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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."

"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.

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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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Ronald Weasley

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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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Monday
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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.

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

Yes this is how they described her as in the books , horselike face , a long faca and neck ,and yes , blonde , but still , I didn't imagine her to look like this after reading the book , idk why , she doesn't look like Lily Evan's sister , and she doesn't even look like Petunia..

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

I actually was wondering about how much they don't look like sisters! Maybe Lily was adopted and that's why only one of them had powers!

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

Perhaps I picture her with a perm, but definitely the gaunt, horse-face description.

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

I’m actually kind of glad she doesn’t look like this in the movies.

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

Petunia was a messed up woman..i think she was acared to death of Harry..anyone remembewr Dursleys Sister who called Harrys mum a Bi**h,, omg that woman was evil to the inth..i wanted so bad for harry to put another hex on her..Marge was an entitled, unpleasant and arrogant woman, whose wealth appeared to be great, as she gave her nephew Dudley expensive gifts. In 1993, she visited her brother Vernon for a week. She enraged Harry Potter when she spoke ill of his parents. This caused Harry's magical abilities to unintentionally erupt, which resulted in her body inflating.[2] Her memory of this incident was later purged by the Ministry of Magic.]

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

HELP SOS SHE IS JUST AS CREEPY AS HER HUSBAND. BUT AT LEAST NOW I KNOW WHY DUDDY IS SO UGLY PETUNIA X VERNON = UGLY CHILD

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

I cant see pertuina with long hair. A "karen" cut, ora well hairsprayed bob, that makes sense. Something she can control.

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

Looks like a demon and Luna Lovegood had a child with a brain defect that made her a psycho

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

Why do they all have such pointy chins? I've never seen a group of people cursed with such exaggerated triangular faces!

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

Lily is great, at least Petunia must be nice. i mean about the beauty.

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

there's got to be some superficial resemblance to Harry's mum, and don't see it here

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

Consider her is lily's sister, they definitely doesn't looks like a sibling

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Dolores Umbridge

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Peter Pettigrew

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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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Viktor Krum

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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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