dollz
all about dollz: “this site contains a very comprehensive listing of dollz websites. it began as a project for the now closed dollz yahoo group and has grown to include the whole dollz community. ” via the wayback machine. this website was a vast resource for dollers back in the day. it is no longer online, but i still wanted to link to the cached website, thanks to wayback .
the dollz, or dollz icons, or cartoon dollz, as they' ve been called, appeared to have sprung from nowhere, but were immediately everywhere. in reality, the first doll was created as an character for an early graphic chat room called palace chat in 1995 by web artist melicia greenwood, who explained their origin in a (highly riveting, for those interested) blog post in 2003 .
power house dollz will always put god first; we will set an example in our community, by encouraging others and helping them achieve their goals. power house dollz will love others as we love ourselves; we will walk in god’s strength and wisdom and will always provide everyone with a smile .
mission statement - “to give young dollz ages 4 - 17 of all diversities, the opportunities to explore their inner beauty, while educating them on self - identity .
it' s from this particularly unfortunate pop cultural underbelly that the dollz drew their aesthetic. dollz could be dressed in everything from schoolgirl skirts to low - rise distressed flare jeans, to cleavage - baring crop tops; they could be preppy, they could be punky, princessy, or emo, as long as they looked like a
because much like the traditional uncanny valley, or the phenomenon of a computer - animated figure trying to look charmingly humanlike and ending up horrifying, i am both attracted to and repulsed by this trend. the people who emulate the uncanny valley of the dollz are often young (but certainly old enough to have known the dollz), hot, and maintain the kind of lifestyle in which a bandeau is a sensible choice for a shirt — the kinds of impossibly cool people the dollz have always been modeled after .
the gothic lolita' s appeal is powerful for dollers because it lends itself to unusual, inventive dollz that stand out in the crowds of preps and divas that litter dolling sites. another recent strain of nippon - inspired dollz are angy chan' s runt - sized, big - eyed
sumomos ,
which, appropriately, she would like to some day include in a video game .
individual dollz take on diverse forms, but most dollers work within established boundaries or types like the gothic lolita. some typical categories are divas, brats, mini chibies, xenis, skaters, preps, and weirdos. these classifications are handily broken down at silver lining' s doll dictionary. fashion - minded dollers often stick with dollz like divas (think fashion model) or preps (abercrombie models) where the generic base bodies act as blank mannequins to clothe any way they see fit. these dollz have, over the years, had more intricately detailed gowns, dresses, and outfits slapped onto them than a thousand j los or nicole kidmans. couture for your computer .
as dollz began to evolve on the palace, tensions grew between the company behind the software and its younger, more rebellious users .
skaters and dollz were very much a folk - phenomenon of teen culture on the palace ,
explains jim bumgardner, creator of palace chat .
although the design of the palace, with its emphasis on customization and self - expression, very much encouraged this type of activity, this culture itself was initially an underground and anti - authoritarian movement within the palace community .
in late 1995, everyone on palace was wearing either photos, or cartoons like taz, and i got bored, so i drew a' barbie' body, and then clothes. i gave the avs [ avatars ] out to everybody who asked for one ,
writes melicia on her
originz of dollz
page .
they weren' t called dollz then, first they were called' lil people,' then some of them were called' skaters' or' sk8rs,' some of them were called' preps' or' paper dolls.'
it' s the fashion from the latter that sold me on the conclusion that attractive cool people are now dressing like the dollz. tie - up shirts, chokers, thigh - high stiletto sandals, low - rise miniskirts, and bandeaus as shirts are everywhere in these pockets of hipsterdom, together creating a look that i will now refer to as t
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the similarities don' t end there. like sims skinning, dolling is a mirror image of trends in pop culture .
dolling responds frighteningly quickly to current trends in pop culture. within 24 hours of the latest harry potter book hitting the shops, doll pages were flooded with creations based on and inspired by the text ,
says jessica. any film, book, or trend' s mass popularity can be gauged by the number of skins you find on a sim' s fan site or the number of dollz you uncover in the forums of a catch - all dolling site like the realm of silliness. anime, for example, has clearly reached a position of mass pop cultural saturation as the sheer number of anime - inspired skins and dollz online tell us. and as excitement builds around the next
lord of the rings
film, you can bet that a veritable army of flamboyantly dressed legolas' will invade dolling pages across middle earth .
