Liebster Blogger Award fun

I noticed Lise from fushitebjd.blogspot.com had written she wanted me to answer these 11 questions, and I will <3

1. What is the next doll you have planned?
Well, if it's a full doll I actually have NO plans atm (freaky, I know).
I need to buy two bodies for two of my incoming girls - does that count? :D

2. Most people int the BJD hobby have characters for their dolls. Assuming you do too, how did the character come to be?
I guess it came gradually after I bought Alice. I had not planned to buy a doll at that time, but I couldn't help myself when I saw her. So then I decided I had to create a story about her, and along the road I decided to add more tinies to that equation. Loki and Lucy were the first ones, they are the ones who discover Alice as she arrives in 'our world'. Next came Nellie and Annabelle. I've always wanted a pair of twin dolls, but having two sisters who are twins, I know that they are not really identical and so I made them with different personalities. They are the ones who discover Alice's lost sidekick cat and that way gets spun into the story.

3. Do your dolls have a theme song, and if so which one(s)?
Not at the moment no. I havn't thought that far, sorry >_<"

4. Where do you prefer to talk about dolls? (DoA, blogs, Tumblr, other?)
I'm most active on Resin Garden (the Danish BJD society), blogs and DoA. Also DeviantArt at times.
I had Facebook once, but I ended up deleting my profile as I got too annoyed with it...XD

5. What do you like most about the doll hobby?
I think the multiple creative aspects of the hobby are just really appealing to me. And I've always like pretty stuff ;3
The community around the hobby is also a great factor to make it an fantastic hobby. The way information, ideas, tutorials etc are shared is just awesome. Also the fact that you get to see other BJD peoples dolls and tastes and what not is just so inspiring. ^^

6. What do you like the least about the doll hobby?
All the problems with recasts and that. :(

7. Do you dream of any kind of doll that does not yet exist?
Well, I play with ideas sometimes, but as I like regular human dolls the most (and my vampire girl <3) I feel like I would be able to find the dolls I want already. I still let my imagination run wild sometimes though.

8. Do you have any irl friends who share your hobby?
Yes. I love talking with my doll-friends. It's so nice and stimulating (in a non-gross way :P). Like if I have an idea but am unsure if it will work, I can ask my friends what they think. I like that.
I'm also very lucky to have two of my younger sisters in the hobby as well, so I get to talk dollies a lot, yay!

9. If you could get 1 free doll right now, which doll would you choose?
I seriously don't know.....uhmm....let's see....maybe Peak's Woods LE Back to 1920's? She is SO gorgeous! .....Or maybe a Ringdoll Julia....*Brain goes up in smoke* XD

10. Have you gotten any new friends through the doll hobby?
Yes! A lot of new friends actually, and that is just plain awesome! They are all very nice and friendly :D

11. Honestly, do you think you'll ever lose your interest in dolls?
I'm pretty confident that I'll never lose interest, but if I look at the statistics of my previous interests *draws chart and calculates numbers* I'm more often losing interest in things than keeping them XD
But I think it would take a lot of effort for me to lose my interest in the dolls. ;P

I guess, as this is a sort of chain letter thingy, and that I am supposed to send some questions to some other peoples blogs and stuff, but I only really know 3, so I think I'll interview people in stead at a later time >:D I'm so bad. Muhahaha

Oh! But make sure to check out Lise's blog fushitebjd.blogspot.com :D

Flash Diffuser

I saw a post on I'm Catching Fireflies by Kass, about how to manipulate the in-build flash on your camera. I really found that very interesting and went to my local photo-store to ask if they new the trick. The clerk at the store showed me a special designed Flash Diffuser equipment made for cameras like mine (Nikon D3200). It was not so expensive and included 3 colors: white, blue and orange. You slide the holder piece onto top of the camera, and then attach whatever of the 3 colored diffusers. So easy and it gives an awesome effect! I'll be playing with the Flash Diffusers as soon as Alice is here (muha). :D

Actually, I went to the photo-store to look at objectives. Not that I can afford one, but I was on my way home from my (passed!!) exam, and did not have anything better to do anyway. The clerk recommended me to buy a NIKKOR 40mm f/2,8G Macro lens. It is a bit pricy, so I'll probably not be able to buy it for quite some time, but I actually told him I wanted to photograph dolls and he was all "you can just bring a doll and your camera, then you can try the lens before you decide". That could be quite fun XD

So yeah, I can definitely recommend using Flash Diffusers. ^__^

Consepts on The Crew

Yesterday I used www.dreamself.me to create the consepts of the 5 dolls I am waiting for.
You can see the pics under the 'The Crew' tab in the top of this blog.

I've search a lot for a doll creator that had both male and female stuff, AND was full body. But I saw the cute avatars Akatsuki from fushitebjd.blogspot.com had made, and wanted to use that creator to make my own. It has been really helpfull to make the avatars, since I've become more at peace with how my dolls should look and be and stuff. So the avatars are quite close to the ideas I have in my head on how my dolls will actually look. ^^

The story is far from finished, not even really begun, but I will probably write on it more seriously when I get Alice home. I think she will be a really big inspiration for me to write the story properly.

A girl on DoA has already recieved her Alice, so I hope it'll not be long before I hold my own. The color looks lighter on her (the DoA member) pictures than on the PW promotion pics, but it looks really nice anyway.