Your FIRST face-up

I was pretty surprised with my first face-up attempt. It was on my delf el... I wanted him to look smug, with blonde eyebrows. I was happy with it for about a month then I was just horribly embarrassed by the eyebrows LOL- I have since replaced it and I like the new one a whole lot better but it's rubbing off now orz...

It was really fun though IMHO, it was a lot better than what I thought I could do, and a lot better than some firsts I've seen... It was a good experience~

 

The first face-up I did (that I actually sealed rather than went 'oh, this pastel will just be washed off later') wasn't too bad. I only used watercolor pencils, paintbrushes (for sharper lines), and chalk pastels. Plus some weird sealer that left the face overly shiny. But the eyebrows were amazing and I loved them. the rest was acceptable. XD

 

My first face-up wasn't a nightmare, but it certainly wasn't good either. Needless to say, I have long since wiped that face-up.

 

My first wasn't too bad, not very good, but good enough to please me at least my boy had a face again :p It was very natural, but soon it got a bit more extreme and darker.
I never painted so fine before, especially not on a non-flat surface so I was rather pleased I had been going to the art academy in my spare time for about 13 years so I knew how to draw fine, it just wasn't that easy to paint it on a face :p
But practice brings knowledge I've improved a lot since the first, still not perfect but yeh, suppose I need more practice heads :p (great excuse to keep buying, don't you think? )

 

I FINALLY DID MY FIRST FACEUP!
IT CAME OUT AMAZING
I LOVED IT
Okay, I'm done XD It looked really awesome

 

hahaha very over-shaded and terrible. i could not believe that was done by me.
and the very first face-up could only last for one week, than i removed it.

 

Im scared to do it, so im probably gonna send my doll with my friends to this person who does incredible face-ups lol.

 

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YOUR first face up? ò.Ó

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I thought my first faceup was okay--the video and picture tutorials really helped, I have to say. The paintwork itself, I thought was very nice for a start and would have kept it (this was on a Delf Lishe head I no longer own), but my careless fingers left many pastel smudges all over so I ended up wiping it all off entirely.

 

So bad that I also stain the resin for no good reason because I cleaned really bad.

 

I tried my first face up last week, and to my surprise it looked much better than I ever expected it to! It was on my Kid Delf Ani, who I bought with faint stains on her forehead, so my goal was to do a face up AND cover the stains...I used watercolor pencils & pastels, and really enjoyed trying out various techniques like making freckles and blushing...I made the eyebrows with pencil, and they were what pleased me the most, because I loved the shape I created and they gave her just the whimsical look I'd been hoping for. It was a completely positive experience, and I'm so looking forward to working on her again, with paints too this time!

 

my first face up wasn't too bad but i changed it like a week after cuz he was to pinky xD
but now im okay with it i love how looks now :3

 

My first (and only) face-up came out surprisingly well. There are minor issues, but overall even I have to admit it's pretty good (and I'm way hard on myself!). I credit the quality to having read EVERY TUTORIAL I COULD FIND (both on DOA and on the web, especially ones with videos), and really took to heart the material suggestions, using good quality brushes, pastels, paint, and sealer. I really don't think there's a benefit to taking shortcuts on materials and technique- don't be in a hurry!

 

The first faceup I ever did was really really really bad. My second was really really bad, the third one was eh, the fourth was not my cup of tea, but surprisingly it was very popular. A picture taken of that doll with that faceup came to be one of my most fav'd deviations. I haven't really done many faceups recently. They aren't my thing.

 

My first attempt was uh, really really amateurish, blocky eyebrows, flat blushing, hot pink lips. Several faceups later, I can safely say I am "competent".

 

My first was..pretty bad, but not altogether horrible. The eyebrows were too dark, but the rest was too light, almost unnoticeable. My second faceup had great blushing, but the eyebrows still kinda sucked. xD Actually, that doll is still wearing my second faceup attempt almost 2 years later. I love everything but those darn eyebrows..but, since his wig always covers them, I've just left it as is and hope no one peeks under his bangs. x3;; Many many faceups later, I'm fairy confident in my abilities, and even like how I do eyebrows now.

 

Hmm... It was okay, decent enough but it's only 65-77%/99.99% of what I had in mind. I honestly don't know how to put eyebrows since I don't do mine, my mother does. Also, I don't have doll lashes, paint, thinner and glossy sealant. ^^; I really have to learn how to control how much "make-up" I put. >.<

 

I was more than a little apprehensive about my first face-up. I do NOT have any talent with paint brushes, but neither to I have the extra money to spend on not only buying a face-up from some of the amazing artists here, but sending my doll heads out. Surprisingly, I did better than I expected (which was total crap, a five year old child could have done better than my expectations of myself), better than my girlfriend (who'd been in the hobby for a couple years at that point) expected. Rather than wonder at the level of both mine and my girlfriends expectations, I just went ahead and kept at it.

I'm decent at applying make-up to myself and others, and with the pastels, it's (to me) essentially the same thing. Blush goes in a specific place, at a certain level of red/pink/brown, eye make-up is multi-layered and colored for uniqueness and depth. Lips were tricky for me at first, and eyebrows and eyelashes still trip me up every time, but I feel I'm getting better.

Now, mind, I'm still nowhere near as good as some of the professional face-up artists out there (evidenced by me sending out one of my boys to them), but I'm happy with my results... for about three months, then I start all over again.

 

I thought mine looked pretty decent, until I came online and compared it to some of the other faces people can do, but I still thought it was ok.
Until the MSC started chipping after a week.

 

I did my first face-up and it was awful. But at the time I thought it was ok. Then I got a look at it in the morning light. Ugh! The eyebrows were the worst. I can tone down the blush. Now I know that I have to use an even lighter hand than I thought. I took it all off and I'm going to start again when I have more patience.