Falling Off The Wagon

[revena]

So, I...uh... I kinda bought some Barbies today.

But they are really cool. And I totally had projects specifically in mind when I got them. So that's ok! Right? Right.

But if anyone wants to talk to me about a commissioned doll, that would be swell.

(gothy_dork, we should chat over email about what you want, muse-wise. My email address is in my profile!)

Comments

Sara pictures

[ct]

I uploaded some pictures here. Some of them are sort of huge, but I figured that shrinking them would be counterproductive. That, and I'm not on a computer with decent image editing software. Anyway, what I didn't have handy was many photos of her without her vest on, but I tried to give a good description here. I can pull screencaps if you'd like me too. Also, *please* ignore the little white booties everyone is wearing in the one with the whole cast. Please.

Sara is one of those characters who has a different hairstyle every season, but the color is always the same. A good average is just to say that it's shoulder length(ish) and straight(ish). All of the pictures are from seasons where I liked her hair. She wears it down and loose.

Clothingwise, she dresses simply and in medium to dark shades of colors that are not pink/orange/yellow. Black is pretty common too.

This is what I'd call a typical outfit:

Shoes: non-white sneakers or black or brown boots, be they hiking boots, doc marten-ish, or occasionally the trendy sort with a short, chunky heel.

Pants: blue/black/brown jeans or pants. Never light colored pants like khakis that would show a lot of dirt, and generally not dress slacks that couldn't take any abuse.

Shirt: the style varies by time of year, but almost always a solid color and almost always fitted rather than baggy. The style varies by time of year:
* layered tanktops. Not the ones with spaghetti straps, and generally a dark one over a white one.
* sleeveless shirt. By that I mean the sort that has all of its shoulder but no sleeves.
* t-shirt with girly little sleeves, not guy/unisex elbow-length sleeves
* long sleeved shirt, or jacket over a shirt

Whatever style, she tends toward v necks or rounded necklines that look good with a short necklace. Personally, I'm a fan of the two options with sleeves, especially if you think you can make a little field vest. A note: the top she's wearing in the promo headshot is dressier than normal, probably because it *is* a promo headshot.

Necklace: she almost always wears a short necklace that usually has some sort of chunky, round pendant. Whether it's a chain or cord varies, as does the actual pendant. The only reason I stuck the last photo (the unflattering one where she's wearing a little scarf) in this gallery was because it's the only shot I had handy that showed the length of necklace she usually wears.

Makeup: minimal.

And then there's the field vest, which I really like. You can ignore the little pockets all over it. I'll dig up a photo of the back if it turns out that you can do this, but it just says LVPD in big letters.

Re: Sara pictures

[revena.livejournal.com]

I've got a doll that's a decent match for face shape and a very close match for hair color (and rooted so that I can style it the right way) so, yes, I should be able to make a doll that'll be recognizeable as the character.

I don't think the clothes you describe will give me any trouble, and vests are the easiest of doll clothes to make, pretty much, so a field vest should be very doable.

So, yes, I can do a doll for you. I suspect that she'll take me about five solid hours of work (spread over several days - most of it will be layers of paint that'll need drying), and the base doll and pre-made accessories I propose to use are going to be worth about $15, to begin with (it's hard to say for sure, because I'll be using clothes and jewelry and shoes from other dolls, but if I were to eBay all of the bits I'll use, I'd expect to get about that much). What do you think is a fair trade?

Re: Sara pictures

[ct]

Cool! I'm excited.

For trade... you said that you might like a knitted stuffed toy? Something I've been experimenting with lately is custom sock monkeys. I wish I had a picture to show you, but both of my prototypes are in Boston with my sister. So, borrowing a picture from ThinkGeek, this is generally what I'm talking about, although it's larger than the ones I've made. With the two I made for my sister, one was pretty standard other than color substitutions - she wanted a pastel one - and the other had sort of a graduated stripe pattern running down the limbs. Another possibility might be to put a little Weasley sweater on it. Not *on* it, really, but as part of the body.

Past that... I do have a book of stuffed animal patterns. I know there's a turtle and a clownfish (Nemo!) in there, and if you have a favorite animal I can check to see if there's a workable pattern.