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Ukrainian Artist Removes Makeup From Dolls To Repaint Them, And Result Is Almost Too Real
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In the world of unrealistic standards and Photoshop mania, real beauty is a breath of fresh air. And while some share their unedited selfies on Instagram, Olga Kamenetskaya creates gorgeous dolls that look almost real.
Olga is a Ukranian artist who started repainting dolls as a hobby, but it later turned into her profession. She takes mass-produced dolls, such as Monster High girls or Barbies, and turns them into totally new, unique and one-of-the-kind dolls. They each have little "flaws," like real people have, which she includes by not only repainting but also modifying dolls' shapes and working with wigs. “I don’t like when the new face of the doll is ideal and perfectly symmetrical, it makes it lifeless,” Olga told Vogue. “I always deliberately leave some flaw that may not be noticeable to everyone, but [gives] the doll invisible charisma. Perhaps, this flawed beauty is the message that my dolls carry.”
Below you can find some of the amazing "flawed" beauties by Olga Kamenetskaya.
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If not for the doll's neck, you could believe it to be a real person!
speaking from experience, do not apply that sticky lipgloss inside a house full of cats
I like that the Monster High ones are keeping with the theme of the doll, rather than changing them completely.
Gave myself bangs like that once in the mid-80s, when they were decidedly not in style. This is what happens when you attempt to perfect straight bangs in the summer, on a tropical island, on curly hair with paper scissors.
If this evil creeper shows up in my dreams tonight I'll have to quit Bored Panda forever.
I don't think one is the same doll. Lips are different shape {that is plastic mold), ears are smaller, bridge of nose is different.
l was thinking the exact same thing..the first doll's nose is broader and the lips narrower and wider..not to mention his hair is plastic..
Load More Replies... when I think about the structure of plastic for the mouth, I don't understand how this is possible.
i think there is a bit of photoshop going on cos the nose is a diff shape and so are the lips.
She sometimes uses sandpaper and other tools to remold the faces.
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Amazing job on the realistic eyebrows!
The artistic skills are incredible and I was amazed at the amount of detail that went into all the new dolls. Excellent work! However, I find them way too creepy and prefer the original versions more. The creepiness is due to the fact that they're so realistic yet their proportions are off, especially around the eyes. Uggg!
Am I the only one to think this looks like fake? Sorry but...
I agree. Most have completely different lips and noses. Some lips are much thinner and some are fuller. Not to mention the different chins and facial shapes. You can't just change plastic that way.
they're not--go to her etsy page
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Maybe everyone else would thought they looked fake just had the tact to keep scrolling.
Yeah Wanda...because you know so much about tact... LMAO
I like when she makes eyes realistic, however I am not a fan of "droling" lips.
What does "droling" mean...?
I think it's drooling, but misspelled.
I follow a couple of artists on youtube that do this, and the process is honestly amazing. For anyone who thinks this is fake, I do encourage you to look up doll customizations on youtube.
I’m sorry but this is exactly the beauty standard problem. A doll that comes with tons of makeup on exaggerated features and looks like a cartoon human is already a bit of a problem, sending a message that heavy makeup and exaggerated features is the beauty goal. But then the artist even takes away the super heavy makeup and keeps the same perfect tiny noses and plumps up the already enormous lips and keeps the big, almond shaped eyes and has the audacity to call it “flawed,” as if anyone in 2018 thinks plump lips, freckles or foundation-free highlighted skin is a flaw and not an asset. The message used to be: wear makeup to have these features and look perfect. Now the message is: you should be born with these perfect features AND you get to insist that you’re daring and “real” for not wearing makeup even though you have features people use makeup to achieve. You can look down on those people and somehow be applauded for it.
The faces are kostly contour and shading to get the effect. The makeup is repainting the doll. This artistry is amazing. The body dismorphia of the dolls boosies is weird to see.
bodies....what the heck autocorrect!!!!!???
I agree with what you're saying in principle, but in this case, there's only so much you can do with a plastic doll head to make it physically different. She's painting the faces, not recasting the mold. In a way, I think that painting them to look realistic, while retaining the absurd proportions of the original makes one aware of just how ridiculous the original dolls are. If they're creepy, there's a reason for that... Also, she does change the lips in more than one instance to be less plumped-out. I appreciated that!
Why did this post twice?? Sorry!
I wonder how she modifies the shapes in some doll heads? Hot water or maybe some plastic clay?
...or Photoshop?
Or not. She uses sandpaper and other similar tools.
No doubt she's talented and I'm impressed. However, I'd like to see her redo Chucky so I could be 100% creeped out instead of the 90% i am now.
Nowadays people wear so much makeup that there isn't much difference
But that's some awesome talent I mean I CAN BARELY DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE.
Uncanny valley, but in a good way.
These are unreal cool!!!
Some of them look reshaped. Also: so much duckface.
