Thursday, October 31, 2019

The White Lady (a lyrical photoshoot)




Happy Halloween! This is the first time I've done a photo shoot, and have written poetry to go along with it. Usually, I simply write what I like about the photos, but this time, it is poetry and photos. If you are confused about the title, a white lady is a female ghost seen wearing white. :



                                         She floated along the moor, 

                                             And is the talk of the town's core, 



                                                  She haunts the creeks, 
                                                        And frightens the meek, 



                                                          Her red hair flowing, 


                                                         and her body glowing, 



                                                   That would often lead travelers astray, 
                                                 On the most damp and rainy day, 


                                                    What cause of her death may be? 
                                                   Well, you shall see... 


                                                 She received word that her lover, 
                                             from her most heart wrenched mother, 



                                               had been drowned in the waves, 
                                               this caused tears, 
                                              

                                                    from which her mother peered, 
                                                Unknowing what the fates had in store, 

                                              For it was soon that she ran out the door, 
                                             Into the damp and forbidden moor, 
                                       What happened exactly is unknown, 

                            But many hear her long moans echoing through the night, 
                           giving many a fright. 

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What did you think of the poem? And which photo was your favorite? 

-Quinley

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Autumn is in the Air (a photoshoot)



Happy autumn everyone! To begin the autumn season (which is going to be filled with posts about Halloween), I thought I would post a fall-themed photoshoot of Carol:

I like how Carol's hair is hiding her face a little in this one. 

I really like Carol's pose in this photo. 





I like the layout of this photo. 




I like the layout of this photo, and the way her face is hidden 
slightly behind her hair. 




                                        I also really like the view in this photo.



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Which photo is your favorite? And who is your favorite female Marvel super hero? 
-Quinley

P.S.  I recently posted a stop motion animation which is a part of the series of introduction videos for my dolls:

                             Meet Suzanne "Z"| AGSM 
You can also watch it here

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Custom Doll project (part 2): Repainting and Making Her New Clothes




            Hello everyone, If you've read this blog post, then you will know that I was working on a custom doll project. I haven't talked about it as much as my others. So, I decided I would post an update for the project:

  
Since I rinse whenever I use nail polish remover, I had to find a way to make sure her hair didn't get wet (and come off.) So I used a Pressed'n Seal that was called Glad to cover her hair.

When I had finally removed some of her paint, bits of her hair had gotten 
wet thankfully they didn't come off. But they didn't get as wet as they could have gotten.
Which means I found a new technique to use. 

At first when I started repainting, I wanted to make her into a fairy.
But since she didn't exactly feel like the right doll for that (I have another doll that I am going to use, who I will post about once I begin repainting and rewigging her), 
and considering the fact that at the beginning of the project, 
she had two long hairs coming out like Tauriel's (which made it seem more 
to be falling into a Middle Earth doll project), I decided to go with that.
Also because she was short (shorter than Astrid), 
I decided that I would make her into the daughter of Fili and Tauriel, if Fili had *spoilers for The Hobbit don't read them unless you've read the book or watched the movies* survived *end spoilers* 
I was rather excited about this idea, because she be a half elf half dwarf. And it would mean that she would have Silvan elf and dwarf elements to her. 

I began by outlining where her eyes had been. Since these dolls 
have an area that is sculpted showing where her eyes used it be. It can be very difficult to make it smaller, or larger without it looking like there is a space where her eyes should be.

                                        I then took a pen, and made it much more clear.

I then decided to paint over where the pen was and give her
gold eyeliner, green eyes, and freckles. 
(Though the freckles later look more realistic than they do in this photo.) 

Unfortunately, I did not take that many photos later of her face, when I was using pencil
to give her more details. (And add white to her eyes.) 
So, I will give you pictures later in the next post, of what her repaint fully looks like. 
I am working on something else related to this doll project, so I am not going to take her outside for photos yet. 

After I repainted her some more, and then put Mod Podge over it. 
I then began by making her clothes. 

First I took green felt and wrapped it over her in the exact way I wanted it to look, 
and then hot glued it. 





After that I glued blue ribbon on, to make the upper half of the dress stay on her better. 
I also added glitter to the ribbon to make it more shiny and to
give you the feeling that she might be rich and own jewels and gold. 

I then decided that the skirt I made out of felt, didn't work very well.
But I kept the bit of felt I used and made it part of the top part of the dress.

Since I wanted a loose flowing skirt, I decided to use one that had been the costume for a Frozen Anna doll.  


Since I wanted the pattern to be different, I decided I would paint on the 
skirt. First I painted a green dragon with a hoard nearby. 

I then started adding other details onto it: 









I tried to give the skirt different colors than Anna's original skirt had. 
Some of the colors were harder to cover than others. 

After I finished the details of the skirt. I used some spare felt to make her dress look a little 
more bulky and less fancy (or at least fancy, but not in an elvish manner): 


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                                     There will be a part three, that is focusing on her elf ears, but for now...
                                       What do you think a half elf, half dwarf would look like?  In what way do you think it                                                        would have affected the relationship between the elves and dwarves if there was a half 
                                                 elf half dwarf? 
                                       -Quinley 


Thursday, July 4, 2019

Happy 4th of July (A Photoshoot)

Happy 4th of July to everyone in America!
I actually took these photos a while ago, but I thought I would share them now:



I like the angle of this photo. 



I like the upper view of this photo. 



The blurred background in this photo is a cool effect. 


I like the way this photo turned out. 
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Which photo is your favorite? 
-Quinley