Portrait at arm’s length. High-quality: Macro lens on a single iris. We want to count the cracks in your soul. 7. No Editing the Emptiness You may adjust brightness, contrast, and color balance. You may not digitally remove catchlights, paint in darker pupils, or use FaceTune to create a “hollow” effect. That’s cheating.
For [SELF] posts, you must include a one-sentence "state of mind" caption. Example: "Stared at the microwave for 14 minutes without blinking." Without context, we assume you’re just tired. And boring. We are not r/restingbitchface. We are not r/mildlydepressed. A dead eye is neutral , not hostile. If you look like you want to speak to the manager, that’s attitude—not emptiness. r/deadeyes subreddit sidebar rules
is a community dedicated to the aesthetic, psychological, and artistic appreciation of the "dead eye" look—that vacant, piercing, thousand-yard stare seen in portraiture, cinema, street photography, and the rare moments of public transit at 7:00 AM. Portrait at arm’s length