Do You Recognize This Face?

1. Meg
   August 29th, 2008 at 12:12 am

   Yes, I did guess that before seeing the name, and obviously he looks better that way. Shame.

2. PR New York
   August 29th, 2008 at 12:22 am

   The hair is still died black in this illustration.

   A more realistic photo would have him naturally gray.

   Also, if he is in fact affected with a skin condition that de-pigments - he would still have the same coloring as he does now. That is something no one can control when it happens!

3. PR New York
   August 29th, 2008 at 12:23 am

   Not exactly>>>>

   The hair is still died black in this illustration.

   A more realistic photo would have him naturally gray.

   Also, if he is in fact affected with a skin condition that de-pigments - he would still have the same coloring as he does now. That is something no one can control when it happens!

4. Sofar
   August 29th, 2008 at 12:33 am

   @PR New York: Actually, the condition he allegedly has only depigments in splotches. The whole deal is that he bleaches the rest of his skin to match the splotches.

5. Ty
   August 29th, 2008 at 12:42 am

   His head is uncomfortably small for his face. I mean, his eyes are too high. The proportions freak me out.

6. mrmuggles
   August 29th, 2008 at 1:05 am

   Ty is right, he looks like some kind of ugly Manga draw by an alcoholic… at least it’s better than it’s actual face ! :O

7. valerie
   August 29th, 2008 at 1:17 am

   What a shame he didn’t stop with the modifications when he was still black…

8. Miranda
   August 29th, 2008 at 1:45 am

   I thought it was supposed to be a black George Clooney!

9. Jefffff
   August 29th, 2008 at 2:10 am

   Wait… Michael Jackson is BLACK??

10. Peeves
    August 29th, 2008 at 2:32 am

    It does look like they figured in the strange skin pigmentation..just not to the extreme we’re used to. Pretty neat..I’ve always been interested in historical/scientific recreations of historical faces who lived when there were no cameras around. The fact that MJ can be thrown in with the pack says something about his strange existence.

11. MoonCake
    August 29th, 2008 at 4:38 am

    and if the picture is accurate, it shows what a good looking fella he could have been.

12. Christophe
    August 29th, 2008 at 6:05 am

    beauty is in the eye of the beholder… or the surgeon holding the knife.

13. Polx
    August 29th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    there used to be a ot of black folks in Hackney who had the depigmentation disorder, but it was usually fixed by either cosmetics or tattooing.

    He looks kind of like Johnny Mathis there.

    http://www.stationave.com/images/Johnny%20Mathis%202.jpg

14. supaswag
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:32 am

    NOT Michael Jackson. It’s McBama.

15. fed
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    They depicted him “smiling” and happy in the rendering. (instead of slack faced which would be easier to work with). As if to say that he would be a happier guy (as in his young images) if he hadn’t morphed himself.

16. Ashley
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    @Miranda: I thought the same thing!

17. Ken
    August 29th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    I thought was a pic of Jermain or Tito!

    http://www.recordcompanynetwork.com/RCN/tito.jpg

18. mrmuggles
    August 29th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    @Ken It DOES look like Tito !! =D

19. Miss Cellania
    August 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the artist used Tito and the other brothers as references.

20. Mossel
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    Jackson?? No way…
    Thats George Clooney!

21. Mossel
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Ah! I only know see I’m not alone…
    Miranda and Ashley saw the same.
    Great minds think alike, eh? =]

    teaches me to reply before reading… =P

22. SenorMysterioso
    August 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    I could never really understand why his plastic surgeons went so far. I suppose the obvious answer is money but I think at some point, extreme plastic surgery must violate the hippocratic oath.

    He should have sought therapy instead of surgery

23. Thomas
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    I read an interview with a plastic surgeon that tracked MJ’s surgeries as a hobby, keeping every photo of him he could find. While MJ claimed that he’d had something like four surgeries, the surgeon said it was more like 40, and that he could show pictures showing at least 30 distinct changes. My numbers may be slightly off, this was about five years ago.

24. CheeseDuck
    August 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Wow. Wait, he’d look like a black George Clooney? Damn he’s sexy. If I was a little kid, I would WANT to be molested by him.

25. ryecob
    August 29th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    It kinda looks like a Nipsey Russell wanna-be. And who wouldn’t want to be Nipsey Russel?!

26. frogstar_robot
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Thomas you give me the most creepy idea. That plastic surgeon should have those photos turned into a flipbook. Watch MJ age AND deteriorate in front of your eyes.

27. Thomas
    August 29th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    aging isn’t an issue with that flipbook.

28. Larfin Jackarse
    August 30th, 2008 at 2:42 am

    Looks like Orange Juice Springfield to me.

29. Mossel
    August 31st, 2008 at 9:19 am

    @ Frogstar & Thomas

    That has been don. Not with so many pictures,
    but still pretty unsettling…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns37bxokxFQ

    (Or google “morphing michael jackson”)

30. sew
    September 8th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    The older he gets, the weirder he looks. Facelifts for wrinkles will alter him every other year.

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