Video tutorials?

A New Video I put up today. It's about lip staining  or lip blushing which ever you prefer
It's really for beginners.
I think a lot about these videos and what I can show a broader audience that maybe can't buy professional materials.So this is that kind of video

Now don't read past this part, if you just want to see the video and be on your Happy way :)

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 Slight rant about You-tubing,

Here's the thing, I started making videos so that my nieces could see them.We don't live very close and I wanted them to see what I do. They are all under 12 and I thought maybe this could bridge some miles between us.

I also realized that when I started customizing and repainting dolls 8 or so years ago there were a couple of really giving folks that shared their knowledge unselfishly and if you do this kind of stuff you KNOW it. Not everything you learned first hand.

{Legend of the Valkyrie TUTORIALS <---the oldest most helpful one I know of..  you can Thank me later ;)

Now through the years I've learned a lot of stuff through trial and error and just down right FAILING.

So I have a lot of knowledge that maybe useless in the real world but for crafty, arty and doll customizing it's Da Bomb.

I figured this is how I can give back a little , maybe it's worth something to someone.. maybe..

I knew going in I was going to get criticized.

You-Tubing  is not for everyone. People and children say mean things for what seems to be no reason...... and frankly that just SUX.

I was afraid at first my nieces would see things said about their aunt that would upset them.

It's the equivalent to..

Being a bus driver in a new town and people get on the bus saying things like..

"Ugh your hat is UGLY!"..."I think bus drivers are SATAN worshipers!"..." why on EARTH would you want to drive a BUS?!"........ but then someone will get on the bus and say "This was VERY Helpful!"... and "Thank You for the ride,it would have been a really long walk home :)"

Still wondering if my 12 yr old niece had seen the comments or the videos .

She mentioned that She herself would like to make videos... trying to Sway her Away from it

I said to her "It's hard to make videos sometimes,people can say mean things"

and she said " there are a lot more nice comments about you then bad"

Yep,I got schooled by a 12yr old.

well if you got this far,surely you deserve a cookie... or at least a Thank you :)

Get-er-Dun!

al righty then...
So back to this Golem,
Finally the face and hair. I knew I couldn't (or shouldn't) do much in the way of clay on the face because most commercial doll heads including this one are Rubber....which means they are squooshy!
NOw these Monster high Cam pack heads have a hard top and in most cases this is a bummer because you can't really sew in hair through the plastic....but NOT in this case it was perfect for laying the clay.

I gave her rusty chains also as an abstract version of hair ( which could also be another way she was enslaved)......bet you never thought a doll could be so ...umm...deep... but I liked her story as she unfolded almost like the Bride of Frankenstein in some ways



Her face was entirely done with paint and pastels with a little faux marble finish and she would have almost a stoic sadness ,like the statues of angels you see in cemeteries that almost seem to cry because of weathering.

 

and strangely enough,I will miss her when she's gone

Details

Unfortunately my glow-in-the-dark bits were hard to show on camera

Golem

Thank you,for reading... and Bon Voy-aggee :)

Arms Race.....

Arms Race.........to the finish

Now where was I ... OH yes! Arms!
I had a bit of a story I wanted to tell with her so I gave her some nice warrior guns... But I also wanted to give her a little sparkle just like the actual stone I was using for reference

(Yes,I work in CHAOS) but strangely enough the left half of the desk is pretty ship shape.

I embedded metal loops in various places as to imply she had been chained up at one time or another.

and rusty streaks coming from the metal rings from weather and time

 Here is Said ROCK......and her Grecian/elven like sandals

I LoVE you ROck!!

I really Love this rock <3and a little of where I went with her face.

Tomorrow I will put up finished pics.... Good Night all

You Rock! :)

Torsos and Amazons

Today.. Torso...
I was asked to make her strong and sexy... well I don't know about the 'sexy ' part but being a mega fan of Wonder Woman and having a grasp on what real amazons supposedly looked like I though I'd start there.
Amazons supposedly were said to have one of their breasts removed for better movement in combat..... Great Hera!! Umm No thanks! I'll just be a Ninja instead :/
I started out making her very ribby and then later was not feeling it
but I kept going because I knew eventually she'd show me what she wanted to be(the BLUE GUMMY thing is that stuff you use to hang up posters,you knead it (lol need) every once in a while to clean your hands from dirt and debris to keep the polymer clean.....ITS GREAT,I had such Dirty polymer problems in the past)

As I went on I added cracks and rock like shapes
I also added a deep crack on her chest where later on I will use Glow-in -the-dark paint and stuff so it looks like there is an energy coming from within

on her back I added faux shards of quartz and ruin/tribal in various places.

Back to the Golem

So I meant to write yesterday but then the 'incident' happened at my sister's 5k and so I just rested and drank much water for the remainder of the day..


SO.. back to this....So I get the doll I wanted,a monster High CAm pack ,gray with the High cheekbones.
and I'm thinking how can I get this to look like stone...hmm how indeed. Well I can mix up some gray tones of polymer and lay it over the original doll and carve in the definition that I want.
before I can get all whacky with the clay I have to prep..so heres what I do.. Mind you I'm not a virgin at laying clay on plastic.. but never at this magnitude :O
NOw heres the thing,one can simply NOT lay clay directly on plastic ... I will not work..the clay will harden..but it may also chip off. So what I do is lay down some glue first

I thought I could get away with 'Spot' glueing and claying... but OH NO,not this time!.. it had to cover the entire doll.....
The glue adheres the clay in baking and adds another rubbery element.
THis might be such a long blog

SO Lately I've been working on a custom doll for a client .. I almost Never do commissions.

WHy is that?..............well I've tried commissions in the past..but I'm some sort of worry wort and STRESS the entire time I'm working on them "are they going to like it?...OMG they are going to hate it!!...I"M WORKING too SLOW..UGH" and so forth.these things swirl around and around in my head taking all the freedom and fun out of it.

This"client is different though,she lets me do what ever the Heck I want to do and take as long as I want (within reason)... HOw Flipping perfect is that?!.... It's so good,that I seem to have no problem banging out some of my best work for her.....ALL OF LIFE should be this WAY.!...(que echo)



SO she asks for a Golem............no NOT this Golem

YUck!

THis kind of Golem

A large Stone formed sentinel!

and I'm gonna do this to a monster high doll [FACEPALM!]

did I mention it's to be a Female Golem.. well I Love the idea at any rate.

so I find the doll I want for the base (gray,strong jaw)

and lets begin..

Would you believe I was an Artist before I became an artist....thats right there was a time in my life when I would actually sit down and draw paint simply for the expression and enjoyment.....true story