Do "broken doll joints" bother you?

I don't see what's so bad about it, after all they're not real in the first place.

It's just part of the design

 

I fell like I've committed some kind of taboo photographing them that way.
It just creepy to see them like that.

 

i'm with ChristinasDream... it's just how they're made.

would it be any better with joints like the shinydoll body? they still look kinda funky in my opinion...

 

-lol- yes, it bugs me to the extreme. Which is a shame because I have a mythdoll who does the cutest poses! But I always always have to cover the knee joints with clothing or someother item.

On the other hand my friend owns a Hound and I love all of his joints! And the posability you can achieve with him. ^__^

 

The joints on their own don't bother me, but it irritates me to see them split like that. I simply don't pose my dolls in ways that expose their joints, it makes the photos look more realistic to me.

 

I'll pose them all popped out if it's the pose that I want. I tend to find them pulled out being aethetically unpleasing in my own photgraphs and I will frame things so disarticulated elbows or knees aren't showing or make sure they're covered. The dolls are strung so you can get that range of motion, even if it's not particularly pretty and you have to do some creative hiding. ^_^ If I'm just messing around and not taking pictures, I don't even think about it.

 

I must be the odd one out here.... 'Broken' (or what I call 'popped out') joints really don't bother me The only time it really gets me is when an elbow is pulled completely out to allow a non-double-jointed arm to touch the face. Not sure why it's more of an issue there, but knees really don't freak me out. If they ruin a particular photo, I'll find a way to cover them but would never abandon a pose over it!

 

It does really bother me, but I do usually try to cover up popped out joints with clothing.

My sister, on the other hand, will freak out when she sees one of my doll's joints out of socket. She says I'm a terrible parent. lol

 

Call me strange..

With Alister (cp Shiwoo), I don't mind it so much. He always wears pants and it is covered up when he does it.. Plus he doesn't to that many extream poses.. he's a photographer.. not a modle..

Silvia (dot Shall), On the other hand, It bothers the crud out of me!! I guess because it is a girl ans hwe wears shoer skirts and all ^_^...

Hold me to a doulbe standard..

 

I pose my boys usually with their hands behind their necks, or sometimes kneeling...but yes, the 'popped' look of it bothers me greatly. @__@ I do my best to crop it out if clothes/props don't cover it

 

Yeah, it bugs me too. I usually make sure they have clothes that cover up that joint area. I guess I need to learn how to PhotoShop it out or cover it up.
Nancy

 

To be honest it doesn't bother me at all because they are meant to do that. If they had extra resin like hound it wouldn't be a big deal at all.
I'f I'm taking pictures I would cover the joints though, I does look unsightly but it never bothers me to sit them with exposed string.

 

I hate how all weird my LD Cara looks when she's sitting on her knees. That's really the only pose that bothers me.

 

OMFG! it bugs me so much, when I start to learn about casting (in a semester or two) I am seriously considering trying to make double joints for all my dolls' knees and sanding off their old ones.

On the other hand, when I want to draw still lifes where the focus is what's 'unrealistic' or what makes dolls look different, the broken joints are greta at driving the message home. (Although normally I like them to look as real as possible...)

 

Yes. A lot.... Which is why I'm very, very careful about posing and cropping when I take pictures. I don't like seeing their joints at all, even in "regular" positions, in photos.

 

this really bothers me. heck, having their heads turned at an odd angle bothers me. i keep thinking they must be uncomfortable.

 

I can't really guage how I'll feel when I get my doll, but I know from years of using a drawing mannequin I really hate it when joints pop out of place. It might allow for easier posing, but the idea of staring down the inside of a doll's arm/leg unsettles me

 

Yep, it bothers the heck out of me. The only way around it is to cover it with clothes then half the time they restrict that sort of movement.