Short answer: either one depending on your need.

BoobleHead: If you need a generic humorous caricature, BobbleHead could be for you. It is mass-manufactured in China, where prefab plastic bodies (1) are fitted with various style of prefab heads (2) and a few hand-painted brushstroke added for likeness. Since it depicts a full figure, the relative small size of the generic head may not resemble the photo.

PrintAhead: The reason of using bust style statues to make the head relatively large and easy to recognize as a 3D portrait. When a portrait is loaded (1), our software recognizes 50 significant points on the face, such as eyes, mouth shape, eyebrow, etc and the proportions to each other. This, along with the applied photo texture ensures that the 3D head retains maximum likeness (2). A choice of 3D hairstyles and bust shapes are added (3) and custom color/texture selected (4) before the 3D file is uploaded to a large 3D full color printer in the USA. Full Color Sandstone or MJF price is displayed depending the output size (5). These statues are 3D photos that can be kept as keepsakes for a long time (6).

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