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I have been told to do this, so here it is:

1. How long have YOU been dolling?
Several years now. I've always been using paint, to a more or less effective level, though. As far as real dolling goes its been three or four years.

2. You have to like something about it; what is it? What do you enjoy dolling?
I dont actually know. I like to make something and see it come out like I had it in my head. I'm pretty imaginative, and I come up with some weird stuff, so its nice to be able to interpret it into something visual, and its even better for it to look decent in the process.

3. What do you HATE dolling, eh? You know, clothes, hair..
Folds are something I cant seem to grasp quite yet (As in folds in clothes). I'm slowly getting the hang of it, but its something that continues to stump me.

4. Your favorite part of your dolls, usually is:
I dont know. Honestly, it would have to be the hair; Hair really sets the mood and overall design for your doll. Two different hairstyles put on a doll will make it look drastically different, and that kind of freedom of effect is really good to be able to use.

5. What do you put the most effort into: clothes/hair/stuff..or base editing?
Base editing is pretty simple for me, as long as I'm not trying to completely mutilate the base. THe most effort probably goes into clothes, because folds are a thing I have to master.

6. Bases are a staple of the dolling community. Do you like using them, or do you prefer to go baseless?
I do either. Sometimes, I'll go baseless, especially on larger projects. But for other things, I'll use bases.

7. Not all dollers are basemakers..are you?
I have made a few, but none that are exceptionally noteworthy. So I guess no.

8. Are you part of any dolling forums?
I used to be part of Padded Wall Pixels, but some E-Drama happened there and the site basically died because of stupid admin wars driving the community away.

9. This community can suck ass sometimes. List for us FOUR pet peeves when it comes to the doll community, that you just wanna strangle people for:
-Resizing/tracing: Come on, people. Make your own work. At least put SOME effort into it.
-Elitism: As with anything else online, there are elitist dollers who believe that their art is superior to your life. Art is art, and while some is good, and some is not so good, its all people's expressions.
-Effortless manufacturing: The opposite to the above, this is when people dont shade or put any effort into their dolls, and then get annoyed when you point this out or link them to tutorials.
-Inability to take criticism: Constructive criticism is a staple in getting better, but when people take CC personally all the time, it gets annoying, since all you are trying to do is help.

10. But there's awesome people here, too! List three of your favorite dollers.


]]> ~IronGuardian http://IronGuardian.deviantart.com/journal/22038432/ http://IronGuardian.deviantart.com/journal/22038432/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:46:18 PST
Anyway, I hope to be reintroducing my art to this site. Two years, I MUST have gotten a LITTLE better, right?

Right??

In other news I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED!

You know who you are, .

Kidding, and it was time for an avatar change anyway. I'll have to think up something good.

So, I suppose thats it for now. I have returned!

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