Not at all. If you have a clear idea of what you want it to look like but it doesn't get translated quite right, it can be disappointing. I find that when I send a face out to be painted without much guidance, if I'm willing to trust the artist with a short sentence or two, I tend to be happier than when I have a whole paragraph with photos.
@icicle yes, that's exactly the way I do it. A brief description of the character and details such as Brow/lip colour and amount of cheek blush. I find the artists do better with a more free rein. Choosing a good artist in the first place, with a style you like is key
Man, lookkit at all that instruction and detail you go in to (I'm the absolute worst, one of my faceup instructions/requests was "a cross between an iron age viking warrior and the devil in a white suit" )
I got my shipping notice this morning...I believe the top row middle duo (creamy and black pearl) are mine
I got my notice, too! Nanni regular expression, "choco" resin color -- there's one right in the middle of the picture, and another one on the bottom right.
My Nanni arrived today, a mere three days after shipping - I'm stunned. I found a pair of eyes in my stash that almost suits her (the color is perfect, the size is not) and am now on the hunt for a better wig as well, because the one I wanted to use doesn't suit her at all. And it's supposed to rain here for the next four days, so no face up yet. I can't wait to take pictures of this little girl!
Drolma arrived on Friday, and it was raining so it's been a few days without any chance to do a face up...and today was BEAUTIFUL... Here's Aki and Drolma
My duo arrived yesterday, but the street leading to the post office was closed off with our insane storm (so much flooding it closed two freeway exits!), so hopefully I can pick them up today. Yay, sunny Southern California Edit: Picked them up yesterday, here they are for a brief stay until they get handed off to Pam for faceups
Congrats ❤️ just love the colour of your black pearl Adori - look forward to seeing what you do with her
Thanks...I'll try to get a comparison picture this weekend of the Black Pearl, the Dollsbe dark skin AmonD, and the Iplehouse Ebony skin. The eyes are a lot smaller than most of my Yo sized kids...what size eyes is everyone using? 8's? 10's?
Low dome 12MM... I think both my gals have eyes from Chocolate Tsang via Etsy. (i have such a bucket of eyeballs in my drawer it's sometimes hard to remember who has what from where!) Drolma came along to Anime night.
