DollsArtCats

After being in hiatus for something like...4 years? Julia Cross of La Legende De Temps finished up Ludwig, painted him up, and will be offering him as a full doll in May of 2016. I believe it when I see it, but you can read the Notice and see body photos here .

There is a new EID lady in town, and she looks gorgeous; just a couple of photos up so far :

This is a cover (and it may get revisions, I don't know yet) for an upcoming novella (in paperback) by Craig Bowlsby. It's an adventure story set in the Okal Rel universe of Lynda Williams, where Horth Nersal (as a junior Navy officer) crash-lands on a remote, crumbling space station-- and discovers it's very much inhabited...and not friendly. When the Okal Rel property was owned by Hades Publications, I did a few of the covers in the series, and there is a format--a single character on a geometric background for each title. Lynda Williams has bought back the property and is planning on re-issuing the books; so they should be easier to find in the US-- so I wanted to keep the "look" the same as the previous series, but make the design more a natural part of the image instead of a designer pattern overlaid on the image. I had several challenges on this one--first off, I just had no reference--I tried setting up a Poser figure to get a general idea of the lighti...

I think I have joint custody of this guy--as long as I spoil him, he will deign to stay here even though it's crowded and not what he's used to. I did get him a Beachgirl cloak. :D He's painted by Francesca and I need to do a detail photo of him in good light so his amazing painting shows. I think he also needs a wig that shows off his ears, much as I love this one.

Thank goodness it was assembled--when I opened the box I was sure it was in kit form! But no, it was in kitten form. :D I need to read how to change the eyes, though. It's fairly posable--you do have to tug on the forelegs to move them (it's strung pretty tight), and it can do a lot of catlike poses. The only thing it can't do is bend it's paws all the way forward--I have a couple ideas to fix that, but I have to be comfortable with unstringing it and I need more elastic before I try it. I think it's the cutest thing ever! Here is the scale of the cat with it's owner, Captain Aldwood; who is a 65+cm Granado Davon ( I think he is on the 68cm Long Leg body). So this is Ratbane, the ship's cat. :D

Rather surprisingly, I am now the owner of a Dark Elf Withdoll Angela. She is mini sized, about the same size and shape as a Tonner fashion doll, which for me is ..tiny. Tiny little hands, tiny size 10 mm eyes, though 12mm fit too if you don't mind a larger iris. She is beautifully made, and sharp and clean inside. I can't mess up her elastic as I have none that size--maybe 3mm or smaller. She has magnet hands, which I am not really crazy about as I can't lose these--I think Withdoll no longer makes this color, and I am her 4th owner. So far I have sort of a face for her: Also a pair of eyes, drying right now (pupilless glitter eyes) And hopefully this Saturday I can sew her some basics, and eventually a more complicated outfit. I did pick out a name for her by opening up a dictionary; so meet "Nike Pinecone, Dark Elf Magic User." The name cracks me up, but I am grateful for the dictionary's help. Otherwise she would have been "Rosy Brown", her o...

Mine will come blank and eyeless, I hope to paint it up like this: And in case you were wondering about the size of the Cat, Iplehouse has a handy photo: Also here is NYID Bliss being an adorable "Cat Lady":