Idea in mind, or just browsing?

I just meander across different doll websites all the time, even when I'm not looking to buy a doll, and whenever I see someone I like I put them on my wishlist. It's ever growing. So when I want a new doll, I just say, "who's next on my wishlist?" 8D I do have a particular style I like, though--but that's just a matter of taste.

 

I definitely am the type who already has an idea in mind.

I know what expression I'm looking for, facial features, etc. When I find a doll that fits everything, it's a perfect match.

 

I have loads of ideas for characters, and those tend to just multiply. I do browse around on all those lovely websites and sometimes I see one that would go well with the chars I have, but also new chars just jump into existance 8)
the first doll I fell in love with wasn't actually the doll I bought, I have different tastes now in dolls, but that is natural I think. there are moments in which I'm certain a doll screams 'buy me, NOW!!' through the screen, but I'm broke, and well, saving up just doesn't work when having kids.. but I'd say I do both, browsing and looking with already fixed ideas 8)

 

I don't have much experience to draw off yet. But I'd say I'm a browser. XD;
I had no plans for my doll, at all. I just loved the mold, and when he got here, his character kind of developed itself. I really prefer it that way, anyway. c:

 

Eee...with me it's kinda difficult 'cos most times when I find a perfect doll that I want it's just coincidence when I'm for ex. looking for clothes and accidentally get to doll section and in every case it's just like: "Hmm...dolls...dolls...dolls...pch, nothing special..."
And then: "Hey, wait a moment...!"
And the rest is just well known story xD

 

I do both, but mostly browse. I have ideas in mind for a doll I'd like to create, but I'm too much of a n00b to even know where to begin constructing or caring for this hobby. So for now, I'm holding off and just enjoying seeing all the wonderful dolls everyone else has created.

 

My character that I thought up.. I knew I wanted him to have an intelligent but somewhat innocent face, so when I discovered the DoT Camine, I knew he was perfect.

 

I look around for dolls that strike me. I let the doll tell me their personality and then I build the character from there!
I would love to take the time to make my own BJD one day but so far my attempts have been rather lackluster

 

At first I was definitely a browser - most of my dolls were bought that way. Wasn't looking for anyone in particular but I saw them & said 'Oh, you're nice' As I've grown in the hobby I find I have an idea in mind, at least for particular dolls. But I still browse - and find inspiration here on DoA, when looking at the Gallery. I'll see a mold I like and add it to the ever growing wishlist. So I'm a bit of both.

 

A bit of both, I have set characters I want to find sculpts for, BUT, some sculpts just call to me.... Like my Project E.L.F. and The Dark Duke... They're CALLING me.

0.o

Same with Soom's Bygg and Beyla....I gave in to them. And surprisingly enough, they seemed to settle into three of my already existing characters ('Ciel, Andromeda, and Jaime` as one of the R. heads.)

So it's all good.

 

For my first doll, I just browsed around...
A LOT... I didn't know exactly what I was after, so I just kept looking for "The Doll", until I finally found it
It took me a few weeks, but I believe it's worth it

 

I try to find dolls to represent characters that I already created.... but to find their mold I just browse until I find a mold I like and that fits it =D

But lately I just browse... and finally create another character for that doll that I just cannot live without XD

 

Usually the character comes to me before the mold, once I have the character I'll start looking for a mold that just seems "right"

 

browser. definitely. but almost all of the dolls i see and decide i want end up matching one of the my characters i'd like to have in doll form anyway. so that makes things kinda easy ^_^

 

For me it's all browsing. I like a certain look, and once I find it, I get happy and imagine different characters that would fit. I love browsing and searching. It's one of the best parts, that feeling of finding exactly what you're looking for.

 

I have a ton of characters, so I look to find a doll that suits the character, not the other way around. Normally when I browse I'll find something I didn't think would work for a specific character down the road.

 

Vague/rough idea - more mature bodies, and faces somewhere between teen and young adult. Then I browse until I find the right match for those two criteria that also matches my preferred aesthetic of bigger eyes, a nose that isn't heavily defined and closed mouth. There's no "she has to look exactly like this" in mind for me though.

 

I found out that when I try to come up with a new character and then search for the right doll mold for him/her, it's really just me trying to make an excuse to add another doll to the wishlist and be excited about.

Since I haven't recently been attracted to any current molds, I'm not sure I'm even browsing.

But these are good things for my bank account. :]

 

As I always search for dolls to match certain pre-existing characters I usually have some sort of idea in mind while I browse through the different sites. Sometimes I will see gorgeous dolls that I simply adore, but if they don't match up to whatever character I'm searching for then I skip it.

It's getting a little more difficult lately though with my last few dolls I have planned, while they all have very strong personalities, I only have a very vague image in my minds eyes as to what they physically look like. So I'm spending alot of time now generally browsing and waiting for just the right face to pop out at me and tell me he's the right boy. I've gotten pretty close a few times, but in the end there was always something a little off and I honestly think I'm just annoyed with myself for not having a clearer image of the character beforehand.