Face portrait — please share your finished result
Jilly
4 years ago
A friend on FB posted this and the replies had me laughing out loud. On iPad, I used “markup” in the edit feature.
First attempt. Had a slight problem with scale. I call him:
”Jay Leno” ....
My second attempt. I’m getting better. I call her:
”Lady With Windswept Hair” ...
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Bunny
4 years agoYou guys are doing multiple colors with your eyes closed? C’mon. This is what I think of that:
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just_terrilynn
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoLet’s finger paint them in.
I‘m now the ISOLATED girl with the yellow earring.Jilly thanked just_terrilynn
IdaClaire
4 years agoI drew myself while looking, And it's not an improvement on the eyes closed version. I did put on earrings and included my hideous eye affliction, to memorialize this moment in time forever in art. (Art... yeah.)
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mtnrdredux_gw
4 years agoI don't want to seem vain, but I have a later one that I did, and if we are using these as profile pics, I think it makes me look younger.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoBbstx, go to the markup section within a phones “edit“ section. If you start with a darker color you can go over with a lighter color, or the other way around. It’s nearly impossible to stay in the lines with ones finger so I just drew over with black lines. You can also do other adjustments in edit.
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4 years agoYou guys, I'm feeling better after a good night's sleep, but now I'm worried about hair loss.
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4 years agoIt’s weird but here is a screenshot of what I see. Until I post, I see my old coffee owl picture Notice that my picture on my colored in photo is different from the one below it. . I will be curious to see if it changes when I post this time. Right now I am seeing coffee owl.
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4 years agoThis is addicting! Some of you may be old enough to remember Squiggy from Lavern & Shirley. Somehow I’m him.
Me as Squiggy .
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Sueb20
4 years agoMtn, my whole family did it too but I don’t have the skills to put us all in a boat. ☹️
me, with my curly hair
DH the clown
DS in Boston, 27 — interesting that he has a beard and mustache and didn’t include them
DS, 24, in AZ — all that orthodontia was worthwhile
DD, 19, obv wearing lipstick
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