#mechanically jointed doll

[bunnymint98]

Imomo Doll 1/4 45cm MJD (Mimi Ver. 2) Body, Sola and Luna

[patchworksoda]

Two very different dolls...

[riverghost-dolls]

i was inspired by @poupeesdecirque’s little pumpkin head bjds and wanted to make my own out of oven-bake clay…

[purplevampiredoll]

hiii @maidenzer0 is writing a video game and i am going to make the art for it !! this is the main character, jill :3 if u want a gothic steampunk survival horror themed game, follow our journey on creating this game !! our instas r purplevampiredoll and amechanicalheart 🖤🖤🖤

http://www.instagram.com/purplevampiredoll

[emiplayzmc]

daisuke and glisten interaction where glisten steals daisuke's pink jacket or smthn

NEEDED to doodle this idea. Glisten would slay in Daisuke's jacket ngl.

(I. May do a full art piece of him and Daisuke at some point because of this ask and how much I liked doodling it...)

I iimagine Anya is hanging out with Brightney someplace in the background - I feel like she'd like Brightney :)

[redfirefox-55]

Probably very inaccurate iterator body head canons

[ghost-oftheriver]

hi watch my shitty ad for my art

[frenzyarts]

Got another wig for Taffy that’s a cute little bob :3 also new outfits came in the mail yaaay!!!

[bmpmp3]

Tsana + Tsana human (kind of) form i made a while back

[hamausagi]

Eiji leaned on his hand as he watched the man across from him talk, his blue-green eyes were wide with what the man could only describe as wonder. He looked so pleased as he showed off the various shells and some gems he had in his pockets. The day had barely broken above them, the sky still orange as sun rays flitted through the windows.

The man who resided at the shrine found the kitsune’s behaviour almost confusing. He kept coming back, for reasons Eiji himself wasn’t entirely sure. And he always came back with gaps, as if the night that kept them apart were blind spots he couldn’t reach. But Eiji merely brushed off the kitsune’s odd amnesia.

Because, well, he kept coming back.

Mechanical heart stirred. 

“Oh and this one! Look how smooth it is.” Katsumi reached out, taking Eiji’s hand in his own so he could drop the smooth purple stone in his palm. His fingers and hands were fully bandaged, and Eiji wondered if he did it himself every day.. Eiji tore his attention away from the kitsune’s warm touch, inspecting the shiny purple stone given to him.

He lifted his head, mismatched eyes met Katsumi’s inquisitive gaze. His ear twitched as he mulled over the thoughts in his head. “Well? Pretty, right?” Katsumi cocked his head to the side, a large smile spreading over his face. Eiji noted the gash that spread across the bridge of his nose and cheeks. It looked old, but it was still deep, the scar raised. 

Blue makeup accented his eyes, but on closer inspection, it looked haphazardly put on. Probably to protect his sensitive eyes from the sun. Eiji knew why he was noticing all these things, he figured it out when Katsumi kept coming back with a new story or new gift for the second month in a row.

“Eiji-san?” 

Katsumi’s eyes widened when cold lips pressed against his, but Eiji was quick to close his own, that felt more correct. His lips were warm, slightly chapped, and he tasted of berries, undoubtedly from the tart they’d shared. The kitsune relaxed against Eiji’s touch, but his kiss back was shy. It only made the feline more endeared.

But he paused when he heard a noise.

Loud thudding, echoed. No-

Eiji opened his eyes to see Katsumi’s soft expression, eyes closed, and his tails behind him- His tails whacked against the wooden floors excitedly. Oh.. the puppet was in deep.

I START SCREAMING AND WAILING IM LITERALLY SO OBSESSED WITH THEM ???? THEIR FIRST KISS ???????????????????

stop they way you write eiji is actually so spot on PERFECT this is literally exactly how i imagine him to be

eiji keeps this purple stone btw. he turns it into a necklace he wears under his hakama 🥺💕

i'd like to think that at one point in his life, eiji mourned the supposed absence of his heart just like his 'brother', but after he meets katsumi he feels as if he's had one all along. he just needed a little help realizing it

im literally so obsessed with the way you wrote him bro i will not shut up. the way he listens and picks apart katsumi's appearance without so much as a word but still listens and then just. oh shit. wait i kinda like this guy lol. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH YOU DONT UNDERSTANDDDDD I LOVE THEM THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY 😭😭

[acaciadolls]

Little fairy Lily 🧚🏻

Beautiful wings made by @rubydollchaos 💗

[bunnymint98]

Imomo Doll 1/4 40cm MJD Girl Body (Meat Meat ver. 2), Ruby

[garbanzo-dot-com]

Got a new doll for my birthday :3 I love her so much actually

[riverghost-dolls]

[divinit3a]

NEXT IN LINE! attempt at 'mermaid' au -- but they are still animatronics & turned out cuter than anticipated

they seem friendly :o) collection of thoughts below for the curious 👇

BJD (ball-joint-doll) mermaids are the main inspo, hence the segmented tails - so is the era of neon, transparent tech!

