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| One painting by (c) Juri Ueda "dia de los muertos in red" |
When I search for inspiration I usually take the highway to art - galleries, internet and social media. I have my favorites in Rudy Fig, Kelly Vivanco, Juri Ueda and Jasmine Becket-Griffith, just to mention some. Do you have some artists (painters, musicians, actors and so on) as inspiration?
This time I turned to Juri Ueda, a watercolor painter from Osaka, in Japan, who has been creating these wonderful paintings with a tiny bit of fantasy worlds since 2007. On paper.
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| First thin lines, just to see if it works. |
When it comes to repaints and OOAK-dolls, I am no master at it, but I think it is fun to try new things, new techniques and I see the face of a doll as a tabula rasa, a blank slate. More accurate though, as an erased slate. I looked at my Madeline Hatter, an Ever After High doll and felt that she was rather dull and I wanted to do something about that.
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| A little bit closer |
So I cleaned her for the second time and stared at her, all naked. I got my inspiration from the painting above. In the beginning I felt that her face was a little bit small for this kind of art project, but the roundness she has made it work. I first tested to have the eyes with white acrylic dots, but that looked rather crazy, so I used my Derwent coloursoft white for that. Do you do repaints? What materials do you use?
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| Shinju, in Apple White's sweater |
You did great!!! I love to see the work that inspired you. I already said it but it is a very original face up~
ReplyDeleteThanks! :) It is always nice to use the artists and their work as an inspiration, not just to look at and admire the work. And yes, it is very original. :D
DeleteWhat a wonderful post Niina, I admire anyone who can do a face-up, it's not something that comes easy to most of us. I enjoyed reading about where your inspiration came from for this doll, very interesting. :)
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Thanks, Xanadu! I am still new when it comes to face-ups and one day I would like to repaint my BJD's. Until that, I will test on these Monster high and Ever after high dolls. I have even tested on some other vinyl dolls and you learn a thing or two on the way. :)
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She's very pretty, I love all her details ~ I'd love to try some smaller vinyl repaints some day but I am worried that painting such tiny details is quite hard, especially the eyes! :O
ReplyDeleteI also love her name, I get names from the most random places! Such as songs, or other languages.
Thank you, Irene! :) I got a tip from professional repainter - buy a magnifying glass with a lamp! I have not come to that point yet - need to start looking. Until then I am almost nose to nose with the doll when I am painting the smaller details. They who see see may wonder what I am doing. Haha :D
DeleteYes, other languages and songs are good places to get inspiration!
Cool to see a bit of your creative process :D
ReplyDeleteI like that you draw inspiration from art. She sure looks cool with the faceup you made her *^^*
I wanted to test something new. I have before used other repainted dolls as inspiration. Small steps forward!
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That's really cool, and she looks lovely! I love the design! It's fun to get inspired. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Crystal! It is really fun to get inspired and even find a way to express that inspiration. :D
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