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Different degrees of realism in the same doll family?

Jul 8, 2005

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    1. I adore realism. I actually just saved a bunch of pictures from the galleries of dolls that nearly look like photo manipulations--people put to BJDs.

      To that end, I'm now arguing with myself. I adore AR's Cien muchly and want one, but I'm being haunted by the Hounds and other such models.
       
      #81 Ringshadow, Jul 22, 2006
    2. I tend to go for the in between realistic and stylized. However, if I were to do a certian character based off of anime I would definately go for the Stylized look. I had a Dollfie dream with a anime D02 head and for some reason I just couldn't bond with her well because of her overly anime looking head. And I love anime on top of that n.n;;;
       
      #82 visionsofdolls, Jul 23, 2006
    3. I have both. I love the elves. They are just magical to me and their face mold allows more fantasy type fashion. My realistic molds are able to dress up and look better in people type clothing.
       
      #83 saranilla, Jul 23, 2006
    4. I tend to lean towards more stylized headmolds, in that I adore cute things and the big eyes/small mouth/little pointy nose is pretty darn cute. ^_^ But, I also like a lot of more moderate styled head molds, and I think my dolls are pretty varied. Overall proportions of doll body and head size in comparison to each other are more important to me than how stylized the facemolds are.
       
      #84 Dolly, Jul 23, 2006
    5. I think it all depends on what you want to do with your dolls. If you want to photograph them together as characters in a photostory, then I think having them appear to be from the same world would be more important than if you just want to play with them.

      I have... more dolls than my sig says. ^^; Even if the scale and styles are different, my personal taste is reflected in each one of them, so there is bound to be some kind of similarity. I prefer wigs in black, blonde, plum or any shade of red; that lack of variance gives continuity. Most of my dolls have eyes in the purple/pink range. They almost all wear gothish platform boots like I do even if they aren't particularly goth, because I end up only picking shoes I'd wear myself. Their bin of clothes is mostly black with some pink/ red/ plum. I never planned any of these things, it just worked out that way.

      Those are just my own preferences, I think for everyone with a large collection there is some element of the owner's taste that comes through in unexpected ways. For me, it's colour, but it's probably different for everyone.
       
      #85 Dezarii, Jul 23, 2006
    6. I'm definately more into the stylized look. Most of the realistic molds either give me the creeps or... well... let's just say I think my little doll hand mirror would break if if it came anywhere near a very certain few.
       
      #86 Rumble Rose Konami, Jul 23, 2006
    7. Moderator note: I've just merged two threads (entitled "Do your stylized dolls get along with your realistic ones?" and "Stylized and Realistic molds in the same collection?") into this one. :daisy
       
      #87 Rhian, May 7, 2007
    8. I have a MNF ruth and Shiwoo, and I'm wondering how they'll look with my SP Roda I'm justing after.

      Then again, if I like the mold, who cares.
       
      #88 Abbychan, May 7, 2007
    9. My dolls have a variety of looks from stylized big eyes girls to hyper-realism. In my little universe the more stylized ones are fairies or half demons so their unusual looks fit into the whole idea. It's interesting to see the collection all together. The differences in types make it interesting. Plus I tend to do themes in clothing & helps keep them looking right.
       
      #89 Gwydion, May 8, 2007
    10. I like something in between. I like big eyes and a cute little mouth but can't stand little sharp noses. I tend to like other owners' realistic dolls but buy whatever my heart picks out.

      I just got my Volks Lilith, and she sat down next to my DM Momo... She looks like a freak! D: Her eyes are huge and her head is swollen like a balloon... That's why I don't own a lot of MSDs, I think, but even my CP Ani and CP Ttory look a bit funky next to my Momo and SO Tiffee, who have smaller faces, longer noses, and take 14mm eyes. I try not to photograph dolls who are so radically different with their heads right next to each other, it creates a weird effect. But you can cover it up pretty well if you put them at a distance and use creative angles in your photos.
       
      #90 Aggity, May 8, 2007
    11. I have three real dolls and three doll-like ones, I use to have real doll for adult people and doll-like for children.
       
      #91 Tsuruko, May 8, 2007
    12. Mine are all about the same degree of realism, I think... although some do go better with some than others, if I'm being super-particular about it. It's more about the style of the doll, in that case. I've got a mess of CP bw Elves... They go together pretty well. They don't look horrible with my NS Volks', but I tend to keep them separate.

      I'm tempted to get the more realistic styles... I'd probably keep them apart, too... *_*
       
      #92 april, May 8, 2007
    13. My two dolls are the same mold so it's not really a problem for me. I think it depends on people imaginations, if you have a big imagination it won't matter.
       
      #93 jacobean, May 8, 2007
    14. I have two 'styles' of dolls - Soom SuperGems and TinyGems (which share an aesthetic, even though they're different scales) and a pair of Soom Rosette girls. Each style has a different fictional world associated with it (my *Gems are from a low-fantasy dystopia, while my Rosette girls are from a faux-Victorian setting), and don't interact with each other at all. To me, the styles are too jarring to mix together, but I enjoy both of them separately very much.
       
      #94 sharnofshade, Dec 8, 2013
    15. I collect all different styles and sizes of dolls. My tastes are too varied to collect just one look and style. I would drive myself crazy if I limited myself to just one type. Although my wallet would probably be happier:lol:
       
      #95 Katiazza, Dec 8, 2013
    16. I have a human and 2 elves. They all get along too. My elves are father and daughter and my human is the child of another incoming doll.
      Personally, I love the none human dolls, and I don't see why human dolls wouldn't get along with them.
      I actually am getting a 2nd hand SOOM doll and he's a devil. In his story, he gets adopted by the half elf, half human family! :)
       
      #96 k0neko, Dec 8, 2013
    17. My family is a fairly weird one... I have elf-eared dolls, slim minis, regular minis, doll chateaus with their odd proportions, more realistic faces, less realistic faces, dollfie dreams... It's impossible for me to limit myself to one style alone; never mind my characters just wouldn't fit if it was like this @_@;;
       
      #97 Soenatte, Dec 9, 2013
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