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Handmade cuteness. These little guys were made out of polymer clay. They each stand an average of 2-3 inches tall.
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Would you pay $20 for one of my dolls? 

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3 deviants said No, only cause I am broke!
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2 deviants said Yes
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2 deviants said No
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Upcoming dolls!!

Tue Jan 26, 2010, 12:06 PM
Hey everyone!!

I am so sorry I have been posting as regular. I have found myself still making these dolls every day or so but now I am getting more detailed so I have to wait to complete them when I can go to the craft store which is about an hr from me. So on Thursday I should be posting several dolls that are completed.

The husband and I did a lot of brainstorming over the last few days for dolls to make and I think we got an awesome list! I want to thank everyone who has sent me notes and messages of things to make. I love to hear your suggestions so please keep them coming. I put all dolls that are suggested on a list however it might take me awhile to get to all of them.

So here is the list of characters I have come up with:

X. Rambo
X. Terminator
X. Clare (From Heroes)
X. Hero (from Heroes)
X. Link (Legend of Zelda)
X. Mario & Luigi
X. Hulk Hogan
X. Alice in Wonderland
X. Queen of Hearts
X. The whole Wizard of Oz cast
X. All the Flinstones
X. Corpse Bride characters.

If there are characters on this list you are excited about let me know! I plan on doing all these characters before any others but because this list is kinda long it might take me awhile to complete them all so if you want to see the corpse bride chracters before the Mario characters let me know! I will do them in the order you want.

I love each of you for all your suggestions and all the excitement you get from my creations. I hope I can keep coming back to my page. :)

XOXO
Jenny

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  • Current Residence: Jacksonville, NC
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: The comfy size please =)
  • Print preference: High Glossy
  • Interests: video games, crafting, playing with my animals
  • Favourite movie: Knocked up, Alice in wonderland, 9, Grandma's Boy
  • Favourite band or musician: to many to name
  • Favourite artist: James "Bukshot" Bukauskas
  • Favourite poet or writer: Chuck Palahniuk
  • Favourite photographer: Angelique LaBarbera
  • Favourite style of art: Cartoon
  • MP3 player of choice: Sansa
  • Shell of choice: Koopa
  • Skin of choice: Mine
  • Favourite game: Oblivion, fallout 3, American Mcgee's Alice, Fable 1 & II, many many more
  • Favourite gaming platform: X Box 360 add me SuperVillains
  • Favourite cartoon character: Chowder
  • Personal Quote: Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.
  • Tools of the Trade: My hands

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*janey-in-a-bottle Jan 28, 2010, 2:06:19 AM
first glance at your dolls tells me I'm doing it wrong. ;)
I haven't finished any of my fanart dolls yet and I found out why: I want them to be too detailed for their size... your approach looks so much easier. :D
(but now I really should work on mine again. maybe I'll manage my amount of detail anyway. :))

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -- Douglas Adams
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*1KraftyN3rdGrl Jan 28, 2010, 11:48:42 AM
How big are you trying to do them? Mine are about 6 inches. The beauty of creating the dolls is, you don't have to make them perfect. I feel like when you create the dolls it has a lot to do with the characters. I try and stick with characters that are unique, if I said "Harry Potter" you could close your eyes and invision him. Some characters are hard like I did the Edward from Twilight and to me he could be anyone.

If you want any help I would love to help you. I have only done about 30 of these dolls so I consider my skills a work in progress but I can certainly give you any tips that I think might help you. :)
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*janey-in-a-bottle Jan 28, 2010, 1:48:09 PM
I'm doing them roughly after the pattern of [link] though I want to change the arms and need to figure out how to sew on jackets (the clothes are crocheted too) and how to do the hair. it's mostly the jacket and the arms that give me trouble.

(and my dolls are much smaller, because I use thinner yarn and work with a 2.5mm hook :))

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -- Douglas Adams
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*1KraftyN3rdGrl Jan 28, 2010, 2:15:10 PM
I use felt for my clothes and sometimes fabric from the fabric stores. I find that felt is more forgiving when you are making clothes.

As for the arms are you having trouble with the fingers? If you are look up a tutorial on youtube for how to crochet sackboy. He has the same hands so maybe if you see someone do it, it will help you. It took me weeks of practice before I could even crochet a simple ball shape. Youtube is my bestfriend when it comes to crocheting. :)

I like using Lion Brand Vanna's Choice and I use a 3.5 hook
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*janey-in-a-bottle Jan 28, 2010, 3:27:08 PM
whoa, there are actually tutorials for the sackboys (hadn't known that's what they were called)? I've been wondering how to do those already (the open mouth mostly). :D

it's not really about the fingers, though. I have a way to make them realistic enough for their size.
my trouble is that I crochet the doll head to toe in one go, changing colors from skin to shirt to pants to shoes. that's without the arms. then I make the jacket, also without the arms. I crochet the arms separately and I thought about making them in the jacket color right away. what I haven't figured out yet is how to sew on the jacket tightly enough that when I sew the arms to the jacket, they won't accidentally come off with the jacket, or just hang too loose with the jacket.
if I knew how to get the layered clothes look without having to crochet the jacket separately, that'd help already. but seeing how I might want to have a doll or two with open jackets or long coats, that might just not be possible.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -- Douglas Adams
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~mexican-jo-cool Jan 21, 2010, 7:01:08 PM
Holy crap! You are one talented artist!!! :jawdrop: :faint:

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