Small Life Stories

Notes on the Making

Process, decisions, behind the scenes — how the stories get made.

  • Underfoot 01: First night

    http://www.mydolladventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Produce_9.mp4 Jinjur and Buu arrive in the city, and try to find a place to stay for the night.

  • Underfoot: Opening Scene

    http://www.mydolladventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Produce_9.mp4

  • Another emotionally exhausting week in doll adventure land

    The doll who plays Cado was emotionally exhausted after his final take. Camellia came by to give him a little moral support. and finally young Daisy joined the group. I’m going to let the girls (and guy) chill and get ready for the next Episode of Camellia’s story.

  • My Doll Adventure 23, continued: Lily’s story

    . . . Lily holds Camellia’s favorite picture of Daisy . . . and paints . . . Daisy in front of the Secret Garden shop.

  • My Doll Adventure 23: Cado’s story

    What Cado sees. The fight . . . Camellia and the girls gone . . . Items washed up on the shore . . . A teddy bear . . . His letter to Lily , , , Nothing . . . . . .

  • How much is that doggy in the (browser) window?

    or how many 1/6 scale bulldogs does it take to fill a diorama? I’m generally pretty thrifty in my doll and diorama purchases. With the exception of the main character dolls, I get almost everything else on the way cheap – Dollar Store, Goodwill, and Aliexpress. But, sometimes, I get some jones for a particular…

  • My terrible, horrible, no good, very bad photo shoot

    The good news: Everything turned out OK (but not great) in the end. The bad news: I’ve never had more trouble doing a photo shoot Last week’s shoot with Camellia gave me a ton of false confidence about my ability to just dash together a set. This week, with Rosie’s bird adventure, I learned that…

  • My Doll Adventure 22 – Rosie and her bird adventure, part 1

    Frank takes Rosie to a park to look at clouds and help her feel better after  Daisy’s departure.

  • Rearranging an Island, or how I moved Camellia to a smaller set

    As part of moving every object in my house to a new location, I had to move Camellia’s set. Here’s the old set, on top of one of my workshop tables And here’s the new set, in the wire bookcase that used to hold my indoor sets. Since she’ll be changing her set again next…

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