Aesthetics Bakemonogatari girls WIP

I’m working on making Shinobu Oshino and Hachikuji Mayoi from the Monogatari series, who are also drawn by my favorite artist Watanabe Akio ,…..as 30cm dolls~


I’ll post all my progress making their outfits, styling wigs, and doing their faceups here~
I’m buying what I can buy from Taobao! I haven’t been able to find shoes for either girl, or shinobus hats or goggles, so if anyone has recommendations give ‘em here!

I really didn’t think 1/6 size white sandals would be this hard to find but.. they are.

 

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For the bases of the dolls, since it’s my first try and I’m experimenting on them, I chose some cheap ones I found on Taobao, one is called Fantasy Angel Rui, but I can’t remember the name of the other at the moment. Although I haven’t completely decided on the second one since I really want an open mouth, I’m still searching a bit before I decide to try and drill a mouth into a resin head wwww

Im surprised there’s not many shoes for 1/6 dolls! I am considering making some myself, maybe out of corc or something

 

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Heres the progress steps of Shinobus faceup! Shes my first faceup/body blushing, and although its not perfect im actually really happy with it!! Theres tons of things about it I would change, and maybe SOMEDAY I will, but for now this is good

I forgot to take a before photo of the plain head. This is after light sketching with the water color, and I think 2 layers of paint and the first basebloushing. I kept erasing and redoing her eyebrow to match eachother, this is as close as I could get it.


Slowly going into darker paint and more blushing into the shaddows. I wasnt liking how the eyelids were looking, I wanted them to be light but couldnt get the color on smooth TT-TT Telling myself "trust the process"


Time for the dark lines, really the make or break time I wish Id used a red brown instead for the mouth and sides of the eyes. I tried adding a ton of red powder into the eye corners but it didnt tint it at all in the end


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND FINALLY after hours of nervously painting and wiping...}
I love her little lips, I didnt want her to look sad so I tried to give her a little smile.
I didnt realize too late that I should have colored the inside of the upper lid too.....;u; and the eyelids, I still couldnt get the light part smooth. As much as I tried, I have NO CLUE how faceup artists get a gradient on the lashes!!!