#dollcustomizing

[the-enzyme]

I ended up not repainting my Myou Bettina male, but instead I “enhanced” his face a bit.  After staring at him in Photoshop for what seemed like years and doing a bunch of mock-ups. I decided that I wanted to try making him look more mature, by just shading him a bit heavy-handed and just add to the gloom. I love that he looks constantly pissed, petulant, somber all the time, but now it’s at another level, and I am really loving it!  I probably make all my dolls look that way, due to my eternal love of angry brows. However, they all work in the end, because of the characters I choose to recreate in doll form. 

I am still hoping to improve on my hair strokes one day, but this time I just wanted to add to his face. Instead of repainting him completely. I kind of tried adding two pairs of eyelashes to his tiny eye openings, so I need to fix those. I do enjoy the thick, full-lash-line. That’s what I always hope for with my dolls with applied top lashes. However, these don’t look that nice and one of them looks further messier than the other. Maybe I wouldn’t mind it, if both were about equally messy/clean, but I do mind this level of asymmetry. I had to trim some of the lash hairs, and now I am dreading finding if I ruined his “default” pair, because those were really nice lashes. I hope I didn’t damage those int he processes. 

I am happy with the way he looks overall; I can always try repainting him again fully, from zero next time! He is a beautiful doll, I only wish I was more talented (or had steadier hands!), to at least give the sculpt a tiny bit more justice. These turned out granier than ever, I am not sure what went wrong. My cell phone was at full charge, and I had the light blasting right on his face (if I put the light anywhere further, the photos become darkness themselves).  I suck! DX

[jcreeperart]

From Russia with love Katya is done

Just some finishing touches and she's is complete and trixie and katya will have a nice photoshoot outside

[sindydollpics]

When I got this girl in a bundle I thought she would be beyond help. I’m not pulling anyones work apart here but she wasn’t in a very good state. . Her scalp had some very big holes probably from removing the old hair. She was then re rooted and glue had been poured into her head… which seeped through the holes and set hard like crusty rock 😱😱😱😱 . The glue that was used was all over her head on the outside too and took me three hours to remove with non acetone nail varnish remover. . I then went onto @dhemporium to see if I could find the perfect match hair as her scalp was so sparse and the perfect match ended up being trend setter nylon. . To avoid the holes I made a new parting between them so not to re open them . She then had a slight touch up to the eyes, fresh lip paint and some blush . Her eyelashes had been glued in so hard so I trimmed them and neatened them up as best I could. . I think she’s turned out quite well in the end. . Do you like the hair colour ? . Joining @kriss_ydoll for #krissyfashionmood the mood is relief . Joining @margaretanndolls for #maddollove dreamy pastels . #sindy #sindydoll #dollrestoration #reroot #ooak #repaint #dollcustom #dollcustomizing #dollrescue #barbie #dollinstagram #dollphotography (at Lincoln, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtQWG1t9-c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jointed-custody]

Hmm. It looks like it’s gonna be a creepy-doll weekend around here! #dollcustomizing #dollbodies #headlessdoll https://www.instagram.com/p/Clr3rmgs752/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ultrabrite-dl]

"What if I made the 1959 Barbie with a 2003 Polly Pocket?" I said,

"I can repaint her whole face, that definitely won't hurt my eyes!" I said.

Yeah, I really like the 1959 (first) barbie doll design, so I decided to have fun by making a tiny doll of it, rerooting her hair was surprisingly easy! I think I'll do more Polly pocket customization in the future...

If I ever find one with hair again!

Barbie doll size comparison below:

[dandhisdolls]

"Oh, we walked together, and talked together, and just before we say goodbye, he takes me in his arms, and then... I wake up."