there' s nothing inherently wrong with this style — after all, nostalgia has always been a part of fashion — however off - putting it may be to the culottes–wearing, expensive blowout–purchasing denizens of the fashion establishment. in fact, when i attend governors' ball later this year, i fully plan on dressing the part, and leaping gleefully into the uncanny valley with total abandon. in fact, maybe i' ll go back onto my old favorite dollz maker website for some inspiration .
dolling is not all blood and leather. in this lilliputian world, postage stamp - sized, self - created fairies, manga characters, punks, hobbits, and gothic lolitas peacefully coexist in the same infinite dollhouse - - a dollhouse with no physical location, but millions of windows in the form of computer monitors. the web has become the setting for a new kind of play and dolls have shed a dimension, becoming flat like their paper ancestors. as a sign of the times, they' ve also gained a gen - y misspelling and are known now as
dollz
( usually) to their avid collectors .
something of a rarity online, dolling is a computer graphics - oriented culture of women who value positivity, kindness and sharing. dollers range in age from elementary school girls to grandmothers. online, where young men tend to attract most of the attention for graphical artistry in video games, photoshopping and related media, the dollz subculture is a breath of fresh air far apart from the frenzied demimondes of counterstrike mods or
tourist guy
photoshop contests. like photoshopping or game mods, however, dolling responds with lighting speed to trends in popular culture. it is more than an opening into an alternate dollhouse universe; it' s yet another window into the zeitgeist .
dolls are essentially little drawings of people ,
says jessica, a 15 - year - old student from rotherham, u. k. a new doll is usually brought laboriously into being by hand and mouse pixel - by - pixel - - with or without a naked, mannequin - esque
base body
to draw clothes on. in this most complex method of doll creation true artistry can be found in the intricate shading of individual strands of hair or the barely perceptible texturing of clothes. another, more beginner - friendly method, utilizes drag - and - drop software that works like the real - world paper dolls or the fashion plates of yesterday. in drag - and - drops, users select clothes, hair, and the features of their dollz just as easily as a writer switches on
bold
or
italics .
there are bad apples. dolling' s high crime is the blasphemous
frankendoll .
diedra, a 20 - year - old pennsylvanian, explains the sacrilege as
taking pieces of other peoples dolls i. e. hair, clothing, props, and claiming the work as your own .
infringing on copyrights is also a no - no in dolling and, according to diedra, it can get
pretty ugly
when it happens. but dollers, on the whole, are a reasonable bunch and all that they ask is that when in rome, do as the romans do: credit sources for bases, link back to sites where dolls are
adopted
from, and give constructive, not mean - spirited, criticism. dollers would rather spend their time creating and adopting dollz or developing friendships than chasing frankendollers or getting into flame wars .
the doll community is a very positive place ,
says suzy, a 20 - year - old artist from stockholm, sweden .
people are friendly and willing to help out .
in its boundless enthusiasm and creativity, dolling thumbs its nose at those who would, like pundits did with margaret keane' s big eye paintings in the' 60s, call it kitsch. there are few physical rewards for a doller other than a
job well done
or a
you' re very talented
on a message board. here, the only accepted currency is cute. there is, in fact, no greater compliment to a doller than
your dollz are so cute !
in the end, the dividends of dolling are in the sense of accomplishment gained from the creative process and the friends that you make along the way .
i enjoy the freedom ,
says chris, the 15 - year - old sophomore from california .
i really like making myself heard and i like creating artwork. it' s quite a nice pastime. it' s soothing and relaxing, i think. just as any art can become. the creating is fun, and nice, i put a bit of my heart and soul into everything i make, whether it be a doll or a digital painting or otherwise. every creation of mine is precious to me. i like the community very much. it' s like, how shall i put this... a home away from home in your home ?
this isn’t your mother’s barbie: welcome to a web subculture where pixelated gothic lolitas, preps and weirdos are good wholesome fun .
petite but curvy, lolita is a knockout in a matching black leather corset and knee - length skirt. her wide, oval face and saucer - sized eyes are accentuated by rings of light brown hair infused with delicate blond highlights. this mass of curls is held back with frilly, girlish red ribbons that reveal a choker and an attached chain that drops between her small breasts. under the skeletal remains of a victorian hoop skirt, fishnet stockings end in mammoth japanese - style platform boots. lolita is nothing if not a study in contrasts .