The Tree Change Dolls are better. They take the oversexualized dolls and make them more childlike. Check out the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/lG-7e1vaB18
Some of them looked so real it made my jaw drop. Amazing job
I don't know how about You Guys, but I'm a little bit tired of those identical articles on Bored Panda like: "(another) Ukrainian/Russian artist repaints doll and the results are unbelievable", "I quit my job to pant stones/ make photos of cats, horses (or whatever and I'm able to live from that)" or "My friend makes comics about his funny relationship situation/ about his daily life/ or to battle with his depression, anxiety and so on". And please don't get me wrong - I don't wanna say, that this amazing artist isn't talented - her dolls are really amazing, but eh... it's getting be boring a little bit...
Love these! What's the process exactly? The dolls have different hair color . That has to be tedious to accomplish.
I watch some doll repaints and they take of the original paint, pull the dolls head of and pull the hair out from there(its not too hard) then she probably repaints them, then puts a wig on the doll
When you put realistic faces on the dolls you realize how skewed and distorted the bodies are
I know, right?
Woah! These are amazing--I love them!
OMG!! You need to launch your own doll series! These are so amazingly fantastic!
I like them, but too big lips.
beautifull it is photorealistic, i am only curious if the real look is also vissible in real, not only in a certain angel on photo. Just as remark , there is an Australian artist that also chanches oversexed dolls, into dolls that are much nicer too look at https://www.etsy.com/nl/shop/TreeChangeDolls#about
I love these!!! I saw a short film about this woman and what she does.
Is that the same dolls?! Just the paint removed and then re-painted?
Beautiful message, but it's kinda creepy. He still did awesome though!
these look amazing yes, but the ever after high dolls make me cringe. those dolls are going to become more and more hard to find due to the show being cancelled.
Gorgeous. If I created art like this I would never question what my purpose in life was.
Very good detail. It’s better off on barbies. The face proportions the monster high dolls have is different and makes the realistic style look really ugly and creepy.
Creepy anorexic dolls but the painting is amazing
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Olga Kamenetskaya. Was her name posted here anywhere?
"Ukranian Artist." What is their NAME?
I would like them more if she would keep the original character - just repaint it. But very pretty indeed.
interesting
Amazing...
I don't think she just erase and repaint the make up. Some of the shape changed, and the hairs too. She does a better job, obvs. Especially on the eyes.
Yeah, she sometimes uses sandpaper and other tools to reshape the faces. She also removes the hair and creates a new wig.
Amazing, every time I thought oeh that's my favourite, no that one, now that one!! Fact is they are all so Amazing!!
I love watching YouTube videos of artists re-vamping dolls!
Some of these are just a shade on the creepy side--but such amazing work.
Just great.
The eyes give me shivers!!! Really creepy but amazing!!
Wow. These are amazing--the eyes especially. She is a talented artist
Creepy
Vaguely creepy, but very well painted and cool! Sometimes, creepy is cool.
These are all like vanilla sims vs custom sims (or Skyrim) :P
Totally fake.
fake
Just shows what type of non human's the airlines hire .. No Respect...
except those aren't even the same dolls those heads are different shapes and the bodies on some of them are clearly different.
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You got some dumb shit on here, but this might take the cake. Most of these are photoshopped.
Wow. Subtle.
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just stupid but hey we live in 2018
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So she's making dolls that were never meant to look human into "people" who don't look human after 20 or 30 plastic surgeries? Um. Ok. Just don't pretend these are realistic in any way.
Amazing job on the realistic eyebrows!
The artistic skills are incredible and I was amazed at the amount of detail that went into all the new dolls. Excellent work! However, I find them way too creepy and prefer the original versions more. The creepiness is due to the fact that they're so realistic yet their proportions are off, especially around the eyes. Uggg!
Am I the only one to think this looks like fake? Sorry but...
I agree. Most have completely different lips and noses. Some lips are much thinner and some are fuller. Not to mention the different chins and facial shapes. You can't just change plastic that way.
they're not--go to her etsy page
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Maybe everyone else would thought they looked fake just had the tact to keep scrolling.
Yeah Wanda...because you know so much about tact... LMAO
I like when she makes eyes realistic, however I am not a fan of "droling" lips.
What does "droling" mean...?
I think it's drooling, but misspelled.
I follow a couple of artists on youtube that do this, and the process is honestly amazing. For anyone who thinks this is fake, I do encourage you to look up doll customizations on youtube.
I’m sorry but this is exactly the beauty standard problem. A doll that comes with tons of makeup on exaggerated features and looks like a cartoon human is already a bit of a problem, sending a message that heavy makeup and exaggerated features is the beauty goal. But then the artist even takes away the super heavy makeup and keeps the same perfect tiny noses and plumps up the already enormous lips and keeps the big, almond shaped eyes and has the audacity to call it “flawed,” as if anyone in 2018 thinks plump lips, freckles or foundation-free highlighted skin is a flaw and not an asset. The message used to be: wear makeup to have these features and look perfect. Now the message is: you should be born with these perfect features AND you get to insist that you’re daring and “real” for not wearing makeup even though you have features people use makeup to achieve. You can look down on those people and somehow be applauded for it.
