Here are my two Guillermo Del Toro custom dolls. Honestly, if Frankenstein hadn't hit so hard aesthetically and made me inspired to finish the Frankenstein doll, the Asset would have spent at least a few more years unfinished.

JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal) sheep head hair clip

Here is my custom doll of the Asset, from Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water. I've literally been working on him for years since I would get short bursts of inspiration, only to hit a creative wall and put him away for months at a time.

While I approach most projects with a clear goal in mind, this really wore away at me since I wanted him to still look like a Monster High character, the Asset's design is incredibly complex and detailed. I would spent like 5 hours sculpting something, feel like it looks off and then get really dejected and put him away.

It eventually reached a point where I realised it had been a year and a bit of chipping away at his sculpt that I pushed ahead and primed him in black. Of course, that just made me aware of his flaws more, so I just put him away, then every few months or so I would block out his patterns and placements in pencil.

It wasn't until I saw Frankenstein in theaters that I finally felt brave enough to push on ahead with this custom, since it got me back in a GDT mood, and I rewatched The Shape of Water as well.

I realised that I was getting too caught up in the minutia of details and opted for the "vibe" of the look instead to finally get me over the line with finishing him.