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So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

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Same reason I’m obsessed with skeletons now

They never talk about the byproduct of hyperfixations..... im obsessed with aliens now because of josh dun from twenty one pilots.... I cant....

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Hear me out, do we think that Ned and his tribe had something to do with the original religion or whatever was there before vialism?

Bc all of the statues in Dema are of a person holding their hands above their head like Ned and his tribe teach Clancy to do when he seizes Keons, but the antlers have been replaced with neon lights. Plus, the statues seem to be permanent, but all of the lights the bishops revolve their practice around seem to be temporary and are easily removable (as seen in the Outside mv when Keons knocks them to the ground)

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upon a rewatch of the “i am clancy” video, i caught a line i think people have glossed over. when talking about the creation of sai, he specifically says “they made me entertain the people. lie to them.” and you know what the big message behind scaled and icy was? clancy is dead. he fully tells us he was lying. like we already knew it was propaganda, and that the bishops were filtering everything he said, and then he outright says “i lied.” of course, this only holds merit if you believe what he says in this video (no im not bitter people think he’s lying in it. youre crazy)

also, just other thoughts—i think people are way too hung up on the tyclancy debate. besides the fact that i don’t understand why it’s still a debate at all, the stuff he talks about in this video goes so far beyond that.

first of all, he mentions his friends (“i can feel my friends rolling their eyes”). he has friends dude. i cant fucking get over that. he even laughs a little when he says it too. guys he has real friends besides torch. i think we moved on from that too fast. tell me more about your friends catboy

second of all and more importantly: “i am a citizen of an old city. well, they say it’s old, but there’s just no proof.” this was also hinted at in two of the fpe letters (transcriptions from ciancyisdead on twt)

and clancy also says vialism is a “hijacked religion”

WHY do we not talk about this more often. guys theyre faking a whole history within dema and manipulating a religion to keep the appearance up. we have no idea what vialism used to be before the bishops got ahold of it and began twisting it to fuel their seizing ability. the bishops’ corruption runs so much deeper than just clancy. his importance comes from his status as an exception and escapee, but like, the bishops are doing a lot outside of him. he has a personal connection that is the center of the story, as it should be, but like. there is so much more. why don’t people ever talk about vialism dude it’s so frustrating to only see the same couple of things constantly debated, especially because half of them have already been laid out, people just refuse to believe the information theyre given

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I noticed this too, my partner and I went to an American show and we’ve both been huge tøp fans for forever, so ofc we were screaming our lungs out singing to every song, and the people around us kept looking at us like they were annoyed. Someone next to us had been telling us before the show that they were a huge fan and they would love to be up on stage performing with the boys but when the show started they were recording and staring at their phone the entire time, not even mouthing along to the songs or anything, like dude, this is our chance as fans to show the boys that they mean as much to us as we mean to them. So many people have said that twenty one pilots’ music saved them, and concerts are our chance to thank them for saving us. I get so confused when people don’t actually interact with the music at these shows bc this is literally your chance to give back the joy you get from their music

looking at the energy the latam clique brings when it comes to tøp shows, it makes me EMBARRASSED to be an american clikkie. why the hell are our shows so damn boring and dull, i don’t get it?

i was in the pit for my show and absolutely no one around me was jumping/moving or screaming their lungs out, not even mouthing the words, and the people in the stands were no better.

and when i had to get out the pit bc i was abt to pass out and i got an empty seat, the view of the pit from the seats was even more disappointing bc NO ONE WAS MOVING. what is the point of getting into the pit if you’re just gonna stand there ???

yet when you look @ latam crowds, EVERYONE is singing and dancing and moving around, from the pit all the way up into the nosebleeds.

america is so f-ing boring, i don’t even blame the boys for giving the latam clique more love bc the american shows were not it. it’s one of the things on my bucket list to go to a non-american concert so i can experience a REAL show.

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