#bjd faceup wip

[resin-popia]

Big Day Today: I did a LOT of painting and body blushing

Now comes the toughest part for me: eyebrows and body hair 🫠

NSFW: Realistic Body WIP under the cut: (scars, tats, etc)

You sorta have to do the entire body at once if you can hack it. Makes it a lot easier.

A lot of the stuff right now looks like an angry red but I will be adding some white and yellows to soften it. Also I touch the scars with a small bit of ModPodge at the end to have a raised shininess to them.

I've added a scar from the Holy Lance of Longinus and some wing scars on the shoulder blades because I'm all poetic and extra like that.

Yes he will have body hair. Yes, he has everything. Like...everything painted, ok? 👀 As well as some "option parts".

My search history is insane.

Idk if I like the tattoos I gave him but they're not sealed yet. I put symbols regarding the Chariot and the Wheel of Fortune, as well as S and C (Solve et Coagula) I'm like dang I hope that orphic egg doesn't look like a snitch

Yes, my Asks are open for questions!

TAG LIST: @historian-crown

[creepy-dolls]

Still a WIP but I’m happy with how my Kaniboom Unhappy is turning out 😖

[kaxenart]

I am really digging Golden's new SoFlat Matte Acrylic offering. The brushstrokes like 90% disappear even if I can see them while it's wet.

Black undercoat makes chameleon powder really pop.

Also did a little work on my clear skeleton doll. Not sure if I want to do much face-up on the clear mask… the primer spray made it look cloudy so I might just do some minimal line-work and gloss coat it.

Looking at sheer number of projects on my table….. maybe I have attention problemssssss

[7-thheaven]

Bellatrix 🌒

[zzazuooak]

Done maybe?

[volfoss]

Frankenstein wip 3/???

Basically have spent probably 3 hours (Or so?? Maybe idk lost count at this point) on stitch work and touching paint up but!! Torso done!!!

It is definitely going the way I wanted so I'm THRILLED

Bonus back pics 👍

It's definitely going to be a BUNCH more work tomorrow or whenever I get the chance to keep working but I'm thrilled with it so far :) def would say she's coming together well! I have the arms, one hand, whatever I'm doing w the ass (no clue at this point tbh) and the feet and legs left so it's def getting closer to being done but NOWHERE near actually done lmao. It's definitely the most ambitious project doll wise I've taken on so lol

Still no name for her but I am definitely getting her character down in the way that I think the doll is like hi. Here's what I'm like as a character.

[voidsteeth]

face mock-up (done in csp) vs reality for my newest dolly

please excuse the mess behind her aaa

[patchworksoda]

I'm Patchwork and this is my Doll Hovel!

About us

23, located in Australia.

I am autistic, dolls are my special interest

We are plural - we aren't particularly open about it on insta/discord but you'll see us use I/we interchangeably on this blog.

River uses it/its and Whisper uses sie/sier, but you can use they/them for us.

Social Media

Instagram: patchworksoda

Discord: patchworking (ask before adding)

Q&A

What doll is X / what part/technique did you use for Y?

I'm always happy to answer questions! You can also check my asks tag to see if your question has been asked before.

Do you take commissions for faceups?

Not currently! I am still very much learning / not satisfied with my skills, plus living in Australia would make shipping an issue.

Why does your bio have two names/pronouns?

We are plural - River and Whisper are the hosts of Patchwork and both of us are interested in dolls.

Doll tags under the cut!

My Doll Tags

I hope to make this an actual page at some point but for now;

1/6

Arana - she/her - Come4Arts Polaris Arana

Kiyoni - she/her - Mattel Flavas Kiyoni Brown

Wisteria - she/they - Ortomi G4 / CF Doll Dai Hybrid

Cordelia -she/her - MH G1 Lagoona

Moth - they/them - Shirakawa RuoKui

1/12

Nutmeg - she/her - Penny's Box / UFdoll Hybrid

Satyr - she/they - Penny's Box Antu NW / DLTP Hybrid

Amaryllis - she/her - YMY / Misty Forest Growth Witch Figurine Hybrid

Telly - he/it - YMY / Keychain Hybrid

Rongxue - she/her - Doll Leaves Lan, dyed

Larger BJD and MJD

Sera - she/sier - Logan.Dolls Sphynx

DV girl - (WIP)

