#dollinmind

[everydaydollydomes]

Look who finally got painted!!! Red Iris Atelier on Etsy did such an amazing job painting Adam even though it was outside her usual style. He looks amazing!

[leiflitter]

As I am now 30 and apparently an Actual Adult and Twitter is exploding even more, I figured that before I get back to the last bit of ArtFight I'd do some Dolly Introductions because most of my characters exist in the form of very expensive, very large dolls rather than the far cheaper "just draw them" option.

This is because I have impulse control issues and just love these idiots so... Hey! LORE is below the page break, as well as their sculpts!

These are just the ones who are important in some way in the big ol' thing I have going on, there are MORE DOLLS. So many more dolls.

1. Callum Shelley - Dollshe David Kuncci - the man who made Frankie and his siblings. Married to Science and Science only; he's also very gay and very awkward, and so decided that his desire to be a father could only really be achieved through sewing a ton of bodies together and reanimating it using science and Arcane Shit. He's technically on the run, as Frankie was kinda made in a lab that was meant to be looking into ways to improve transplants and other slightly theoretical ideas rather than Maybe Magic Could Help Me Have A Child, but he's managed to embed himself into Harlan's weird little underworld and so they don't have to jump ship at a moment's notice anymore. He now lives in London, in one of the many buildings owned by the Twins- Harlan wrangled that, as it would be useful to have an actual doctor on standby, right?

2. Franklin "Frankie" Shelley - Ringdoll Frankenstein 2013 - Frankenstein's Monster if he was a mid-20s Horrorpunk Dirtbag with a heart of gold. Very family-oriented- it was him and his dad for a few years just after he was made and they're very close. Had a few wobbly times as he came to terms with Being A Bunch Of Corpse Parts and therefore not really being able to do stuff, but now they have a little niche he's having a good time. Would literally die for-

3. Poppi - Aimerai Scraps - a ragdoll that was brought to life via some fairly arcane shit. A literal cinnamonbun angel. Frankie's other half, and generally makes sure that Callum doesn't accidentally forget to eat while he's working on stuff. As she can't have children (she literally has no internal organs), she's also involved herself heavily in looking after Frankie's siblings.

4. Evelyn Shelley - Sugarble Night Miriam - Frankie's "little sister". She's about six and she's always going to be about six- she's a very sweet little kid, loves dolls and dressing up. She has that "Family Princess" confidence, and can often be found "making Frankie Pretty".

5. Valentine Shelley- 5StarDoll Aiden - Frankie's "little brother". Although he's technically younger than Evelyn, he's probably more akin to a 7/8 year old. He was made as a playmate for Evelyn as she was getting pretty lonely. Callum had honed his technique a little, hence Val not literally being blue like his siblings. He's always ready for some sort of adventure, but lets Evelyn take the lead.

6. Magdalen - Doll Chateau Oort -very old vampire. She's the tactician; although she's very powerful, she tends to direct her brother rather than get her hands dirty. She talks the most of the twins, but even that's not much. The twins function almost as one person, and are rarely far from each other.

7. Alasdair - Doll Chateau Cyril - also a very old vampire. He's Magdalen's muscle- if something threatened them, he'd be the one actually dealing with it. He barely speaks, but when he does it's generally something very important. The twins live in Highgate and do not appreciate any link between them and that Highgate Vampire business. Their home is a massive Victorian thing that has some minor glamours so it's not considered "the clearly haunted house".

8. Harlan Silver - Ringdoll K -puts the Whore in Victorian, he's here representing the Pansexual Slut Vampires. He's considered the "oldest son" to Magdalen and Alasdair, but his function is less as a child and more as their connection to the outside world. He brokers deals and access to the twins, sources... food for them if they don't feel like hunting and has shown them how to connect to the wifi about 5 billion times. He lives in a basement flat in London that would make any antiques dealer jealous. He also kinda has a... thing... with Callum, but it's less emotion and more mutual benefit.

9. Seraphine - Doll In Mind Marcellina - the precious baby daughter in the vampire family. She was brought to them by Harlan as a toddler in the late 1800s, and they have raised her the way they were raised. She is doted upon absolutely- however she's not as odd as the twins, mostly because Harlan has done his best to expose her to humanity and help her be as well-adjusted as an immortal creature can be. She's currently going through Vampire Puberty so she's spending a lot of time with Harlan because there's nothing more frustrating than having a teenage mood swing in front of the twins.

10. Siddiq "Sid" Shah and Noa Kim - Universedoll Tsukimi and iDoll Arnoah - long-term schoolfriends who grew up in the London Borough of Camden. They were both on the 'social misfit' side of things, and spent a lot of their time trading Stephen King paperbacks and watching crappy horror films, until they found a book at a car boot sale that was apparently an actual Grimoire of spells- and then their interest in witchcraft took off, and all that time speaking one language at home and another at school really helps when finding rituals that work. They describe their magic as "kinda like one of those buffet restaurants that serves, uh, everything? Like you can get pizza, curry and fish and chips if you want, but instead of getting food poisoning, you get results."