but there is more to lolita than a hyper - stylized, postmodern fashion sense, as the bloody stump of her right arm and her broken wings attest. lolita is a fallen teen angel - - the very picture of innocence lost. with her smudged cupid' s mouth and wide eyes bleeding tears, lolita is both haunting and, somehow, impossibly cute. this, perhaps, can be attributed to the fact that even on her mighty platform boots, lolita is 2. 5 inches tall and occupies only two dimensions .
scarred, brokenhearted and gothic, lolita wants only one thing .
she' s sad that her wings are broken and she wishes she had new ones to fly back to heaven ,
says jenny, lolita' s 17 - year - old creator. lolita is a doll, but not in the traditional sense. she is, according to chris, a 15 - year - old california sophomore, a
badass bo peep .
lolita wants to go home - - to that great dollhouse in the sky .
lolita is an example of a new type of doll found in the almost entirely female web - based community of
dolling .
dolling is a hobby in which tiny characters are, at their most time - consuming, created pixel - by - pixel in graphics programs such as photoshop, ms paint, and paint shop pro. these dolls are roughly from a half - inch to 4 inches tall - - about the size of a nintendo character .
whatever the doller' s weapon of choice, doll - making is a pixilated game of dress up with an infinite palette where the doller' s imagination is the only restriction .
dolls are barbie in pixel form ,
explains 15 - year - old new yorker yumeioku, owner of papaya happy doll land .
some people draw the barbies, some draw clothes, some do both, and some people only draw completely dressed barbies, but it' s usually all to show off their hair, clothes, and make - up .
newer, more imaginative doll types reflect a japanese sensibility familiar to any who have watched anime or played final fantasy. the gothic lolita, the most popular new doll type, is rooted in tokyo street - culture and is notable for its bloody nurses and leather - clad, bandaged goth girls who, presumably, listen to bauhaus .
it' s a slightly victorian style, but has more of a modern flair to it, and was said to be first created by the guitarist mana of the famous japanese gothic rock band malice mizer ,
says washington state resident jenny, a. k. a. punky, the creator of our fallen lolita and collector of japan' s 3 - d version of barbie - - the fittingly named
jenny .
jenny, who is often credited with starting the lolita craze in dolling expresses her love of japanese fashion and culture in endlessly creative designs .
dolling, though not always as complex or varied in its inspiration, has existed since 1995 when melicia greenwood created her first doll for use on the palace, a 2 - d graphical chat program still in existence today .
during those years, there was a long feud between the 30 - plus community and the rapidly growing teen community on the palace, each having somewhat different ideas of what constituted acceptable behavior ,
continues bumgardner. an enormous rift between the proto - dollers and the older users on the palace was in the making .
one of the very earliest examples of a teenage' uniform' occurring on the palace was the night when we were invaded by a' gang' all wearing parrots on their shoulders and swearing like sailors; this was in early november, 1995. i was visiting new york at the time for a seminar, and remember getting a frantic late night phone call about the' invasion,' and the dire need to beef up the security features .
after its chaotic beginnings on the palace, the dolling community matured and grew into a kinder, gentler, more focused subculture that has, in many ways, abandoned its rabble - rousing roots. though it is impossible to ever truly determine the social make - up of a given net - based community, it would seem that dollers, by and large, are women, which just might have something to do with the supportive, generous atmosphere that permeates the dolling world .
it must be said that the number of women outranks the number of men by far ,
says josephine, 27, an engineer and artist from the netherlands. chris, the high school sophomore from southern california agrees ,
there are a few guy dollers, but simply not enough to even out the population. there' s like 200 females to 1 male to put that into scale .
dolling' s true diversity can be found in its wide range of ages .
i know retirees to young children who are involved ,
says 24 - year - old krystyn, a play therapist from ontario .
supportiveness and friendliness may be prized in the dolling community, but there are rules that dollers are asked to obey and there can be repercussions if they are broken. but given dolling' s female, kids - to - retirees make - up, standard doll netiquette is a relatively genial set of standards and practices created to protect against idea theft .
we want credit for our hard work. who wouldn' t? thus we want links back, to generate traffic to us, and also, if a person is interested in our work, we want them to be able to view the rest of it at our respective sites ,
says chris of cynical - girl. net .
dolling' s closest online analogue is the
skinning
culture that has grown around the best - selling pc game of all - time ,
the sims .
