Month April 2018
***** Fern is now my official representative in the 1/4 scale dolls. I love Willow’s quiet grace, but I am neither quiet or graceful. I love Olive’s take charge spirit, but that’s not me either. Fern, little as she is,… Continue Reading →
One of the hardest parts of creating an action adventure with dolls is that they’re, by nature, immobile. And, often, somewhat difficult to pose. So, how do you get them to look like they’re moving? I mostly start with seeing… Continue Reading →
It’s seems an odd reminder to someone whose hobby is photographing and creating stories around dolls, but I seem to have forgotten all about playing with the little things. I got so caught up in the posing and the photographing… Continue Reading →
I did a little playing around this last week animating the littlest sister in On Our Own. I’ll never be a stop motion animator – mainly because I haven’t the patience, but also because my dolls’ movements have so much… Continue Reading →
It seems I often find my dolls like this, sitting in chairs (or benches, in this case) waiting for their adventure to begin. In Fern’s case, she’s about to start a grand-ish adventure, if I could just figure out what… Continue Reading →
***** This episode marks the first time I can recall when I completely ran out of inspiration. The girls sat for weeks on my desk, with no clarity at all on what they were going to do. It was the… Continue Reading →