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Dark, gothic face ups?

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gothikgrrl

I am planning an evil Alice in Wonderland doll and want a very dark, gothic face up. Does anyone have dolls painted like that, or know of a good face up artist for that? And can you send me pics? Thanks!

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Shailara

http://asainemuri.deviantart.com/ Very good for what you want, imo, but it's been a while since she has last opened?

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/propertyoftheuchiha/ Has a very versatile style, can pretty much anything you want but I don't know when she opens for commissions.

 

Someone doing specifically DD gothic face-ups I do not know of, but probably most artists here would consider.


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gothikgrrl

Thank you for the links!! I actually had Shallow Sleep do one of my resin boys and she is amazing. I wasn't sure if the resin artists did the vinyl dolls. I never seem to see any in their portfolios. I use Illness Illusion almost exclusively now on my resin dolls, but didn't know if there was someone who was specializing in this style for the DD dolls. Also, I'm wondering how it would come out. I haven't seen very many painted that way.

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Shailara

Well, I am not sure if they do paint vinyl dolls, but it never hurts to ask, imo. I mean, I think the reason we don't see any of them paint any, is because no one asks. Andreja almost does only MH repaints and resin dolls, but someone did commission her to paint their Melty. c:


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gothikgrrl

Shailara~ You are right, I asked Illness yesterday, we'll see what she says.

 

Bellatrix~ Thanks for the link, I have liked you and will look you up when I decide on a head to do! Any suggestions? I am doing two Alice's in different outfits. I want one to be dark and evil and the other to look insane LOL.

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Shailara

Ohh~ Right totally forgot you're doing AiW ^0^ (OT picture http://i.imgur.com/pdLjuMUl.jpg ehehe, my friend needed my Pine for an insane-Alice and we painted her with that in mind ehehe~)

 

With that in mind, I think any head will work if you put normal glass eyes in instead of the usual anime eyes I'd go with 04 for insane myself, and 07 for the dark and evil -v-)b Except if you'd go for character dolls too, but they'd get pricy @v@;


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Bellatrix

I think that 07 for dark Alice is a very interesting choice. Also 05, even if I don't really like the mold.

As for a crazy/insane looking head I'd suggest 02 (or 05, if you choose 07 for dark Alice).


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Yukamina

I wonder what a gothic face-up on a DD would looks like...? Would you want the eyes and lips blushed like resin BJD?

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gothikgrrl

I'll have to check the 04, I was thinking 07 and 05 so great minds clearly think alike LOL. Your Alice came out great!! That was a good idea about the eyes, I was wondering about that. What size eyes would you use if you were using standard eyes? I did find the Volks cat eyes in yellow to be pretty evil looking, though. I would want the mouths painted I think. I think it will help with the look. My insane girls I usually do the Victorian doll mouth on. I was hoping to see the gothic face ups on these dolls, but have had a hard time finding them. For the evil girl I'm thinking yellow eyes, only because I have a lot of red eyed girls. For the crazy girl I want one red eye and one ice blue eye. I want to get the pin point pupils to really get the crazy look. I came up with a really good design for my crazy MH Alice and keep wanting to use those eyes over and over again

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Shailara

Hm, you don't want the normal eyes to be as big as the eyehole, like with DD eyes...so maybe 20mm? Or 18 even. Generally, (most) eyes aren't very expensive so you could get a few more to try them out ^-^ And thank you for the compliment~! >w


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Dark, gothic styled face-ups are rather unusual for DDs.

Most of the people go for a cute, natural make-up look, and even the more dramatic ones don't get heavy eye-shadow, black eyeliner and dark lips.

 

It's of course possible and if you are unsure whether an artist paints DDs...just ask them. They are usually quite open and always interested to try new stuff.

 

@Yukamina:

I think that's pretty much the way to go. You would put a lot of emphasize on the area around the eyes and lips, while using darker colors than usual.

For natural looks you use a basic brown/peach/pink palette, for darker ones it's black/gray/and a highlight color fitting the rest of the style (like red, purple or a dark blue).

You also work more with contrasts.

 

With BJDs you could also try a dark "drawn on" eyebrow look, copying the look some female goths use for their eyebrows. Problem is that DD eyebrows pretty much look already drawn onto the face, without visible hairs and such


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So, Illness Illusion, the wonderful Alicia Boates who does the majority of my resin dolls, said she'd be more than happy to work on my DD project. Apparently she's done a few already. I have a couple of other irons in the fire, and plan on getting the outfits first, but these are projects that are really on my mind. I think for my evil head I'm going to go with the DH05, and maybe for the insane Alice...well, I'm not sure. I want one with a mouth that can be made to be open a bit as I want to give her a manic grin. I'll definitely post pics when they are done. Thanks for all the help and advice, I'm sure I'll have more questions as this carries on LOL.

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gothikgrrl

Ah, yes. I was thinking the DH02. I've seen some mouths modded on those that look pretty good.

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gothikgrrl

Thank you! I am happy to see one done

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gothikgrrl

Wow, that one is amazing!! I love the tattoos, too. Thanks for the link!!

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zeni

that alice is absolutely amazing!


Too weird to live, too rare to die.

@home: Alter2 Aoko Aozaki Alice Kuonji

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iomi

This is my MDD Rosalie, a custom Ayu by Totechi ( who also did that custom Alice )

she's the only dark looking DD I have XD but I absolutely love her.

 

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Totechi used dark blue paint for her eyes and dark shadow under it for a nicer effect, I really love the details she has. so with the right paints and tools you could still get a nice gothic looking character XD


At home: Rina and Reina( Twins ),DD Neris,Oscar(DD Beatrice),Bunni DD Akira)Melon( DD Yuki.M)Saber Extra(x2), Toki(DD Rise), Saber Alter, Saber Lily and Kudo, Rosalie, Cirno and Kan'u,Melty, Aoko, mika(06), Rin Tohsaka

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gothikgrrl

Wow, she is amazing!!! I am so excited about this doll now

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gothikgrrl

So, I found the SQLab site and was thinking of some of these heads for the Alice's. I think they are a little off topic, so I hope it is o.k.to post advice on this here. I was looking at Miyuki for my crazy Alice (as I had wanted to get her with her mouth open) and Kirie as my evil Alice. It was kind of a hard pick on that site because I felt they had plenty of good choices for both, but these were the two I kind of narrowed it down to. I'm happy to take input on this

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