First Face Up - critique welcome!

I love this. I know people will comment on the eyelashes, but I have to say that I love them. I find the simplicity in the faceup to be very akin to porcelain dolls I collect or a babydoll type of face. We come to have a certain expectation of what BJD faceups should be and I find it makes things bland and one dimensional. I love the simplicity and nostaglia of this kind of faceup. I think if you continue to develop your style, I hope you'll consider more faceups like this because it's a really untapped artistry and I adore it. If you decide to branch out to other styles, I'm sure it'll be wonderful too. Whatever speaks to you. But I'm glad you produced this and that I got to see it. It's very refreshing.

 

I think it's great! Could use a little improvement, but since it is a yosd i think it fits for a child, I love the eyelashes, the only thing I personally dislike is the lips, they seem really red, but it could be the lighting, and if you do enjoy that look, that's fine too!

 

First off, let me say that the eyebrows are fantastic! So funny that you say it wasnt hard, eyebrows have always been the hardest part of faceups for me

For pastels, it usually takes several layers of lightly brushing and sealing in between to build up the color you want, so keep at it.

I also like drawn on upper lashes, with some practice to get your lines finer and it could be really great. My advice would be, dont be afraid to use more colors. The more colors you use, the more depth the faceup has.

Overall it is very cute! Good first faceup

 

It’s really beautiful! I love the look of drawn eyelashes honestly. They’re a bit less neat than they could be but of course it takes time to perfect. I’m most impressed by the eyebrows they’re amazing omg. The expression you achieved is really lovely.

I also love the redness of the lips. It looks like the doll is wearing lipstick to me but if that’s not what you’re going for I’d try something softer and less concentrated. I find that something that helps to bring more color and shape to the face is building up pastels around the edges especially the cheeks and jaw contour, but that’s more preference.

Overall it’s lovely for your first faceup! I’d definitely work on building up more tones with the pastels. Other than that it’s really really nice!

 

The first suggestion I would make would be to practice your line quality. I think your style is very nice, but the lines and the edges of the lips could be cleaner.

The second would be to introduce more color variation. There's nothing wrong with brown eyelashes instead of the more common black for a softer, younger look, but adding a darker brown near the edges of the eyelids (and perhaps some fine white lines between the lashes) will add much more depth and texture. Likewise, using a combination of peach tones around the eyes/nose/forehead and pink tones at the cheeks looks more lifelike, if you want that kind of look.

Regarding the pastels, the two things i've found to be most helpful are:

• Do at least 2 base layers of sealant before you start painting, and BE REALLY REALLY SURE TO LET THEM DRY 100%. Like, at the point when you think they're dry, wait another 30 minutes,
• Use a brush that is soft enough to not scratch the sealant but firm enough to really rub the pastels in. I find that eyeshadow brushes are perfect. Most painting brushes just don't create enough pressure for the pastels to stick.

The thing I like best of what you've done is the shape of the lips!

 

Hi Soni! First off, I would just like to say that I adore this sculpt. I have never seen it before. Excellent first faceup. I like the vibrancy of the colors you have used, your eyelash position and the expression of your eyebrows. I can see from these photos that your sealant is very thin. In the future I would recommend doing layers of it with your colors building up in between. I think this would soften blushes areas further and define lines you’ve made. Start out light, build up those colors gradually! Overall, I think she is really cute.

 

In all my years in this hobby I have always wanted and talked about getting a YOSD. I have never had one of my own. It’s so funny to me because I started out with Tinies and always thought MSD and SD would be too big. I bought a MSD and SD before I bought a YOSD??? How does that make sense?! Haha! Anyway, she’s really cute and I hope you are happy with how she came out. That is the most important part!

 

Oh wow! Very interesting. Thank you for that information. I only just joined DOA and I am stumbling upon so many useful words.

 

I think it is very well done, the eyelashes especially I find really cute. The one thing you could change that could think of is probably using a more varied color palette like having darker eyelashes than brows, at this point it looks a bit red (might be what youre going for) but I think that could really elevate the faceup a lot more! Nonetheless great job!

 

This is actually pretty cute! I have a porcelain doll with a similar paint job at home, and I adore her to bits. I would suggest using a darker color for the eyelashes, but the shape is adorable. The eyebrows seem a bit high on her forehead in comparison to her eye sockets, and since they are relatively small it doesn't look very natural, but that's my only real criticism.

 

Aaawwww I received my MYOU Doudou a short time ago in mid April and it’s so cool to see this doll owned by somebody else! They look so different from each other!

You did a good job on this face up, keep practicing and you’ll get better and better defining the traits of your style more and more.
It really looks so old school, which has its charm and is somewhat rarely seen anymore. What I recognized immediately, was that it feels like you didn’t really use sealant or used not enough or the wrong sealant, which is why the pastels didn’t stick to the surface and the doll looks slightly shiny, too. Another reason might also be that you didn’t shake the sealant long enough, so the little pigments (that’s the stuff making the flat sealant flat actually) didn’t have the chance to mix well into the sealant’s liquid. Shake well for at least 2 minutes.

She’s super cute! I especially adore your eyebrow talent!!! What the heck, I mean, I am still struggling painting nice eyebrows and I do face ups since November last year, haha. You did so well!

 

I would be over the moon if my first face-up came out this adorable. I love this character (pink is my favorite color).

 

Absolutely fine! No problem! I definitely understand that.

I can give you some advice on the sealant, though, because I used to use the citadel sealant, too.

They changed their sealant somewhen in December. The former sealant is called ‘purity seal’ which was comparable to MSC.

After they changed the sealant, the Mann changed to ‘muniturium’ and is absolutely useless for face ups, because it is super glossy and pastels won’t stick to the surface.
When I noticed the change, I switched over to MSC which was the very best decision.

Hope this helps you.

 

When you said citadel I instantly knew the problem... I’m sorry for you, dear!
You did a great job and believe me: once you get a proper sealant, you’ll notice the difference!

Same problem here. I’m from Germany, so Europe, too, and finding MSC is a hard trial. But I found a MSC dealer on eBay who also ships to Europe! You should give eBay a try and get a can of MSC. If you need any help, please feel free to ask me. Always glad to help!

Aaaawwww you’re so sweet! I did his face up right the day he arrived, but he’s still running around in his panties dressed in pink clothes borrowed from my girls. On top of this, I need to make him a pair of blue eyes and I don’t have a matching wig for him, too!! It’s the right hair cut, but has the wrong color. And guess what... it’s pink.
I’ll post photos of him for you during the day! He really is super cute!

 

There is also a sealant by Luiquitex (I hope i wrote that right) which is applied via airbrush. Maybe thats a go for you? with this sealant, I unfortunately have no experience, because I have no air brushing machine at home.

aaaahhhh I wanted to take a proper photo of Leon (my MYOU Doudou) but I just had no time. But I caught him running around in the room in said panties :'D



I hope to sew for him one day! By the way here is an advanced tip (x'D): MNF sweaters fit this doll perfectly, it seems. ♥
I hope you like my little boy! He's such a cutie and I really need to take proper photos of his FU I did.

 

I think you did a great job on the eyebrows. I like the drawn eyelashes, but maybe they should be more identical? As it is, I like the left side better.