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Sircca boxopening <3
Yuma wanted to help, but the box was taller than herself, so… I had to take over. Everything arrived in perfect condition, and now Yuma has finally a friend in her size :D Lillian and her look pretty awesome together.
Whoa Nelly. We are up to 8 resin babies. I had a fantastic doll year again this year. I think next year we'll be cooling our jets and working on honing characters. Thanks for joining me on this adventure! I hope next year is even better.
;//w//; My babies <3
TwT Ah this is kind of random but I spent my Christmas working and playing with dollies and decided to take some pictures of Faustus and Euclid together since its been a while. xD Oh, also to show off Faustus' new wig and eyes a bit more I guess haha.
Euclid in rare form not wearing a long dress for once haha. Need to build up the more androgynous/"masculine" side of their wardrobe since I've tended to favor dressing them more femininely since I don't have any super femme dolls (aside from Rift but can't have her out at the same time as Euclid so xD)
;//w//; Anyways, love these two. They are special not just to each other but also to me as Euclid is my favorite doll and Faustus is my most special/significant doll. xD Canonically in their story just before Euclid gets their hair mended is when Faustus is finally cured of his affliction of burning (basically) everything he touches so whenever Eui wears this wig its totally a-ok in my mind to have them touching. Even though they are just dolls and it doesn't actually matter, I almost never had them touch prior as it would have seemed canonically inaccurate and I CAN'T COMPROMISE MY INTEGRITY ...I mean because i'm a huge nerd xDDD
So yeah, ever since I made this wig for Eui these two have been inseparable ;w;
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//RANT UPDATE FEELS BLAH
But anyways, these two kind of tie into my current state of thoughts/feelings in the hobby so I might as well give some updates on that while i'm here. To be honest, I thought that I was done with reflections and changes for myself in the hobby for a while as I feel like that's all that's been going on with me lately but I still have the deep yearning to change things, set goals and refocus so I suppose i'm not done yet as annoying is that is for me and probably for you guys to bare witness to as well. To start, a lot of my feelings/goals in the hobby are changing still but the one that hasn't budged is that my ultimate main goal in the doll hobby is to get my little conflicted quartet of Faustus, Euclid, Hyacinth and Petra "complete" and as perfect as possible. Thankfully they are pretty close to getting there as I'm so happy and content with all of their head sculpts and Faustus is the only one who I feel needs a body upgrade. Its been WAY too long for them to still be so unfinished and there are so many fun projects I want to do for them so they are definitely priority number one.
I also decided a while back that I wouldn't be starting my reshelling process of Shu/Calliope/Etzel until these four are at an acceptable level of "completeness" to where it feels warranted to begin a new big project. The prospect of not having Shu as a doll for some time definitely pains me as he's so special to me, but I think it'll ultimately frustrate and confuse me a lot less if I focus on a smaller amount of dolls at a time. They will 100% be coming back in the future of course but i'm not putting any set dates to start on that anytime soon.
But really, my Unicorn character's story and these characters have been my greatest love in the hobby since the beginning and continue to be to this day and the longer i'm in the hobby the more I feel like i'd be happiest if this was the only one of my really complex pre-existing stories that I focused on as dolls. I can imagine just focusing on them exclusively and building up their world and the most important characters in it, constantly improving them and making them more clothes, dioramas, etc. and being completely content. Putting forth all my effort and passion into really fleshing them out, you know? The more time goes by the more that notion comes to the forefront of my thoughts and I think all of my confusion and indecisiveness in the hobby has been culminating to this seemingly inevitable conclusion. I've even been annoying myself with how fickle i've become with my dolls lately and I know that isn't the type of person I am and don't want to continue being. I think back on myself when I first joined the hobby when in the beginning I only focused on my Unicorn characters and I think that was when I felt the most happy and when everything made the most sense to me, you know? And ever since I decided to pursue lots of different characters of mine from lots of different stories it made everything so much more difficult, frustrating and I overall just less fun. That isn't to say I have been devoid of enjoyment in the hobby ever since then because that's absolutely not the case, but I just feel that i'd get even more enjoyment out of it while feeling more productive and fulfilled if I focused more heavily on the one thing i've been inspired by the most from the beginning up to now.
