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

I love doing faceups so I do all of mine (and local people's) dolls myself.

 

Commission, please! I am too perfectionistic to do it myself, and I would rather spend the time having the doll not with me, than redoing faceups and not being content in the end. =S

 

Only commissions, doing faceup is so hard for me, I absolute zero at painting.

 

It kinda depends on the character for me - my MiniFee girl, Nyne, has only ever had faceups by me, and I absolutely love them, and I'd never stop doing them myself. Same with my PukiPuki Porridge (who now that I think about it really needs a re-do!). Nyne is one of my most played with dolls, and she is also the most changeable character. I like that if she decides she wants a different look, I can wipe her and give her another one. I've done all her tattoos myself, and while they're not perfect, I'm still happy with them. I've also got an SD girl who I do the faceup on, and I'm still playing with hers, I re-do it every few months if I can. I haven't found the right one quite yet, so I keep trying. Her character isn't quite fully developed, which I think is why I haven't ever found a faceup I really liked for her. It's a learning curve I think. However, with a boy doll I am planning, I am considering commissioning a faceup artist. He's going to be a PukiFee, and while I'm happy doing my pukipuki's face over and over again, I'm not sure I'll be able to realise what I want for my little guy. Nyne, who I do the most faceups on, generally gets pretty bright faceups, and Porridge is usually nothing more than winged liner, red lips, and her beauty mark - my faceups always look like makeup. Which I'm perfectly happy with, but since my own faceup style won't suit my little boy, I'll get someone else to do it. A friend of mine who usually does her own faceups got me to do one for her because the character of doll didn't suit her style of faceup. I think if it's a faceup which you think you can do, style wise, it is a lot of fun to do yourself, and it means if you change your mind about the character, you still have all the bits and pieces to re-do it, where as you'd have to commission someone again to change it if you didn't want to paint it.

 

Totally not brave enough to do it myself, so commission all the way XD.

 

Commission. I can't draw straight lines without rulers.

 

I got both of my dolls with face-ups, but once they need a re-do, I plan on doing it myself. I'm already pretty artistic, I know what I want (very simple non-fantasy face-ups with very specific colors), and I'm scared out of my mind to send one of my dolls' heads somewhere to be done.

Plus, it'll be like a bonding thing. I already gave my boy tattoos, and I enjoyed that very much.

 

I do all of mine myself - I can't get good at it without practice! (That and as a naturally paranoid person - I'd be so afraid of losing things in the post...)
I've noticed my results tend to depend on whether or not I've got a clear idea of what I want before I start - there's a couple that I need to redo because of this

 

Commission!!!!!!! I paint....a lot...but I still don't have the confidence to do a face-up myself. Maybe down the line.....and I can't deny I've thought about it. Especially fantasy face-ups. But when it comes down to it I don't want to shell out for materials and MSC. (The shipping for MSC is ridiculous.) I'd rather use a face-up artist I love for now. Who knows....maybe you'll see a doll of mine with a face-up by me in the future. The far future.

 

Unless the doll comes home with a face-up I like enough to leave on them, I do my own. I have more fun doing them myself, even though I know I could hire someone, even a couple of local people so no shipping away needed, that would give GORGEOUS results compared to my 'ok' attempts.

 

I really don't have the skill to do them myself, so any I need done will have to be by someone else. Maybe at some time I will try one, but for now it's commissions for my dolls.

 

So far, I have always done it myself if I have a blank head (I usually get company faceups, but some dolls come blank because companies don't offer faceups, OR I don't like the faceups they offer).

I think if I have a specific look in mind, it's just easier to try to achieve it myself, rather than hoping another person will get it the way I want.

Also, I don't really like sending heads off to someone.

And, I'd need to hunt up an artist who would do the style I wanted, and that changes by doll... and often the artists are busy or don't like certain sculpts or don't want to repeat themselves, or something that might make it difficult for me to get exactly what I want.

 

I have always ordered my dolls with the default faceup until my latest one - Paratissi and I just did her faceup and body blushing myself, and I must say it was an awesome experience. It's not perfect, and a professional could have done it better. But I had a blast doing it and watching videos and learning. She is really special to me now that I spent so much time on her. I can't wait to do another faceup!! I will still order some with faceups and/or commission. I'm going to continue doing faceups myself too. Experience it all!! Plus I was so scared to restring my doll and now with Paratiisi I learned how to do that too, and it's not that bad.

 

Do it myself. For one, it's fun and I find most of their character comes out as I'm doing their face, rather than having a set idea I could send to someone. The other thing is being broke. No, I'm not that great of an artist, but I can do enough to make them decent and I can see definite improvememnt since my first face-up which is good enough for me to keep doing it. I would like to commission a face-up for one doll I have planned because I know I don't have anywhere near the skills to try it myself, but I also don't have anywhere near the money to get the doll or any idea who I would commission for said face-up.

 

I'm about to do my very first faceup as soon as my can of MSC arrives. I do art and I would be nervous about telling another artist about my vision. What I want is in my head and it would be so much easier for me to do it myself. I'm not nervous about using the pencils and pastels and stuff actually drawing on the faceup. (My favorite thing to draw is faces!) What I'm nervous about is spraying the MSC. How much is too little or too much?? That might take practice.

 

I wouldnt know where to start so would have to pay smeone to do it for me. One day I would like to do my own though.

 

I don't trust people enough to send my long-awaited heads off for commission work. I am no great artist, but I won't improve if I don't practice. I like practicing on my own heads and trawling the forums for new techniques. It's so much more satisfying to produce your own work, even if it is mediocre in comparison to some.

 

I prefer to do my own. It makes them more mine.
I'm certainly not professional, but they get better every time.
Plus, if I had one commissioned and decided down the road I wanted it changed I would see it as a waste of someone else's time when I undid all of their work.

 

I'd rather commission. Because make-up/face-up isn't something that comes naturally to me, I don't have the right eye for it, if that makes sense. I know what I like, but for some reason, I can't always execute it. I think it would be fun to try my own though.

 

I prefer a commission. I'm not talented artistically. It is hard though to find well known artists with an available spot for a face up. I still have my SD13 Megu's faceup by Tasha (Illness-Illusion). It looks just as great when it was first done. I keep my dolls stored in boxes.