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Category Dollmore Manuier – “Marta”

Make your doll part of the crowd: Using Photoshop to add your doll to a scene

The Betwixt characters seem to spend more time out and about then any of my other dolls, so I’m forever figuring out ways to make them part of the scene. Marta and Marcelo joined the crowd in the subway in… Continue Reading →

Backstage at Small Life Stories: How many photographs does it take to make a photographic novel?

In answer to the question in the title, a ton. I’m not a great photographer, but I’m a pretty good experimenter and I can (mostly) recognize a good photograph when I see it. What I can’t do is reliably create… Continue Reading →

Faking a painted wall for a roombox: Using Photoshop to paint a wall

I realize I could have added a little more detail in my last post about how to create a painted wall for a roombox, but I’d gotten pretty far through the post before I realized I should write about it,… Continue Reading →

Building rooms for dolls: A place for my 1/3 scale Dollmore Manuier doll

My 1/6 scale dolls all have sets, although some of them are in pieces currently. Daisy has her room with the pale pink wainscotting, bookcases, and the window seat. Rosie has her blue room with the casement windows that let… Continue Reading →

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