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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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Draco Malfoy

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

Looks like a cross between Tom Felton and Gollum...

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

a) Resting A$$ Face? b) Resting *uck face? c) Resting *uckboy face? no wait... d) Resting Duck Face? e) Resting R@p3 Face? lol I dunno... I'm high

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

The Rich Jerk gone Jaded. John Smith definitely said it with "Malnourished", which definitely goes very well with what he was going through in "The Half-Blood Prince." All that time of skipping out on Quidditch, spending time in the Room of Requirements, and the threat of The Dark Lord over his family; this definitely shows the fear and anxiety of Draco Malfoy.

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

He looks like a mean early heroine user who hasn't found his stash

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

"Taters?! What's Taters precious?" is all I can hear when I see his face.

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

This made Luna and Draco look like somebody put blond wigs on Smeagol's good and evil personalities, precious.

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

Poor boy needs some grub, lol...Or some blood-looks like a starving vampire!

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

What have he eaten straight f*****g rocks😭😭😭😭😭😭

Vayda Ticchiarelli
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Judith Colella
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do I see Gollum when I look at this? Caught his intensity perfectly, though!

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

kind of looks like the kid who plays peter pan in the Once Upon a Time series

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

Is it just me, or does the Malfoy family all look related to Dobby?

conniecakes06
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does this draco look like a cannibal, I'm just saying don't fall asleep around him!

Elliot Parrish (he/him)
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why the chisled cheekbones in every one tho? looks like he has an eating disorder

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

My man looks like he's about to come across the ring of sauron 🤣🤣🤣

RedOphelia 13
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does he look like he just escaped an asylum and is on his way to help a super villain friend with a plot?

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

Looks like one if the elf-like creatures from "The Dark Crystal"

Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scary but probably accurate, idk id have to reread his original description

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

Ummm I guess he's got his mother's skin....not sure why these all look like they're recovering from starvation though.

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Ronald Weasley

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Bellatrix Lestrange

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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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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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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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