FAKED: Cailee Spaeny as Ellie Williams from The Last of Us Part 2

 

    So here is what I had intended to post within the Walking Dead post as a bonus fake. The 2010s were the time for post-apocalypse stories, and the Last of Us delivered an amazing experience in gameplay, character, and narrative. Characters like Joel and Ellie are so well developed that I have created characters inspired by them for other RPGs. In fact, when the Fallout 3 Remake/Remaster is likely shadow-dropped late next year, I will be basing my character off of Ellie, but with the distinct Fallout flair. It has me super excited, so I figured why not make a little something to show my excitement and appreciation. 

    Now we need to address the elephant in the room. The Last of Us tv show casted actress Bella Ramsey in the role of Ellie, and it has been met with either ungodly praise or absolute vitriol. So I want to make it clear that I do NOT hate Bella as Ellie. I do think Season 2's writing and direction has made the character harder to bear, but it doesn't have anything to do with Bella, and I think the people who make fun of her appearance clearly have nothing better to do with their lives. However, I also believe that Cailee would've been the IDEAL choice to play Ellie. Not only does she look almost one to one like Ellie-to the point that I've seen AI face grouping think that they are the same person-but she has proven her acting range across various other projects like Alien Romulus and Civil War. I had heard she did audition for this role, and the fact that she didn't get it is a huge blunder, but nothing is ever ideal sadly. Regardless, I would still like to bring the vision to life in my own way.

    The original image I used was from a NSFW set made by JunkerZ. They have a Patreon I believe if you want to check out their other stuff. I used Undressher to make her fully nude and I used an AI Faceswap to put Cailee's face over the original image. Again, because she almost looks one to one with game Ellie, the swap worked super well. All I had to do was touch up the eyes and add some freckles. I then found a screenshot from the second game and used it for the background and downloaded the logo and inserted it into the image. I made my usual touchups in Photoshop, and this is the result. It's nothing to elaborate, but I'm okay with that for now. If I do more with this in the future, I will likely go the route of using a pornstar and adding the tattoo myself in the same vein as to how I would do that with my Kristen Stewart fakes. I'm not exactly sure where I'll go from here, but I guess we'll figure that out when I get there. Until then, enjoy this fake and like always, stay safe out there.