The human face is viewed on a regular basis, and now many artists are using distorted depictions of faces to view this part of the body in a whole new way. Thus, altered portraits are born and there is an increasing wave of new and inventive depictions of the human form.
Whether it is using multiple exposures to create a unique form of depth in the portrait or using the grotesque to deform and manipulate the face into something new altogether, these photos aim to shock viewers. Needless to say, it is attention-grabbing when faced with the unordinary in the ordinary faces many are used to.
This form of distorted depictions can be beneficial to future ad campaigns, as they catch the viewer's eye and cause them to second guess their vision. Consumers are changing in the ways in which they view society, and it is favorable in this day and age to be different.
53 Distorted Depictions
From Beautifully Awkward Illustrations to Distorted Doggie Portraits:
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Streaky Prismatic Portraits (UPDATE)
Marion Bolognesi Renders Perfect Faces with Runny Watercolors
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Distorted Doggie Portraits
The Carli Davidson Shake Series Captures Pups Shaking Their Heads
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Distorted Diver Portraits
Ezra Shaw Captures Airborne Athletes at Their Finest
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Wide-Awaiting Mouth Blogs
The Blow Facing Site is a Collection of Hand-Dryer Misuses
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Architecturally Morphing Minds
Double Exposures by Dan Mountford is Compellingly Contrasting
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Delicately Distorted Portraits
These Eugenio Recuenco Portraits are Imaginative and Avant-Garde
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Undead Family Portraits
Roisin McAuley Zombified Illustrations Spice Up Photos
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Gruesome Sequin Caricatures
These Disturbing Female Portraits Juxtapose Violence with Glamor
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Distorted Deathlike Sculptures
Seungchun Lim Explores Darkness with Daunting Human Clay Sculptures
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Mangled Models
The Jeremy Scott SS 2011 Show Boasts Outrageous Humor
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Prismatic Icon Art
Tarik Mikou Blends the Best of Both Worlds
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Morbidly Surreal Portraits
Igor Morski Fuses Humans and Animals in His Imaginative Art
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Pinned Celeb Collages
David Adey Creates Glamorous and Grotesque Artworks
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Beautifully Awkward Illustrations
Gillian Lambert Pencils Warped People
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Delicate Overlaid Scenery
Andre de Freitas Photography Uses Stunning Double Exposure Techniques
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Double Exposure Editorials
Photographer Marco D'Amico Creates a Dizzying Series in Vogue Ita
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Surreal Circus Portraits
The Manoj Jadhav 'RUH' Series is Dark and Curious
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Psychdelic Parody Illustrations
Aaron Johnston Creates Memorable and Mangled Art
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Monochromatic Double Exposures
Florian Imgrund Melds the Natural and Human in Black and White
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Massive-Mouthed Faces
Odd Stuff Magazine Presents a Series of Large Smiles
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Ghostly Monochrome Captures
Multiple Exposure Photography by Christoffer Relander is Beautiful
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Dynamically Digitized Editorials
The Josh Bitelli Arena Homme+ Editorial Features Artful Imagery
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Light-Bending Fashion Pictorials
Ilva Hetmann in a Prismatic Shoot Interview Germany February 2012
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Random Object Portrait Collages
These Jenya Vyguzov Photographs are Incredibly Imaginative
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Layered Image Photography
'We Are Nature' by Christoffer Relander is Stunning
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Twisted Beauty Portraits
The Rodrigo Braga Photographic Works are Alluring and Unnerving
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Dreary Distorted Portraits
The Enrico Nagel 'Second Sight' Series is Cryptic
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Distorted Icon Illustrations
Oliver Barrett Drawings Feature Famous Favorites
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Pantyhose Portraits
The Stocking Sculptures by Rosa Verloop Display Personality
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Warped Historical Portraits
Manuel Birnbacher Modifies Old Photos in Bizarre & Humorous Ways
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Distorted Double-Vision Depictions
Rose Wong Fiddles with Duplicated and Mirror Images
