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Trying to find a new look for Hanabi as she is currently one of my least played with dolls. She’s quite cute but I think I haven’t found the right style for her. I’m also relunctant to let her go since I still like the classic body the most and it’s been discontinued. We’ll see!
Today is world mental health day. I’d like to introduce to you a graphics novel by a late friend that was published last month. The novel is about a young boy learning to deal with his worries. There is no text, the entire story is told through beautiful and highly polished illustrations.
Please consider having a look at this book next time you are visiting or browsing your bookstore.
Ch (S):
「小东西」是一本沒有文字的图画故事书。书中描绘的是一个普通男孩的单纯世界，这个男孩感觉非常孤独，因为他有太多的忧虑。但他明白，帮助总是会离他不太遥远。
「小东西」也是一个普世的故事，通过描绘悲伤、焦虑亦或失却，找寻自身在世界上的位置。它非常简单却美得令人窒息。
Ch (T):
「小東西」是一本沒有文字的圖畫故事書。書中描繪的是一個普通男孩的單純世界，這個男孩感覺非常孤獨，因為他有太多的憂慮。但他明白，幫助總是會離他不太遙遠。
「小東西」也是一個普世的故事，通過描繪悲傷、焦慮亦或失卻，找尋自身在世界上的位置。它非常簡單卻美得令人窒息。
Jp:
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Another mini meet held on the weekend, the theme was SDGR princesses. I have always thought of Baschet as more of a princess than Armonica, but since Baschet’s still blank I couldn’t bring her…(how long is she going to stay blank?!)
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Went to a mini meet yesterday at the Auburn Botanic Gardens with 4 Lieselottes! We have even more Lieselottes in Sydney so hopefully we can organise an even bigger meet next time.
Initially I had dressed my girls in a style to match the cherry blossoms that are blooming right now, however it was so crowded my motivation to take cherry blossom photos quickly drained away. They were very beautiful though.
In the end I took some photos in a quiet area in the garden, and then again outside the entrance with the camellias.
One of the things I knew I wanted to try making is galaxy themed eyes. In particular I wanted to see if I could make the “stars” float in the eye so that it looks 3D, which I’m very happy to say I’ve succeeded.
This was the first version I made. I’m very happy with the colours, they change a bit depending on the angle you are looking at the eyes from, so for example the red colour is only visible from the side and not from the front. However, I wanted to make the dots smaller and neater next time, and the iris lines are almost invisible so I wanted to make those thicker as well:
This was the second version. I tried a few more colours which all came out nicely, but I think the iris lines are a bit too thick this time:
This was the third version. I wanted to try copper coloured dots, I didn’t expect them to be almost invisible in the pink pair. Looks like white is the best after all:
Since the last update I’m improving on getting those pupils in the centre, and I’ve managed to avoid big bubbles (although I still can’t get rid of all the small bubbles).
The white part of the resin I’m using currently yellows pretty quickly, so reducing that will be my next experiment :)
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Went to a small doll meet yesterday at the Paddington Reservoir Gardens. This was my first time testing out these eyes in the wild! What I didn’t notice until I was editing the photos was that Artemis was in fact cross-eyed the entire time.