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Favorite Independent Doll Artists?

Jan 21, 2018

    1. Merrydollround! Their sculpts are incredible.
       
    2. Rugged Realism or @dkeats888.03 on instagram is a fairly new artist working on their first set of dolls, I've been following their sculpting and I can't wait for their alphabet series to go on preorder!
       
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    3. Batchix! I've always loved her robots. I finally got my own recently as a birthday gift for myself <3
       
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    4. I absolutely adore Cuarto's dragons and other creatures! Unfortunately, I don't own any just yet, but someday I will add some fantastical pets to my doll family. Aside from how beautiful the dolls themselves are, I appreciate the variety of colors to choose from, especially the glittery options. :D And they look very poseable in the photos, too.
       
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    5. I love naiko!
       
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    6. Somnia dolls and softkittydoll are hands down two of my all time favorite artists! Like they’re sculpts are just gorgeous and they’re both super kind and sweet and honestly I’m just obsessed with the heads that I own from them!
       
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    7. Esthy (distant memory doll). She is so talented... In addition to making beautiful heads, the body and joint hand she made are also elegant.
       
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    8. The K doll sculpts, Kill_U has been my only independent head.
       
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    9. Definitely Rumpeldoll:D I'm really looking forward to his latest sculpt he just posted on Instagram. I already own his Morfeo head and Abby, both are gorgeous and full of details!
       
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    10. dkbeats on instagram like HOHH boy their anatomy the faces the hands the feets everything is o n p o i n t
       
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    11. I'm having trouble finding a dollmaker with instagram name dkbeats. Are there some other letters or characters?
       
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    13. #154 Lilla, Dec 2, 2019
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    14. yw UvU her dolls are so damn amazing : DD
       
    15. I will own both of rap1993's dolls so far, so definitely her! And I've already waxed on about how much I have and love Lillycat and Villitunes dolls. I also like my Atelier Momoni girls. Faewoodsdolls is an independent artist AND caster who makes beautiful dolls, I have a Delphinium and I am really going to need her naga!

      I don't have, but admire and want, a Somniacrawlerdoll, Nespouik doll, and maybe a Black Cherry doll.
       
      #156 mephisto, Dec 15, 2019
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    16. Meeksdoll, Little Rebel, Shoushou had a sculpt I really liked, the Gouhai, but he supposedly has been discontinued.
       
    17. i love both of my girls from rap1993 (i have a strawberry and almond danni). Atelier momoni, dust of dolls, and enaibi all have wonderful sculpts as well!!!! i love what ive seen from harucasting and mystic dolls has some interesting stuff going on. So many interesting artists creating so much beautiful stuff, so little shelf space ~
       
    18. Ahhh yes, my absolute favorite right here.
       
    19. This thread is wonderful! So cool to see all the variety out there, even for dolls that aren't really my style. And I'd totally forgotten about Little Rebel. Kind of wish I had an Anouk.

      Personally, all my human collection (I like kid/tween dolls, not adults) is from Meadowdolls, but I have one on order from Dust of Dolls and see at least two more of their sculpts in my future. Just too cute. For my little animals/creatures, I have a mossling from Goblin Tales, a tardigrade from Tamikan Space and a Voador (flying pig) from Pink Vetch. I also have a Foo Dou on order from BlackBox and I would love to find their Medjed and Anubis.

      Others I like ... the cyclops cats by Fingertip Dreamland (their Facebook hasn't been updated in forever, are they still active?),
      Le Mouton En Sucre (they have a scarab beetle! the painting is stunning too), the Mushroom Peddler, Mewiefish and Sio2.