Why Beautiful People Are 'Ugly' to Artists | TikTok Pretty & Beauty Standards In Art

Опубликовано: 15 Июнь 2026
на канале: Magnus Horizon
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Answering a hotly debated question: why do “beautiful” people often look “ugly” to artists? Trends like TikTok Pretty and iPhone Face all point to the same thing - perfection with no distinct features to work with. A story character, whether it’s for illustration or a movie, should show personality, not just be pretty unless the project specifically calls for it.

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0:00 Intro
0:43 Beauty standards
1:16 Commercial beauty NOT art?
2:14 Globalization
2:54 How an artist sees beauty
4:21 Defining beautiful & ugly
5:56 Unified beauty vs uniqueness

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