


Let’s see what happens next!Īs you may have guessed by my inclination to analyze even the silliest phenomena, I was an English major in college in one memorable lit theory class, we read Freud and discussed the uncanny. But look closely and you’ll see that the eyes are the real goldmine, as the colors have begun to bleed such that this anime girl appears to be in the early throes of possession. The tumor-like upper lip has vastly overtaken the lower the nose has gotten smaller and redder, evoking the common cold. This one looks like the caricature it is-not from a genial amusement-park caricaturist, but from a political cartoonist who wishes their subject to look deranged. In other words, Round 4 is where we start to get somewhere. This is the last iteration I could reasonably use as a profile picture without anyone DMing to ask if I’m OK. But there’s progress! The eyes and lips are clearly overinflated (oddly, the Cartoon effect forces the upper lip to keep growing even as the lower lip stays the same), the eye makeup and brows have darkened, and other colors are now decidedly cartoonish. Round 3 is still disappointingly humanoid, calling to mind a very saturated Bratz doll.
