Pouty dolls and either a bit more chubby build or a super skinny build, black/grey makeup and pale lip colors, frowning dolls as well in general
I noticed that I tend to gravitate towards dolls that have one or more birthmarks/moles on their face. Looking at all of the dolls I currently have made me realize my unintentional type Also, I realized another one of my unintentional types… dolls that have red eyes. I feel like red eyes match most hair colors and I love how they look, so I’m always tempted to give a new doll red eyes. I have to remind myself to vary the eye colors and not pick red eyes each time I’ve started to really like purple eyes on dolls lately too. Sadly, I don’t have any purple eyed dolls yet, but one day I’ll make it a reality!
I thought I didn't except for liking Volks dolls the most, but I recently saw someone here say SDCute Mina looks like a mini SDGr Creamy Mami, and both are my current grails... So it turns out I might have a type after all when it comes to faces, though I'm not sure how I'd describe it
My main type is realism. My eye is drawn more to faces that look real rather than stylized. I like closed mouths more than open, and slightly narrower lips compared to overly full. I like my male dolls to look mature, and I find I'm drawn more to serious sculpts. I like my female dolls to have simple face ups, no makeup just the natural face.
My main preference is for older "primary" companies, japanese and korean, with which I discovered BJDs 20 years ago. I find that newer, western companies, among others, make very beautiful dolls, but I don't have a particular affinity for them. I enjoy looking at them online.
I've always liked male dolls with full lips and defined cheekbones. And somehow I ended up having 3 dolls with elven ears.
I have a big variety in my collection but my 'type' is dolls that are not skinny or bony OR super busty OR roided out with an 8 pack (really the rounder, softer-looking and bigger the better, but that's not exactly easy to find) - and who have a youthful cuteness and softness to their faces and features... I particularly love realistic sculpts, but I don't like mature/chiseled faces for my own collection. I have bought a few but resold them because I didn't feel a bond. I have quite a few child dolls and most of my adult dolls have more of a teenage look with soft cheeks. There are a few artists whose faces I really connect with (Metis Doll, Joydoll, Dust of Dolls) and I have multiple dolls from all of them. Also, I think at least 90% of my collection has a downturned mouth and serious to sad expression!
I tend to like male dolls that have either a hooked nose or high cheekbones or both. I always get whatever sculpt Fengxian Jiu makes, he is my favorite doll maker. For my girls, I tend to like sweet and innocent looking types, big eyes, pouty lips. I can't seem to quit buying impldoll girls!
While I have primarily cat or other “beast” dolls by choice, my sister pointed out that the main thing connecting my collection is that they all have good butts… It’s silly, because I don’t even have anyone with an outfit that revealing…
I tend to gravitate towards any sculpt with fangs, bonus if elf ears or a cat mouth! I also quite like girls with droopy/gloomy eyes like Laluna's XueXu and I've noticed I actually quite like expressive sculpts? I used to not care for them at all but ones with smiles can be really cute! I'd love to have an Asleep Eidolon DingDang someday.
