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Moving doll's eyes during a Photoshoot

May 12, 2012

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    1. Okay, now when we know which is the right position for eyeballs to achieve a natural look, I would like to know something more:
      I see that many of you move dolls' eyes during a photoshoot. Is there a method for doing it without getting crazy? My adopted Carina had a pair of Gilb eyes and she came with eyeputty which consistence reminded of Fimo a little bit - it's quite hard and not very sticky, so positioning eyes was possible by moving the stems and gently pressing the putty. Recently I've bought a pair of silicone eyes and they came with super sticky silicone putty. I used it and it almost drove me out of my mind. The eyes are half dome and soft, I could hardly make them look straight, I cant't imagine a way of moving them during a photoshoot.

      I was thinking of adding the missing half-dome + stems made of some hard material like Fimo and then glueing the eyes to them to get full eyeballs again, but silicon is apparently sensitive when it comes to contact with chemicals...

      Do you know some tricks you would like to share? I'm quite helpless right now.
       
      #1 Harey, May 12, 2012
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    2. Firstly, don't use silicone putty with silicone eyes as the two materials interact and it degrades the eyes. Apart from that, it is a real nuisance, I think. For alternatives, there is a whole thread in the customisation thread about various types of eye putty, so that might be worth a look through to find what you want to use.

      I use White Tac and, yes, I do have to take the head off, take the eyes out and reset them from scratch if I want to vary gaze in a shoot. And I take a long time to reset tham as a wall-eyed dolly can spoil a photo set. So I don't often do it.

      The stemed eyes are easier to position, but there seems to be quiet a lack of choice in those.

      So, I guess it is a choice between spending lots of time fiddling with eyes during a shoot, having a limited range of eye types and colours for less fiddling, or having your dolly stare straight ahead all the time (which is fine, incidentally. Just vary the angle, composition and posing for variety).
       
      #2 MadamMauMau, May 16, 2012
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    3. Thank you!
       
      #3 Harey, May 17, 2012
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