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Dolls based on names!

May 13, 2018

    1. I just remembered Jackie from "the 70's show". And now I want a BJD SD girl named "Jackie". Sometimes names pops up in my mind and I really want to create a character based on that name!

      I guess most normal is to create a character based on a story or someone, and then choose a fitting name?! Usually you'd have some character ideas before finding a name right?

      But I get really drawn to some names. Names to me is more important than having a background story. It's like I bond with the name, and then I want to create a character based on it. Sometimes the names comes before the background story.

      I wasn't even planning to get another SD girl anytime soon except from my "Supia girl Hamin". But the name "Jackie" changed all that. Now I feel like creating a Jackie character :XD:

      Do anybody else create doll characters based on names alone?
       
      #1 manabusama, May 13, 2018
    2. I haven’t on a name, but the thing that finally made me cave and get my first BJD was a beautiful wig I saw on Instagram. I just needed to make a character for that wig! I still don’t have the wig yet, because I can’t afford it, but I will. Someday! I think inspiration can come from anywhere
       
      #2 Kyandesu, May 14, 2018
    3. Rose was named years before she was "born"--her name is Georgia Rose, which came from a One Direction song. :XD:
       
      #3 CloakedSchemer, May 14, 2018
    4. I have some old family names and favorite pet names that I would like to use for doll names, just haven't done it yet.
       
      #4 Terry Duennenberg, May 14, 2018
    5. me me me me meeee!!!!! i've made many of my dollies based on my love for certain names. i also made my jacky based on the fact that i loved that name!! i think some names really speak to us, and naturally give us insight into what kind of characters might have those names. so i think it's totally ok! :) glad to know i'm not the only one~
       
      #5 kamikakushi, May 14, 2018
    6. I tend to do this often, think up names first that I'm attatched to and then build around it! It's actually pretty fun to do it that way.
       
      #6 LunarCrow, May 15, 2018
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    7. My characters started with a rough outline and then a name, but I didn’t pick their sculpts until later on!
       
      #7 Milkteeth17, Jul 29, 2018
    8. In fact, I was sorting through a bunch of names even before I had Hagyon (Kangook from Souldall). I wrote them down in a notebook and tried to match those names to those dolls that I planned to buy. And, to be honest, it continues to this day :cool:
       
      #8 Yansan, Jul 29, 2018
    9. I would name his characters, but I wouldn't imagine the backstory.
       
      #9 yusisg, Aug 15, 2018