A Lady Gaga doll painted by artist Noel Cruz has sold for $2,125.00 US on ebay.
Noel Cruz labels Lady Gaga as:
“arguably the most popular newer artist to emerge in the music scene. Her fashion sense and image has no doubt influenced and captured the consciousness of the public.”
On his deviantART site here Noel describes the creation of the doll:
The doll I used is a 17-inch resin ball jointed Venus Sybarite doll produced by Superdoll. The base doll I used is not a representation of any celebrity or character, but I thought the mold was close enough to create a Lady Gaga repaint.Full facial repaint, completely precision hand repainted featuring three dimensional repaint/shading/highlighting on eyes, eyebrows, and lips to faithfully transform the doll into the likeness of Lady Gaga, particularly inspired by her looks from “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” music videos.As I could not find a similar wig to the one that she wears in the “Telephone” music video, I had to hand restyle and hand dye the wig myself.The inset photo on the bottom shows the mass produced version as originally released.Repaint is a new form of pop art, wherein the doll’s face is treated like a three dimensional canvas, with the added challenge of painting within a very small area and an even greater challenge of recreating a real person’s likeness. Since dolls are basically miniature pieces, brush strokes and shading have to be very controlled and precise.
Noel Cruz is an artist with a passion for faces. He has been repainting dolls for 10 years but has been drawing portraits all his life. He has since painted hundreds of dolls, many of which are displayed right here in this website.
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