Now you can draw your own Snapchat facial filters

The lens you draw will follow and track your face in real time.
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Victoria Ho
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Love Snapchat but need more selfie filters? Now you can draw your own.

The app's latest update, which includes Bitmoji integration, also comes with a filter it calls a Face Paint Lens that allows you to draw on your own face to create a filter that works in real time.

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Here, you can see how the filter reacts and tracks my face as I move in different angles. It even stretches out my star-shaped sunnies when I move my eyebrows:


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Additionally, the app remembers your last-drawn masterpiece, which is handy in case you want to post several snaps with the same one.

Naturally, the internet has got its collective crayons out.

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Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band

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