Artist repaints bog-standard dolls of Twilight stars, Angelina Jolie and Harry Potter so they really do look like the people they’re supposed to be.
Plastic mini-me dolls manufactured to resemble iconic characters from film and TV invariably look nothing like the iconic characters from film and TV.
At least, not until Noel Cruz has taken his paintbrush to them, that is.
The portrait artist - known in the doll community as a ‘repaint artist’ - is known for his ability to turn even the most basic Mattel or Hasbro figurine into an incredibly realistic version of the celebrity on which it is modeled.
Featured in Cruz’s catalogue are Twilight stars Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, as well as vampires Laurent, James and Victoria; Angelina Jolie; Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean; and Steve Carell, star of the American version of The Office.
Cruz, who was born in the Philippines, has been a portrait artist all his adult life and painting the dolls for the past eight years.
His dolls typically fetch between $500 and $3,500 via internet auction, with his Angelina Jolie doll selling for $4,300.
He has also taken his intricate paintwork to dolls of Cher, Harry Potter and Orlando Bloom, as well as Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep’s characters from The Devil Wears Prada.
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