#my bjd

[resinixupi]

My process of creating a BJD for the first time

I sculpted my own BJD-inspired little doll for the first time! Including sewing his outfit, I worked on the project over the course of December til March.

He's based on my artistic fan-rendition of dr. Nitrus Brio from the Crash Bandicoot video game series, and I'm planning to make a few of his colleagues as well! 😊 Here's some reference pics for context, for those who don't know the character.

Read on if you want to see the process of his creation!

(Heads-up; Contains censored doll nudity and loose body parts and all that~)

He's only 19cm tall (which is uncommon for adult-type BJDs (they'd usually be 40-70 cm, that's 1/4 or 1/3 scale)) and his technical design is a little crude/simplified compared to the beautiful mechanics of the BJDs I used to own, but I'm really happy with how he came out. It was quite the magical experience, because I haven't sculpted much before, nor have I sewn on this level of detail.

I figured the smaller scale would make him more easy to handle and less intimidating for a first project, but it made it a little difficult to work with at times as well!

My very first attempt was fun but had a lot of issues, I decided to start over before painting. The (extremely cheap) clay had shrunk massively, he was nowhere near hollow enough, he was a disproportional mess xD

And since he needs to be to scale with his friends later on, I decided it would be a valuable prototype. UvU

So all that happened during my Christmas break! From then on, I continued working on him little bits at a time. Quite surprisingly I managed to stay engaged and dedicated XD

This time I got actual doll-grade paperclay, which made so much difference. Amazing stuff. It was again very satisfying to see his shape forming. And this time he made it to the paint stage!

After drying out properly, I coated him first to set the clay, then used acrylic paint to give him his base skintone all over. The first layer, applied with a brush, was a blotchy mess. :x

Then I thought of sponge-dabbing it on instead, which worked wonderfully! I only realized while doing it, that it reminded me of how I applied my own bodypaint with a sponge for a blue-skinned cosplay 😊 Must've subconsciously gotten the inspiration from there lol

After his base coat, I could no longer resist and strung him😂💖

I realized it might get messy later on if I'd refuse to unstring and restring him for further painting/blushing and coating. But I figured it'd be good enough and I was having too much fun having him in his strung form XDD <33

It turned out okay, even after spray coating him strung. ^^

Painted his face, cleaned the paint off his bolts, glued eyelashes on 💕

And finally, gave him bodyblush for a little more life to him, love it!

Then I spent many nights sewing his lab coat, undies, pants, gloves and boots! 😊😊😊

I now consider him finished, and ready for cool shoots! All of this really made me relive my love for BJDs and all the crafting around it. Looking forward to make him some friends, but for now it's kinda nice to have time for other projects again as well 😂

[xdazzlex]

Noelle

[the-slender-doll]

That one picture I loved from today's photoshoot with my bird boy Horus 💕

For those curious, he's a limited edition bird version of Dream Valley's Rah sculpt!

[cenricthecerberus]

Aiko is a Dearmine Dearpet Lily Peacock Blue

The camera isn’t finished charging and I have to go to sleep but I couldn’t resist snapping a picture of two cuties in one (the second being the cat Aiko is lying against)

Also what tags are we using these days?

[gumdropbjd]

Meet Thistle

My spouse @starheartsdreams finished the faceup so I wanted to show off my new baby dragon! She's a Oueneifs recast that I got for myself as a reward for dealing with some stuff. Also: she is cute.

[anti-recast dni]

[aro-tarot]

Meet Milo!

He’s my Charm Doll Bishop Evan, and he’s more handsome than I pictured! I also really like his staff. I completely forgot that I ordered it with him. 😂

I kind of figured his best friend or perhaps partner would be the other Charm Doll I’m waiting on, so I wonder who he’ll be friends with out of the current dolly dear hearts.

I’ve got one more doll coming this week, tracking says Thursday. All but two of the dolls I’ve been waiting on coming all in the span of a month 😂

[lachryphage]

what's her name

[para-iso-doll]

Kayako Kayaki

Doll artist

twitter: @para_iso_doll

IG: @para.iso.doll

[forestfairyus]

[collectoraei]

Bobobie Weylin on Dollzone Merlin body, Wearing  a VOLKS Outfit (Dollzone outfit in last photo)

[dendacien]

Work on my first alpaca doll wig is going well. Right now the long parts are drying in little twists after I trimmed up the short part.

[resinixupi]

2010 Recovered: Sun Temple series

Selection of a batch of recently recovered pictures, full set published to Deviantart 🌐

[xdazzlex]

Lovers <3

Marcel and Sońya at my work space. I have just decided to sell my dollmore zaoll luv (Alexia), so I put her clothes on Sońya and they fit her even better. They were supposed to have that gentle 1950's candy vibe, paired with her shoes. Marcel was much shorter than her (he is such even when they're both standing on flat shoes), so I made him sit on the sewing machine.

I'm so happy all things are slowly getting back to normal: I have a nice place to stay, where I can enjoy my dolls no longer stuck in their cardboard boxes and can comfortably craft for them. My room is super tiny, but it's okay, because I'd rather save up for my own mortgage than pay off someone else's.

So, I'm back to happy: back to crafting, dollying, and so on. And back to enjoying the sight of my two lovers. This time, Marcel in his boy mode, Sońka in her girl mode, both so straight :)

[togamicchi]

random doll pixels i made ages ago

[gumdropbjd]

Say cheese!

I take pictures of Cassidy. Cassidy takes pictures of me.

[anti-recast dni.]

[aro-tarot]

The weather was nice today, so I worked on Nivia’s face-up.

My second one, and I still struggled with the lips. Although this time it was because they didn’t get completely covered by the sealant. Still, I really like how she came out. I don’t really paint makeup with my portraits, so I wasn’t sure how giving her the black eyeshadow and dark lips she has in the game would look 😂