NEW LENSES: Experimental Capture and Release

For my final project for unit 2, I wanted to expand upon what we were introduced to for the LENS day. I made my filters using SparkAR Studio and sculpted the face meshes for the filters using SculptGL.

I wanted to focus on beauty filters because I feel that they’re so popular and I see it on everyone’s Instagram stories everyday but we don’t really think about the impact it can have on people’s mental health. Constant use of filters have been shown in multiple studies to damage self-confidence and development of facial dysmorphia. I incorporated a lot of common effects I see in many popular beauty filters on Instagram and Tiktok like slimming the jaws, smaller nose, bigger lips, bigger eyes, etc. I think it’s interesting to see what features are actually changed when sculpting the face mesh to achieve these common beauty looks because it’s not something you think too deeply of when using them (at least for me).

Examples of popular filters on Instagram