For viewers, they can enjoy the cinematic world where filmmakers create it vividly. And when it comes to readers, everything they read from the book will be imagined by themself, including the weather, how the house is designed, and most importantly, what the characters look like. Despite being described by the same words, we still have different characters' imaginations. And that's why Brian J. Davis, a filmmaker and digital artist decided to do something different: he didn't use his imagination to create images. Instead of that, he used low-enforcement composite sketch software to get the most accurate results, which doesn't depend on a personal imagination.
Today, we compare these sketches to photos of the actors in movies to see if they actually match the descriptions of the characters in books. Let's scroll down and check them out!
#1 Daisy Buchanan, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © The Great Gatsby / Warner Bros. Pictures
#2 James Bond, Casino Royal & Moonraker, Ian Fleming
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Casino Royale / Sony Pictures Releasing
#3 Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Sherlock / BBC One
#4 Mr. Wednesday, American Gods, Neil Gaiman
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © American Gods / Starz
#5 Emma Bovary, Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Madame Bovary / MK2
#6 Nick Dunne, Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Gone Girl / 20th Century Fox
#7 Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Jane Eyre / Universal Pictures
#8 Professor Moriarty, The Final Problem, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Sherlock / BBC One
#9 Carrie White, Carrie, Stephen King
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Carrie / Sony Pictures Releasing
#10 Annie Wilkes, Misery, Stephen King
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Misery / Columbia Pictures
#11 Marla Singer, Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Fight Club / 20th Century Fox
#12 Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © The Talented Mr. Ripley / Paramount Pictures
#13 Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Jane Eyre / Universal Pictures
#14 Count Dracula, Dracula, Bram Stoker
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Bram Stoker's Dracula / Columbia Pictures
#15 Kevin, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © We Need to Talk About Kevin / Oscilloscope Laboratories
#16 Dorian Gray, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Dorian Gray / Momentum Pictures
#17 Dallas Winston, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © The Outsiders / Zoetrope Studios
#18 Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights / Paramount Pictures
#19 Lisbeth Salander, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Sony Pictures Releasing
#20 Nurse Ratched, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest / United Artists
#21 Javert, Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Les Misérables / Universal Pictures
#22 Jack Torrance, The Shining, Stephen King
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © The Shining / Warner Bros.
#23 Humbert Humbert, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Source: © Brian J Davis / Tumblr, © Lolita / The Samuel Goldwyn Company