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Hair.

This is the hair changes that I made of the doll, as you can see I did a plan of what hair ornaments that I wanted to make for the hair but I didn't have time for, it also shows the plan for what I wanted the back of the hair to look like, I did like the back of the first hair however I wasn't sure how I was going to achieve it so I made it like the second one to make it easier for myself.

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Bearded Dragons.

These are my life drawings of bearded dragons, I personally found it difficult to draw them from life, I think it was because of the head shape because it is shaped weirdly I found it hard to get it right. I think that I was alright at drawing the back of the body as all you needed to do was draw shapes to get the basic shape of the bearded dragon. To make drawing the head easier for me I took a picture of the head and drew it from the picture, this helped me grasp the basic shape of the head and allowed be to draw more in a similar way. The eyes were interesting to look at as the have a minor pattern that goes around the rim of the eye. Drawing the back of the head was easy as it is kind of in the shape of a love heart with jagged edges, it was easy to shade and imitate the pattern on the head and body as it was simple.

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Hair situation.

The hair was origanlly going to be in a style where the sides and the top are pined back, I found it to hard to make it look like how I wanted so I changed my plan to it having bangs, two side buns and a bun on top with traditional hair ornaments however I didn't have enough time to make some good hair ornaments so I had to settle for making the three white flowers, although it doesn't look bad it doesn't look exactly how I wanted.

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Dan Mumford.

Dan Mumford is a freelance illustrator working across pop culture and the music scene, creating everything from album covers, branding and screen prints to new interpritations of classic film posters.

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Luke Adam Hawker-Apex talks.

Luke Adam Hawker is a on sight artist which means that he is drawing the landscape in front of him. He is based in London, he works in Pen & Ink, his observations can take hours sometimes days, enable collective layers of drawing to capture a sense of motion and dynamism.

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Final details.

I didn't add the mouth in the end as I think it looks cuter with it being more simple, I recut the blush circles to make them smaller as I thought that they looked to big for the face, I then made tiny holes using a needle and pushed the pin eyes in, I glues the blush with fabric glue as I didn't want stitches around the edge of them. I cut out three white flowers from white felt made a stitch in the centre and the used fabric glue to glue them one to the hair, I wish that I had more time to do the hair decorations as I think that it would have looked a lot better however I am happy with the outcome.

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Sewing the kimono belt.

I first cut out a long brown piece of felt, long enough to be able to wrap all the way round and then I sewed one end tightly to the back and I matched the other side tightly to match the other side.

I then did the same with the green part but making it thinner that the brown portend tightly sewing it to the back. I later added a piece of brown embroidery thread and tied a bow at the front, which I feel made it look more complete.

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Sewing the kimono.

To sew the kimono I did it it separate parts, I did the top part with to pieces folded over to create a taped over effect I then sewed it on pulling each side tightly, this didn't go all the way round to the back as I was planning on making the haori so I didn't think that I needed to do the back however as the plan changed I had to add a back part to the kimono so I just cut a rectangle and sewed it to the back tightly. I then cut a long rectangle for the skirt of the kimono and rapped it round sewing it to the top part of the kimono I then sewed the two edges at the back to form the rest of the kimono.

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Sewing the haori.

I cut out a piece of red felt the same shape and size as the back part and then cut down the middle.

I then did some more embroidery on both of the parts in the same style of petals and flowers.

I then sewed using a blanket stitch the parts together good side to good side using red threads that I pulled from the red embroidery thread.

I ended up not using it in the end as it didn't fit right, I am disappointed that it didn't fit as I spent so much time doing the embroidery and sewing it together.

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Sewing the legs.

My original idea for sewing the legs was to make them like cylinders and have a circular flat bottom to them however I decided that it was going to take a while so I instead cut out the shapes you see above, I made four and sewed them together using a blanket stitch.

I them stuffed them with a lot of stuffing so they had no stuffing bumps and left the top part with less in making it easier to sew to the body.

I used a blanket stitch all the way around the leg twice so that it was secure.

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Sewing the buns.

I first sewed the to bun on the head I used a pin to keep it in place and I did a blanket type stitch to attach it.

I then added the two side buns to the head making sure I cover up the side head seams, I also pinned them in place whilst I sewed so that they were in the position I wanted and stayed in place, I again used a blanket type stitch to attach them.

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Sewing the hair.

I started sewing the bangs first as I had could sew to the very edges of the sides. I sewed the top good side to good side then flipped it over then I sewed down the sides making sure that I pull each side really tight, I like the outcome of how it looks.

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Pinning.

After I stuffed all of the hair pieces and coloured the thread black I pinned the parts to the head so that I could get an idea of what it will look like and I could find the right positions of where it was going to go.

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Sewing the back of the head.

This is the part of hair that I made to go on the back of the head, I think that it has made it look neater from the back and also adds a bit more roundness to the head.

I used a tight blanket stitch to sew it on to the head making sure that I pulled it as tight as I could so that it look smoother and more attached to the head.

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Hinamatsuri festival.

Hinamatsuri also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a special day in Japan. Celebrated on 3 March of each year, platforms covered with a red carpet-material are used to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.

The actual placement order of the dolls from left to right varies according to family tradition and location, but the order of dolls per level is the same. The layer of covering is called dankake or simply hi-mōsen, a red carpet with rainbow stripes at the bottom. The description that follows is for a complete set.

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Karakuri puppet.

Karakuri puppets are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, originally made from the 17th century to 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word karakuri means "mechanisms" or "trick". It is used to describe any device that evokes a sense of awe through concealment of its inner workings.

Three main types of karakuri exist. Butai karakuri, stage karakuri) were life-sized dolls designed for public performances such as theatres. Zashiki karakuri, tatami room karakuri) were small and used in homes. Dashi karakuri were large mechanical dolls used in religious festivals, where the puppets were used to perform reenactments of traditional myths and legends.

Some scholars note that the gestures and movements of the karakuri have influenced the Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku theatre.

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Teru teru bōzu.

A teru teru bōzu "shine shine monk" is a small traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. In shape and construction they are essentially identical to ghost dolls, such as those made at Halloween. This talisman is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. Teru is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk, or in modern slang, "bald-headed"; bōzu is also used as a term of endearment for addressing little boys.

Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers, whose children would make them the day before the good weather was desired and chant, "Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good tomorrow."[2]

Traditionally, if the weather does turn out well, a libation of holy sake is poured over them, and they are washed away in the river. Today, children make teru teru bōzu out of tissue paper or cotton and string and hang them from a window when they wish for sunny weather, often before a school picnic day. Hanging it upside-down, meanwhile, acts as a prayer for rain. They are a very common superstition in Japan.

 There is a famous warabe uta associated with teru teru bōzu, written by Kyoson Asahara and composed by Shinpei Nakayama, that was released in 1921.