Animated BJD doll faces made easy

These days technology is getting fancy.  I still remember the Polaroid camera and the pure joy of getting a picture there and then. Now I hardly even print pictures and entrust my memories to digital photo albums. 

But, hey, what am I am on about? Ah, yes, how to make your ball jointed doll smile?Well, it is extremely easy! (thanks to the technological advances). Literally press of a button.

Please note, that I do not advertise any services, I am not paid to do so (my hourly rate is on expensive side :D

Smile!

A wink for you!

WHAT?!

And here is the link to have fun with your doll's pictures:  http://cartoon.pho.to/

How to make 3 tier cupcake stand for dolls. BJD MSD size 1/4 or for american girl

How to make 3 tier cupcake stand for your doll. 

Nice as a photography prop.

For this project you will need: 

-cardboard 

-bamboo skewer 

-scissors 

-carving tool or thick needle 

-tacky glue (for the cardboard) and all purpose glue (or E-6000 instead of all purpose one for the beads). Do not use hot glue as it does not "soak" the cardboard well enough to keep the bond strong for long. 

-beads 

-wire 

-ribbon 

 Here we go:

In action with MSD size ball jointed doll: 

How to make sofa for a ball jointed doll MSD size. Recycled craft project

How to make sofa or large chair for a ball jointed doll MSD size?

Easy-peasy!

You will need:

-An empty tub of Celebrations chocolates
-Stretchy fabric in two contrast colours
-Hot glue gun
-Fabric glue (optional), can still use hot glue gun
-Ribbons
-Needle and thread, but with sewing machine the process will be less painful :D
-craft foam
-scrap A4 paper
-sellotape
-4 small plastic lids of the same height (optional)
-acrylic paint (for the sofa legs if using lids)
-wadding or foam or cotton wool

 Link to my video tutorial below:

Some pics of the finished product and my ResinSoul MSD ladies as models together with BJD kitten

Anthro ball jointed doll (BJD) Little Minipin Hujoo rabbit face and body blushing

I was made aware that in one of my video's where I was painting my Hujoo cat Freya BJD doll I've missed out a section about the blushing. So, to remedy the situation I have created another video for the actual body blushing for one of my hujoo 1/8 dolls (made from ABS plastic). The rabbit is tiny and it was not easy to blush it.

Anyhow!

This is my way of face and body blushing for BJDs and obitsu dolls.
As I have mentioned previously, I use Humbrol 48 Matte acrylic spray varnish for priming and setting. I have employed various soft brushes (quality make up brushes are the best (IMHO), also natural fibres brushes pick the pigment better), soft pastels, sanding paper, melamine sponge, watercolour pencils, water and diluted acrylic paint. Also, I sometimes use damp/wet brush and dry sponge, as I believe it gives better control over the depths of the colours. Please note that this is NOT a teaching video but merely a demonstration of how I bring my dolls to live :) Enjoy!

See you soon!

How to make Russian style tiara/crown - Kokoshnik for MSD BJD doll

Here is a video tutorial of how I've made Kokoshnik - a Russian style headpiece (tiara or crown). It is entirely up to you how you will finish the piece. I have just demonstrated the way I wanted it to be. There are different techniques to Kokoshnik, for instance, some human size Kokoshniks are decorated in kanzashi technique (folded ribbon). Just let your creativity roll. Enjoy!

Here is the link below to the Kokoshnik pattern. You can adjust the pattern to your doll's head. The current size is for Ya MSD doll (ResinSoul).

MSD Size Kokoshnik pattern click me

Easy Obitsu doll wig in one hour

I am in love with obitsu dolls, their pose-ability is far superior compare to ordinary BJD dolls (IMHO). I can go on and on about how great the obitsu dolls are, including many ways they can be customised etc, but this post is about an easy way (and cheap too) of making wig for her. It is not always easy to find a suitable non-child like looking wig for obitsu head due to its small size. So, I have purchased a fancy red short wig from poundland (for a £1 obviously), then un-stitched the long strands of hair from the wig cap itself (making sure that the strips of hair are still stitched together). Then I've glued (Glu&Fix all purpose clear glue) them to the wig-cap I've made from fabric, starting from the bottom to the top in circular way. Then I have rolled a long strip of hair into a reel so to create a pony tail which was also glued to the top of the finished wig. After that I have cut the fringe. And it was done. There are many ways of making wigs for dolls and this one took me about an hour to complete.

Here is the finished product:

Big hair day, just the way I like my own hair to be :D