Big adventures in a small world

Category Wildflowerdoll Ruby – “Daisy”

Photo Stories then and now: Comparing Among the Flowers episodes over the years

At almost two years into learning to create photo stories, and reshooting the Among the Flowers storyline, I can start to see what I’ve learned over these years. It started with Camellia’s episode, which launched the series. Although I left… Continue Reading →

Moving into the dollhouse

I’ve spent the last few weeks redesigning my doll room (what used to be the dining room in my house), and the living room next to it (which is still, at the moment, just a living room.) I had a… Continue Reading →

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 34: Worlds in motion

After the flurry of activity in Rosie’s last episode, it’s oddly quiet today. In Silverton, OR, not a creature is stirring.   And everything is quiet in Syracuse, IT as well. I wonder where everyone could have gone? Ah, *there*… Continue Reading →

A sense of place, revisited

In one of my first posts, I wrote about trying to find a place for Camellia in the real world. Her location was difficult to find, since I needed a livable, sparsely-inhabited island which might house a panther. Since there’s… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 32 – Rosie solves it all

As we catch up to Rosie, after her last episode when she found that Fetch had stored away all of her dream objects in her cupboard, she appears to be . . . well . . . dragging a big… 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 26 – Uncovering the Past

In Lily’s last episode, she held a picture of Daisy and painted her standing outside the Secret Garden shop. We continue her story later that same day. ***** I had a lot of fun with the transitions this week –… Continue Reading →

The sequential art of dolls – Scott McCloud’s Making Comics

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 →

My Doll Adventure 23, continued: Lily’s story

. . . Lily holds Camellia’s favorite picture of Daisy . . . and paints . . . Daisy in front of the Secret Garden shop.

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