skinning involves the creation of new external layers, like clothes, for pre - existing video game character models. in quake iii, for example, the game engine' s code makes it possible for a game modifier to take the standard space marine character and
skin
it to become homer simpson or hellboy - - or anything else, for that matter. the internal code remains the same, but the outer layers change; as if you took a cabbage patch kid and threw it inside robocop' s metal uniform. the internal structure is still a cabbage patch kid, but for all intents and purposes, it is now robocop to the eye .
sims skinners work from standard humanoid bases to create armies of britney spears' skins wearing a never - ending variety of outfits or new furnishings for their sim homes by using established models. in many respects ,
the sims
is an eternal barbie play date where even barbie' s face is subject to change. by actively promoting customization within the game by its players ,
the sims
has enjoyed unprecedented longevity (and sales) in the gaming community. sims fans can create their own furniture, their own decorations, and, most importantly, their own characters .
it shouldn' t be surprising, then, that the dolling and the sims cultures share many members. a vastly larger group of people are involved in skinning for
the sims
and a great deal more of them are men, but the dolling and skinning worlds still bear comparing. david fernandez, a 30 - year - old sims fansite creator from barcelona, spain, gets to the heart of the matter when saying that
[
the sims
]... is like a dollhouse for your computer .
sims characters are basically moving dolls with, as anyone who has played the game can tell you, an unceasing need to go to the bathroom. in dolling and in
the sims ,
as well as any action figures or toy, the attraction is that we control their fate. miniatures, in video games and out, grant us the opportunity to play god in an otherwise unmanageable world. anyone who has ever called down a tornado on a sim city, crushed a rival army in a real - time strategy game like warcraft, or taken a cherry bomb to a lego building can attest to that .
only later do we learn that
kids' stuff
is, more often than not, the good stuff. we want our dolls back, and will pay to get them, but the sense of fun that made us love them in the first place is often a casualty of the pursuit of nostalgia. today, the buying and selling of vintage dolls and action figures is a very serious business .
it is, then, refreshing to find this web - based community of women that values those things that originally drew us to dolls and action figures - - imagination, fun, creativity, and friendship - - while fully embracing the pleasures of
kids' stuff
without guilt, irony, or too many thoughts for what the cool kids think. ruled not by mattel or hasbro, this is the new non - commercial world of dolls. these dolls are safely out of the closet .
dolling is a fun place to visit, and you might just choose to live there - - even if it is girly. just don' t forget your wings .
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first off, we would like to welcome you to the dolling community on deviantart. we' re a small community compared to other areas of the site, but we' re very welcoming and encouraging of newcomers of all shapes and sizes .
due to the small size of the community, not many people seem to know much about us or our quirks and terminology, so we' ve compiled a brief guide to help you with dolling and where to post your dolls (as we are aware some of our categories are quite confusing) .
dolling is where you take a basebody either created by yourself or by someone else and draw hair, clothes and accessories on it. a doll usually has a hard pixel edge and a transparent background so that it may be placed on any colored background website .
on deviantart, dolls are submitted into customization > dolls > and then into their subcategories of pixel, tool and misc shading .
there are many types of shading techniques but they are mostly grouped into three distinct types that form the subcategories of dolls .
dolls in this section should be made entirely pixel by pixel, with the exception of the flood fill tool. backgrounds, if any, should also be created pixel by pixel or should be a flat colour. gradient, photo and texture backgrounds are not created pixel by pixel therefore rendering your doll not entirely pixel art. pixel is also often created with a limited colour count .
dolls created in programs such as gimp or photoshop using automated anti alias techniques such as brushes from photoshop and the smudge or blur tool. dodge and burn tools may also feature. colour count is not an issue and often these dolls are saved in. png format to preserve all the colours. tool dolls can often look like miniature cg paintings .
this is a somewhat hard section to define as it falls somewhere between pixelling and tooling .
this is where dolls / bases with no shading at all or limited cell type shading where no pixel technique have been used should be placed. also pixel dolls placed on gradient / photo / texture background belong here and dolls with computer generated text as part of the piece itself. dolls with perhaps pixelled clothing and tooled hair may also belong here as they are neither entirely tooling nor entirely pixelled .
