Noel Cruz is an artist of several mediums, but his work with repainting regular dolls into mini masterpieces might be his most stunning work ever! Noel describes repainting 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.
With his work on the Sheldon Cooper doll, he started with the formerly Tonner’s 17-inch San Diego Comic Con 2014 exclusive Sheldon Cooper doll, trimmed his hair, removed all the paint from the face, and started repainting it, spending a good amount of time to create the illusion of contouring. Once Sheldon’s mini me was finished, Noel put him on eBay, where he sold in October 2014, for $535.
