#bjdeditorial

@sicktress My contribution to the BJDeditorial challenge this month: resin imitates art. This is Rapture and I knew what I wanted to do the instant I saw the challenge. I wanted to do The Dancer by Degas. It's my mom's favorite sculpture and we would go visit her while she was at the met. Now, Rapture is not a ballerina, nor is he 14, he's a stripper and a nephilim so doesn't show his age properly at all. He is, however, also one of the sweetest characters I have. From his soft features to his delicate lilting voice that's tinged ever so slightly with his Louisiana accent. I hope that you like him. His outfit was all hand stitched, what little there is of it. I may still add a couple crystals to the silver bits but I'm generally pleased with how it came out. Side note: he can not stand in that position worth beans. He's very solid and very well engineered, but the second you try to turn his feet out, nope, so that's as close as I got to how her legs were positioned. I'm sorry for the quality of the pictures. I've been super tired.

My subject for the challenge is Sol, mimicking Roman bronze statue The Idolino. He’s not exactly in contrapposto, like the sculpture I based this off of, but the general feel is there. I also gave the photos a greenish hue to slightly mimic bronze oxidization.

Been a few months since I’ve snapped a photo of C.C. Smyth, and after reading about @sicktress‘ awesome new BJD Editorial Challenge I had to grab my camera. Out of all the dolls in my crew, C.C. has the boldest, brightest color scheme... and I love her for it. Plus I happened to have a highlighter yellow backdrop that was just aching to be used. Apologies if the neon combo makes your eyes bleed. ^^;

Sorry for the messy background. She doesn’t fit my backdrop when her wings are extended.

A quick pick of Viveka for @sicktress latest challenge. Had to get in on a black/white challenge, c’mon. I had all sorts of ideas but in the end got a little low on energy as I was working on a commission in the mean time. 

For @sicktress‘s BJDEditorial Museum challenge ^^ This sculpture is in the Getty Villa’s antiquities collection; I saw it last fall when we went, and thought it was really evocative despite being so damaged.

I’ve learned a variety of wig-making techniques over the past year as a few of my characters have hair that has to be just right. This wig is my most recent and is just pre-made wefts sewn into a wig cap. I’m sure if I had more wefts and more experience, I could have done an expert looking wig. I had the most difficulty with the part, but there are some spaces where the hair is too thin too, and I should have sewn the wefts in closer together. Anyway, I’m happy for the learning experience.

Model: Charles Agency: @doll-granado