cell shading is shading in the style of what would be found in an animated movie. typically there are only two shades, the flat colour and one shadow colour. it is often created by sectioning off the shadow and flood filling. it is different from pixelling because it emulates the animation style as opposed to following pixel techniques such as dithering, anti - aliasing and using a range of shades .
this is for dolls you have created on a base you have made yourself. i. e you created both the base and the doll so the work is 100% yours .
this is for dolls you have made on bases made by other people, ergo you have adopted the base .
if you post a doll in this section you must credit your basemaker according to their terms, though it is preferable if you create clickable links to the sites so other people who might wish to use the base can get there .
this section is for doll bases you intend for other people to use to create dolls. you may wish to specify terms and conditions for the usage of your bases in the comments .
do not submit your dolls here, they will be moved into the apropriate category .
a base or basebody is something that dollers create that looks sort of like a bald pixel body, featuring inoffensive barbie doll type nudity. it is the framework for which we create our dolls by drawing clothes and hair onto it .
is for a doll you have made using a base that someone else made. you must link back to the basemaker so that people know where you got the base from. the majority of dolls are made on adopted bases because it' s just too much fun to use bases in other people' s styles of working .
is for a doll you made on a base that you created yourself, i. e. the doll is entirely created by you. in this case there is no credit required as you made everything yourself. baseless dolls are also included in this category .
. basically this is the category where you submit any bases that you have created yourself. there is one in both the
any bases created pixel by pixel but include text in the form of terms of use are allowed to remain in the pixel category. the text is not part of the actual piece of pixel art (the base) and will not be classified as such, though basemakers are encouraged to use pixel type fonts to write their terms of use instead of fancy computer anti aliased fonts .
there are several ways from which you can start a base. from a drawing you have created on your own whether traditional or digital, drawing from referencing and lastly through tracing. tracing is a great learning tool, but it' s also highly encouraged that you take the next step and learn to draw bases on your own, the results can be far more rewarding this way .
this is a good way to hone your observational skills as well as your drawing skills, and the best thing is it doesn' t exist in the grey area that is tracing. (i personally love this method. )
don' t worry if you start out making bases that don' t look good. we all came from that, even the good basemakers
a dollmaker, or dress up doll game, is a site or graphic spreadsheet with premade dolling pieces that are put together to form a doll. a doll created on a drag and drop, or point and click dollmaker such as those on the list below belong in scraps. we know they are dead fun, but the doll gallery is for showing off things you pixelled or tooled, not for things you put together from premade pieces. even if you have edited a doll made from a dollmaker, it is still not your art and must be put in scraps .
wips or work in progress pieces are also supposed to be submitted into the scraps folder being that they are incomplete. when finished though, you can edit the category so it shows up where it' s supposed to be. you might wish to show off your wips in a journal or in the comments of the final deviation, but we don' t need our small gallery cluttered with half finished works .
adopting is a term from which a fan saves and posts the works of their favorite dollers on their own, non da website. they are always unedited and linked back .
deviantart is not the place to post adopted dolls and those that say' non - adoptable' should not be adopted at all. most of those are personal gifts to a single or group of friends .
if you like a doll you find on da add it to your favorites list, this way other people can see what kind of dolls you love .
 this is where you edit the original base body as well as draw hair and clothes upon your doll. be careful to check base rules, some makers do not allow you to edit .
 i' m sure you' re all aware of constructive crit, and if a doller asks for it, try to think extra hard about the piece, tell the creater exactly why you like the doll, not just that you like it, and perhaps pick up a point or two for improvement .
- a site wide feature that is chosen daily by your gallery moderator. see our gm' s
 a style of pixel shading which blends two colours together using dotting of two colours together .
 a non da place to hang out and post dolls, usually a message board type set up .
- a doll created using bits and pieces that were stolen from other artists' dolls .
, she is the moderator for our section and deals with all community related issues. go say hi, she doesn' t bite. watch her as well because her journals can contain important information about dolling events and issues .
 a popular style of doll contest involving multiple rounds of competition, styled somewhat like the real life pageants. they often come under the name of
miss doll _ _ _ _ _
 a common mistake made by new dollers where shading is darkest on the edge of a shape and gets lighter towards the centre. if someone mentions you pillow shade i suggest talking to a fellow doller about how best to help you to stop. (don' t worry if someone mentions you do this, we all did at one stage or another )
for coming up with the idea for the article and for being a lot of the force behind getting it written and proof reading etc. it' s been a collaborative effort between us and we hope the final result cleared up things if you didn' t know them already .