That also being said, because i'd so adamantly chosen the path of shelling characters from so many of my very detailed pre-existing stories I kind of cut myself off from having the ability to just get dolls that inspire me and letting my creativity run wild. My Minifee FLAM, Rift, (and to a lesser extend Rumor before her) really opened my eyes to just how much I love the process of creating something new with a doll and just going where the creativity takes me and prior to her I never allowed myself to do that. I adore Rift so much because she gave me something that I had been hungry for ever since I joined the hobby but was to wrapped up in my own ideas to realize; freedom. I've come to understand that there are two main paths one can go down in the hobby; very methodically shelling your own pre-existing characters as dolls or making completely new characters/concepts for dolls that you want and inspire you. I've always known that sticking exclusively to the later path could lead to having too many dolls you don't know what to do with but I don't think I realized that sticking so exclusively to the first path could become limiting and take away the feeling of freedom. I guess what i'm trying to say is that i've been leaning too heavily to one side for too long and I think what I really want is balance and allow myself to walk down both paths rather than restricting myself to just one. I've noticed lots of people tend to do the same thing, like for example some shell important well-developed characters from their story all in SD but then have a bunch of YoSDs or MSDs as their random "fun" dolls, you know? I think a similar approach is what would work best for me in the long run as well. Shelling my most beloved characters from my most beloved story and having the feeling of accomplishment that comes with bring them to life as accurately as possible, but also having a series of dolls that is nothing but pure art and creativity that has no restrictions. Hopefully that makes sense.
T__T Anyway, as much as I think this is ultimately the best course of action for me and what all of the frustration/confusion i've been having these days have been working toward, but this whole thing feels so much more difficult to overcome considering the dolls I currently have on order. Two of them were originally intended to be a part of my Egyptian character's story which if I do commit to pursuing only my Unicorn character's story it just makes it all the more difficult to say goodbye to. (I am thinking that the two who haven't arrived yet I could transition into characters that would fit in with my Unicorn character's story/other plans but we'll see.) I think the biggest thing that has prevented me from really just fully committing to this plan is because I love my Egyptian characters and their story so much as well and I legitimately hate the idea of parting with them as I love both the dolls and characters that they represent. River in particular is a very special doll to me and has always been a huge favorite of mine so the idea of parting with him especially kind of kills me. Like, I consider him my very first real "grail" doll, one that i'd never thought that i'd actually own, so considering parting with him in particular is honestly the hardest decision i've yet had to make and I really don't know yet if I can do it. I desperately want to somehow work him into my Unicorn character's story just so I can justify keeping him. I absolutely refuse to force random new characters into my Unitrios story as I care to much about its integrity for that, but perhaps there may be an existing character in the story that he could suit with minor alterations. I've never successfully been able to give a new character to a doll that previously had one but i'm willing to try again for him~
But as much as I do love River and his story I still feel so much more passionately about my Unicorn characters and could still so easily imagine myself giving my Egyptian characters up in favor of them and not regretting it. No sacrifice i've made for the sake of improving my Unicorn characters i've ever regretted so far since they really do mean that much to me, but still, even knowing that doesn't make committing to this any easier. Again, i'm going to do everything in my power to justify keeping River only as a different character but Raum and the other two dolls I have on order I originally planned for their story I very well may not end up keeping.