Because there's no Princess Aurora, without Briar Rose! 🌹

She was another kind of challenge, but a challenge nonetheless 👀 This time I wanted to stray from the usual sweet expression, and went more with a "bratty" one 😁

Problem is, when trying to achieve it, it's so easy to actually step into "evil smile" territory 🤣

This repaint was actually my second attempt, after the first one I decided to take a day or two to really study her mold, and finally get what wasn't working...In the end, I went the hard way, and partially resculpted her face, while afraid to ruin a LE head, I knew I wouldn't have been satisfied otherwise, go big or go home basically 😅

For the dress, I've mostly kept the original concept in mind, with the same colors I remember from the VHS (the palette of the outfit on the restored version is too gray for my taste, give me the cream, the turtle dove, the beige, the maroon!!), saving the tiny spinning wheel embroidery on the corset...it seems like this doll has been one big experiment from start to finish 👀

In the end, I love how she turned out, and most of all I'm glad I didn't give up on the expression, I really hate to take the easy way, I know it would have frustrated me too much to leave untouched 😵‍💫

Better make that kind of decision at the start of the process than at the end 🫠

🌹

[pumpkinscustoms]

Here's a partial custom of #664 as a standing cat!

[eviltwindoll]

Monster High repaint von Hecho

[hausofdollsau]

Letting this funky lady go. She is now available in my Etsy shop. Link in bio. #barbie #barbierepaint #ooakbarbie #barbiefashionista #aabarbie #afro #funky #dollrepaint #dollcustom #ooakdoll #hausofdolls (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPRvhBrTIN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[7usacustom]

ヤフオク出品中。

[the-enzyme]

I made some black vinyl pants for my mature tiny Myou Bettina on a male body, BJD. I used a pattern meant for Taeyang, because I hate making pants patterns myself. It is a bit too loose at the legs, but fits really well around the waist. I prefer slightly tighter vinyl pants, so I will try again later. He is wearing a top I made for either my MH Invisibilly repaint, or my Triad Toys, Volks hybrid action male doll. I don’t recall now. I know I have lost the pattern, so I can’t even attempt making more.. and I am actually pretty happy with how that shirt turned out. T__T;;

It fits really well on him, so I feel I might try making more shirts in this style for him. I was thinking, or hoping, probably. That it would be easier to make clothes for him because he is tiny, but I kind of forgot I suck at sewing, and considerably worse at creating patterns. Lol! I guess it’s a good thing, he’s so tiny (less waste of fabric). DX

I love how the tinier irises on Alan’s eyes make him look a bit more mature. I just wish he had a face plate instead of a head with a head cap. It makes it hard to position his eyes just right -- it doesn’t help that I have terribly shaky hands, and that his S hook gets in the way. ^-^;; I dread fixing his eyelashes for that same reason. There’s barely any space there, to do much, and I have terrible shaky hands! Even if I remove the head from the body, there’s just so much space in there...

[jcreeperart]

Finally had some time to work on these gals

Next up is the wig and shoes :)

[dollulus]

Straightening Lagoona Blue's Hair! Monster High G3 doll MH

[theugliestwife]

⠀ Silver fox Edria 🤍✨⠀ ⠀ #edria #lalegendedetemps #bjd #balljointeddoll #bjddoll #dollcustom https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLiTyND_Qx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[atri-awonori]

コラボKUMAKOちゃんの衣装を担当しました🧸今週中にヤフーオークションに出品予定です！ #Repost @r_e_n_a with @use.repost ・・・ EGG01🧁 #toystagram #dollstagram #instadoll #dollmakeup #dollcustom #kumako #puyoodoll #bjdphotography #animedoll #bjdstagram #娃娃 #poupée https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch6H1x0J464/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dandhisdolls]

"I'm not your toots, and I don't even look like a beetle!"

Now you do 🫠🦋

Here's the second 17" Thumbelina, Beetle ball edition! Her dress was an adventure, so many pieces, so many directions, so many pins poking my fingers 😵‍💫 In the end though, I think she's my favourite of the bunch, she's massive, colorful and so so pretty, I'm obsessed ✨