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My dear little Ursa finally got a fresh faceup after close to 10 years. I really love her vibe now, she looks so much more lively than with her old one! I also swapped her eyes for a size smaller than before.

It's amazing what a difference 10 years of practice makes! My linework got bolder and more refined/cleaner, along with my blushing. I don't just blush in fleshtones anymore, I also add blues and purples strategically to breathe more life into a doll.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone Shoyo in normal pink

Eyes: Self-made acrylics in 14mm

Wig: Monique Gold in 7-8

Outfit: By colorful.misfits (a friend who's left the hobby)

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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This gorgeous Telesthesia Doll XunYiChao in dark tan skin is one from my personal collection. I had an absolute blast painting her despite the challenges of working with dark resin (pastels won't show the true color until after sealing). Initially I wasn't going to give her piercings, but she looked so empty without them, so here we are!

She is just absolutely stunning to me, and I am so glad I sprung for the dark tan. I do have a light tan FeiHuaDeng at home and took some comparison shots of their color differences. I will likely post those to my bjd photography blog (@izasbjdphoto) instead of here.

Want to see more of my work or commission me? Then please check out my website at www[dot]IzasFaceUps[dot]com!

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I ented a secret art swap on the bjd discord.. And since yesterday the results were posted I can now post this here. This is Emily for @izasbjdphoto ^_^ She was a lot of fun to draw.

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@izasbjdphoto has some amazing dolls, and their faceups are really creative. I’m super happy that they’re part of my local BJD community, because I always get to see these beauties in person! <3

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I love izasbjdphoto! Her dolls are gorgeous, she's so sweet to talk to, and does really gorgeous faceups.

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My first doll project of 2024 was to re-style Ember. I made my first sewn wig from pre-made wefts and I am happy with it!

The part is messy, but it's not bad for my first wig like this. The wig cap is fabric and I bought it years ago from Angelesque still. I sewed most of the wefts on while the cap was on her head.

With her new pastel pink and mint wig, I finally kicked myself in the butt to also redo her faceup. I opted for now applied eyelashes this time because her eyes are so narrow that you can't see them at all.

This was her previous faceup and wig. The wig always was meant to be temporary, because I don't like it that much, but it was the only one I didn't feel bad cutting holes into for her horns.

The transparent horns are magnetic, but the solid ones are not, and of course they are a very awkward position making it impossible for her to wear normal wigs. Yes, the wig I sewed has holes cut into it for her horns. It's stretchy which is the only reason it goes over the horns at all.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone Po in white skin

Eyes: unknown 12mm glass eyes

Outfit: unknown, was a gift

Wig: Mohair Fiber by LaFiabaRussa, sewing and styling by me

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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After Cari, my dark tan TD Doll XunYiChao, arrived, I decided to do a small resin comparison of currently available colors for tans and 1 normal pink skin.

Light tan from TD Doll is very very pale, it doesn't show much darker than an slight olive toned normal skin. In comparison, dark tan is really a rich dark color, definitely worth the $60 extra for it (light tan also comes with a $60 up charge for a 1/3+ sized doll).

I also compared the light tan to some other light tan resins that I have at home which are currently available from their respective companies with and without flash:

Jointed Hand: TD Doll normal pink 2019 (yellowed)

Spare male hand: DFA light tan 2021

Full arm and hand: TD Doll light tan 2020 (I labeled it wrong)

Foot: Iplehouse peach gold skin 2021

I have a couple of other tans at home, which are discontinued or have been updated as color options, such as:

LoongSoul french brown 2021 (Black Dragon release)

TD Doll tan 2019 (was replaced in 2020 with light and dark tan options)

Dollzone tan 2013

Dream Valley original tan from 2020

Soom bronze from 2012

Fairyland tan 2013

So yeah, just let me know if you want any other colors compared!

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Iza’s Yearly Big BJD Lineup 2023 :: 64 BJDs from 81cm to 12cm (+ pets!)

I finally got around to doing my yearly big BJD lineup in December 2023, für hounding my sister for over a year to give me my two doll bodies back.

This was a 3 day ordeal (2 days of shooting images, and another day of editing, combining, and labeling), but I’m glad I got it done. In total I manually merged 12 photos. 

I excluded 4 dolls, 3 have identical doubles (head and body combos) and 1 was too similar to another (only a different head, but same company head and body combo), so I didn’t feel the need to add them. I also did not add a doll I gifted my wife for Christmas as she hadn’t gotten her yet when I did the lineup. She’ll be included in next year’s lineup though!

If anybody wants specific dolls from above compared (dressed or nude), please let me know and I’ll try to do it in the next week! I can’t do the whole lineup nude as I do not have the energy nor the ambition for that. It was intensive enough to just do them dressed, because I do this without help…

Anyway, I hope this is helpful to at least one person out there!

I’m not gonna tag all the doll sculpts in the lineup, that would just take too long, but I will add a couple of companies in the tags at least.

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Welcome back Elyra! I bought her secondhand from a good friend of mine this past December 2023.

It's still so surreal to me that I got my dream MNF back in my collection. I had to sell my first one back in 2015 due to needing emergency funds when one of our roommates lost their job and my wife and I (back then fiancee) needed to pay bills.

I had listed a bunch of dolls, and sadly, my MNF Ryeon sold the fastest. It's a sale I have always regretted because I did really like her.

This Ryeon isn't the same one, but is from the same year, but she accepted the old Ryeon's character and name without a hitch! I'm so glad I have my kitty/fox girl back.

More blathering about the doll and such under the break

Elyra is really settling into her new shell and look quite nicely. Let me show a quick comparison of my previous to current one:

I did not ever expect to get her back, especially once Fairyland discontinued the older sculpts, so I didn't keep any of her things. So now she has a new wig, outfits, shoes, eyes, tail, and ears.

