which emotions are blended with visuals. When reading, one can form a completely different image of a place or a character and have entirely another general feeling of a story. 

When creating a film adaptation, the cast is usually chosen according to the characteristics described in a book. However, the looks are not always so precise. With that in mind, one Vietnamese woman (to her followers known as MsBananaAnna) decided to use artificial intelligence to see what Harry Potter characters would look like based on book descriptions.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this idea to learn more about her and this project. The woman revealed that she's a 28-year-old "nerd" living in Melbourne. She has been a huge "Potterhead" since grade school. "I basically grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine and remember waiting in line at midnight for the release of each book."

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    Nymphadora Tonks

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

    Makes sense. According to the books she had a heart shaped face and pink hair

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

    Don't. Call. Her. Nymphadora. Everyone that read the books knows that.

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

    Fun fact: they made her hair purple in the movies because they wanted pink to be associated with trash

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

    Wait what? Trash? I'm sorry, why would pink be associated with trash? I feel like I'm missing something, this needs more explanation lol

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

    "Bright pink (bubble gum) hair" was in the description. That's how I always imagined her. With the exception of when she changed her look. In the mobile game "Hogwarts Mystery" hit it pretty spot on.

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

    Tonks is my favorite character I wish I could change my hair color in an instant & not need bleach or hair dye plus she's just a bada$$

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

    YES I AM FINNALY MEETING PEOPEL WHO SHARE THE SAME FAVORITE CHARACTER WITH ME U ARE SO RIGHT

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

    My Favorite Charecter! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPRETTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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

    Kinda liked the Tonks movie version, but this one's good too

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

    Technically she… doesn’t even have a set form…….

    Dhitha Savithry
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    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like a vegan millennial trying to sell you her vegan milk free soy free food free cookies. It's water.

    Maya Freeman
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much what I saw her like in the books, her hair looks died though. Looks like they made the sketch and then used a filter to make the hair pink.

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

    ACTUALLY!! When reading the books I imagined Natalia Tena as Tonks. I’d only seen her when she was younger in About A Boy but she’s who came to mind. THEN SHE GOT THE PART!! Wild

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    Sarah Lewis
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d say they did a pretty great job with casting and makeup, then.

    David Moody
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks awfully familiar, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a woman who really does look like that.

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

    well, she looks perfect. just like how they described her when she was first introduced

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

    She’s missing freckles…unless I’m having a Mandela effect but I swear she has freckles 🤔

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

    Funny thing is this is what I imagined she looked like almost exactly while reading the books

    Audrey Dimmel
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow ya really went for the r-slur, didn't you. You know you could have made your point ANY OTHER WAY without having to say that.

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    "I came up with the idea to recreate the characters when I tried to find some fanworks of Hermione. I watched the movies and though I like Emma Watson, I always thought she was too gorgeous to be Hermione. I couldn't find any renditions of her that I thought were accurate so I ended up making her myself. People seemed to enjoy it so much that I decided to make more characters."

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    While some characters look similar to the ones one sees in the movies, others look nothing like them. For MsBananaAnna, Sirius was the one she personally liked the most. "I thought that was plucked straight from my head. Artbreeder can be pretty limiting in what you can do and can be a bit twiddly so not all of the characters came out as I wanted, but I thought Sirius came out as I imagined him! Dark and regally handsome."

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    Lily Potter

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

    Sure they give her realistic looking green eyes, while giving Harry those florescent orbs.

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    The recreations of Harry Potter characters got a lot of attention on Reddit (here and here) where MsBananaAnna (or, as she calls herself on Reddit, lettuceown) posted them.

    What looks are your favorites? Leave a comment and let us know!

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    Ginevra Weasley

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    Cho Chang

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

    Her name though. 🤦‍♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.

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    Charlie Weasley

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

    Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.

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    Lucius Malfoy

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

    Kinda looks like an adult Tom Felton. Which makes sense of course.

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    Bellatrix Lestrange

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

    This one really reminds me of an actor or actress. I can't really name it? It's like a mixture of famous people I know but I can't tell them apart. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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    Petunia Dursley

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

    I forgot that Petunia was blonde. Odd that they wouldn't just make her wear a wig for her scenes.

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    Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

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

    Why did the AI make wall-eyed? Was that described in the book? Book 6 isn't my fave so I've not read it enough to remember.((people have already pointed out the description that I wasn't recalling. Kinda don't need multiple comments restating the same thing))

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    Bill Weasley

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

    Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.

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    Minerva Mcgonagall

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

    No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.

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    Pansy Parkinson

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

    Forgive me, but she reminds me of an angry pig for reasons I cannot explain.

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

    Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.

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