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Flip Flopping

Feb 26, 2022

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    1. Not my entire doll, but her faceup - my goodness!

      I know deep down I'd be happier with a faceup that's more my style, but I'm somewhat attached to her default faceup, too. I'm also scared to send her off to another artist. For some reason, whenever I finally do manage to convince myself it'll be fine, some horror story happens to someone else and it's back to square one. :frownyblush:

      On top of that, I can definitely be a bit of a control freak when it comes to my dolls' style, and I do not want to subject a poor artist to my "make it look exactly like this - EXACTLY like this" moods over something like the shape of the tip of the left eyebrow or something ahaha...I can already see myself typing out a two message long apology immediately after.

      You'd think the real solution is just to do my own faceup, but I've never done a BJD faceup. It's been a while since I've done any type of doll repainting at all as well (to the point where I gave all my supplies to friends). There's nothing wrong with the default - it's very nicely done - so I worry that whatever I do won't be executed as well and I'll have wiped a perfectly good faceup for nothing. It's an ongoing struggle. I was really happy when I replaced her default eyelashes at least, so maybe one day I'll redo the rest. Or not. :abambi:
       
      #21 Shamshir, Mar 5, 2022
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    2. I have the same issue :XD: but I’m a lot less confrontational so I would accept the faceup, it comes, and I already don’t like it because it’s not the EXACT way I imagined it. So then I remove it and send it to someone else because I’m embarrassed. This happened with one doll and she went through 2-3 different artists before I (and my bank account) have had enough. I finally got the courage to tell the artist to fix some stuff and the doll finally looks almost the way I imagined (I had to do some minor fixes on the lips). It usually helps if you include a drawing or add references when you request a commission. Also, I always tell the artists now that I’m particular and so it would be best to send me an in-progress photo before they completely seal anything.
      Hope you finally get the face up of your dreams!
       
      #22 BlackCatNova, Mar 5, 2022
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    3. Those suggestions are all good. Thank you.
       
      #23 ParlourGoddess, Mar 5, 2022
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    4. Honestly I flip flopped on one of my newest dolls. She's blank and for a little bit I just felt so overwhelmed by how much I had to do to her to make her fit my vision that I was debating on selling her for a fullset. I've done some brainstorming, drawing and searching for faceup artists since then and I've started to feel a bit better about her. I've also made her some new eyes which helped me a get a bit of a better feel for where she's going and I love it. Fidgeting with appearance and outfits really help me when I feel overwhelmed
       
      #24 Mayflower19, Mar 9, 2022
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