The tail and ears are now both made by me, though I do intend to re-buy the ears she had before. I just didn't want her to be without kitty/fox ears until my friend casts a few more of the old ears.

She was a fox in the past, but now I'm undecided on if she should be a cat instead. Her old tail was a big real fox tail, the new one is made of faux fur, and is fully posable thanks to the wire I put in it.

She's also good friends with little Ursa, my old DZ Shoyo, who I got around the same time as I got Elyra 1.0

The what is what:

Sculpt: Fairyland MNF Ryeon on the old A-line girl body

Wig: Fataio in 7-8 (she's got a big head)

Eyes: 14mm Unicorn eyes by Ashuradark on Etsy

Outfit: Top unknown, shorts are from Doll Heart

Ears, Faceup, & Tail: me over at @izasfaceups

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Susi finally got a wig I’ve been meaning to order since 2020, and she looks perfect in it, just like I imagined!

I’ve tried to order this wig twice, but due to covid shipping restrictions I kept being refunded and told to order later. But now I got it and I am so thrilled with how she looks!

The what is what:

Sculpt: April Story Betty on the New SD16 girl body with small bust

Wig: Can-Can J-Series in 7-8

Outfit: partial Doll Heart (corset) and unknown leggings

Eyes: arifazbear on discord

Necklace: skullery

Faceup, manicure, and tattoos: me over at @izasfaceups

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She is the universe~

Jolene needed some camera time, though I was lazy and only used my phone…

The what is what

Sculpt: Mystic Kids Miri in normal skin

Wig: ebay

Eyes: Oscar Doll Eyes in 16mm

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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I recently repainted my sweet little Itsy Betsy as she’d badly damaged her last Faceup by leaping off the shelf in my doll cabinet, trying to take dolls with her. Fortunately no other doll got damaged, and it was the perfect excuse to finally repaint her as I hated the last Faceup I put on her.

I’m really happy with the changes I made this time around in painting her. She’d been based on a peacock jumping spider, so her old Faceup was really dramatic, but it didn’t suit her. Not only did I soften her look, but I put the extra painted eyes along her cheekbones, which gave me room to put eyebrows on her.

Quick before and after of her. It’s funny to me how much her body’s mellowed, she needs a good cleaning to match her head again!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Doll Chateau Elizabeth on the Spider body in grey skin

Eyes: Ashuradark on Etsy

Wig: Unknown

Dress: YoSD sized 1/6 dress by Frezje on Etsy

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

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I’m pleased to introduce Zai, doll number 51. He is Jazz’s first mate and lover, and the father of her daughter (Bonnie). I still need to get a picture of the 3 of them together…

Zai is a Dollzone Raymond-1, who took Val’s previous body (B70-003). I knew he’d fit as Raymond had been originally released with that body way back when. I got the head secondhand.

He is normal pink, though the body is the old dark normal yellow from 2015. I knew I’d have to color match no matter what head I decided on. I’ve always liked the Raymond head, just didn’t know which character he suited, but his gaunt features are perfect for Zai!

Here’s some closeups of his Faceup. I’m really proud of his scarring, I always forget how much I love the look of them. They require patience as I use the glue method to apply them, which means I gotta wait for the pva glue to fully dry before I can seal and continue…

The what is what:

Sculpt: Dollzone Raymond-1 in normal pink color matched to normal yellow on a DZ B70-003 body

Eyes: EyesinaBox on Etsy

Wig: Monique Gold 8-9 Reeva in black-brown

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

#bjd #ball jointed doll #izasbjdphoto #abjd #bjd photography #dollzone #legit bjd #izasfaceups #Dollzone raymond #Zai #eyesinabox #BJD Photo #faceup progress #Iza rambles

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Reshelled Dolls

Having been in this crazy hobby since May 2011, I have accumulated quite a few dolls (current count as of Nov 12. 2023: 51), but not all have stayed. Some even got reshelled.

Most of my reshelled dolls completely replaced the original shell, except in the case of Ursa and Lily. I have both of their (very different looking) shells still in my collection, with each being a version of the OC they represent. The others were mostly sold, though a few got a different character assigned to them (Val 1.0 Head = Kass, Morgan 1.0 = Viola, Sam 2.0 Head = Ivy). Basically I reshell dolls when their characters outgrow their doll avatars so to say.

I even reshelled my first doll, Melody, who had been an Obitsu 60cm Gretel and is now a Doll Chateau Snow Nymph. The original shell was sold because I found I vastly preferred resin to vinyl, and because the character had fallen out of use/importance. So initially I didn't even intend to reshell her.

It's kind of funny how Melody came about to be reshelled. I instantly fell in love with the DC Snow Nymph upon seeing her pictures, but couldn't afford or justify her yet, but I knew I needed her. It took me a while to figure out why and who she needed to be, and then it clicked, she was Melody.

My wife (then fiancee) surprised me by ordering her on layaway as a wedding gift for me. Which is very special for many reasons, one being that Melody had been the first OC I created specifically to RP with my wife with (though we were only friends at that point, quickly becoming besties though). So it was only fitting that she became a wedding gift in 2015 from my wife (though it took her many more years to finally shell Darten, her husband, in 2019 I think?).

Anyway, do you guys have any reshelled dolls, and if so, why or why not?

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Abigail, my only ever second MNF that I've ever owned. I love how cute she is, truly. I still miss Elyra, my past owned MNF Ryeon.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Fairyland MNF Alicia on the A-Line body in natural skin

Wig: Dollzone 7-8

Dress: From frezje on Etsy

Shoes: Monique

Eyes: SoulinaBox

Hair Accessories: Me

Faceup: Me over at @izasfaceups

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