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This is Noel Cruz with the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Oh wait never mind they're actually just dolls.
Noel is a Filipino-American artist based in Anaheim. He repaints dolls to make them look like the real thing.
And they're as realistic as plastic can get.
He got his start when his wife started collecting celebrity dolls and he saw them as a new canvas for his art.
He repaints a new doll face by washing the original layer of paint and applying his own with more intricate detail work and shading.
His hard work is well-praised in the doll community and for good reason.
He takes the mass-produced dolls by companies like Mattel and turns them into one-of-a-kind pieces.
This gorgeous Princess Diana was sold through Noel's eBay store for $1600.
And Noel has sold dolls for upwards of $3000.
When painting, he works delicately, often forgoing brushstrokes and going for little dots of paint instead.
When doing meticulous detail work, Noel says he visualizes himself as the same size as the doll.
He even cuts the doll hair in layers and applies mousse to perfect the new do's.
Each doll could take 48 hours of work in total.
Noel says there's it's sad when he sells the dolls off, but he's happy there are people out there who appreciate his art.
And when the work is this perfect, who wouldn't appreciate it?
If you want to see more, check out Noel's website.
So, do we love or do we LOVE?
