Hello, finally made my acc here! =)

Hello Everyone!

I finally got around to creating my account here! I have been trying to connect with other BDJ lovers and Makers this year, joining a couple of Discord servers and over on Instagram. Lastly, I hope to connect over here as well!

I came upon the Dream of Doll website in my teens and fell in love with Elf Ducan!
I wasn't really sure what BJDs were; I just knew that the DOD dolls and their little background stories really lit a flame in me!

I always loved drawing and dreamed of being a 2D character artist, but let's say life happened, and I did every kind of job but creative ones...

I am originally from Brazil but moved to Japan after graduating from Uni. I focused all my resources on living here, so I had little time to be creative.
I did like to buy a lot of books whenever I had a little money left, so in my book-hunting journeys here, I came across a few BJD-making books and decided to buy them. So, I innocently thought I should make my own BJD with clay since I could not afford them... Let's say that went as well as my 2D artist career, LOL.

After settling down for a bit, a few years back, my husband gifted me my first BJD ( Lorina from MYOU), and that rekindled my love for BJDs.
That coincided with me studying a new skill during lockdown, 3D sculpting. I felt really comfortable with this medium and decided it was time to challenge my doll-making skills again.
But then...I got pregnant and had my baby, who is now a toddler. That certainly delayed my doll-making. But that helped give me more focus to develop my skills, and this year, my son finally started daycare, giving me some free time to get back to sculpting him a digital little brother. XD

I am in the late stages of my BJD creation; I did the last 3D printing to joint check a few weeks ago, and I am so happy with how he is turning out! I hope to share him here, as well as my other dolls!

 

Hello and thank you for the welcome!
I have assembled his latest version a few weeks ago!



I have made a post with a more pictures of my doll here if you would like to see him! I call him BabyG!

I have been posting over on my instagram since I started printing him.