My victim: Hero, a 2005 Christmas Juri head by Cerberus Project. In my opinion, there were many things wrong with her when she arrived, but I bought her for the purpose of being my "practice head" so I didn't mind. My weapons of choice: finely sharpened watercolor pencils, acrylic paint, and soft pastels. I feel kind of like a cheat for using the pencils for the eyebrows... But I don't trust my painting skills to manage such fine, fine lines to simulate the eyebrow hairs. I am a cheat!
Getting her old face off was a challenge in itself. It took a few days of wiping, rubbing, washing and taking many many breaks in-between after getting frustrated at the whole process. Whoever did her last face-up used strange pearlescent and metallic paints that were a b*tch to take off. *_* I was mostly concerned that the her neon pink blush would never completely wipe away but I persisted and after much elbow grease, I succeeded. =)
Finally I had a clean slate to work on, a fresh can of Testors Dullcote, and a vague idea in my head on what I wanted her to look like. I looked at pictures of Angelina Jolie and Virginia Mayo as my inspiration. Yes, it's a strange combination, and I'm probably the only one in the world who will see them in the final face-up when I'm done, but oh well, that's how I picture her look.
I started off with her eyebrows and eye make-up because those were the parts I was most anxious about.
My thoughts about how it's going. I'm not thrilled with my work so far. =/ Her eyebrows are too harsh and dark, and they're placed a bit higher than I would like them to be. I don't know if she looks playful or just surprised in a scary way. *_*
Still, I'm not sure I want to give up on her face as it is just yet. Maybe once I get the rest of her "eyeshadow" and lower eyelashes drawn in I'll start seeing better results in my handiwork. If not, there's always cotton balls and 100% clear acetone to the rescue. =S
For now, she is sitting on my desk, waiting for the coat of Testors to dry so I can continue working on her. I'm giving myself a deadline to finish her before Monday. I'm deathly, deathly afraid that I will screw up and irreparably stain her precious Limited Face. x_x
Good luck to me and I will post pictures of my progress.
Hero In The Making
Written by lapinay on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at Saturday, April 21, 2007
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Official Hand Over Day
Written by lapinay on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at Tuesday, April 03, 2007
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Today, I finally got the domain forwarding properly to this blog so it's official, Shared Existence, the website for my motley crew of Ball Joint Dolls and unique handmade art dolls is now up and running and open for business!
