#faceup comparison

My dear Aurora got recently repainted as I'd been unhappy with her last faceups pretty much since I did them because I had just made the switch to working with acrylics and didn't have a good paint retarder yet, nor did I know how to thin them well yet.

I am super happy with these faceups though. Shortly after these pics, I made her new eyes out of resin.

I love the depth resin eyes can have, they look so much nicer in her than the flat acrylics I made years ago. I've been having fun making eyes and definitely want to make more!

These were her old faceups, you can see how clunky and thick her eyelash and eyebrow hairs are. Just all around way too messy!

And her new faceups to compare! I've technically painted her 11 times, but since she's gotten more faces over the years that number is high. All in all, I have painted her in 5 times, twice when she only had one face, once when she had two, and twice more when she had 3.

Here are the other faceups she's had, her original theme was purple, but with her being a princess I decided she should have golden scales instead. I'm glad I went back to her having forehead scales, as they peek out behind her bangs really cutely.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Fairyland LTF Juri 2013 (two faceplates are modded) on a Fairyland LTF girl body in natural with Soom Feny/Necy paws in normal

Eyes: Shiny 14mm acrylic eyes by Ersa Flora, cat acrylic and resin eyes by me, also in 14mm

Outfit: Doll Heart

Wig: Monique Roxie in 6/7

Accessories: Small Goral Horns by Leekeworld, and Dragon Wings sculpted and cast by me

My sweet Emilia finally has a faceup I like on her. I included the first 3 faceups as well, which each failed for one reason or another, but hey, I am finally satisfied and I've only owned her since 2018!

It's kind of sad, but I think she is my only Dollzone that hasn't been discontinued, and I got quite a few...

Reasons why I disliked the previous faceups:

The nose chipped towards the end due to my own mess up and I wasn't able to patch it properly

The lips turned out really messy, like really messy. I hated looking at them and her eyebrows were too high making her look aloof

e v e r y t h i n g . . . Honestly this faceup was a hot mess. I tried new things and I was extremely dissatisfied with the result. I was happy to redo it

This faceup I like. The blushing is soft, the lips are clean, and the eyebrows are also gentle. I could definitely nitpick this faceup too, but I am happy with it regardless!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone April (new/elf) in normal pink

Eyes: From an American resin eye-maker, I got them secondhand and didn't think to ask the name of the artist

Wig: Licht 2.5d in 7-8

Accessories: Me (choker necklace and flower crown)