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

Doing it myself brings me joy... I think that if I'm not entirely blown away by a company faceup, I'd rather try my own hand at it. There's also a lot of artists I admire the work of, but I still love the idea of practicing and loving my own work on a doll.

I'm currently relearning to do faceups, with the hopes of renewing my creativity. I recently stripped all the everything from my only doll, deciding to go a different look. From red fox to silver fox... Symmetrical eyebrows are my down fall! But meh, I'm having fun. And that's the point, right? :P

 

I have yet to commission a face up but I would prefer that to painting it myself. I have a blank head that I am considering if I see an opening, when I can afford it.

 

I like doing faceups myself but I'd like to get one commissioned someday. I constantly redo faceups and nitpick my own work so it'd be nice to have someone else's work on a doll I own. I'd probably be terrified of damaging it though.

 

I have never commissioned any face up because I am afraid of sending my dolls through the postal service,. As I don't have any commissioner I like near, I started doing it myself. But the truth is that I got most of my dolls with face up. I"m not as good as I would like painting.

 

I felt this way too! I actually got a 3D resin printer so that I could produce faces and parts to practice on and do mods with before impacting any of my purchased dolls.

I know not everyone can own their own printer, but I highly recommend getting some practice heads for cheap (they dont have to be ones you love, you could even use something like monster high or other small widely available dolls even though they aren't resin) and learning with them first. It really helped me get comfortable without risking anything I didnt want to damage.

 

Hi homemademonsters,
Thanks for your comment.
Really happy to hear about your 3d printer. Is this method going well for you?
I would love to have one as well!

 

I really do like doing my own, but I'm not quite ready to buy a doll without a face up. I practice on my other off topic dolls. But soon, I'm going to jump in!

 

I would rather do it myself if I had better skills, but since I don't, commissioning an artist is my only option for the time being.

 

I wish I could do it myself
however, I may be able to draw but I'm not the best with drawing/painting on 3D surfaces nor with wet mediums so best to leave it to the professionals

I'd love to try someday though

 

I can do art and would love to learn and to make face ups for my dolls myself, as it would make it way easier to match it with the picture in my head. However, I am too scared to touch their faces as I am afraid that I will somehow not use MSClear properly or mess up in any other way and potentially ruin the doll So I would rather trust another person with experience for now

 

Oh my gosh, commissioned. I am absolutely horrible at faceups‍♀️

 

In the past I got dolls already with a faceup and I commissioned a faceup once but I would like to try doing my own now that I have more confidence in my artistic ability

 

I’ve always thought about commissioning a faceup since I admire a lot of artists works, but I’m impatient and get nervous about shipping things so I like to do them myself. Even if my skill level isn’t where I would like to be I know I can get the look I want myself and improve my skills at the same time. One of these days I’ll probably commission an artist I like but not any time soon at least.

 

My faceup skills are minimal. Even if I wanted to improve my abilities, I'm not in a location where I can safely spray. I commission others to paint my dolls.

 

I send it for commissions.
I can't really do faceups that well at all, and different dolls i want different styles on

 

I prefer to do my faceups. I enjoy having the creative freedom and having something to do when I am bored. I also find that faceups can be pricey and can't really afford them. I think I do a pretty good job with faceups because I draw and I enjoy makeup.

 

I used to like to commission them although the last time I did so was probably in 2021 after that I started having some dolls with company faceups as I really liked the ones Impldoll are doing. I also didn’t have as many dolls coming in as I did at one point.

In that time my confidence in painting my own dolls improved and I realized I enjoyed it more than I did when I had first been trying my own faceups a few years back and I started to develop my own style. I love doing makeup etc in general and actually doing faceups weirdly helped me improve on some of my own makeup skills.
I have been trying to become less of a perfectionist about art in general and slowly building my confidence again.

 

I like doing it myself. I'm an artist and it's fun to try out this kind of thing, even if I'm still learning the ways and getting used to the medium. I would definitely commission someone if I had something specific in mind that is out of what I can do or my personal style, though.

 

I really like doing my own face ups! I’m an art teacher so I’ve dabbled in so many different mediums that I’m always willing to try new things. I also bought my dolls secondhand so I think that takes some of the pressure of the fear of messing up off. (My little Monica Jeremy is keeping his company face up for now though- he’s perfect!!)

 

I'd rather do it myself unless I was REALLY struggling to get the look I wanted. Faceups are the most fun part to me!