Raw Sculpt

I have been working on a BJD prototype, it's a discontinuous process and sometimes I even almost forget that I should finish her sometime :D As the title says it's very raw and need not only sanding and polishing, but moreover more sculpting work and also adjust those joints. For now, some facts :
- She is made of Ladoll airdry clay.
- She is around 44cm high.
- She is very loose for the moment, especially the arms.
- She has a faceplate head system.
- She has two-toed feet, but I still have to finish those properly.
- She is a robot/mecha like Réi, my Zaoll.
- She was supposed to have high-heeled feet and I even made a pair, but they are too unstable.

Still Waters

Still bodyless but much more decorative :

 

Something new

I gave it a first faceup to see how it would look with one. The face is that of an old character of mine Deekay, a sea-zomie (that's a long story).
The point is I seriously don't know what to do about that head : the sculpt is really wonderful, it's realistic, it's very male and it's purdy. But I won't ever have a body for it ^^"

 

Future Fugitif

Refresh

Réi's faceup was refreshed, it mainly stayes the same, I just made it sharper, softer and more detailed.

I also had some stuff made of him : awesome corset by Asella and goggled by syrinxfox.

Ordered!

I have been looking up to it for several months and I have naturally ordered it as soon as it was cast in resin : the new Or-doll sculpt that was meant to picture a 35 years old man, Anderl.
I fell totally in love with the dreamy eye-lids, those full open lips and sharp cheeck and jaw bones, and with the anatomical smartness of the whole of it.
I have a character I would like to put on it, and I can't wait to paint it, although I do have no idea about a body to put it on. I have previously tried getting an SD-sized BJD, and failed in appreciating it because it was so huge and clumsy, so I'm not planning to buy a body for the moment, I have something else in mind...

(picture by Rene)

Y a pas photo.

C'est drôle je n'ai plus envie de faire des photos "artistiques" de mes dolls, juste des photos de bonne qualité, sans plus, de temps en temps.
Probablement parce que la photo, au final c'est très contraignant au niveau des accessoires, lumières, espace - et le résultat ne rentre pas vraiment dans le cadre de ce que j'imagine autours de mes personnages.
En fait pour faire des photos artistiques et originales il me faudrait pouvoir se détacher des univers, personnages et autres considérations pour n'exploiter que l'objet "poupée",  tout ce qu'on peut construire autours de ça, avec une imagerie appropriée et vaguement inspirée du "modèle" original.
Mais bon, ça, ce sera peut être pour la prochaine?

Rust

Rust and the machine god.

Down on Earth

Il fallait bien lui consacrer encore une petite série :

Vice, au naturel, tel quel.

Of purest gloom

Wishlist revue et corrigée :

Je me rends compte que j'ai encore des envies niveau doll, même si j'aurais du remplir mon quota pour cette année. C'était prévisible, mais ce sera difficilement réalisable, comme à mon habitude. 

La wishlist est pour le moment constituée de deux custo, deux petites SD 50-55 cm :

Un modèle asses masculin faisant référence à mon personnage mort-vivant noyé (Deekay) qui est un autre de mes perso clés. Il faudrait absolument un visage assez dur sur un corps masculin et naturel, mais ça, je peux toujours rêver.
Et un modèle de support pour une custo très colorée, peut être pour réincarner Amaris, ça reste encore un peu flou - là j'ai un peu plus de liberté pour le moule, mais de la même façon j'aimerais découvrir quelque chose qui me plait vraiment.

Je complète cette liste par des envies passagères tels que :
- Chibi unoa, Narsha et  Heeah qui me plaisent beaucoup, mais qui n'ont pas leur place chez moi pour le moment.

Make it two

Sepia Soft

Luminous

Illuminates my day <3

Go for it.

I have been wondering what Rei would look like with another face, whether it would turn out more simillar to what I wanted or not, and after hesitating for a moment, I just went : mneh, why wondering, let's just go for it and see what happens.
So of course I had to get the luv face - that froggie-mothed and potatoe-nosed face that looks unexpectedly pretty and is so well-balanced. But I couldn't keep my art knife avaw from it for more then a minute. Modded lips and eyes, my usual thing I guess. I would have wanted the moth to be half-open but I have already leared how hard it is to open a thin firmly closed mouth nicely.
I had a hadr time dealing with the faceup as well, but now here he is, probably better then ever :D
So one thing I'll try to sick to (again) - when you really feel like trying something - go for it.