Empties my pockets out for vague ideas to snack upon

🔧 Tech ⭑ Not built for free-roam. Attached to elaborate puppetry mechanisms. Shut down between ferrying from main showroom, to photo-opt, to performances. ⭑ Their AI systems are stored in a server control room- AKA, ya, consciousness is separate from the bodies. ⭑ Any voice-lines are pre-recorded and come from the speakers next to their stations

🏖️ Sun - "Oasis Adventure" ⭑ Immersive, interactive, partially VR adventure course �� Default personality is set to curious, spritely, and helpful with a playfully mischievous streak (peter pan is that u?) ⭑ Stationed in a wishing fountain (buy a wishing star now!!) ⭑ Exhibit closes down at night to become Haunted Shipwreck

☠️ Moon - "Haunted Shipwreck" ⭑ Exhibit opens up in the evening from Oasis Adventure ⭑ Snack kiosk sells ghostly themed drinks for parents ⭑ Stationed in a fog-room to scare patrons (mostly gets stuck in a photo-opt on loop, tho) ⭑ Has no pre-programmed personality to interact with guests.

📖 Story Crumbs ⭑ Mermaid 👏 Performer 👏 Y/N!!! dont worry about climbing into a water-tank to perform with robots! unrelated, sign this liability waiver. ⭑ Employees are told that all animatronics are controlled by human engineers in the server room, to monitor for guest safety at all times. ☝️ This ☝️ is a lie ⭑ There are roaming animatronics at the park. Patrons are told they are people in mascot suits. ☝️ This ☝️ is also a lie

Nothing wrong here. (yet) Everyone's happy! (for now) I haven't read Submechanophobia yet, but plan to ... :o)

[artechoceneexplorer]

I don't think I have shown this here, but I've been working on a drawing of one of my favourite creatures (?) from Dungeon Meshi, the Dryads. Also kind of making my own version of it by adding details specifically on their internal workings, and making them feel more like a fake puppet of a human grown from a flower.

The original dryad design vs Full Piece of mine (WIP)

I used several plants that have hinges and moving parts as a reference, mainly the hammer orchids (Drakaea sp.) for the internal joints and snapdragons (Antirrhinum sp.) for the external joints of the petal limbs. For the muscles used for more fast movement rather than structure, I used the curling tendrils that many climbing plants, especially in the cucurbit and grape families used for climbing, and can contract and extend pretty easily like springs. They don't use the same mechanism as normal tendrils though, as these move not by growing, but by hydraulics like other movable parts in plants like Mimosa, Drosera or the venus fly trap. For the general texture of the petal skin and sepal hair, I used mainly Hibiscus flowers for no particular reason other than I just love Hibiscus color diversity and petal texture.

Closeup of nearly finished Female flower

I Really enjoyed designing the face of the dryads, making them much more articulated and doll-like than the original designs. This facial petal had two moving parts: the mouth, which can open to allow pollination, which is partially inspired by orchids and snapdragons, with similar contraptions to access the pollen or stigmas; and the eyes, which are inspired by the retractable leaves of Mimosa plants, which can contract and relax via internal hydraulics to open the dryad's eyes.

Closeup of the facial petal of the female flower

I might add some text detailing some additional information once I finish the rest of the piece, but it depends on how good or cluttered it makes the piece feel, but I would like to add it. By the way for anyone wondering, the scientific name is a modification of the Greek name for dryads and other nymphs, which are usually named by adding -aie and similar suffixes to the plant they're associated with (greek dryads were named after oak trees). As these are more more flowers than trees, the genus name uses the prefix "Antho-" which is derived from the word for flower. The species name is much more simple as it means false (-oides) human (anthrop-).

Closeup of the male flower with additional information.

I hope you enjoyed this different kind of post where I go a bit in depth into my creative process, see you in the next one :>