HK artist makes dolled-up 'mini-me's
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For a thousand bucks, Hong Kong artist Mickco Chan will create a miniature doll of you. And then you can dress up your "mini-me" any way you want.
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Chan is one of the most sought-after fashion illustrators in Hong Kong. His work appears frequently in chic magazines and window displays, but with "Project Repaint," he is going for a 3D sensation.
"I think it'll be nice one day if people can have a doll of themselves, personalized dolls, that's based on my illustration. I think it'll be more fun than having a 2D illustration. I mean they can play with it, they can change its clothes, comb its hair, you know, and stuff like that," said Mickco Chan, Fashion Illustrator.
Chan has assembled the best creative talents around him: a stylist to cut and shape the dolls' hair, and a tailor to design and sew clothes by hand.
It's Chan who shapes and paints the doll's face. He says he hopes his clients will see the world a little differently through the dolls' eyes.
"My concept is: actually I want them to take photos of the dolls. You know, a lot of people like to take dolls to travel with them to take snaps, photosnaps of them," Chan said.
"What I want them to do is sometimes I'll make some new clothes for them, and they can take photos of the 'Look of the Day', because I believe every person has different perspectives when it comes to the camera and things like that. So I think that will be interesting, and then they've got different personalities."
The dolls cost $8000 HK Dollars - that's nearly US$ 1,000 and take 2-3 weeks to make.
Sonia Yeung, a young professional in Hong Kong, admits it was "weird" meeting her doll for the first time.
"It's a surreal feeling. It's so weird because you'd never really imagine having a doll of yourself. You just, you know, it's always about, you know, like Barbie, you know like, nowadays people play with Elsa, those kinds of characters," she said.
"But you never really thought of having a doll that actually has your own face on it, and same hairstyle, even they're just like you. It's just so different. It's like, it's a surreal feeling."
Yeung adds that her doll has become a permanent fixture on her social-media account and will even be making an appearance at her upcoming wedding. The doll will be there alongside the bride, all "dolled up", to greet friends and family at the reception table.
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