Using FaceApp to put smiles on on museum paintings.

Mark Frauenfelder 10:28 am Tue May 16, 2017

FaceApp is a smartphone app that can add a smile to an unsmiling person's face. Olly Gibbs, the digital and print designer at Empire Magazine, used the app at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to improve the paintings on display there.

Went to a museum armed with Face App to brighten up a lot of the sombre looks on the paintings and sculptures. The results… pic.twitter.com/N0zYGAFgKW

— Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) May 11, 2017

And some more Face App museum creations… pic.twitter.com/0mBRgiLgCb

— Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) May 12, 2017

I hear your calls for more #MuseumFaceApp art! Again all from the brilliant @rijksmuseum… pic.twitter.com/xXHNTu86eW

— Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) May 12, 2017

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