You Won't Believe These 23 Before-and-After Repaints Of Dolls
You Won't Believe These 23 Before-and-After Repaints Of Dolls
Filipino artist Noel Cruz currently works in the USA, repainting dolls that are mass-produced for stores to make hyper-realistic art. Cruz has completely transformed dozens of dolls, creating celebrity and character mini-me's. His repainted dolls, intricately and beautifully remade, are sold to collectors for thousands of dollars!
Take a look at some of our favorite doll transformations by Cruz - you won't believe your eyes!
Filipino artist Noel Cruz currently works in the USA, repainting dolls that are mass-produced for stores to make hyper-realistic art. Cruz has completely transformed dozens of dolls, creating celebrity and character mini-me's. His repainted dolls, intricately and beautifully remade, are sold to collectors for thousands of dollars!
Take a look at some of our favorite doll transformations by Cruz - you won't believe your eyes!
(Captain) Jack Sparrow
While we were already pretty surprised by the original Jack Sparrow doll's detail, Cruz's magic transforms this doll into a hyper-realistic Johnny Depp. With a new goatee and time-consuming attention to making the Captain's scruff as feathering an real as possible, we'll always remember this as the time Cruz totally captured Captain Jack Sparrow!
Princess Di
The original doll of the famous princess is a little too eighties, especially with those neon peepers. Cruz redressed the doll and captured Dianna's grace and winning smile, giving her more natural looking eyebrows, regal earrings, and a much more realistic (but still striking!) eye color.
Wonder Woman
Cruz transformed this rubbery Wonder Woman into a glowing Gal Godot Wonder Woman. It's like we're staring at a movie poster. From removing the plastic hair and replacing it with loose curls, to the metallic repaint of the heroine's armor, Cruz has totally won us over with this Amazonian warrior.
Lucille Ball
Yikes! The original version of this comedy legend in doll-form is the stuff of nightmares. She looks ready to eat Ricky's brain and stomp in a vat of organs rather than a vat of Italian grapes. Cruz's redone Lucy doll captures Lucille Ball's iconic grin without making her look like she's truing to shoot lasers from her baby blue eyes.
Cher
With more realistic curls and a frighteningly lifelike hairline, the new version of this Cher doll has a soft, peachy makeup look that we would totally rock on the regular, and Cruz's intense attention to detail made sure that he repainted the iconic singer's eyes to warm brown from an inaccurate bright blue.
Dorothy
Dorothy's gone from Kansas to Oz in this repaint! The new doll design pays particular attention to Judy Garland's big brown doe-eyes, and the end result is flawless and warm. The new lip color is not only more accurate to the film, but it's the perfect final touch to this innocent, beautiful doll.
The Mad Hatter
The original version of the Mad Hatter doll looks a little too mad on the left. As in ready-to-commit-murder mad. Cruz's repaint adds some softness and warmth to the character's makeup, gets that contour on point, and recurls the Hatter's crazy orange hair for a much more whimsical and much less frightening depiction of the Hatter.
Scarlet O'Hara
Cruz's repaint of this Gone with the Wind collectible doll is unbelievable! With expert shading and skill, he gives the doll Vivien Leigh's famous green-eyed stare to complete a screen-to-life transformation of Tara's Southern belle.
Which of Cruz's transformations blew your mind? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to share these unbelievable dolls with your friends!