Do you prefer closed mouth or opened mouth?

Same here. I don't really like teeth shown (except vampire fangs)

 

Usually closed but i've recently fallen in love with an open mouthed doll

 

I like closed mouth but if the sculpt was right open mouth would be best! I just like a neutral look for a variety of pictures

 

Depends on sculpt only. I can't say I have a preference.
My dolls have closed mouths, but visible teeth, smile with teeth or without, slightly parted lips, mischief expression and so on are nice touch and makes dolls look more lively.
But there is one sculpt with parted lips which disturbs me. I'm not able to put a finger on why exactly.

 

Both, I more go for the interesting expressions, whether the mouth is open or closed, currently, including dolls on order, I have 11 with closed mouths, 5 with teeth, and 3 with partially open mouths but no teeth showing.

 

Both! I have a few with open mouths, a few with closed- I try to keep it balanced, because so many open mouthed dolls, particularly those with just slightly gaped mouths, can start to look similar expression wise. Though, I suppose the same can be said for dolls with closed mouths. Now, I don't own any smiling dolls, though I wouldn't turn those down if they fit a character I needed to shell.

 

Definitely closed-mouth for me. I've never been terribly fond of open mouths, and big toothy grins are just plain disturbing to me. My favorite expression is a closed mouth with a very slight, subtle smile.

 

I mostly prefer closed mouths since the expression is more neutral. A slight part between the lips can be cute, but I feel like there are less poses that look natural. Little fangs that peek through though are something I like.

 

I definitely prefer closed mouth sculpts, but there are a few open mouth ones that I like. It's a requirement for me though, if the sculpt had a open mouth, it has to be only slightly with teeth.

 

Honestly depends on the sculpt, but I do think the ones with the removable tongue and teeth parts are so cute.

 

I prefer a closed mouth only because they tend to have a more neutral expression which seems to make it easier to try different styles of face-ups or in my case cosplays.

 

I prefer closed mouth sculpts with neutral expressions, most of the time. Open mouth/lips slightly parted sculpts tend to strike me as "vacant" looking, for some reason. I dunno, but it slightly creeps me out. I guess something about it falls into uncanny valley territory for me.

That said, I do have a weakness for vampire sculpts with the fangs showing, which usually means at least a slightly open mouth. But even then I don't like too strong of an expression like That One With The Tonuge (I know y'all must've seen him. I can't for the life of me remember which sculpt it is but Y'all Know The One)

 

I actually just answered this on two different youtube bjd tags! lol. It always depends on the sculpt itself, but for the most part closed mouths/resting/normal sculpts. The reason being is because with smiling faces and such, the expression has already been decided. With closed mouths/resting faces, you can choose the expression over and over again with the faceup you choose. That's how I feel, personally.

 

I've noticed that a lot of closed mouth doll have a very wide gap for painting and on some dolls its too wide and its honestly kinda unnerving. Though open mouths look very nice most of the time.

 

I don't think I've ever seen an open mouth doll I truly liked. It kind of bothers me, there are exceptions though. Slightly open mouths or sculpts with fangs don't really bother me, but the super exaggerated open mouth expressions just creep me out a bit. I'm not sure why

 

Closed mouths. Open mouths creep me out,,, most of the time at least. If it were a full smile, I wouldn't enjoy it. However if it looks really stylistically well done, maybe I'd consider buying it

 

I am somewhere in the middle. I prefer closed mouths on my dolls, but I find slightly parted lips (no teeth showing) are charming OR big smiles with cheerful teeth showing. I'm not a fan of tongues sticking out (on my dolls), fangs, or any of that sort.

 

I enjoy closed mouth better. A more neutral expression can let you imagine different moods for your doll. I really like a slight mischievous smile though.

 

I love sculpts with a mouth that is a little open. Some sculpts with teeth are so cute. However, all the sculpts I have now are with closed mouths. Lip shape and fullness(?) are more important to me. I So I rather look the sculpt and how the mouth fits to the whole “style”. But hopefully in the future I can add few dolls, with cute teeth showing, to my collection.

 

I prefer closed mouth sculpts, but I've seen some lovely sculpts with teeth. I don't know how to explain why faces with closed mouth are more variant to me.