Koda - she/her - Imomo Rucy, modded

Lily - she/her - Sprouting Dragon Zi Lu

[undasura]

hi!! i love your art + ocs they are so cool i know you have an art FAQ but i was wondering if u had one for your dollies? i actually have been getting into them recently bc of you :D i was kinda just wondering about like models you have/where you got them from/where you get clothes for them from etc. im more interested in smaller scale ones generally but still if u wanna share anything that would be cool :3 thank you!! p.s. i love the 3d sculpts/prints you do for them its so cool....

thank you!!! i didnt think i'd get anyone into dolls actually lmfao

zephyr doll is an imomodoll 75, with jointed hands from DF-H

rali doll is a wip but she has an obitsu 50 skeleton/shins/feet/arms/hands, angel philia thighs, dollfie dream dynamite hips, and a dollfie dream flat L bust... shes a piece of fuckin work

their heads are sculpted by me with luv... hehe

anywho i usually get my clothes from luts! they carry a lot of nice stuff for zephyr's size (a whopping 2 feet tall...) i havent looked around for much stuff for rali yet. they also make dolls themselves as well

i actually ordered directly from imomodoll's tao bao shop via a proxy (super buy) to get zephyr's doll body which idk. i dont really recommend it's scary as fuck navigating that site. as for rali, i ordered the original obitsu 50 cm from parabox.jp and hybrided/modified the dollfie dream parts (ordered from the volks usa site) onto the skeleton. I got the AP thigh parts from faithz

if you're interested in smaller scale bjds I reccomend 1/6 scale lil guys. they're about 30cm tall usually (around barbie doll height) but typically, from what i know about, have more chibi/child-like proportions!

i've heard good things about tinyfox's 1/6 line and also imomodoll's 1/6 line - they're both vinyl bjds and have an internal skeleton as opposed to a resin bjd which are strung tightly with elastic. also i will say imomodoll and tinyfox have some suprisingly cheapo prices (around 200 iirc???) for their fullsets which include a faceup/wig/clothes/eyes/etc along with the doll itself.

i'm anti recast (which everyone should be btw. dont steal people's art. jesus) so i dont reccommend anyone shop for dolls themselves (like heads/bodies/etc) on aliexpress, temu, ebay or etsy--- they're usually stolen from the artists.

sites i can reccomend for buying legit doll stuff is alice's collection, jane's doll land, clover singing, and i think i've heard good things about stacy's pink ocean but i can't remember lol. those sites i just linked carry all sorts of stuff from official dolls to clothes and accessories to maintenance items.

if you're interested in getting vinyl dolls i recommend starting with an obitsu parabox like i did! they're cheaper than dollfie dreams and if you dont like their head sculpts for their dolls it's mega easy to mod a DD head onto one.

thank you!! ill probs make a doll faq soon so this doesnt get lost.

[resin-popia]

Layer 1 of head #2. A bit of kneaded eraser will get rid of the blue sketch lines. (I put the eyes in for the photo because it's freaky without eyes!!)

Gouache and watercolor pencil on 3 layers of Mister Super Clear.

[webpixies]

A wip. This girlie is being themed on the robin moth. Wig is made of feathers, base outfit so far is modded/sewn from the "Annora Couture Gown Pattern" by @missysimaginings Todo still: wings, corset to mount the wings, and a faceup. #bjd #wip #robinmoth #bjdsewing https://www.instagram.com/p/Cptxi-rOTLO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kaxenart]

Face-ups for the winky face for Shuen and for Kergat.

Wearing a head-mounted magnifier is helping with working at this scale, but it also makes me a little motion sick. D:

....Maybe I should have gotten the table-mounted one instead....

[7-thheaven]

Isabella 🧚🏼‍♀️

[emmrakul]

Planning on posting about my BJD/doll hobby a bit more on here! I’m planning to use the tag “#doll stuff” for all doll things!

