Adding a ball-joint doll to a fashion doll world
I’ve spent more time than I like to admit searching for a new “young Daisy” doll for the second draft of that story.
Moving into the dollhouse
I’ve spent the last few weeks redesigning my doll room (what used to be the dining room in my house), and the living room next to it (which is still, at the moment, just a living room.)
(Re)Begin the Beguine
Here’s the thing – there’s a rhythm to a graphic novel panel that just isn’t there where you post all of the photos in a blog.
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes: On our own 1
In lieu of a premise song (“here’s a story, of three girls named after plants . . .”), I’ve created a premise episode for On Our Own
From an adventure tale to a story of kinship
My Overhead/Up-Above/who-knows-what-else-I’ve-called-it has gone through its (hopefully) final change. Because I recognize that the treehouse/adventure angle just isn’t where the heat is, I’m going to redo it from the beginning (which I had to do anyway, due to all of the wig changes) to focus on what matters. That is, to focus on the sweet relationship between the sisters.
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes: In the pictures, start of summer
These last two weeks I’ve been working on finishing up the first episode of In the Pictures – where the two sisters discover that one does not simply put a movie away, because it has a way of coming back.
Do overs
As I move all of my episodes onto the web, I’m finding that shots that seemed perfectly acceptable in a blog post just don’t look right when I format them into an episode.
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes: Underfoot episode 3
Underfoot has gone through some changes since our last adventure.
A cornucopia of canines
Dogs! I simply cannot stop buying dogs. Small dogs, thankfully. And inanimate. But, still, dogs.
Living and non-living dolls
In my next Underfoot episode, I’m going to be playing around with the distinction between dolls that seem fully alive and dolls that seem less so.