Notes on the Making
Process, decisions, behind the scenes — how the stories get made.
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When dolls go mad: Building a crazy wall for Marcelo
Has a real person ever created a crazy wall? Or does that only happen in films? In any case, if ever I saw a doll who might create a crazy wall, it’s Marcelo from Betwixt.
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Faking a painted wall for a roombox: Using Photoshop to paint a wall
I realize I could have added a little more detail in my last post about how to create a painted wall for a roombox, but I’d gotten pretty far through the post before I realized I should write about it, so I saved it for later.
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Building rooms for dolls: A place for my 1/3 scale Dollmore Manuier doll
Creating an adventure with 1/3 scale dolls means dragging home much bigger pieces of materails.
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Photo Stories then and now: Comparing Among the Flowers episodes over the years
At almost two years into learning to create photo stories, and reshooting the Among the Flowers storyline, I can start to see what I’ve learned over these years.
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Horses for dolls: Finding the right size horse for your 1/6 and 1/4 scale dolls
After spending a year absolutely obsessed with getting the right dog for each of my dolls (every doll *must* have a dog, according to my rules :)), I find that I have a new obsession; horses!
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Suggesting Motion with Still Life: Photographing Dolls
One of the hardest parts of creating an action adventure with dolls is that they’re, by nature, immobile. And, often, somewhat difficult to pose. So, how do you get them to look like they’re moving?
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Playing with dolls, again
It’s seems an odd reminder to someone whose hobby is photographing and creating stories around dolls, but I seem to have forgotten all about playing with the little things.
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Bringing dolls to life: Animated GIFs
I did a little playing around this last week animating the littlest sister in On Our Own.
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Starting Fern’s Story – Adventuring with dolls
It seems I often find my dolls like this, sitting in chairs (or benches, in this case) waiting for their adventure to begin.