An expression image effect generation method and device, an electronic apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The expression image effect generation method includes: acquiring a first image, where the first image includes a facial image; recognizing a current facial expression of the facial image; acquiring a previous facial expression; comparing the current facial expression with the previous facial expression to obtain a first comparison result; and generating, based on the first comparison result, an image effect corresponding to the first comparison result in the first image. In the method, an image effect can be generated by comparing the current facial expression and the previous facial expression, such that a user can quickly determine a degree of his expression.