Then there is the matter of the other doll I have on order, my F60 Cygne. I think she is really what pushed me over the edge to really understanding just how much I wanted freedom in the hobby and my desire to finally just commit to getting a doll because I love and am inspired by it. It kind of goes against my new course of action if I end up making her my character IbbI as she is also from one of my really complex and pre-existing stories and I really do not want to branch out beyond the one, but really, I find this particular doll to be so inspiring that I could imagine her as a dozen different things and be just as in love with all of them. That kind of leads me into what i'm possibly thinking of for my "fun" group of dolls in the future. I mentioned before that the vast majority of dolls i've been intensely captivated by and consider "grails" in some form or another are SDs. I think logically it just makes the most sense that a size that i've always found so intriguing and inspiring is the size I should devote to my purely creative endeavors. Even before Cygne was a thing I had been thinking for a long time about making a series of dolls that tie together but don't have a super specific story or have really developed characters but are at their core each meant to be a beautiful work of art centered around a theme. They'd all be really intricate and unique projects most involving mods and dyeing and would be the perfect way to own dolls i've always loved but otherwise couldn't justify owning, realize ideas I couldn't do with my specific characters dolls because it wouldn't be canonically accurate, and really challenge my skills and creativity in a way that only having no limits could be possible. Of course, whether or not I actually enjoy SDs in real life is still up in the air as I haven't got to hold a complete one in my hands yet so whether or not I actually pursue this is dependent on how I feel about them when my Cygne arrives, but I am really hoping I end up liking the size as i'm ridiculously inspired by this project. I'll of course share more about it if/when it ends up working out, but yeah, just know that they would be the most unique and captivating dolls ever and i'm sure you guys would absolutely adore them ;w;
If it does end up working it kind of creates another problem with Rift and her little "fun" side project if I wanted to remain size-specific, but I suppose i'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
And as far who Cygne will end up being i'm not entirely sure at this point but i'm alright with waiting until she arrives to figure it out exactly. I'll probably make more mockups and such for some other ideas I have for her but idk if you guys would want to see even more of those at this point haha xD
Ack, anyways rambling as usual, sorry, but hopefully that kind of explains where i'm coming from and how i'm feeling. I swear this is going to be the last reflective/somber update i'm going to have in a LONG time because at this point I know what has been plaguing me and now feel confident in building things up even stronger once things have been sorted out for good. Not certain as to what will happen with River, Raum, my DIM Annabeth or Sio2 Ragdoll yet but hopefully I can work River and Annabeth into my Unicorn character's story and Ragdoll perhaps can be some sort of companion to my Cygne, we'll see.
Despite the idea of possibly having to say goodbye to more dolls/stories i'm actually not sad at all, instead relieved. It feels like a weight has been lifted and I feel more inspired than ever to make the dolls I have something truly special and press forward with both clear goals but also the freedom to go where the creativity lies. This year has been difficult for me both with dolls and with life but I've learned a lot about myself and what I truly want out of my dolls. 2016 was a year of darkness and sad goodbyes for both me and in the perspective of most people in general, but i'm keeping positive that 2017 will be full of creativity, progress and and wonderful new things.
I really appreciate everyone who has stuck with me through this whole process and encouraged me to follow my heart no matter how difficult that can be at times.
*hugs*
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Faustus (right, boy) is a Soom R. Shale in Cream White skin. Faceup, horn and wig by me.
Euclid (left, gender fluid) is a modded Fairyland Minifee Luka in Beautiful White skin. Faceup, mods, horn, wig and harness by me.
Here is Ariel, Chloe and Sam.
The are basically my main characters. The story revolves around them in different parts.
I was happy that I had some time today to play with my dolls.
It feels like I took photos of my own dolls like ages ago...
Anyway I hope you wont be mad since I will spam some more pictures ;-)
^w^ Yay, more dolly photos!
Hope to take a bunch more sometime soon as I want to take proper portraits to finally get around to making DoA profiles for my dollies, and also I really need to take more photos of Faustus and Raum in particular, its been forever I tell you! xD //shot
BUT EUCLID! xD One can never have enough Euclid. Nope, never!
