Tooting my own horn: I was published on ADQ!

Not sure I deserved the honor of being the "featured artist" on Art Doll Quarterly...... but I didn't ask for it....... :-) I'm probably just really lucky. When the mag editor told me I didn't really figure out it actually was a lot more important than just having a couple of doll pics published. I tend to look at the pics more than reading the magazine so I never realized that there is only one featured doll artist per issue....... unfortunately they didn't use the photos I sent them and they wanted the actual dolls. I sent them the 5 I still had here at the time. Now I could have probably sent something better. But anyway, here are the SIX pages (click to enlarge them)...... if you prefer to get the actual magazine, it's Art Doll Quarterly Autumn 2010 (Aug/Sep/Oct). Should be out in the newsstands soon.

Beauty surgery for dolls

I started sculpting dolls two years ago with a lot of long breaks in between. This year I only sculpted two dolls so I can't say I exercised my skills that much. Despite of it, I know my sculpting skills have improved quite a bit since those first dolls! I wish I could get them back from the buyers to make them prettier.

One of my ugliest dolls was a cat girl who ended in the hands of my friend Zed who, inexplicably, loved her!
I have been begging her to hide that hideous doll and not tell anyone I made her but she kept displaying her in her living room in good view for everyone to "admire".
Finally, some days ago, Zed accepted my offer of beautifying her....... "just a little" she said. LOL She knows I often "kill" my dolls if they stay with me for a while and they can become something else!

Having my hands on Cat girl was such a pleasure....... I transformed myself in a doll surgeon. A cut here, some clay there........ and cat girl is still a cat girl but she looks much prettier now and I'm not ashamed of saying I made her. She is still "different" but what can you expect from a cat girl? :-D

Alice In My Land - 8.5" Paperclay BJD

If you've seen my old posts, you might have recognized Amber, my second BJD...... who turned into Alice!
Amber never had much personality and wasn't telling me who she was until one day she finally spoke to me and said she was Alice! I never doubted for a minute and I rushed to get her blue dress and sew her white apron and socks. Now she truly is herself!
Sometimes it takes a while to make them speak up!
Now I rushed to finish her shoes for this ADO challenge and she's complete! She also got her bunny.... :-)

 

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