Would you rather commission a faceup, or do it yourself?

Commission.
I probably wouldn't be very good at faceups, plus I'm too impatient ^^;
Also, there's the supplies and space issues ...where would I work on faceups in my small flat? ahah;

 

I feel like it would be really fun to do your own faceup and in the process you would get to bond with your doll and make that doll something special to you ^^ although I do feel like it would be challenging and take a lot of time, practice and money but still it would be worth it!

 

I'd rather commission
I don't have the skill or the patience to do face ups myself haha

 

Commissons allow you to get a fresh perspective and try a new style different from your own, but if you have something concrete in mind for how you want your doll to look, nothing quite beats doing it yourself.

 

Personally I'd like to commission someone because I'm not very good at painting/drawing. I much prefer sewing and making props for my dolls rather than face ups. However I don't usually have enough money to commission someone and when I do I'll spend it on something else. So one of these days I just have to get the rest of the supplies and do it.

 

I commission my faceups because I have neither the patience or attention to detail to do it myself. ;p

 

I'm too paranoid to commission someone to do a faceup unless they're within walking distance. Too many horror stories of stolen heads or bodies. I'd rather do it myself

 

If the doll is new & I like what the company did, I'll have them do the face up but otherwise I'll send the doll out. I may be creative but not in the world of face ups

 

I'm excited to be getting my first doll soon and know I'll be doing a completely custom face-up and body painting. Doing it all myself is part of the appeal of owning a bjd, for me. I draw/paint and have done horror dolls for a haunted house before so I know it'll be something I enjoy doing as well as a learning experience. XD also I would be terrified of shipping her off after getting her finally.

 

I'm no good at doing face up, so commission only. Want to learn how to blush though, I think it's a bit easier.

 

Commission. I'm new to this but in the past have tried sculpting and painting faces and I didn't like my outcomes and it was very frustrating. I would rather pay someone with experience that I know will make my ideas reality.

 

Commission, because of the toxicity of the solvents.

 

I do so appreciate those artists who do faceups. I'm just not good at it and don't have a lot of time with work to do it. I do have some paints and sculpting tools from past projects but I'm not up to par to do it for commissions so I can't keep up with all the supplies needed and time. And I'm impatient and get very frustrated when my projects look so unlike my idea because I messed up their faces!

 

I'm better at making their clothing but even with that I don't have a lot of time and there are way better clothes and jewelry designers for bjds. I usually commission those two because fir my dolls I just want one or two costumes for each of them so I commission really nice clothing for that purpose.

 

I suck at drawing/painting. So I doubt I'll be much better at faceups. I do see the advantage, however, as one owner on IG got a chip in her doll's face and was able to wipe it and re-do the faceup to camouflage it, which you can't do so easily with a commission.
I think I'll star by trying my hand at bodyblushing first though.

 

That's another thing I just started thinking about - sending out the doll for faceups. I world find the artist I like the work of, research reviews, and then insure my doll and hope for the best. It's worth it if I did the research and planning and all goes well to get the gave I want.

 

Don't forget the part where you miss your doll terribly for the weeks or months that he is gone.

 

Oh yeah. ...NNNNOOOOOO!

 

I adore doing my own face-ups, to the point that even if I get a free face-up from the company (or as part of a full-set deal), I'll wipe it off. Being able to do the face-up myself, and really make the doll into a unique character, is a large part of what I like about this hobby.

 

I'm currently in the concept stage of designing the faceup for my newest doll. In other words--I prefer to try my own hand at faceups. I have never done one before, but have watched multiple tutorials and have been drawing artistic representations of BJD faceps for the last year or so, as well as using pastels, and have been drawing regularly for the last sixteen years. So I'm really not nervous about seeing how my own attempt at a faceup would look. I'm a bit too concerned about sending out heads for faceups, even to respected artists, as I've had things easily go missing in the mail before and would hate to lose an expensive head that way.