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reviving my tumblr blog to post about doll making!! making a bigger doll than usual of hullabaloo's black vulture skin.

the base head pattern i took from nunodoll: https://dollmaker.nunodoll.com/girl/head.html

for the fabric, i used a cotton fabric with fusible interfacing on the back (i use that for most of the body as well)

i altered the pattern to make the face one piece, making it more flat than the original pattern. i also make the cheeks a bit smaller, and the neck a bit skinnier from the back.

also, it might depend on what fabric you use but on the original pattern, right under the chin was very very tight and i had to use some extra fabric and glue to keep the seams from bursting open. it looks a bit wavy around the chin, which may be because i did that part by hand (im still a bit unconfident with sewing 3d shapes with a machine)

for the eyes, i used black denim fabric. i painted over a sheet with gold paint, then cut the shapes out for the eyelashes. i sewed it on the face with gold thread, also using fabric glue for extra security.

i also ended up using a mix of uv resin and top coat for nails to secure the eyelashes... for his big eyelash, the denim is double layered.

i used a similar technique for the eyebrows, but with regular thread and i didn't have to use any glue or resin.

i used beads for the eye details; i already had white beads on hand but i had to paint the blue ones. (acrylic paint then nail top coat on top)

for the thing dangling off his eye, i had a silver star charm that i painted gold. with the other gold bead on the loop, i just sewed it on. hopefully it doesnt fall off...

for his nose and mouth, i just used regular old thread to embroider it. i also used some silver relief outliner on his eye.

i painted the rest of the details on his face, also outlined some of the embroidery with black!!

i know his smile is a bit lopsided, but i don't want to undo all of that... it's lopsided in the model anyway, but its supposed to be lopsided the other way!! i probably will need to fix some things as i go on... but i think he looks so handsome so far...