Notes on the Making
Process, decisions, behind the scenes — how the stories get made.
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Presidents day storyline refresh
I’m right at that part of the storyline where a bunch of plot threads get woven together, and I’m still working out how they mesh. I should be back with daisy’s story on wednesday.
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Posing comparison: Made-to-move Barbie vs. my 1/6 ball joint doll
Today I’m going to do a brief comparison between Daisy – my Wildflower doll on a made-to-move Barbie body – and Jinjur – a 1/6 scale ball joint doll from Aimerai dolls. These two (and Lily, who’s on the same body as Daisy) are the best posers in my group. Starting at the foot, both…
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A simple sea set for Camellia
Camellia’s dog rescue takes place on a very simple set. It’s literally just: A black piece of foamboard, with a bit of sand sprinkled at the front Underneath a lovely pieces of stained glass, from my friend Diana In front of a vinyl photo backdrop of a full moon over the ocean. Here’s the set,…
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My Doll Adventure 18: Camellia and a gift from the sea
As we catch up with Camellia, we find her scanning the horizon. I had lots of grand, and even mundane plans for this episode, but they were not to be. One involved the source of the dog – I’d imagined at first that Camellia would spot a passenger boat sinking and the dog would come…
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Strike a pose: Moving your doll
I’m still mid class on the puppet animation, but it’s already had a huge impact on how I look at positioning my dolls. If you look at almost any doll photo – mine included – they all look like they hit that point in Madonna’s “Vogue” song where she says – “Strike a pose.” They…
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Dressing your ball joint doll on the cheap
Somewhere, in a galaxy very close and yet so far from the one I inhabit, there are people spending $60 on doll shoes. Teeny, tiny doll shoes, which don’t have to be comfortable or stand up to a single step of walking. In that world, you can purchase a bra, which never has to support…
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Doll house cleaning
(panting, drops to couch and starts typing) Am I late? Sorry, I got all caught up in house cleaning this weekend (which has been neglected woefully these last six months) and am just getting back to posting now. I imagine you thought, from the title, that I was cleaning my doll house. Actually, the dolls…
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Lighting your set
Finished the third segment of the stop motion class. For me, this one had the least of interest in it, since I’m likely not going to need a full-fledged stop motion animation program, and much of the time was spent completing some of the set design from last time. The lighting, though, was really interesting…
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Question: How do I create printed backdrops for 1/6 scale?
My Fort Magic method is working great for quickly creating a custom backdrop shape. I used one of the backdrops in Daisy’s last episode – it’s the mustard colored wall in the photo below, which I created by attaching some cotton fabric I had to the Fort Magic structure. You’ll see the curved backdrop I’m…