Aesthetics First BJD Faceup!

I finally hunkered down and took advantage of the nice weather on my weekend off and gave Minsu, my Little Rebel Sarang head (that I bought last November ^^') A faceup! I've honestly been so nervous about this since I have exactly one other experience with painting dolls and kind of thought it might've been a fluke (I did one fashion doll repaint a few months ago).

He's not done yet. He's currently sitting here drying from the last coat of MSC and then I'm debating if I want to gloss his lips or not. He's also going to get a stud lip piercing that I will eventually drive across town to purchase, but I wasn't feeling it today.


I took this one shortly after I got him... around Christmas 2017.





The next three is what he looks like right now as he's still drying from the last coat of MSC. I was super nervous about everything but I kept shaking when I busted out the acrylics.





Anyway, constructive crit is appreciated and encouraged! Also I will eventually update this thread with further progress/the final product as it goes, albeit it probably won't be a ton of photos since he's pretty much done already.

::Edit:: oh my god... I'm such an idiot. I meant to put this in critique. I was just too excited and forgot it was an option.

::Edit2:: Thanks mods for the move!

 

@Mysstarry Thank you!~♡ I took about 6 months of animation in college, other than that I've been drawing as a hobby since I was pretty young. That, and the previously mentioned one fashion doll repaint that I've still got sitting half finished on a shelf in my apartment.

 

@CoverGoth Aww! That's so sweet of you! Definitely don't give up! Watch lots of youtube videos if you can.

@ana808ana Thank you! I was internally screaming the whole time so I'm so happy it came out as good as it did.

 

@chrstphrl & @Xannai007 Thank you both There's a few things I'd like to work on in the future but overall I am pretty proud.

 

@moomelon Thank you! I ended up glossing his lips with one coat of gloss to give them just a slight shine. And you're in luck because I have more photos to share!

@fairywhale Thank you! I'm pretty happy with how he turned out!

Aaaanywho, like I said I have more photos! Like I mentioned, I gave his lips a single coat of gloss and decided to give him short eyelashes, and his lip piercing, of course which is a little nail art Swarovski crystal I picked up from the craft store affixed with regular old white school glue. The wig and eyes will not be his final look, they're just what I have on hand and at least the wig is the right color (his eyes will be dark brown). I *tried* to style the wig as well as I could like how he's going to wear his hair, but honestly it's just a shoddy old fur wig that I made like 5 or so years ago, so we make due with what we've got for now.







And thank you to everyone for your kind comments! ♡♡♡ It's really reignited my love for the hobby and makes me want to do more faceups. I *do* have another blank head sitting in a box in my closet afterall...

 

@watercolorpastels thank you ~♡ LR Sarang is a gorgeous sculpt and when I saw the sculptor mention they knew someone who was selling their tan Sarang I knew I couldn't pass up the opportunity. And thank you for noticing the moles! I think they're my favorite part of the whole faceup tbh.

 

@Waylandor Thank you! I have another blank head sitting in their box in my closet that might end up being a practice head, and I also want to body blush my other dolls. I've been bitten by the painting bug, so I definitely plan on doing more faceups and some body blushing in the future... just need more MSC.

@awapple Thank you! It's technically my second faceup because I've done one vinyl fashion doll repaint before it, but I've been watching youtube videos for doll repaints and faceups for years to gather a theoretical understanding of how to do it. I was super excited and nervous to finally put all my "studies" into practice though!

 

@Aileen.love Thank you. I'm excited to do more... just need to get more MSC in.

@thatnerdsophia Ahh thank you for the critique! I'll definitely keep that in mind for the future. ♡

 

@Dandelion_Wish Thank you! ♡♡♡

@ElfofFlames Oh wow! Thank you so much, that's super kind of you! I definitely intend on doing more. I had so much fun with this one! Gonna buy some more MSC as soon as I get paid so I can start on my spare Zaoll Ramie head, and do some body blushing and tattoos on a couple others. ♡♡♡

 

@Sylvester thank you! I already have a few new ideas I'd like to try for future eyebrows.

@LynnB Thanks! All the Little Rebel dolls have such lovely sculpting so doing a faceup on one is actually quite fun!

@sandpipers Thank you! I was going between if I wanted to do the lashes or not, but I really like them too. It adds a little something extra to the whole thing.

@Anita2006 Please don't be discouraged, that's the last thing I'd ever want my art to do. I watched exhaustive tutorials of doll repaints and have been doing art as a hobby for most of my life. With practice I have confidence you can hone your skills and you'll be proud of your work!