Artist creates hyper-realistic sculpture of Andre the Giant

Trent Taft's bust of Andre the Giant is sure to leave you doing a double take.

The New York-based special effects artist and wrestling fan spent months working on the sculpture to ensure it was as life-like as possible, including individually placing each strand of hair.

"Hyper-realistic sculpture is very labor-intensive and requires numerous steps including sculpting, molding, casting, painting, hair work, etc," Taft told Tyler Schmall of Mashable. "Hair alone consists of putting each strand in one by one to make it seem flawlessly growing out of the silicone skin."

Here's the finished product:

I am so damn happy to finally finish this lifesize sculpture of Andre the Giant. I've always been a huge wrestling fan and thought of one of the most iconic characters to work on. I did the sculpting,molding,painting and hair with the eyes by @hiperrealismomexico . Thank you to @lastxwitness for the amazing photography.#andrethegiant, #wwf, #wwe, #art, #portrait, #lifesizebust, #sculpture, #sfx, #specialeffects, #wrestling, #wrestlemania, #hulkhogan, # hyper-realism, #hyperrealism, #giant

A post shared by Trent Taft (@trenttaftsculpture) on Jun 24, 2017 at 4:50pm PDT

Finished Andre the Giant lifesize sculpture made of silicone. Photo credit: @lastxwitness #sculpture, #art, #portrait, #lifesizebust, #andrethegiant, #wwf, #wwe, #hyperrealism, #wrestlemania, #wrestling, #giant, #specialeffects, #spfx

A post shared by Trent Taft (@trenttaftsculpture) on Jun 25, 2017 at 6:49pm PDT

Finished lifesize silicone bust of Andre The Giant. #sculpture, #andrethegiant, #wwf, #wwe

A post shared by Trent Taft (@trenttaftsculpture) on Jun 25, 2017 at 7:21pm PDT

To give you a better idea of the scale of this piece. Here I am with Andre. #sculpture, #andrethegiant, #wwf, #wwe, #art, #portrait, #lifesizebust

A post shared by Trent Taft (@trenttaftsculpture) on Jun 26, 2017 at 2:55pm PDT

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