The faces are kostly contour and shading to get the effect. The makeup is repainting the doll. This artistry is amazing. The body dismorphia of the dolls boosies is weird to see.
bodies....what the heck autocorrect!!!!!???
I agree with what you're saying in principle, but in this case, there's only so much you can do with a plastic doll head to make it physically different. She's painting the faces, not recasting the mold. In a way, I think that painting them to look realistic, while retaining the absurd proportions of the original makes one aware of just how ridiculous the original dolls are. If they're creepy, there's a reason for that... Also, she does change the lips in more than one instance to be less plumped-out. I appreciated that!
Why did this post twice?? Sorry!
I wonder how she modifies the shapes in some doll heads? Hot water or maybe some plastic clay?
...or Photoshop?
Or not. She uses sandpaper and other similar tools.
No doubt she's talented and I'm impressed. However, I'd like to see her redo Chucky so I could be 100% creeped out instead of the 90% i am now.
Nowadays people wear so much makeup that there isn't much difference
But that's some awesome talent I mean I CAN BARELY DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE.
Uncanny valley, but in a good way.
These are unreal cool!!!
Some of them look reshaped. Also: so much duckface.
The Tree Change Dolls are better. They take the oversexualized dolls and make them more childlike. Check out the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/lG-7e1vaB18
Some of them looked so real it made my jaw drop. Amazing job
I don't know how about You Guys, but I'm a little bit tired of those identical articles on Bored Panda like: "(another) Ukrainian/Russian artist repaints doll and the results are unbelievable", "I quit my job to pant stones/ make photos of cats, horses (or whatever and I'm able to live from that)" or "My friend makes comics about his funny relationship situation/ about his daily life/ or to battle with his depression, anxiety and so on". And please don't get me wrong - I don't wanna say, that this amazing artist isn't talented - her dolls are really amazing, but eh... it's getting be boring a little bit...
Love these! What's the process exactly? The dolls have different hair color . That has to be tedious to accomplish.
I watch some doll repaints and they take of the original paint, pull the dolls head of and pull the hair out from there(its not too hard) then she probably repaints them, then puts a wig on the doll
When you put realistic faces on the dolls you realize how skewed and distorted the bodies are
I know, right?
Woah! These are amazing--I love them!
OMG!! You need to launch your own doll series! These are so amazingly fantastic!
I like them, but too big lips.
beautifull it is photorealistic, i am only curious if the real look is also vissible in real, not only in a certain angel on photo. Just as remark , there is an Australian artist that also chanches oversexed dolls, into dolls that are much nicer too look at https://www.etsy.com/nl/shop/TreeChangeDolls#about
I love these!!! I saw a short film about this woman and what she does.
Is that the same dolls?! Just the paint removed and then re-painted?
Beautiful message, but it's kinda creepy. He still did awesome though!
these look amazing yes, but the ever after high dolls make me cringe. those dolls are going to become more and more hard to find due to the show being cancelled.
Gorgeous. If I created art like this I would never question what my purpose in life was.
Very good detail. It’s better off on barbies. The face proportions the monster high dolls have is different and makes the realistic style look really ugly and creepy.
Creepy anorexic dolls but the painting is amazing
Mineral Rich Magnetic Face Mask https://www.topmakeupstore.com/collections/face/products/mineral-rich-magnetic-face-mask
Olga Kamenetskaya. Was her name posted here anywhere?
"Ukranian Artist." What is their NAME?
I would like them more if she would keep the original character - just repaint it. But very pretty indeed.
interesting
Amazing...
I don't think she just erase and repaint the make up. Some of the shape changed, and the hairs too. She does a better job, obvs. Especially on the eyes.
Yeah, she sometimes uses sandpaper and other tools to reshape the faces. She also removes the hair and creates a new wig.
Amazing, every time I thought oeh that's my favourite, no that one, now that one!! Fact is they are all so Amazing!!
I love watching YouTube videos of artists re-vamping dolls!
Some of these are just a shade on the creepy side--but such amazing work.
Just great.
The eyes give me shivers!!! Really creepy but amazing!!
Wow. These are amazing--the eyes especially. She is a talented artist
Creepy
Vaguely creepy, but very well painted and cool! Sometimes, creepy is cool.
These are all like vanilla sims vs custom sims (or Skyrim) :P
Totally fake.
fake
Just shows what type of non human's the airlines hire .. No Respect...
except those aren't even the same dolls those heads are different shapes and the bodies on some of them are clearly different.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
You got some dumb shit on here, but this might take the cake. Most of these are photoshopped.
Wow. Subtle.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
just stupid but hey we live in 2018
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So she's making dolls that were never meant to look human into "people" who don't look human after 20 or 30 plastic surgeries? Um. Ok. Just don't pretend these are realistic in any way.