Another commission for the lovely Arioch! I do like having loyal customers :3 hers is a fishylips Wintery head;


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OMG people, I can’t believe I haven’t posted since Chinese New Year D: I feel like I’ve been in a winter related coma since about October, I’ve hardly done any dorrie things. Now that spring is on the way however, my lovely friend raineonthebrain has bullied me into doing doll stuff with her.
I’m around her house at the moment, using her monumental computer to post this :O we’ve been painting all weekend, me mostly swearing at my airbrush, but it has produced some good results!



First up is the lovely Luna Moon, a LUTS Miyu that I've already painted once before - but I wasn't happy with it, so raineonthebrain indulged me and let me do it again. Second time, much better :3 all shots were taken on her fab camera. ( More Luna... )

I've also recently revised a modded School A from Singapore. I've never really seen one up close, but he does have a rather lovely face (if slightly fishy lips :O). If you've been reading my kafers journal, you'll know my computer has been a bit f**ked recently, so I wasn't looking at any references when I painted it. Dear readers, this was very foolish. Let that be a lesson to all face-up artists, always use the bloody reference, because my poor customer was a bit like what the piss? So XD I've done it again, but not before taking this rather dramatic picture (followed by the improved look) ( OMG SchA failz )

I have some more commissions to work on, so hopefully it won't be another 3 billion months before I post again D':

Lately I've been inspired to make new clothes for my own dolls. I stopped making them ages ago, due to lack of time and energy, but something's made me pick my enthusiasm up again. Namely my new obsession with historical clothing.
Even work would be insanely dull if not for my new obsession. I work for something called YAT, which runs three major museums in the city I live in. I usually work in only one of them, but now I've been trained to give tours of our medieval hall, which has set of many sparks of inspiration. After making my own medieval dress to wear, I couldn't help thinking I'd love to make some for my dolls.
I've always hated most of the historical clothing I see on dolls. It always looks so fake and gaudy, mostly because people use cheap fabrics that look, well... cheap. But when I discovered you can actually get things like thin wool mixes that look like the real thing, and even cotton linens, well. I've already started collecting fabrics - mostly real silk, and I scavenged some leftover wool from people at work. I don't really want to restrict myself to a particular period - though most of it will be Tudor themed, with maybe a bit of Dark Ages Viking/Anglo-Saxon inspired.
I've already started making a boned corset for Padma. I cannot express how much fun I'm having with making it - unlike modern type clothing, but I find very boring to make, the quality of the things I want to make, and all the referencing which I enjoy doing, is really a pleasure for me. I can't wait to have pictures, but its not quite ready yet... then I have to start on the silk dress @_@ layers, how I love thee.

Anyways, historical rambling over. Here's a lovely Aragon minimee head I painted for Witchypoo. His beard is mighty.


(background is my medieval linen under dress haha)

( Who is he thinking about I wonder... )