The picture was blurred anyway. *shrug*

Recently (in a plan that took over a year in the making) sunsetway and I gifted impishfox with a fully loaded (i.e. wig, eyes, outfit, etc) doll in a gesture of gratitude for all the help she's given us in getting our own doll families together. She is trying to act like she never saw it coming. XD

Since I did the faceup, I am ganking a photo to put on here. You can click on it to see the rest of her photos. :)




I am slowly getting the hang of my new materials, though I am fighting against the pastels turning out grainy. I think that actually has a lot more to do with how clean my working surface is and how well the MSC lays down more than the pastels themselves. A new brush would probably also help. On the bright side, eyelashes are so much easier now.

Well, the last three faceups I did were out of my house before I had a chance to get any pictures of them (perhaps mercifully?!), but tasu has taken some pictures of her Ayumu with my work here. If I remember right, she asked for bratty, punky yet natural, and monochrome. Yeah, that's it. XD

edit: tamayaki gave me pictures to post of hers! ( Naoya - BF Jerome )

Anyway I have a whole new collection of reasons why I should never take commissions for money, not the least of which being my very low threshold for pain, so when I am hurting from an illness or arthritis or whatever the last thing I want to do is spend hours bent over a doll head failing at itty bitty eyebrow strokes. :P Fortunately, everyone I've worked for has been uncommonly patient with me, and I am really grateful for that. I also really enjoy the opportunity to practice and work on others' dolls so I'm glad they aren't totally turned off by the idea of commissioning me in the future.

So yeah. You guys are great!

(in related news, I am sick to my stomach again... haha whyyy)

Well okay, in an almost embarrassing moment of weakness I purchased a LatiDoll Special ver. Tanned M last night. I want to tell myself this isn't an impulse buy for the following reasons: 1) I've always kinda liked M, and after seeing many photoshoots of a particular M on DoD I had pretty much decided I needed one to represent the character formerly embodied by my Lune, with which I have lately become disenchanted, and 2) I had always wished for a tanned doll to represent aforementioned character. So, when I saw tan M, I basically flipped?

So I want to pour out my endless gratitude towards impishfox for buying that Lune head, which I had really intended to give to you anyway so I will definitely make it up to you later, and to sunsetway for her generous offer to donate as well, but frankly I would rather see you again at least once before I leave North America. XD

I will kind of miss that Lune, since he was my first, but it just wasn't the same after I came back home to him--and I think I can trust Belle to take much better care of him than he's been getting lately. :) I hope that doesn't happen with the rest of my dolls, because I know it would be impractical to take all of them with me. I don't think it will though, because I think I know exactly what caused it the last time, and I won't be repeating that. Not to place the blame on others, since it doesn't really concern anyone but myself if I fall out of love with a doll; I just don't trust myself to do it again. *shrug*

In any case, when he arrives I think I will drop the thin veil of disguise that I haphazardly threw over "Takumi" and just be honest with myself - he will be Kajimoto Takahisa. lol pathetic right? But I think I will be a lot happier with both myself and the doll if I'm just out with it. I've ordered his wig and hopped on a group order for a pair of Lavender Smokey Mystics, and I still have all of Takumi's clothes, so getting him together will be a snap... though a bit expensive. No more buying things until I'm out of the country!

.... haha yeah right

So, I got my Fantasy Doll boy body the other day. I would have to say my final verdict is it is "all right." What I like about them is that they are shorter than 60cm without looking like the body of a 5-year-old, which is why I got this one in the first place (in addition to being a cheapass). Here are some observations:

( point-by-point )

So in conclusion, it's not an excellent or even remotely impressive body, but it's all right. It's not like it's falling apart and it is only a little under $180, so you get what you pay for. I think I will still get one for my future Bliss head seeing as I would like him to be under 60cm, but I'm going to have to spring for a SD13 body someday for my Tohya. He needs tabi toes anyway.

tasu took some pictures at the meet the other day. Really good pictures. XD



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Since it is winter break, I am offering free faceups for dollowners local to Arizona for practice/to build up a portfolio after I finish up my stuff for impishfox. :B This is my commission post!

( Materials )

( Drop Off & Pick Up )

( Turnaround )

( Signing Up )

Current Commissions:

1. elle_hazard
   
2. tamayaki
   
3. tasu
   

8D

Taken for someone curious about his Zouks. Of course one eye is slighter higher up than the other and he has a fuzz on his shirt haha hilarious.

Finally got around to taking pictures of Shiradoll.

( Kuranosuke )

Heads

CP BW Vampire Elf Chiwoo
Volks Tohya II
Volks Cristal mod
Volks Kun

Parts

BW Fantasy Doll boy body

( Jayden - Volks School Head C/Dolkot Body )


( Miyuki - CP MNF Shiwoo )


( Yuuhei - Volks FCS F-20 )


( Kuranosuke - Volks Amakusa Shiro Tokisada )


Name: 雫 (Shizuku)
Type: Luts WS Vampire Elf Chiwoo on Fantasy Doll body
Age: ???
Completion: 02.14.08
Eyes: Ethereal Angels Gumdrops Periwinkle Albino 16mm
Hair: Luts DW-170 Blue
Mods: none
Esthetics: me


Name: Takahisa Kajimoto
Type: LatiDoll Special ver. Tanned M
Age: 22
Arrival: 05.09.08
Eyes: Mystic Eyes Lavender Smokey 14mm
Hair: Leekeworld L-024_L Brown 12
Mods: none
Esthetics: LatiDoll

The only son of an affluent Japanese family living in the heart of San Francisco, Takahisa is tall, smart, handsome, mature, and impeccably fashionable. His naturally diligent and responsible nature has found him captain or president of various clubs and organizations since childhood, and though he has always been widely acknowledged as a school heart throb, he has spent most of his youth with very few close friends. Though he may at first appear cold and aloof - the typical Fearless Leader type - those who do find their way into his inner circle soon find that he is not exactly Mr. Perfect. Rather, Takahisa is just your usual somewhat socially awkward, sometimes hot-headed, occasionally arrogant, but every now and then very sweet guy struggling to meet the perpetually high expectations of his parents and peers... as well as himself.