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Such a cute doll! Sculpted by Dianna Effner.
I made her jumpsuit from a pattern by TDD on Etsy; www.etsy.com/uk/listing/814356575/145-doll-clothes-15-dol...
If you like it, you'll find the HD version on my webdrive flash-dantz.com/Flickr_Drive (personal use only)
Carmen, Elyion, Magenta and Zoya - custom OOAK dolls for villalebosquet.com shop SOLD but visit site for what is available <3 thank you
The frame is packed edge-to-edge with rounded translucent glass pieces. The dominant forms are large, soft-edged, pebble-like masses rather than sharp shards.
Visible colors include:
* Cobalt blue: large glowing piece near upper right.
* Emerald green: broad piece at lower left-center.
* Ruby red: several pieces at upper left, right-center, and lower right.
* Frosted clear / white glass: central dominant oval.
* Amber / peach glass: upper center.
* Aqua and pale blue: lower center and side areas.
* Yellow-green: upper right edge.
* Violet / deep blue: right side and background pieces.
The central frosted white piece acts as the main visual anchor. It is surrounded by saturated color, so it reads almost like a glowing stone or moon against a field of artificial gems.
The surfaces show small pits, scratches, dust, fibers, and scuffs. These marks are important because they prevent the glass from looking like polished plastic. They give the image tactile age and scale.
Discussion as art
This works as a macro abstract still life. The subject is simple, but the close framing removes ordinary context and turns the glass into a field of color, texture, and light.
The composition is dense and frontal. There is no empty space. That creates a compressed, mosaic-like effect, closer to stained glass or a mineral cross-section than a conventional still life.
The central white glass piece is important. It interrupts the saturated colors and gives the eye a place to rest. Around it, the blue, green, and red pieces form a strong color structure:
* Blue gives cool luminosity and depth.
* Green adds weight and mass at lower left.
* Red adds heat and visual tension.
* White/frosted glass provides tonal balance.
The image is less mysterious than the darker version because the lighting is more even and explanatory. It shows the glass clearly rather than hiding it in shadow. That makes this version more about surface, color, and material evidence, while the darker version would read more dramatically as glowing abstraction.
As an art photograph, it has a synthetic-beauty quality: beach-glass language, but with colors too concentrated to feel fully natural. That tension is useful. It sits between nature, craft material, mineral specimen, and pop-color abstraction.
Focus stacking
Focus stacking is well suited to this subject. At macro distance, a pile of rounded glass has many depth levels: foreground surfaces, central pieces, partially hidden pieces, and rear fragments. A single exposure would not keep this much of the scene sharp.
The stacking appears to provide:
* Broad sharpness across the central white glass.
* Readable texture on the red, green, and blue pieces.
* Clear surface abrasion and pitting.
* Good separation between overlapping glass edges.
* A flattened but highly detailed macro field.
The image has the characteristic look of a successful stack: more depth of field than a single macro frame would normally allow, but still with some natural softness in buried or edge areas.
Possible stacking artifacts to watch for:
* Halos along bright glass edges.
* False sharpness around translucent overlaps.
* Small dust specks becoming overly crisp.
* Local contrast exaggeration on frosted surfaces.
* Slightly artificial transitions where curved glass overlaps another curved piece.
Here, the stack is effective because the main surfaces are sharp without making every background edge equally aggressive. The central white piece, green piece, and large blue piece are the key areas, and they hold focus well.
Technical discussion
The lighting appears to be transmitted or backlit, probably with light coming from below or behind the glass. That is why the pieces glow internally rather than merely reflecting surface light.
The exposure is brighter and more open than a low-key glass study. Highlights are strong but mostly controlled. The central frosted white glass is close to the brightest area, but it still retains texture rather than becoming a blank white shape.
The image benefits from the combination of:
* Frosted texture.
* Transmitted color.
* Close macro framing.
* Deep focus from stacking.
* High local detail.
For a cleaner exhibition version, selective retouching of dust and fibers would help, especially on the red upper-left piece, the central white piece, and the blue upper-right piece. But the dirt and abrasion also support the object’s material identity, so removing all of it would make the picture less physical.
Hope everyone had a good Wednesday. The weather was nicer today- less humid & not as hot- of course I was working but will have a nice walk tonight.
Prating for sweet eaglet Snow. Also- please pray for Shanti (white tiger) - just saw a post from the zoo she's being treated for chronic kidney disease. I was wondering why she hasn't been out much in recent weeks. She's a beautiful girl. I', posting a pic from 5/17 when I saw her last.
On another note, the Peanuts' new fave place to sleep and relax is RubyRed's big pink floofy bed! So glad I kept it- I haven't seen all 3 in it but I suspect they might be at times. When I got up this morning Lucy and Charlie were snuggles, tonight Linus & Charlie. I love my Peanuts kids and am thankful they are all besties again.
Sleep well tonight auntie, sweet dreams to all.
This is one of the designs taking part in Sanrio T-shirt design contest for a chance to be featured on official Sanrio merchandise. I was really looking forward to making another My Melody design, but then this thing popped into my head and was so different from all the other ideas, that it stuck. Though she hardly needs introduction - world famous Kitty White herself:
Follow the above link to go rate the design.
The winner of the contest will be determined by popular vote, so it's up to you to decide which one will make it!
If you like this design be sure to vote, share, post, re-post, blog, link, fave... spread the word about it by any means most suitable, to make sure your favourite gains popularity and ratings. You have until 8th of November - that's plenty of time to rate and invite your friends and followers to do the same.
This is a great opportunity to show Sanrio what kind of styles you'd like to see from them.
Though all 'cute' - as is to be expected of Sanrio -
the submitted designs each represent bit different sensibilities: 90's retro pop kawaii, girly pink romantic / sweet lolita, naval chic and what I can only describe as maybe glam, swag or bling (^ - ^)>
By rating the designs that best represent your tastes you'll be indicating what kind of styles you'd prefer.
You can view the entries here:
Little Twin Stars - Dreamboat (contest entry)
My Melody / Hello Kitty - Rococo Medallion (contest entry)
Hello Kitty - Hello Sailor (contest entry)
Hello Kitty - Famous (contest entry)
I've already been posting the entries on social media too, if you'd like to share them through any of the following:
tumblr, instagram, facebook, google+, blogger, twitter, yaplog, DeviantArt, Pinterest and Livejournal.
All participation greatly appreciated ( ^ 3 ^ )
Awesome shoe I saw in Office today- so cool!!
I am not really a shoe-ey person, but I do have a weakness for 60's style red stiletto heels- I am tall enough as it is though, and will probably never have enough money to buy them- ah well, 'tis life.
MY PHONE IS WORKING AGAIN!!! YAAAAAAY!! I bought a new battery today in Puddlesville (That's all my funds down the drain, and I had to earn it all by cleaning cars (Pip's family's, Gran's, our two, next door's etc) and mending the bikes- (took AAAAAAAAGEES, as both wheels on each were punctured after an incident with some smashed glass last week, and the chains needed oiling- VAIR VAIR VAIR messy. Pip was very lazy and read one of my Georgia Nicholson diaries!!! AAARRRRGGHH) - reason I could go to Office.
This is Elizabeth, a limited editions Siblies doll by Ruby Red.
I made her dress, inspired by a Sears 1979 Fall Winter catalog picture.
You can see it here on pinterest:
www.pinterest.com/pin/431571576812261186/
(I do plan to make all the other ones within the next 65 years)
Before everything went pink.
My hands are so sausagey and wrinkled that I coaxed my 9yr old into modelling it for me...that's why it looks SO huge!