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Zombie boy Rick Genest custom doll repaintby *noeling

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Note: This doll recently sold on ebay. Link below:

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In celebration of the upcoming Halloween season, I am very excited to present my latest custom face up - Rick Genest aka Zombie Boy. Zombie Boy rose to fame for his heavily tattooed body as a statement of art showing the human body as a decomposing corpse. He was also a featured character in Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" music video.

I use Tonner Doll Company's factory produced Zombie Boy doll. The inset photo at the bottom right shows the doll in its original factory state.

As with all my creations, I completely strip the original factory paint on each of the dolls, and completely repaint the facial features in, paying attention to accuracy of likeness and lifelike expressions.

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 . Since dolls are basically miniature pieces, brush strokes and shading have to be very controlled and precise.

-- acrylic paint and ultra fine brushes

(Note: I am not in any way affiliated with the Tonner company)

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~DreamsOfSilverWolfs May 11, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

I looked at this and thought it was a real person

until i realized it said doll paint.

~murrl Apr 28, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

WOW! this is amazing!! very detailed and perfect! you need a realy quite hand for that

awesome realy !

~Vinterperle Apr 11, 2013 Hobbyist

Wow! I could never tell the doll from the real Zombie Boy!

*TAG-Ink Mar 19, 2013 Professional General Artist

This is beautiful!

~ferchas-is-love Mar 18, 2013 Student General Artist

Oh my....... GOOOOD!!!!!!! You made me the happiest woman EVER!!!!!!

~loveandeyeballs Mar 13, 2013 Professional Artisan Crafter

Wow. I've been browsing your gallery, and I have to ask - was this doll more of a challenge for you than the other photorealistic faces you paint because of all of the tattooing? Or maybe less challenging, since so many of his tattoos are anatomically inspired? I'm just so curious. Beautiful work!

*idmcustoms Feb 20, 2013 New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Amazing! So much details in those tattoos!

~liekmudkip Feb 10, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

incredible

~YawningWolf Feb 10, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

These are photos, right? RIGHT?
I am amazed because it looks so real

~XmarcinhuX Jan 28, 2013

I want one. Where or how I can buy one of this?!

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