Hiro continues to work on films today but began creating hyperrealistic sculptures two decades ago.
Basically, I used a lot of techniques for special effects makeup to create the portrait.
After seeing the response, he wanted to continue creating busts.
Frida Kahlo
Constructing a sculpture is a fluid process and one where the design and concept can change a lot.
Coloring, he explains, even one hair, changes how the final sculpture [looks].
But of all the components, its important that Hiro gets the eyes just right.
Salvador Dalí
If the eyes are off, everything falls apart in the sculpture.
So I pay a lot of attention to it.
Especially when I position eyeballs in the sculpture, usually that is the last process to finish the sculpture.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hiros interest in hyperrealistic sculpture came from a love of visual effects in movies.
Dick Smith with his portrait
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