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Fashionable High-End Affiches
The M/M Paris Poster Series is Luxury and Art in Paper
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Prismatic Geometric Portraits
Nicola Felaco's Vector Art Pulls Paint into a Vortex
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Disturbingly Disadvantaged Portraits
The Pierre Gonnord Photography Captures Outsiders
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Grotesque Neon Portraits
Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo Renders Slightly Disturbing Graphics
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Psychedelic Collage Portraits
The tchmo 'Lost Children' Series is Otherwordly
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Grotesque Watercolor Portraits
Akira Beard Blends Complementary Hues with Bizarre Features
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Frightening Fleshy Faces
Han Hyo Seok's Artwork is Not Meant for the Dinner Table
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Colorfully Distorted Portraitures
The Henrietta Harris ‘Hold Still’ Exhibit is Mesmeri
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Scary Swirly-Faced Portraiture
Yuko Nasu Depicts People with Distorted & Eerie Visages
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Scanned Shakespearean Distortions
These Pam et Jenny Pieces are Witty and Memorable
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Deliberately Distorted Depictions
These Ioana Antonov Caricatures are Humorous and Bizarre
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Sequential Snapshot Amalgamations
The ‘Misunderstanding Focus' Series Merges Imagery
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Saturated Street Art
Taylor Gonzales Uses Recognizable Figures in His Sensational Work
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Deglamorized Fantasy Watercolors
The Geoffrey Chadsey Portrait Drawings Reveal Wishful Thinking
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Horrifying Hard Rock Renderings
Jason Edmiston Depicts Music Legends as Psychedelic Monsters
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Patterned Mosaic Portraits
These Garrett Pruter Collages are Artful and Sentimental
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Distorted Image Illustrations
Jens Hesse Creates Mayhem with Altered Facial Expressions
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Distorted Conversation Captures
The USED Magazine Launch Sends Waves in the Publication Industry
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Scenic Seethrough Women
Jon Duenas Uses Double Exposure to Create His Work
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Unflattering Celeb Illusions
The Flashed Face Distortion Technique is Mind-Bending
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Warped Visage Portraiture
Kohei Akiba Paints Distorted Faces in a Simplistic & Haunting Manner
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The Meghan Collison Schon Magazine Editorial is Youthfully Nonchalant
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The Fashion Gone Rogue 'The Baroness' Editorial Stars a Somber Mila
Sleek Secretarial Shoots
The Working Woman Vogue Mexico Editorial is Professional
Elaborate Wonderland Editorials
The Faar Magazine 'Silent Spring' Photo Shoot is Surreal
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Vibrant Tribal Fantasy Visuals
Arthur Hugot Renders Prismatic Images Filled with Fanciful Designs
Painted Hair Pictorials
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Skin-Imperfection Portraits
Cara Phillips' Ultraviolet Beauties Series Focuses on Blemishes
Pop Culture Vixen Paintings
Siya Oum Depicts Fan Favorites as Seductive Pin-Ups
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Child Crime Fighter Caricatures
Martin Erws Re-Imagines Superheroes with Toddler Proportions
Hyperreal Character Caricatures
Rick Forton Depicts Celebrities in Stunning Detail
Culturally Melded Fantasy Art
Jennifer Hom Paints with a Blend of Eastern & Western Aesthetics
Whimsical Wildlife Illustrations
KiSung Koh Melds Realistic Animal Visuals with Surreal Designs
Psychedelic Asian Art
Casper Kang Renders Images Utilizing Traditional Eastern Motifs
Fragmented Floral Faces
This Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended Packaging is Psychedelic
Fantastical Director Filmography Tributes
Martin Woutisseth Revisits the Works of Tim Burton
Censored Eye Collages
Alec Goss Creates Mixed Media Masterpieces with Pop Culture Allusions
Whimsical Witch Editorials
This Jakub Gulyas Photography Series is Imaginative and Enticing
Mexican Commuter Portraits
Alejandro Cartagena's Car Poolers Series Captures Traveling Workers
Climber-Clad Nylons
Penti Climbing Up Tights are Adorably Suggestive
Darkly Futuristic Fashion
The Erevos Aether Fall 2012 Collection is Edgy and Dramatic
Sequential Silhouette Art
Jean Jullien Renders Simplistic and Fun Before and After Images
Quirky Myth-Like Photography
Polixeni Papapetrou Captures the Real and Unreal
Offbeat Suited Captures
The Pascal Bonvie HERO Magazine Editorial is Sculpturally Chic
Alluringly Dark Illustrations
Katrin Berge Captures the Beauty Behind in the Disturbed
Lively Youthful Photography