The two fell onto Harlan's radar fairly quickly because he's a nosy pest that lives pretty much opposite the little park where they do business. He's now got them "in" with the twins, and they're also the ones who managed to create Poppi. They're now pretty good friends with Frankie and Poppi, and are working on some Glamour spells because Frankie would really love to go to a gig at some point. Or even just to Nando's.

They often find themselves helping Callum, but mostly because he's a scientist at heart and although he's used magic before, he doesn't really... get it. They're also both on the twins' payroll, because witches are also very useful, and not as common as they used to be.

[fuwafuwasakura90]

Lighting’s not too good so it’s hard to see her eyes. Plus they don’t photograph well. Gotta work with what I have.

[onionbulb]

🌊 Element: Water 🌊 sensitive-intuitive-mysterious #bjd #legitbjd #balljointeddoll #bjdstagram #doll #boydoll #dollstagram #dollsofinstagram #iplehouse #iplehouseryushin #dollinmind #dimdoll #dimdollterrence https://www.instagram.com/p/CCzXUDEJ657/?igshid=i18dlhz9g3wf

[meanae]

Bunch of commissions from the last few months. Wanted to rather post them together than each on their own :)

[dollhalla]

fairy meeting by Vitarja

[sightdoll]

And the last set from my @jun1pa order went to my DiM Larina. I love the greens and turquoise in this sweater and stockings ♥️ #LegitBJD #DollinMind #DiMLarina #DollZone #BJDhybrid #BJDknits #junipaknits #BJDsewing https://www.instagram.com/p/B84Z7G9pZmO/?igshid=1nahje0oyoaec

[theugliestwife]

DIM Larina once again, in deadly vein tune 💀 #dim #dollinmind #dollinmindbjd #dimbjd #dollinmindlarina #larina #bjd #balljointeddoll #artdoll #art #custom #ooak #dollmakeup #faceup #customfaceup #ooakdoll #dollfaceup #bjdfaceup #realisticfaceup #deadbjd #ghost #ghostdoll #doll #dollstagram #dollsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/theugliestwife/p/ByLb-N6ogxn/?igshid=1bc4eg9uyn7xe

[airimirofgondor]

DiM Marianne 😊😊 Owner asked for an artist's choice, and her character is a semi-sickly little girl, so I tried to make her look tired with some grey accents and low eyebrows, with some extra color around her nose. #bjd #abjd #balljointeddoll #asianballjointeddoll #legitbjd #dollinmind #dimbjd #bjdcustomizing #faceup #faceups #bjdfaceup #bjdfaceupartist #whitetreebjd https://www.instagram.com/p/BzrSZXdAeq7/?igshid=8mnf2dicgcft

[juyoukiss]

The Requiem et Reminiscence 2 outfits from my favorite Gackt concert. The boys are still a WIP. I need new eyes for You/No. 21 and they both need wigs and shoes. Been working on these two since 2010 (No. 21) and 2012 (Gackt/Zero) so glad to finally be so close to completion after so long. My precious cyborg boys Zero and No. 21 💜💙💖 Clothes commission by @saphar_bjd_tailoring #bjd #balljointeddoll #mypictures #sunny #outdoors #myposts #korean #koreanbjd #dollinmind #dimmnm #dimYou #nobilitydoll #nobilitydollGackt #RnR2 #requiemetreminiscence #requiemetreminiscence2 #G.H.O.S.T. #ghost #cyborg #sapharcommissions https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLWyaXg2iO/?igshid=7w2ztu6xtcv6

[beedaleebjd]

noooo

rant/

In light of them closing, Doll in Mind said they’d be accepting orders until the end of April 2019.... but because they got so many orders they marked everything as sold out suddenly and stopped sales early! There’s only a few select heads left available which seems totally arbitrary..

But I can’t bring myself to do the “customer is always right” thing and message them to complain! I can understand the overwhelming influx of orders being the cause, and I’m sure they were going through enough already with the closing down process... but I’m. So. Upset!!!!! I’ve been eyeballing their site what feels like every damn day ALL MONTH until I had the means to afford a head but I gosh darn mcfreaking missed it! Argh!!!!! -lays on floor-

/end rant

[calochortus]

Dakota by Eirien

[fuwafuwasakura90]

Not too sure about the eyes, they’re Yukari’s or the wig but it sorta looks cute.

[onionbulb]

👇 Below 👇 Charlie is definitely far below Byron height-wise, for Charlie is just a little creacher... #bjd #legitbjd #balljointeddoll #bjdstagram #doll #dollstagram #dollsofinstagram #bjdboy #boydoll #iplehouse #iplehouseakando #iplehousegentleakando #dollinmind #dimdoll #dimdollmiru #marchofdolls #marchofdolls2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-scAR0JXUy/?igshid=w30t5w400vqw

[dollmarrow]

Dolltober day 20. Shadow. I almost missed it lol #dolltober #dolltober18 #dolltober2k18 #bjd #balljointeddoll #dollstagram #dollinmindjullis #dollinmind #Alistar #Alistarbjd #Alistarbjdoc https://www.instagram.com/p/BpLQL7RlcDT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1442sjitvsis9

[cydril]

Paolo is getting a spruce up! New wig and outfit, eyes and faceup forthcoming!

Also-has anyone had experience removing a faceup on a dyed doll? Last time I tried with him a lot of the dye came off too, and I dont want that happening again :/