TEXTWALL AHOY
;__; Unfortunately I am going to be suuuper busy for the next week or so at least as I have a lot of work to catch up on so in all likelihood those photos will have to wait. This last week was utterly HORRENDOUS for me and unfortunately just caused me to be in a really aggravated, angsty and depressed mood. Feeling better now things have calmed down and i've taken a few days to relax but asdfghjkl I have so many things I need to catch up on. ;___; Seriously, thanks so much to everyone being so patient with me, you have no idea how much I appreciate it. In all the madness though I did get quite a few awesome dolly things in the mail and worked a little bit on some dolly projects of mine to relax and to keep me focused on positive things~
:D So yeah! I mentioned in my updates that i've been really into dioramas lately and have been focusing a large bit of my dolly funds into starting on some for my dollies, specifically Euclid's! xD There actually isn't tooooo much to see as of yet though as I'm still waiting on most of the main pieces of their diorama buuut I have been arranging some of what I have now. You can't see it all that great in this photo but I got these adorable little Chinese vintage jewelry chests that work perfectly as little side dressers for Eui! I've been decorating them with some little trinkets but mostly with books and vases of flowers as they are precious gifts given to them by Hyacinth that they treasure deeply. Once their diorama is more complete i'll take some better pictures and explain everything more thoroughly but for now even though not much is complete I was just dying to snap a few photos of Eui with what I have so far. T//w//T Ahhh I'm so happy with how its coming along so far!! I really am so excited to see it all "complete" and especially to see Euclid and Hyacinth together in it since its such a significant place for the two of them~ (xD Also Hyacinth hasn't shipped yet by the way haha, probably another month or so methinks)
*U* Anyways, I've been making a lot of little props over the last few weeks and its tons of fun! I made these beautifully intricate little books, decorated miniature storage boxes, made real working miniature candles, jars of honey, baskets, loaves of bread, and of course, flower arrangements!!~ I'll take proper pictures of them later but -shameless plug- if you ever want to see photos of the creative things I work on definitely follow me on twitter as I post all that WIP sort of stuff there! twitter.com/BlueRoseArkelle
xD Anyway, yeah, you can't see all of them in this picture but i've been making TONS of little flower arrangements for Eui's diorama since its supposed to be such a prominent feature. I'm actually surprisingly better at it than I thought too, so that is nice haha. xD Still have to get even MORE tiny flowers and make a CRAP TON more books as well, but slowly its getting there!
...xD Oh, and don't even talk to me about Euclid's outfit hahaha
I got the crazy idea to layer two dresses together and honestly I kind of really dig it on them (so fancy!) but...yeah maybe its kind of silly xDDD
Euclid is all about the fancy, elegant, dramatic and historical fashion so they can pull it off though xD //shot
;w; Honestly, it doesn't matter to me what Eui wears, they always look amazing asdfghjkl~
xD I do need to work on making them some more "masculine" outfits though since they are genderfluid and canonically swap back and forth portraying a more masculine and feminine identity and lately all they've been wearing is dresses xD Opps. Add that to the three mile long list of things I want to do for my dollies //shot
TwT Annnd on a completely unrelated side note- for those of you how like to listen to my thoughts/ideas/plans/updates, there are two new limited dollies that have been released recently that I've really fallen in love with and am heavily considering snagging if its possible. I have no idea if I'll even be able to get just one of them at this point but since I have decided to part with some of my other dolls, perhaps if they can find lovely new homes I'll be able to snag the one i'm REALLY wanting the most.
Don't worry though, they aren't completely random impulses, both would be for characters i've been planning on shelling in the future anyways. The first one I think i'm much less likely to go for right now but asdfghjkl its exactly what I had in mind for the character! *A* Its a Realfee Haru boy in Violet skin~ It would take way to long to explain who/what they would be right now but lets just his name is Maxim and he's a character that is very important to Faustus, Euclid and Petra and the fact that the Haru sculpt looks very similar to Realfee May is PERFECT for his character as he was always meant to look very similar if not identical to Patina Morrow, my Realfee May (I actually assumed I just get another May sculpt for him down the road but Haru looks like a slightly more masculine May to me so that is perfect xD). He's absolutely the perfect thing for his character but asdfghjkl, I really didn't plan on potentially shelling his character for quite some time so i'm heavily conflicted on this one.
