Big adventures in a small world

Category Wildflowerdoll Jacqueline – “Camellia”

My Doll Adventure 35: The End

Last time we checked in, all of the characters were converging on the airport in an attempt to find Camellia. Did they make it? Let’s see. Well, hmmm, not sure. Let’s see if we can get another angle Oh, yes,… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 33: Back to the beginning

Camellia recalls the night she fled. There had been a dance. Camellia dances with the stranger, and then sees that Cado is watching And then, when she realizes that Cado has left, she goes upstairs to find him . …. Continue Reading →

Turning a photographic novel into a graphic novel

Looks like I’m playing around with the second version again, while I’m supposed to be finishing the first 🙂 But I had an idea I wanted to see the adventure in more of a graphic form. Fortunately, Photoshop (and, in… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 30: Kissing the children goodbye

Sitting by a waterfall, Camellia recalls the night when she parted from her daughters Holding the note she’s just written, she tries to comfort Daisy Then tears a photo in half, and hands half of it to Daisy And reaches… Continue Reading →

The freedom to change one’s mind

If there’s one thing I was certain of on Friday, it was that I was going to take a year off from reworking the My Doll Adventure series once I’d wrapped up the first draft. Naturally, the first thing I… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 29: The Stranger’s Story

We ended Rosie’s last episode with Frank placing a story in the local paper seeking any info on the girls’ (Rosie and Daisy)’s mother, Camellia. This week’s episode starts with someone reading that article. Over coffee, someone reads the day’s… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 27: Camellia works on the hut and recalls her escape

At the end of Camellia’s last episode, she had encountered a stranger on the island and, together, they began working on a hut. This week they continue working on the hut, and Camellia tells about her escape. ***** Camellia and… Continue Reading →

Select and mask: Camellia escapes from the ball

The first series of shots I took of Camellia, before I started the doll adventure, were of her escaping the ball. I love the idea of her in bare feet with her skirt lifted up fleeing down some marble steps…. Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 24: Camellia finds a friend

In our last episode, Camellia received a gift of clothing and food. The next morning, she leaves the camp to gather fruit. The panther doesn’t follow and stays in camp. When Camellia returns to camp, she sees the panther standing… Continue Reading →

Fire in miniature photography, and a hut

On Monday I wrote about getting the right shots for the start of Camellia’s next episode. Today I’ll show you my experiments on bringing fire in miniature photography, and the makings of a hut. By Friday, I should have everything… Continue Reading →

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