Aesthetics recent face up practice

I made my first BJD order on mid-July this year, which is from Luts. The 2nd doll I ordered from dollzone is a doll without face up. That's why I'd like to learn how to do the face up before he arrives home.

My first attempt on the face up is pretty messy. At that time I didn't realize the importance of apply sealant. Refer to the photo below lol (my very first face up). I even used the marker pen for drawing eyelid ...



After learning from the DOA members, I got a sealant from local hobby shop, also some pastel and acrylic paint and gouach. Apparently, the look improved a lot



Then my parents found out I bought the sealant and they were pretty anxious about it, so I then asked DOA members for help. Some of them suggested me to try the liquitex matte medium since it gave a matte look as well as non-toxic. I directly went to hobby shop again and bought it! (But the airbrush + compressor are quite expensive, so I tried the sponge to dab MM on doll's face) Sorry, forgot to take a photo before I remove the face up...

I think at that time I must do something wrong, cos when I tried to draw the eyelid, the sealant starts peeling off. Pencil color does not stay on properly. Skin is pretty rough (I don't think the rough skin is a bad point. It actually gave a real skin feel. However the color is far too easy to apply, the drawing looks bit dirty)

Another problem with dabbing method is, it will smudge the face (or could be I dab too hard...)

So I thought why can't I try to simply brush the MM on. And I made the face up below:



It worked, except the eye area doesn't have enough sealant. The very next day I tried to put more sealant on the eye area (on a new head, not on the previous head), refer to photos below,







Any suggestions guys? Does the eyelid look ok to you?

Note: for liquitex MM I don't normally do the final seal (until I buy the airbrush) and the head sculpt is DF-A practice head.

Update: 01.10.17 Want to try something different

 

Not too sure about whether it is too thick or too thin.. or simply I draw it too hard

Thanks Before I put the blush on the nose, everything looked bit plain to me, so I added a little color

I'll try to make the eyelid crease continuous next time already washed one of the heads, will do another face up recently
And the eyes are made by Sala on taobao, she has a great range of eyes, they all look beautiful! BTW, I thought they are gold color lol

Thanks! I'll try to do watch more youtube videos for the face up

When I use the spray sealant, I tried to do it once per fortnight. But I've recently changed to the none toxic liquitex, so I did it around once per week. I really want to do face up practice more frequently, but I need to work Mon to Fri The last face up should be the 10th head I've tried. (Bought three practice heads with different skin tone - white, pink, and normal skin tone) Sometimes I can draw three heads all at once lol

If I'm too lazy to clean the head, I'll practice the lines on the paper. And seeking advice from DOA members is quite helpful. It gives me ideas about what I need to change and how should I change it

 

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of the dabbing method, I simply brush the liquitex on the sculpt three times...
Without the airgun, I won't be able to do any further sealant after I apply any type of color (acrylic/color pencil etc.) It will smudge the color. So I only apply first three layers and start drawing and leave it there without a final seal (good thing is, it's easy for me to remove the face up, since they are all practice heads )

I would suggest you get an airgun, even a very basic one. I bought one and going to try it in recent weeks So I can do that final seal, or seal in between face up layers

 

some more recent face up photos

 

Thank you

Just add little bit more photos















Trying to save upper lashes Not have that much left...

 

Thanks I try to do fancy drawings on the practice heads, but for property heads, I tried to keep them simple, just in case I mess them up lol

Some new updates:

 

Thanks For the red themed face up, that is based on the mob game Onmyoji. That character's name is yoko

 

Thanks! I'm trying to learn face up cause we don't have that many artists here. And I've ordered Dollzone Gray without face up. Finally Gray arrived yesterday, all my practicing is for this moment Also did a body blushing for him

 

Thank you Will keep trying

I think that's the main problem of my face up, not enough layers. Lots of times I was wonder why the color wasn't that strong, then I realize I only use one layer (normally)... Have to keep practicing

Thanks for the advise.




BTW, today's face up