that paragraph under doll makers and da is straight up insulting. though the tools may come from other sources, what you do with them is all your own. just credit the site where you built your image. and i don’t think anyone’s “real art” is going to suffer for displayed along side images built on doll makers and other image builder applications .
no idea. i' m not really involved in that side of da anymore, this is a very old thing i wrote back when i was. you could always follow it up yourself .
thank you for replying, and sorry for troubling you with something old. support got back to my question about this faq and mentioned that digital dolls are going to be a part of the
standard deviantart terms of service and copyright policy with no special rules or restrictions .
and this faq # 502 won' t be carried over. i liked to use that faq link and your articles in my description boxes whenever i submitted a doll, in the scraps category of course! instead of that faq i will link to their the art theft discussion instead, closest thing i can find to faq # 502. if you have any advice as to what to link to please let me know, thank you !
thanks for mentioning me. most of the faq links go to that useless layout. and # 557 goes to the general copyright page .
i actually am making a couple of dolls for my page but i don' t know how to get them on... my page... help? ? ?
hi, i just joined deviantart a few minutes ago. i joined to help find digital doll programs in order to create my own power rangers. what would be the best program for doing so? thanks .
anything you can make digital art in can be used to make dolls. the most basic is mspaint, i use gimp, others use sai or photoshop. all the programs are a range of prices from free (gimp / paint) to super expensive (photoshop )
aw, i love this! 8d it' s very nice to have information on the dolling community for aspiring dollists < 3 i do some dolls, too, but i' m really more of a... i don' t know xd sometimes i just combine techniques of this stuff so it' s harder to choose xdd the only one i know i never do is
tooling
... i never have been able to tool... > _ _ >
i finally read this whole thing. it reads well, except one thing. pillow shading  a common mistake made by new dollers where shading is darkest on the edge of a shape and gets lighter towards the centre. if someone mentions you pillow shade i suggest talking to a fellow doller about how best to help you to stop. (dont worry if someone mentions you do this, we all did at one stage or another) i object to calling it a mistake. it' s a technique that some people use when they are developing and learning others. that is not a mistake, it is progress from flood filling .
no, it' s not a mistake. it can be a step in development or even a technique someone might use because they like it or it achieves a look they are striving for. not everyone has an interest in light sourcing or using it in their shading. simply because it does not create an aesthetically pleasing look to you, or because there isn' t the commonly accepted shading appearance of other dollers does not make it a mistake .
well, pillow shading is okay on some things. but using it for absolutely everything really is a mistake. it' s best to try light sources instead of a basic progress inwards, if that makes sense ...
i' ve been pixel dolling for about 10 yrs now, and tool shading on and off for a year, and this is the first time i' ve seen someone outside of a dolling forum compile something similar to this. this is awesome, i' m sending it to my cousin so that she understands better than my explinations. thank you for making this available! !
this is so interesting! i have been a doller for about 8 years of my life and i never knew that here in da they fell under this category. since i' ve just stuck to 100% pixel ones, i always assumed they fell under non - isometric pixel art. this article was very enlightening and very well - written as well, thank you !
great article! : 3 this will help some of the newbies around here. great job. ^ ^
check out pyrochan' s gallery for some of her works, mine for some pixel works... and there are just tons out there! * faints * so many gorgeous dolls! also, dollers like mariiii at [ link ] (and pyro) do work that i' m extremely envious of
we' re trying to get everyone to spread the word. i personally would love to see it in everyone' s journals, even if it' s just a small link and something like' hey, check this nifty article out' .
fantastic article, thank you! i like that you included base making from stock photography. a lot of articles leave it out, and people seem to get the idea that if youre not making the bases from scratch, theyre not worth using. and, of course, the category clarifications are always helpful. very helpful! / bee
great article! i just got into dolling and it was a very helpful read .
this is great! i wish it' d been around when i first started dolling. = ]
well put article for the gallery. i think this is an excellent overview on what dollmaking, i think it explains things very nicely ^ - ^
i am not asking you to do it, or even to like it, but just to put out a standpoint that is sorely missing from this ongoing row over what a base really is .
you may think a base is a large traced piece from anime with no skill and that the people who draw on top of them are lazy artists who just don' t want to learn how to draw. some bases are traced, but not every base .