*//A//* The other I'm completely in love with and really REALLLYYY want to get would actually be a reshell for Roo, who at one point was intended to be my Littlefee NF faceplate someday but I never got around to getting him a body and I also decided I wanted to take his character in a different direction. xD Again, don't want to ramble too much but his character is actually really interesting because he canonically takes upon many different forms mainly due to dying and being reborn/reincarnated so to speak. He changes skin color, gender, the animals he's based on and even aesthetic due to him being a sort of "spirit" and being perceived differently. xD Its funny, I was actually planning on getting another doll from this same company to be one of his forms before this new one was released. I definitely want to get the previous one as well but this newly released sculpt is just the most adorable thing ever and its unusual aesthetic is I think the perfect things to represent his character. ;w; Anyways, the sculpt is called Ragdoll from the company SIO2. *A* Its an anime styled YoSD kemonomimi cat with the cutest little body and legs ohmigosh! xD Its portrayed as a girl in the promos but this version of Roo would be a boy (though Roo was originally born a girl so makes sense?) and the exaggerated body is also perfect to give him that really unusual, otherworldly quality in addition to the anime styled face. xD Anyways rambling but yeah. He's a very important character to River and Raum and my Egyptian story and i've always wanted to have him as a doll and I just am in love with this sculpt for him!~
xD I knew it wouldn't be long before a limited sculpt got its way into my doll plans, they always do haha. ;w; Anyways, crossing all my fingers and toes i'll be able to grab Ragdoll before the sale period ends, wish me luck!
;___; And ack, I REALLY want Haru too but if I have to choose between the two I want to shell Roo more than Maxim right now. Plus asdfghjkl I doubt i'll get the funds and really I think that's too many new dolls for me to focus on all at once. Hopefully I can grab one later down the road though~
...xD Annnd that's it. I'll be sure to let you guys know if/when I can order Ragdoll and i'll hopefully have more dolly photos sometime soon-ish once I get caught up with more important things.
Also I apologize for the textwall...as usual. //shot
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Euclid (gender fluid) is a modded Fairyland Minifee Luka on a Fairyline body in Beautiful White skin. Faceup, mods, horn, wig, & various props by me.
Fairyland Lucywen commission, including eye mod (closed to open). Owner wanted a galaxy blushing, but with snowflakes instead of stars, and in pink/purple.
Freya inspired me so much that I am overthinking my doll family.
I don't want to have too many dolls and feel overwhelmed, I want to spoil my most loved ones and Freya is definitely one of them.
So I thought about it and I will probably sell my incoming fairyline sia head with the company face up and my minifee celine head...
I am also a little bit clueless on what to do with my minifee Luka that I have on layaway since Freya gives me a vibe that I planned for my Luka.
Whatever it happens, I hope it will be all good in the end, since now I am bit troubled...
Decided to compose an "a la carte chart", because Fairyland deleted all the heads but 20 of them with the new a la carte after the minifee heads got discontinued. So since I was asked I thought I'd do it as it's also a great way to remember all the minifee heads that have been made so far.
Will probably update once in a while along with the event charts!
Hope it will help someone out there and here's to hoping the discontinued ones will be back someday! <3
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Had a photoshoot comparing Iplehouse JID Owen to my other Slim minis, mainly with Minifee. I failed with the dslr so only phone photo for now.
In order from L-R:
Iplehouse JID model boy
CP/Fairyland B-line girl
Fairyland A-line model boy
Harucastin E-minor body
Fairyland A-line (old) girl body, F-bust, cutie legs
Fairyline A-line (old) girl body, large bust, model legs
Bimong New Narae body
Fairyland M-line, cutie bust
I hope this is informative to doll hobbyists who are interested to pair JID boys with their other brand girls or boys. For me his face goes best with those Minifee which have smaller eyes or heads. And he looks really good with Narae, ok with E-minor.