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One artist's drawings of comic book characters are so incredible that they have caught the attention of Stan Lee himself.

Mr Argenis Pinal, a cosmetologist from California, US, has made a name for himself on Instagram for transforming himself and other people into popular superheroes and villains.

His page, which was started in 2012, now boasts over 109,000 followers who eagerly await to see which character he'll become next.

 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Jan 24, 2015 at 5:56pm PST

 

Lee, the founding father of Marvel and co-creator of Spider-man, the X-Men and Iron Man, was filled with nothing but praise for Mr Pinal's unique pieces of work in an article posted on his official website. He remarked that Mr Pinal's work is "nothing short of incredible".

He wrote: "Pinal is his own makeup artist and hair stylist and has perfected his method of using heavy dark lines to contour his face into drastically different shapes," 

"You won't learn tricks like these in cosmetology school," he added.

Aside from highlighting Mr Pinal's breathtaking make-up renditions of Marvel characters such as Magneto, Wolverine and Spider-man, Lee also singled out his transformation into characters from rival company DC Comics, namely Joker and Harley Quinn.

Here are some of Mr Pinal's best pieces of work yet.


Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Jun 11, 2015 at 8:23am PDT

 

 


Wonder Woman


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00pm PDT

 

 


Tony Stark aka Iron Man


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Mar 18, 2015 at 11:54pm PDT

 

 


The Joker


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Dec 10, 2014 at 5:35pm PST

 

 


Harley Quinn


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Dec 16, 2014 at 3:01am PST

 

 


Jean Grey, Cyclops and Wolverine (The X-Men)


 

 

A video posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Mar 6, 2015 at 11:07pm PST

 

 


The Thing


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Aug 30, 2015 at 2:39am PDT

 

 


Female Magneto


 

 

A photo posted by Argenis LComics (@argenapeede) on Oct 7, 2014 at 1:26am PDT

 

 

 

Sources: TheRealStanLee.com, MTV.com, The Huffington Post

 

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