dolling is a hobby, something that is done for fun, and not every doller out there wants to be able to draw like a whiz kid. a lot of people hold down jobs, or full time education and just want a little fun. and so they are able to use a base that they like and draw some clothes and hair onto it, often very skillfully .
halloween digital doll collab project! edit - we' ve got quite a little party going on! if you haven' t had a chance to enter you have until tomorrow to get your dolls finished and sent to me that gives me the weekend to put together the collab picture on a fancy background ^ _ ^ - - - - - - - - in the time honoured tradition of digital dolling, for halloween i' m running a digital doll costume party collab. the theme is fairly simple, do a digital doll of yourself in your dream costume / cosplay. whether that' s an original fantasy piece, a giant pumpkin, or dressed up as a character from tv / comic / book / film etc. the doll should be based on you, so don' t be afraid of doing arwen from lotr with blonde hair because you' re blonde. but if you wanted to you could wear a pixel wig too the doll must be standing alone with no background (though small props like broomsticks and the like are allowed) because the intention is to
all digital dolls daily deviation suggestions come through her now, as well as any queries you might have about the gallery. this article will be updated by the current gm as changes to the gallery are made .
this article is to help dollers understand which category in which to place their work as it is fairly confusing with all the terms we use for a newer or even an older doller to understand where the right place to put their work is .
the stickdoll pageant! - yay entries! do you long to win a doll pageant but just don' t have the time? do you enter every pageant that comes out! ? does your inner self long back to the days of childhood when you were an amazing artist for being able to draw a stickman? do you want to be in with a chance of winning this amazing crown? ! well look no further, stickdoll pageant is for you! your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a little stick character and draw them in 3 poses as specified below! your stickimage must have all 3 stickfigures! unlike regular dolling, the entire stickdoll must be drawn by you. your stickdoll may be male or female or any other gender, anthro or whatever in between. figure 1 introduce your stickdoll! do a pose that tells us who your stick figure is. bold, shy, happy, sad, smiley, angry. . the choice is yours! figure 2 your stickdoll' s hobby. what does your stickdoll do in their spare time. swim? cycle? draw? knit? all actions must be appropriate
i mentioned i was in mammoth over the holidays, which, besides an annoying sickness for the first few days, was so much fun i don' t even know where to start. but i' ll get into that in another journal .
when i returned. yanira works here at the office once or twice a week and she had her nephews in with her during the break .
we have a ton of these deviantart coasters laying around hq so they must have found them. we originally made them for
how cool are these? ! um, please ignore the devious slogan on there... hopefully the artistic elves knew we were talking about delicious, healthy milk !
where you have six weeks to work together on any work in the da related category. a quick overview ;
main category, as well as da tutorials and da avatars. it will run from today (3rd april) to may 15 2012. your entry must be submitted between (or on) those dates! you can participate in
( see the bottom of this article for examples); work on your own based on an existing da related deviation (with their permission if needed; e. g. find a visual suggestion and make a browser script to make it work). collaborate with another artist on a piece in one medium (e. g. make a stamp or devid together .) work together to create two related deviations (e. g. a
creative commons on deviantart - explained i' d like to give everyone a little bit of information about the creative commons options on deviantart. seeing as we are a creative commons group, it' s very important for everyone here to understand how these licenses work. most people just click the little radio button that says
use a creative commons license
and have done with it, but deviantart allows as little sharing as possible and is the very opposite of the intent of creative commons. if you leave the default settings on then your work will be very limited and not available in the free culture community. since here, picking the right license is important, we encourage you to think about what you want to allow and change some of the default options. the general gist of how the deviantart creative commons buttons work in relation to your art is this: -
use a creative commons license
allows people to copy your work and share it, perhaps online or with their friends offline. with only this option submitted, your work may
how to: margin + padding for this tutorial series i am explaining different elements you can create or modify with the help of css. the level of experience that is needed to be able to understand the tutorials can differ and will be in no order. however i will try to explain the things as simple as possible. upcoming questions should be left in a comment directly to this blog so that people with similar problems can look them up later as well. - - - - the tutorial series is based on the gruze - structure of journals. if you are still using the old structure or have a journal installed that used it, things won’t work the same way like explained below. for simple skins the old structure is fine, but the more features you add, the more i would recommend using the gruze - structure. you can look up the differences here: urltoken it seems like a lot of people are struggling with the usage of margin and padding. in the end it doesn’t matter ho
decorating page without da membership [ tutorial ] how to decorate your deviantart profile without core / membership. the key to a good da page is the use of codes codes are very simple, just place them in the available widgets. use id, featured, donation, and new deviation widgets. place the code in the widget by editing it. there' s a variety of codes and thumbnails you can use to decorate. center alignment. < xdiv class =
pp
align =
center
> place this as the very first code, and remove the x. you can also put left or right instead of center. images. < ximg src =
image address
> right click on desired image or gif and copy image address, place image address between the'' and remove the x. thumbnails. you should know how these work, but just place them wherever you want in your code. there' s lot of decorations available for use on da, search custom box decoration or something .
