Paolo Ballesteros' 'Game of Thrones'-inspired makeup transformation deserves its own Emmy
Game of Thrones fans, you have two options: You can idly sit around waiting a year for season 7, or, you can take cues from Paolo Ballesteros, and throw yourself right into Westeros.
Using makeup, contouring techniques and wigs, Ballesteros, a TV host and actor in the Philippines with over 1.7 million followers on Instagram, transformed himself into the show's various leading ladies, from Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen and, of course, Cersei Lannister.
"I start out by Googling pictures of the characters in different lighting to see the facial structures and contours," Ballesteros told Mashable about the process. By making his eyes bigger or further apart, shaping the size of his nostrils, and mastering the perfect complexion, his versions of the Emmy-winning series' characters are spot-on.
Melisandre
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 30, 2016 at 11:42pm PDT
Brienne of Tarth
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 24, 2016 at 11:09pm PDT
Arya Stark
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 22, 2016 at 10:22am PDT
Daenerys Targaryen
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 19, 2016 at 9:57am PDT
Cersei Lannister
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 12, 2016 at 6:50am PDT
Stansa Stark
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 10, 2016 at 3:09am PDT
Margaery Tyrell
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on May 8, 2016 at 4:06am PDT
Ballesteros doesn't limit himself to the HBO show. He's previously gone viral for recreating celebrities from Caitlyn Jenner to Jennifer Lawrence.
Jennifer Lawrence
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on Sep 19, 2014 at 7:25am PDT
Ellen DeGeneres
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on Nov 5, 2014 at 4:22am PST
Kim Kardashian West
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on Mar 8, 2015 at 4:45am PDT
Caitlyn Jenner
A post shared by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on Jun 8, 2015 at 8:48am PDT
Who will be next? Tyrion Lannister? Catelyn Stark? If it's Jon Snow, maybe Ballesteros can draw his beard back onto his face.
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