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Do you design your faceups in advance?

May 15, 2015

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    1. For me, it depends on whether I think I have the skill to bring out the potential in a particular sculpt. If I'm feeling like I can take it on, I'll only use references if there's a particular style I'd like to follow or if I'm stuck on how to do certain things (eyelashes are my bane, so far). However, there are times when I feel like a sculpt requires a professional touch, such as extremely delicate brushwork and contouring--that kind of thing I reserve for a faceup artist. So far, I've given rough guidelines to the artist and they have done everything I asked for, and more. That being said, I'm not extremely picky on how a faceup turns out, as long as I'm happy with the result. :)
       
      #21 theillidari, Jun 10, 2015
    2. I just go for it. I sit down and start. I almost never know what I'm going to do, but I do have a feel for what would suit the doll. I almost always use the same color pallet for the faceup, though I have different color pallets I tend to use for each doll. I find doing a mock up does not work well for me because the mediums are different.
       
      #22 jem25, Jun 10, 2015
    3. nah I just wing it and tweak it as I go haha :)
      There's only one doll I painted that I had a general idea of what I wanted them to look like.
       
      #23 Wayfarer, Jun 11, 2015
    4. I don't! But it could make things easier.
      Even though i fear that the outcome will be different.. because that always happens in my case :sweat
       
      #24 KatsumeNyaa, Jun 11, 2015
    5. For my first boy I didn't have much of an idea, I just let things happen. You could say he decided on his face! My second boy I had a few details, but most was just spontaneous again.
      I've planned out my next doll's whole style and faceup (I'm going to be modding him as well).
       
      #25 konakona135, Jun 11, 2015
    6. kind of, I don't draw them out or do mock face-ups over photos of blank heads in PhotoShop but I do save pictures of dolls whose face-up I really like (making note of what exactly I like about it) for future inspiration/reference
       
      #26 Chibi_Rat, Jul 11, 2015
    7. I didn't used to, but now more recently I have been trying to do it more than once so I can get a feel for what I wanna go for. I haven't really done that many but I think it really helps.
       
      #27 dragolivia, Jul 15, 2015
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