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I can't be the only person this happens to. Have you ever just been poking around the internet, minding your own business, and then BAM, there they are. One of your characters, in the flesh? Except then you find out it's just some ~*real*~ person instead. Or maybe it's not their whole face, but maybe a certain facial characteristic you've imagined one of your characters with, such as eyebrow shape, or a certain 'essence' to their face, if that makes sense.

For my first example, Shirota Yuu vs. my pyromancer/death god beb, Yama:


This one's not so much matter of resemblance as it is..a certain 'vibe' that I get from most pictures of Shirota Yuu. It's hard to explain but it's sort of an intense-but-not-unapproachable look in his eyes.

And THEN we have Avan Jogia vs. my dumb Pokederp, Blake:

, who has replaced this guy, some random dude I found on tumblr: Maybe take his eyes and stick 'em in the other dude's face, I dunno.

Apparently my brain is so lame that it keeps somehow unintentionally ripping off faces I did not even know existed. Anyway, share your examples! I find stuff like this really neat. Possibly image-heavy thread! Tread carefully if your computer is a butt like mine.

I've never quite had this happen with real-life people-- I did meet a guy who sort of had Draconus' nose and jaw line (thin nose, gentle curves), and once I did stumble over the game Injustice: Gods Among us and thought Deathstroke kind of looked like Typhus-as-a-human. That last one is the closest I've ever gotten.

That's so cool you can find stuff like that though, Goo. I mostly get voices instead of faces. Does that count on some level?

I remember creating a likeness for Lord Darth Angelus in one of the Star Wars games when I was making machinima movies of his life story. Then some time later while watching Heroes, realised that Zachary Quinto was a pretty close match to him and there was even a scene very similar to one from my project.

I have SUCH a hard time picking out voices for characters, but yeah, I think that counts, too!

Gaaawwww
Now I really wanna rp with Blake but I dun have any Pokemon characters. *le sad face*

I could always just make one up but that's not exactly legit now is it.

For me it was

Franz Liszt

who looks so much like my Illiandi that I was floored. Since my character won't ever age, it was fascinating to see how he might look if he did!

That guy with the dreads is Samuel Larsen and I always imagine his face (although much greener) as Isaak.

You totally could, if it does count as cheating, I won't tell anybody. :'D

That's basically how he started, resurrected him from a vague idea from a billion years ago and it all kinda exploded from there.

I do not know about one of my characters in the flesh, but, I did have the chance of writing Tannis's encounter with a younger, and strikingly similar character, whose player also realized how similar they were. The two characters soon engaged in a contest of grace, but, Tannis cheated, as it is in her wise thinking to do so. There was not a very good chance of winning, against a younger form of herself.

Soon after I made Neirin here (And we're talking less than 24 hours), I ran into this chicky on Tumblr. Like holy crap.



Same face and err'thang. (It'd make more sense with some of my more recent doodles. They'll be up soon enough. But holy crap!)

EDIT: Doodle added for comparison.

When I made my character Rémi Soutine, I selected his surname because it rhymed with 'poutine' and that was good enough for me. However, he's from a very artsy family. His mother in particular is a well know painter.

I almost had a heart-attack when I was at Hiroshima Art Museum and I saw a painting done by somebody named Soutine.

I did.. but it was actuly in RL.. i was at winter jam and this guy with the most amazing long hair was giving out hugs. I accepted the hug, But then i realized... His hair smelled like apples!

He reminded me of my Char Audric.. who LOVES apples.

oh my god yes. My character Zayne and this guy that goes to my university. They even share the same beard, are tall,smoke, and yeah... super scary... I'd post a picture but that would be too creeperish. its just funny because I see him all the time and its like... Zayne.... you are... Zayne

Oh man, cuties, both of 'em.

Several times! The very first time I met someone who just gave off the same vibes as my character Ulfa, my anthropomorphic wolf warrior. Of course the character being an anthro wolf it was not so much appearance, although her appearance did somehow remind me of the character but it was a feeling more than anything.

The second time was when I worked one of my co-workers had the exact same personality as my strict magician character Anukha. It wasn't so much that this person looked like my character but she acted almost exactly like her even into the little details.

Almost seven billion people living, easily ten times that have lived. If your character is vaguely humanoid, odds are good somebody looks like them. It's not a coincidence either, our imaginations don't fabricate anything out of thin air

Well that's a buzz kill!