So I'll get back to posting the 100 days of art which have turned into 240 days, I've stopped counting . . . and blogging about it, but you know me. Creativity comes in waves and so does blogging in my case! So I'm skipping all the stuff that I need to catch you up on and showing what I'm currently working on instead.
Anyhoo, I am pleased to report that I have picked my doll back up and am now closer than I have ever been before. I've been craving a new doll and my favorite artist hasn't offered a new YOSD so I've been impatiently trying to by the time until she does. I've even contemplated buying a MSD doll, even though that's not my preference. I have my eye on one in particular but I don't have any money to buy her, so the yearning has forced me into create mode. Can't find one or buy one so there's nothing left but to make one and I've been doing, just that! I started messing with her last night and I almost have all of her limbs strung together for the first time EVER!!!! I had to patch up a few mistakes that I made because I'm heavy handed and ruined a few pieces that's why she isn't fully poseable yet, I'm waiting for her to dry so I can sand and pull her strings tightly, but here are my progress pics.
Looks a little creepy like this, but I'm excited to have all of her limbs together... almost. Remember last time you saw her she just had one leg? Next time you see her she'll have a full body, all limbs intact!
Waiting for the balls on the feet and hands to dry so I can pull her together. The good thing about paper clay is that I don't have to bake it, but I still have to wait for it to dry before I sand and tighten her up. I refuse to remove the string to do all of that because I want to see her together and threading that string is . . . let's just say, a lot of cursing is involved!
Don't laugh at my homemade s hooks, crazy looking peanut joints, and funky hands, lol!
This process takes so much patience and finesse, I don't know how doll artists do it. I'm sure seeing the finished product is worth the pain, but MAN it's hard to get through the bajillion steps without wanting to pull your hair out! Very tedious and tormenting, especially when you don't know what you're doing and you're just making it up as you go along. What I wouldn't give to go to a workshop given by an established bjd artist who knows what they are doing!
So this girl is a very rough draft, with very amateur joints, and s hooks, and all the rest of that good stuff that I had to figure out on my own. I have no idea what possessed me to take on a task like this, but I am pleased with myself for getting this far. This is definitely a craft that you learn by doing.
While I was waiting for pieces to dry, I sculpted another head. I think I might be getting a little better at that too. Check her out. She is another character from my graphic novel. God help me when it comes time to sculpt her body.......
I surprisingly got it pretty even all around for the first time and was so proud of that small feat once I cut her head open.
I think I like her better without eyes. I just need to find the right pair. These are substitutes.
Can't wait to sand her down and see the diamond under the rough. Let's see how long this burst of creativity lasts.
