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Doll collectors know better than anyone: finding a model of characters or famous people that are authentic and realistic is very complicated. But for the Mexican artist Gil Plazola, the subject is on another level! Gil uses prefabricated dolls in their primary form, without anything special, until they are transformed into iconic actors and singers. "Since my childhood I like barbies, and the inspiration for making my doll repaints is Hollywood actresses," said the artist to Bored Panda.

With contouring techniques, including shading and highlighting to add depth to the realistic dolls' features, Gil developed his own method to bring out great movie characters and Hollywood stars. In addition to redoing the painting, the artist also modifies the hair of these newly repainted dolls and puts on clothes identical to the originals of the artists. The similarity of these life-like dolls with their counterparts and the details are amazing, there is no doubt that it is a work of art.

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Repainted Ken Doll

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Jill Pulcifer
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! This is amazing work, if I didnt know better I would think he photo shopped a mans head to be tiny. I do realistic portraits, and they often take 150 hours plus. I cant even imagine attempting that kind of detail on something so tiny, Incredible talent!

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Winnie Harlow

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Has she had vitiligo her whole life, or did she develop it? Is that why the original doesn’t have vitiligo, or is it not actually her? I think vitiligo is beautiful. You can develop vitiligo, right? Someone at my school has a mild form it. Not very noticeable. She got when she burst a blood vessel in her arm.

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Ariana Grande

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NanZ
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are an amazing artist! You bring these dolls to life. It blows my mind how real you make them look! You are something special!

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Commisioned Doll

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Jane S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The repaint looks like a real face that's been photoshopped onto the picture. Mad skills.

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Dr. Dana Scully

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Daphne Williams
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually think the first one looks more like her. The lips are totally wrong on the second one.

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Diana Ross

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Job well done, why the first dolls eyes are grey is anyone's guess

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Rihanna

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No idea why the first dolls eyes are brown when everyone knows her eyes are green

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Claudette Barbie Doll

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Oprah Winfrey

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

omg if you didnt tell me it was a doll on some of these i wouldnt even know

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Ayumi Hamasaki

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? She doesn't look like Hamasaki Ayumi at all! There must be a mistake in the caption.

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Personalized Doll

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Brionna Mowery
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*doesn't know who this is so don't blame me* why is there green in her hair in the first one? And wow

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Commisioned Work

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Repaint Commission

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Brionna Mowery
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The eyes on the first one... and then the last one.... holly [insert some kind of word here]

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Free Style Doll

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Grace Kelly

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The before picture isn't that bad considering how terrifying some of the "before" are on the others!

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Selena Quintanilla Perez

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Brionna Mowery
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anyone else think that whoever made that doll was on something?

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Commisioned Work

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like he just bought a new doll....maybe it’s just the lighting

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#52

Jacob From Twilight

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was given nipples! Which is fair because he did spend a majority of the Twilight movies shirtless, therefore nipples would be part of his costume

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Fashion Royalty Male Doll Commission

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Brionna Mowery
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This dude looks so gay and I love It (I don't know how it is so like, don't blame me!)

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Katy Perry

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i don't know if it's the doll face shape or the paint, but that's not Katy Perry

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