davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

Is it an action play?

Of course! Anything Pinky Street is always action-packed... which is particularly impressive considering that they are "fixed pose" figures!

The girls are so cute! And the playhouse is awesome! After seeing your awesome sets, I actually started working on something myself. But I'm not very handy, so the results probably won't be stellar. But I'm having fun!

Oooh, that all looks amazing

"Amazing" is a safe description, because it says nothing about quality and does not, in itself, offer an assessment of "good" or "bad."

I'm not very handy, either, and my results are never stellar. I have almost... not entirely, but almost... resigned myself to the fact that anything I attempt to build, make, construct, or assemble will ultimately turn out looking like a "cartoony" version of something a ten year old kid would make. Hyper-realism is beyond both my skill level and my patience.

In fact, about a week ago I almost felt ready to chuck all my current and past projects into the dumpster and maybe even start selling off all my dolls, after looking at photos on Flickr of extremely detailed, realistic, and beautifully and creatively crafted 1:6 scale doll settings. I came very, very close to doing just that. (When I say "chuck all my current projects," I mean, in a very mature and reasonable manner, smashing everything into bits while screaming before cramming it into the waste bin.) Instead I decided to at least try to finish the wing-back chairs before smashing everything and pitching it into the fireplace.

The Flickr account I stumbled across that set me into the spiral of despair was: Dolldiva67 2.0

The best doll dioramas in the History of Evaaaar are those by: OddMod
(But OM's dioramas don't leave me feeling so depressed because they're so fun, her stories are hilarious, and she is super ultra mega nice.)

I also like... and they inspire me to try to up my game... the almost achievable by mere mortals Action Man dioramas by Blonde Actionman

Of course, the most entertaining combination of diorama skill and flat-out fun was MiskatonicNick

But sometimes I stumble across random photos or accounts where the skill level is so high – the crafting skills, the photography skills, the storytelling, the whole package – that I just feel like my efforts are stupid and childish and crappy.  Which they are. But I'm working toward accepting that "stupid, childish, and crappy" is my personal style!

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11 March – Bratz Bratzillaz Midnight Beach Cloetta Spelletta

Cloetta poses amidst the chaos remaining from the Christmas photo-story shoot.
Nope, I still haven't cleaned up the mess.

My photos over the next few days are likely to be uninspired quick snapshots. We have relatives coming to visit. I had to do a quick cleanup of my work in progress craft projects and hastily dump everything into the storage shed.