Notes on the Making
Process, decisions, behind the scenes — how the stories get made.
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Piper and the very elaborate but still not great set
Piper has gotten by far my most elaborate set – furniture, stepping stones, little odds and ends. And lighting! she’s got lighting like no other doll before her. And yet, it still looks pretty funky. See what I mean? I built that fence by hand – clipped the dog ears, painted each piece, glued it…
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Finally getting my posse of neighborhood kids
On just letting my characters be kids for awhile, or the start of an endless summer.
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Casting elves for In the Forest
While I always had these two main dolls (Kestrel and Wren) I had several other elf-like BJDs on the quest when I first started
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Improving Old Shots with Lightroom
I’ve recently learned how to get more out of Lightroom, and am using it more often to adjust my shots.
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More shooting in the dark
Lighting a shot is always a series of experiments. I have some very rough idea of what I want, and then I start playing around with placement and lighting. Sometimes sometimes everything looks great, and sometimes everything looks awful. I try to do more of whatever made the shot look great, but it’s a pretty…