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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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Fred And George Weasley

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

I'll assume that's Fred... He has two ears... But he's not a ghost.

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

sooo just because they are twins we only get one picture? Even "identical" twins don't really look 100% identical

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

Can confirm; my sister has identical twins.....but they're only 1 year old so I don't know what they'll look like when they grow up.

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

I think this one fits the book version more, but I still like the movie versions

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

Something is still weird with proportions. Too symmetrical maybe.

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

I could see this working as a pair of mischievous rascals looking to make a quick Galleon.

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

I actually saw them skinnier with big mouths and big front teeth because when they smile you can't help but smile too, even if you don't want to. That one is a no no for me.

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

This is Gred. Forge is upstairs cooking up new fireworks. Gred just wants this muggle photo shoot done with quickly. Or is the Forge and Gred's the one upstairs..? Probably. He looks like he's up to no good..

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

I wanted to see two of them!! And one twin doing bunny ears behind the other's head.

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

“Who cares which one this is.” Every identical twin’s worse nightmare…

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

Yes they were identical for the most part, but supposedly the younger twin had more freckles over his nose/pore strip area. While the older had a slight scar over his right eyebrow that was mostly hidden by the eyebrow. You have to read not only the books, but listen to interviews given by JK over the first few years, before the world went potter mad with book four

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

Its funny how you can just put one image and we know its both :)

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

What is it with this fixation with freckles? As the child of and sister of gingers, no.

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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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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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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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