I will also use the tags “#unclothed doll” for doll nudity and “#doll wip” for incomplete dolls, such as restringing, modding, and faceups.

Doll WIPs may include unpainted or partially painted heads, eyeless heads, and partially/completely disassembled dolls, so please blacklist the tag if you find that stuff unsettling! Also happy to tag something specific if anyone would like, if you are interested in WIPs but not eyeless heads specifically or something.

[volfoss]

Franken faceup (finally lol) under the cut :) very very long and text heavy because i had a LOT to say with the new stuff I tried :)

^ mockup :) you can see the placing of a lot of the stitches shifted slightly and that it was pretty dark makeup around the eyes! My big inspo for this was early pics of avril lavigne since I wanted to capture that vibe in the way of silly skater girl in this doll. I very much was kind of on the fence on this one, going back and forth on what I would do with the doll (which is why I um was postponing working on the head [outside of painting it] until now) but was convinced I would go with this.

I promise you I had plans to use this mockup. It just did not feel right when I *did* get around to the faceup so I went into it with my usual tactic of ehh it's fine I'll figure it out later which either goes really well or really bad from my experience. I had gotten some tips from a friend of mine who is a PHENOMENAL doll artist so was very hyped to put those into use as well!

I started with blushing the normal resin, not even touching the other colors until I had already gotten this layer sealed so there would be less color contamination (or that was the hope lol)

I just was focused on building up the pinks in the VERY yellowed resin to hopefully balance it out a little (with my experience with very yellowed dolls, this helps a lot in making the color a bit more balanced and life like instead of just. YELLOW. And with this head being from ~2006, she needed all the help she could get lol)

Next coat was the dark purple which shocker. This paint gave me even more issues lmao in the way that I struggled getting my pastels dark enough to really blush the cheeks and lips :/

Like it's there a bit but not a ton and that was ok! My lip lines kept disappearing with my sealant so I added more and more each layer.

Eventually decided that the small areas I had to blush on the teal and the light purple could be done on the same layer, so did that next

Added a bit more of the lip lines and blush around the eye area on this layer too :)

Brows were SCARY bc i was going to be trying new tactics next coat but for now, just a simple pastel outline was my goal! I was SUPER torn on how to proceed with eyeshadow (whether neutral, bright or dark) so focused on everything else (mainly getting the body blushed and getting things to look good there).

Then well. I would like to say i was just gonna do a TINY bit of watercolor to darken the purple side of the lips but then i got lost in the sauce of watercolors, adding moles, freckles, liner, and lashes with it! My favorite thing about this method of sealant (and this is a drawback to some people but to me it's a fun part) is that sometimes dust or small hairs get trapped in the sealant. And why I find this fun is that I can turn it into facial features on the doll, ie moles or scars. It's something where obviously I would prefer to NOT have it in there and I could pick it out but on this doll I wanted to gain as much skin texture as possible on each color so I let it be as messy of a sealant job as I wanted, which is why she's got the moles you see on the normal resin :)

I also used watercolors to add a bit of color where the pastels were not working well (the dark purple and teal parts of the head were giving me grief so I just got my brush wet, dipped it in my watercolors and placed it where i needed it, dabbing at it with a dry [or wet depending on what I needed] makeup sponge cut into small squares. It helped add a bit of color to the lips especially and I was very happy with how it turned out!

I am THRILLED with it so I'm letting it dry a bit and then sealant time! Honestly i do not think this faceup could have gone better :) i was NOT expecting it to go well but it came together and it feels very much like my doll announced her personality of hey. This is what I wanna look like and who am I to not follow those vibes!

Bonus pic w the eyes in (not perfectly aligned bc i didn't wanna budge the paint, I will be making them look a bit better later but I just was ready to get a pic and then put gloss on lol) :)

Also bonus bonus pic of the finished hand bc i am so so happy w it!!

^ gloss is still drying but :)

I'll post pics once it's all dry and ofc more progress as the body comes along but I'm really happy with it!