The Bekah Jenkins Glamour UK Editorial is Playful
Vintage Ballplayer Portraits
Peter Chen Jumbotron Art Lights Up Baseball All-Stars
Frightful Fairytale Illustrations
Alejandro Dini Renders Horrifying Images of Classic Narratives
Beautiful Bug-Eyed Portraits
Travis Collinson Exaggerates the Ocular Organs of His Subjects
X-Rated Magazine Photos
The ‘Blown Covers' Book Reveals Axed New Yorker Images
Sooty Self-Portrait Sculptures
The Ash Head No. 1 is Made Out of Shanghai Temple Incense
Surreal Circus Portraits
The Manoj Jadhav 'RUH' Series is Dark and Curious
Animalistic Assassin-Like Figures
Yinka Shonibare Creates Sculptures That are Uber Surreal
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The MTV Serbia 'Death Valley' Campaign Fights Police Brutality
The Magic of Augmented Reality
Marco Tempest Tells the Story of Illusions
Cartoon Couture Illustrations
The Zoya Smirnova Drawings are Inspired by High Fashion Looks
Unsettling Painterly Scenes
Justin Volz is a Master of Rendering Images with Creepy Vibes
Seemingly Siamese Twin Campaigns
The Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2012 Ads are Double-Take-Worthy
Ghostly Monochrome Captures
Multiple Exposure Photography by Christoffer Relander is Beautiful
People-Made Celeb Portraits
Alan Craig Artwork is Created out of People
Scarlet Anatomy Artistry
Amanda Mackenzie-Noice Renders Her Subjects in Vibrant Red Ink
Surreal Shadowy Renderings
Grant Coghill Illustrates Peculiar Scenes with Dark & Bizarre Subjects
Ambrotype Amazon Photoshoots
This Manoj Jadhav Photography Will Turn Heads
Vintage Movie Icon Visages
Emma Mount Paints the Faces of Cinema Characters from Yesteryears
Crazy Caricatured Cartoons
Andry Tatarko Illustrates Eccentricity for Time Out Magazine
Dolled-Up Damsel Drawings
Anna Ritar Illustrates Beautiful Women with Whimsical Makeup
Unconventional Unfinished Portraits
The Aisha Zeijpveld 'What Remains' Series is Inspiring
Vivid Avian Artistry
Frank Gonzales Depicts Colorful Birds Amid Psychedelic Plant Life
Character Study Graphics
Pepa Prieto Renders Childish and Endearing Paintings
Mirror Island Photography
Gustav Willeit Uses Parallels to Capture the Allure of Remote Locations
Surreal Evocative Portraits
The Photography by Oleg Oprisco Resembles a Dream
Haute All-White Editorials
The Oda Al Blanco Vogue Mexico Shoot is Fresh-Faced
Masculine Chromatic Captures
The Ryan Barrett Homme Style Magazine Editorial is Darkly Dapper
Riveting Rock Terrain Photography
Riaad Algarei Captures Compelling Landscape Images
Hellish Sci-Fi Helmets
Jeff Hulligan Depicts Star Wars Cast as Skeletal & Toothy Zombies
Cinematic Couple Captures
The Premiers Roles Vogue Paris Editorial Features Vivid Imagery
Juvenile Justice League Heroines
Lora Zombie Portrays Wonder Woman as a Childish and Silly Brat
Ordinary People Portraits
Deyan Stefanov Captures Humanity in This Series
Slimy Psychedelic Paintings
Charlie Immer Paints Otherworldly Images of Freakish Creatures
Aquatic Rainbow Photography
These Chanel Baran Shoots are Colorful are Psychedelic
Terrifically Twisted Circus Art
This Francesco Sambo Series is Eery and Unsettling
Fun Faceless Photographs
Julie Cockburn Portraits are Colorfully Quirky
Flowing Field Photography
This Joerg Marx Series is Hypnotic and Undulating
Wine Stain Portraits
This Amelia Fais Harnas Artwork Uses Uncoventional Materials
Paint-Bleeding Portraits
Street Artist Dain Fuses Mixed Media, Wheatpasting and Collage
Depressing Occult Children Depictions
Adrienne Kammerer Illustrates Images with Magica
Fashionably Fainting Photography
The Grey Magazine 'Ordinary Accidents' Editorial is Dramatic
Raw Rose-Colored Captures
The Solo Hunter Magazine Editorial Features Avant-Garde Fashions
Tooth-Extracting Captures
The Andy Brown 'Being Brave' Series Documents Dental Procedures
Animal Companion Paintings
Mark Gleason Pairs Humans & Wildlife in Surreal Illustrated Scenarios
Singled-Out Tree Portraits
Myoung Ho Lee Captures Foliage Against a Floating Canvas
Imaginative Abstract Artworks
The 'Realm of the Surreal' Collection Offers Animated Pieces
Gritty Gray Photography
These Bartosz Matenko Photographs are Dark
Freaky Celebrity Busts
The Sculptures by Bobby Causey are Life-Like
Purposefully Disfigured Portraits
Nicola Samori Articulates Through Destruction
Corporate Zombie Mashups
'Walking Dead Mad Men Blends Blends Two Hit TV Shows
Fading Forest Photography
This Hasse Linden Series is Disorientating
Prominent Eye-Popping Portraits
The Tansy Miller Profiles Depict Exaggerated Female Features
Morbid Mammal Captures
Robert Peek ‘Animals, dead and living’ are Eccentric
Grotesque Watercolor Portraits
Akira Beard Blends Complementary Hues with Bizarre Features
Dismembered Watercolor Paintings
The Catherine Mellinger Mixed Media Collection is Mind-Boggling
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The Henrietta Harris ‘Hold Still’ Exhibit is Mesmeri
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The David Stephenson 'Vaults' Series Captures Cathedrals
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The Philip Barlow 'The City' Series Beautifully Hides Details
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The Jenny Okun 'Dreamscapes' Series is Fantasical
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