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Most of my ball-joint dolls are standard resin, hooks, and string ball joint dolls. They’re made of an almost indestructible resin, and, if any piece falls off or if the string gets too loose, you can just take them apart… Continue Reading →
I’m a few weeks into a new Underfoot episode. Right now, I’m trying to get all of the dolls settled into the house, and then show them on their first morning. I expect at least a few more weeks of… 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 →
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 →
I’m always struck by the strength and range of personalities in my dolls’ faces. From the still sadness of Camellia, to Ester’s inscrutable wide-eyed stare: each one brings their own history and their own future. But only one of them… Continue Reading →
Once it starts raining in Oregon, all of my photography moves indoors. That means that, for my larger dolls who are too big for set-building, I use a lot of stock photos as backdrops. You can see some of them… Continue Reading →
You know your miniature world building has gone wrong when most of it is done in front of a computer. I don’t know about other miniature world builders, but for me much of the delight is peering into their tiny… Continue Reading →
I entered doll adventure land through a side door – somewhere between play and play therapy – so many of the building blocks of photography, miniatures, and writing are unfamiliar to me. Because I could see their effects in every… Continue Reading →
I read Scott McCloud’s “Understanding comics” years ago, when I was thinking of making an adventure game. It’s a high-level look at the art of comics – well worth a read if you’re doing anything in the realm of sequential… Continue Reading →
Mid-adventure, I find myself (and my dolls) sorely in need of an action stand. You’ve all seen doll stands. They look something like this: and they hold the doll, upright, around the waist or the legs. Which is great, if… Continue Reading →