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We Used AI To Show What Disney Princesses Would Look Like In Real Life, And Snow White Is Kind Of Creepy

Snow White's eyes are looking into my soul.

Hannah Marder
by Hannah Marder

BuzzFeed Staff

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Hello! My name is Hannah, and I grew up wishing I was a Disney princess. Or at least, living in the world of a Disney movie.

Me dressed as Belle for my Disney-themed 14th birthday party
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Why yes, I did have a Disney princess themed birthday party when I was 14. That should give you an idea of the kind of teenager I was (hint: not cool. I was very creative though!!! I repurposed my old Bat Mitzvah dress into this dress — it had ribbons for the arms, too, but they were uncomfortable, so I'd taken them off by the time this photo was snapped — and set up decorations and a special Disney scavenger hunt myself. There was no party like a Hannah Marder birthday party). 

But unfortunately, my life is not animated. And rather than try to animate everything around me, I decided it might be fun to try un-animating stuff from the Disney-verse. In this case, Disney princesses!

Disney princesses
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

Yes, I KNOW some of these have live-action castings. And I love those castings — this is in no way to say those were bad or these would be better! I'm just messing around with robots here. 

I worked with a ~fancy AI~ (Artbreeder) to generate the portraits — if you're curious to see what the computer and I came up with together, read on!

First up, we've got my fave Disney princess: Rapunzel. Here she is in Tangled.

Rapunzel in "Tangled"
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
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And here is what she'd look like IRL:

AI version of Rapunzel
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side!

Side-by-side of animated and AI Rapunzel
Disney / courtesy Everett Collection / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Next up, we got another blonde princess: Aurora from Sleeping Beauty! Here she is in the film:

Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty"
Disney

Aaaand this is how she'd look IRL!

AI version of Aurora
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

I know she looks a bit older than 16 here, but I compromised, considering she looks, like, 30 in the movie.

Here they are side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Aurora and AI Aurora
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here is Moana in Moana.

Closeup of Moana
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

Here she is IRL!

Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side!

Side-by-side of animated Moana and AI Moana
Disney / courtesy Everett Collection / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Cinderella from Cinderella.

Cinderella
Disney

Here she is unanimated!

Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's a side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Cinderella and AI Cinderella
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Anna from Frozen and Frozen II.

Anna from "Frozen"
Disney

Here's Anna IRL.

AI version of Anna
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Elsa from Frozen and Frozen II.

Elsa from "Frozen"
Disney

Here's Elsa IRL.

AI version of Elsa
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

And here they are side-by-side!

Side-by-side of animated Elsa and AI Elsa
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Pocahontas in Pocahontas.

Pocahontas
Disney

Here's Pocahontas IRL.

Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Pocahontas and AI Pocahontas
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Mulan in Mulan.

Disney

Here she is IRL.

AI version of Mulan
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Mulan and AI Mulan
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Jasmine in Aladdin.

Closeup of Jasmine
Disney

Here's Jasmine IRL.

AI version of Jasmine
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Jasmine and AI Jasmine
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Merida in Brave.

Merida in "Brave"
Walt Disney Pictures./Courtesy Everett Collection

Here's Merida IRL.

Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Side-by-side of animated Merida and AI Merida
Disney / courtesy Everett Collection / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

This is one where I went ahead and made the character look a bit younger. She looked way too old in the movie, imo.

Here's Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

Disney

Here's Ariel IRL.

AI version of Ariel
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Belle in Beauty and the Beast.

Closeup of Belle
Disney

Here she is IRL.

AI version of Belle
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

And here they are side-by-side!

Side-by-side of animated Belle and AI Belle
Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here's Tiana in The Princess and the Frog.

Disney

Here's Tiana IRL.

AI version of Tiana
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side.

Disney / Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

And finally, here's Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Snow White
Walt Disney Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection

Here she is IRL!

AI version of Snow White
Hannah Marder / Via artbreeder.com

Here they are side-by-side!

Side-by-side of animated Snow White and AI Snow White
Disney / courtesy Everett Collection / Hannah marder / Via artbreeder.com

Were any of these wayyy off? Which were your faves? Let us know in the comments below!

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