digital dolls information catalogue welcome to the digital dolls information catalog i am creating this news article so that all relevant digital dolls information on da (with the occasional useful off - site link) can be stored in one place. i will update this continually throughout the rest of my term, and hopefully the next gm will see fit to do the same if you want anything added to this, please just comment and let me know = 3 about digital dolls welcome to digital dolls da clarification of digital dolls categories common pixel art miscategorizations common digital dolls miscategorizations how to report doll m
gather round, one and all, and hear these words. drop your butts and lift your glasses, this one' s a doozy .
held a coloring contest. for the first time in the club' s history, we got a discouraging number of entries that were proven to be theft. people would take an existing contest entry, throw some hue / saturation wizardry on it, smear some dodge and burn, drop a spontaneous texture overlay on it, and attempt to call it their own thinking that the
the fallout from disqualifying their entries and reporting them to da staff is still descending. yet enough time has passed from the contest' s conclusion to make public my official
poster designing contest - closed. hellooooo everyone! update the third: this contest is now closed. that' s it! all finished! new entries can no longer be accepted. thank you so much to everyone who pimped this, donated prizes - and of course everyone who made an entry. i appreciate it so much! watch this space for the results. so. i' m redecorating my room. i only have one nice poster and a couple of prints to put up on my wall, so i decided that i' d really like a new poster... but not just any ol' poster. ; d and this is where you guys come in! this contest is to design a poster of a3 size and using any medium which i can get printed and framed in order to put up on my wall. the initial deadline will be july 24th. this may be extended, depending on how things are looking at that time. listen up! important things for you to consider... your entry must: be an image of some description (hopefully that goes without saying). be at least
thursday: random phrase art contest! happy thursday! i hope you all had a great thanksgiving last week, and are rested up and ready for an art contest this week! using a random phrase generator, your task is to make a piece of art depicting your random phrase! here' s how to participate: use this random phrase generator to get a random two - word phrase. it' s best to use the first one that comes up, but you may choose another. draw this phrase, depict it in a photograph, or write about it! any medium is accepted. however this phrase inspires you, we want to see it! be sure to include your random phrase in the description of your piece! without this, we won' t be able to properly judge your piece. it' s also helpful to indicate that your entry is for: dev
dollz , cartoon dolls , or pixel dolls are small pixelated digital images , generally consisting of illustrations of people with clothes and accessories . dollz are generally created by taking a base body ( a drawing of a bald and naked body created for this purpose ) , and then drawing hair , clothes and accessories onto it . they also usually have a hard edge and transparent background so that they can be easily displayed on the web . people who create dollz are known as dollers or dollists . they are , in great majority , women , although a few male dollers exist . these dollers usually take on dolling as a personal hobby . 
dollz, cartoon dolls, or pixel dolls are small pixelated digital images, generally consisting of illustrations of people with clothes and accessories. dollz are generally created by taking a base body (a drawing of a bald and naked body created for this purpose), and then drawing hair, clothes and accessories onto it. they also usually have a hard edge and transparent background so that they can be easily displayed on the web. people who create dollz are known as dollers or dollists. they are, in great majority, women, although a few male dollers exist. these dollers usually take on dolling as a personal hobby.
dollz, cartoon dolls, or pixel dolls are small pixelated digital images, generally consisting of illustrations of people with clothes and accessories. dollz are generally created by taking a base body (a drawing of a bald and naked body created for this purpose), and then drawing hair, clothes and accessories onto it. they also usually have a hard edge and transparent background so that they can be easily displayed on the web. people who create dollz are known as dollers or dollists. they are, in great majority, women, although a few male dollers exist. these dollers usually take on dolling as a personal hobby.