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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
Okay, this guy's work is incredible. He's a lot better than whomever the big companies get to craft celebrity dolls.
 

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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
WOW!!! First time I've seen Barbie-scale dolls that were recognizable as celebrities even before reading an accompanying name.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Those really are amazing, though I didn't recognize a couple of them. What's really surprising is they still look like dolls at the same time that they look like the actress.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
It's fascinating to me how much subtle differences matter - like his Cher doll, for instance; what makes her look so darn convincing is nothing more than eyelids. The ones he's most succesful at such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, and Whoopi Goldberg, are the ones he makes the subtlest changes to.

The ones that are least successful, like Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman, are the ones that he'd have to do substantial changing of the cheekbones to acheive. For the actresses with the more hispanic and asian flat face (which most of the barbies start out with), he's a lot more able to capture their subtle differences with eye and lip shapes. These are so cool! It really makes you examine the basic elements of portraiture.
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
I didn't realize how full the lips are on most of those actresses. When you compared the celebrity head to the originals, the lips were almost always made fuller.
 

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
I agree. Catwoman and Whoopie Goldberg are spot on. Cate Blanchett just looked really really creepy.

[ December 12, 2003, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: sarcasticmuppet ]
 

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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
Cate Blanchet was the only one I really disliked too. I notice a lot of what gives his dolls fresh looks is that the eyes aren't always staring straight ahead but often looking coyly off to the side. Makes them seem more lifelike too.

AJ
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Actually, he steals a bit of skin and hair from each of his subjects, and calls a portion of their soul into the material. Then, using a pentagram and a mirror-ball, he transforms the doll into a semi-animate simulacrum of the original. Sometimes this works well and the doll is a delight to behold and to be around. Other times...well let's just say that Cate Blanchette will never get any older, but her doll should not be allowed out into areas where people might see it. And under no circumstances should you get any of these dolls wet. You've been warned!!!


 

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Posted by jack (Member # 2083) on :
 
Why is Chris surfing doll websites?
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
Because I said Ewan McGregor was a doll, and I think he was looking for an Ewan McGregor doll.

--OR--

He just likes them, okay? There's nothing wrong with that.

[ December 12, 2003, 05:23 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Sienfeld strikes again!

Hobbes
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
OK, some of those are INCREDIBLE!

Like, the Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady one??? GEEZ!
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I had no idea that was supposed to be Cate Blanchett. Of course, she seems to be an actress who actually acts, as opposed to a personality showcasing type. (Actually, it turns out I was looking at the Glenn Close doll, but the Galadriel doll is pretty far off as well).

Which isn't bad, I love Sandra Bullock. But she has said of herself that she doesn't act. I think it will be too bad if she really stops making movies (in front of the camera). Was there a doll of her? (sadly, no)

[ December 13, 2003, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
<shoots buttonize effect> Ugh. I hate amateur web design. Stop using FRONTPAGE!

Otherwise, uh, anatomically speaking... these models aren't exact. Most of them are a little on the thin side. Not to mention the fact that their necks are freaking 30 feet long.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
It turns out many are based on existing fashion doll heads. I think pretty much all the bodies are fashion doll bodies. Of course fashion dolls are anatomical oddities. Especially the Catherine Zeta-Jones one.
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Yeah, it's funny how on BOTH Catherine dolls her dress seems to be falling right off!

My favorites(as far as most convincing) were the Audrey Hepburns, the Cher...and the Glenn Close was pretty good too. I knew who it was before I looked at the name. I also enjoyed the duo from Chicago as well, though Renne Zelweger's face is scary enough without trying to put it on a doll.
 

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Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
 
Wow!

Hey, did you see the part at the bottom where he says he'll do caricatures of other stars as well, or of anyone?

Any volunteers? Anyone? Bob?
 

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Posted by Frameshifter (Member # 2967) on :
 
web page
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
Wow. Such detail. Brandi and Catherina Zeta-Jones are uncanny.
 

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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Time for a revisit. Natalie Portman
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
I think he does really well with all of his Liz Taylor's. My new uncanny favorite is his Michelle Pfeifer. Her face is dead on.
 

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
I don't think 'whomever' is a word. [/Grammar Communist]
 

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Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
 
First time I saw this page. I think the problem with the Cate-Blanchette is that he used a black and white photo. He got the 'bags' under her eyes far too big, and the emphasized them with red shading. He also emphasized black and white shadow lines on the cheeks with a red shading. In both cases, the blush used as shading would not have appeared in a color photograph at all. The lips are also too full. I'm not sure why that is, because the lips on the original doll are not quite as thin as Cate's lips, but are thinner than on his converted doll.

I'm actually suprised at how poor it is, considering how well done most of the other dolls are.
 

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Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
 

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I don't think 'whomever' is a word. [/Grammar Communist]

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