Requiem Art

Ulquiorra is finally done! Well, technically he was done around 2 weeks ago, except I only just had the time to put together a photography setup that allows for his bloody 28″ wingspan.

…though technically this just recycles a Bratz doll case, hey, I got it for $2 at the flea market.  Can’t get a gallon of milk for that.

Using contact paper and decoupage, I remodeled a Bratz Angels case. This case has a hard shell, which is awesome, but it’s covered with bratz artwork, and that [...]

2 things arrived today early this morning by FedEx: A computer part to fix some wonkiness I’ve had lately (thus the no updates in a while) and Eos, the first pullip doll released in a limited edition steampunk set.

Unfortunately, her awesomeness was tarnished by the fact her factory face-up had streaks and smudges in the [...]

She’s been popping up in other pictures and is now on display at Animadness, but she is officially ‘for sale’
Koi is an extensive customizing project started quite a few months ago, and finished in time to debut at PUDDLE this year. Now she’s back from PUDDLE and I can safely put her up for [...]

I am geographically very lucky for multiple reasons, but today the topic is THE doll store. I live about an hour away from what might be the biggest store-front pullip retailer in the US, an anime store called Animadness in Waltham, MA. The prices are about the same or lower than most online [...]

PUDDLE 2010 is the biggest Pullip-related doll gathering in the US. It gets a little bigger each year, and this year I conned my husband into a vacation to Chicago and attended.

With all the people in the world who make and have pullips, the issue of copying comes up a lot.
Everyone has their own definition of copying. Mine is pretty lax: The doll has to be obviously alike in multiple ways, excusing painting ability/differences. There are a finite number of wigs/eyes out there, and [...]

Spending most of my long weekend on a customizing binge, I did manage to finish Koi, who will be officially debuting at PUDDLE, and then her pictures will go online after. I’ve been wanting to try a cyber-punk geisha type doll for years (my ‘want to try’ custom list is very, very long) and [...]

Mir is probably my favorite release from the last 2 years. She’s gorgeous. And.. gorgeous. Also very, very pale. For those of us who can’t stand the stock bodies (or those poor folks who have stock bodies that broke), this causes a problem.

…but it doesn’t have to. Warning: Doll Nudity Ahead

My latest project is pretty ambitious:

Ulquiorra by himself is a pretty advanced custom. His head is extensively resculpted and he has a full body repaint. But EVERYBODY wants Ulquiorra, so I made a counteroffer to someone who’s been trying to buy him off of me, to commission a Ulquiorra 2nd release form instead. [...]