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Contest Triathlon Voting - PART 3 "The Doppelgänger"

Aug 28, 2011

    1. For this contest, entrants were challenged to create a representation of their dolls. The doppelgängers are don't need to be realistic replicas, but they should be approximately the same size as their dolls and should convey some part of the personality of the doll.

      Please review all entries before voting!

      VOTE HERE!


      Please note that the voting had to be reset - if you voted before 9:30am on August 29th, please resubmit your vote!
       
    2. Entry #1
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: yarn, cardboard, colored pencils, pipe cleaners, construction paper, gloss

      Entry #2
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Chocolate Tootsie Rolls, wire, rice crispy treats, store bought doll eyes

      Entry #3

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: This doppelgänger is 100% edible! Its center is made of delicious marshmallow rice cereal treats and vanilla frosting. The outside is fondant, dyed/detailed with food coloring. Toothpicks were added for support and removed during... dessert. ;D

      Entry #4
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Floral styrofoam, fake flowers and grapes, floral wire, hot glue, straight pins

      Entry #5

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Yarn, Floral Wire, Buttons, Glitter, Fabric, Fake Hair, String, Plastic, Spray Paint, Paint, Lace, Foam, Ribbon, Thread, Needles, Fire

      Entry #6
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: twigs, newspaper, glue, spackle, paint, markers, beads, play-doh, pill-bottle cap, crab claw, mirror, braiding cord, various hardware items, and paprika

      Entry #7

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Paper, wool threads, glue, acrylic paint.

      Entry #8
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Yarn, hot glue, felt, sewing thread, snaps, velcro, craft wire and foam board

      Entry #9
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Fabric, yarn, thread, ribbon and straw. The face was drawn on with markers and fabric paint.

      Entry #10
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used Kato polymer clay, watercolor pencils and acrylic paints for the doppelganger.

      Entry #11

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Gift wrap tissue, hot glue, silk flowers, elmer's clear glue, red glitter, masking tape

      Entry #12
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used Wire Armature, Masking tape, PlasterWrap, acrylic paint and ribbon.
       
      #2 Truffle, Aug 28, 2011
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    3. Entry #13
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: For the doppel only :

      ~ Big but soft wires for the skeletons

      ~ One fake plastic egg for the head

      ~ Masking tape to create skin and attach skeletons to head

      ~ A pair of glass eyes (factory-made)

      ~ Cardboards for the feet

      ~ Black wool threads for the hair

      ~ Double tape to attach hair and eyes to the head



      For both doppel and doll :

      ~ Fabrics for the outfits/kimonos (I made them specially for this challenge... had to make a pair for both the doppel and my doll, and spent 4 days because my sewing skill is close to NONE).

      ~ Papers (and printer) and rubber bands for the NOH masks for both doppel and doll.

      ~ Infraboard for the mirror frame (yes, it's a mirror actually...).

      ~ Props for the last photo... >.>


      Entry #14
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Hema kiddy clay, cotton fabric, acrylic paints, valejo gloss, sheep wool, cottonballs,

      leather, styrofoam balls, wires, ribbons and stretch ribbon.

      Entry #15
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used wire, clay, soldering wire, a pipe thingy, and paint.

      Entry #16
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Tin foil, model magic, plaster of paris, string, paint, and glue.

      Entry #17
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Dopel body: ceranowrap, clear tape, acrylic paint; beads for the neck decoration; feather boa for hair, neck, belly accents.

      Dopel wings & tail: feather boa, cardboard, magnets and silicone

      Dopel eyes: buttons, acrylic paint & jewlery mod podge.

      Dopel nose: paper and acrylic paint.

      Dopel shoes: ceranowrap, silicone & acrylic paint.

      Dopel 'fire' belly: 2 battery powered tea lights secured with silicone - battery can be easily changed and the 'fire' can turn on and off.

      BJD eyes made out of plastic scrap pieces and miniature lights (they do not light up).

      BJD accessories: beads, feathers, felt for pants.

      Entry #18
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: paper, glue

      Entry #19
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Cake mix, frosting, icing, gel, sixlets, glitter, black licorice, candy, 16mm eyes

      Entry #20
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials:
      * Shrinky Dinks shaped over a wooden spoon while still hot

      * Pencil crayons

      * Hot glue

      * Ravelled silk threads

      * Thin wire

      * Assorted crystals

      * ''Invisible'' thread

      * One blue round glass eye

      * One green oval acrylic eye

      Entry #21

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials:
      Single-strand copper wire

      Tinfoil

      Bake-able Clay

      Black fabric

      Entry #22
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: To make my doppelganger I used foam sheets, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, paint, yarn, fabric, ribbon, and a paper mache made of tissue paper, water, and elmers glue.

      Entry #23
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used things I already had -- Black Cotton Jersey, Black Polyester Broadcloth, PolyFil, Cotton Batting, copper jewelry wire, and lots of black thread, and Aleene's tacky glue. Oh, and a chopstick for the neck.
       
      #3 Truffle, Aug 28, 2011
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    4. Entry #24
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials:
      - Fabric: Brown and beige (main), checkered (scarf), white (earmuff)

      - Cotton balls for stuffing and earmuff

      - Thread: Pink, white, black

      - Peachy-pink strings for hair

      - Buttons for eyes and er, buttons

      - Paper, marker and color pencil for exaggerat

      Entry #25

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: 150 feet of 16 gauge bailing wire and 35 feet of 20 gauge copper wire

      Entry #26

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Wires, Hot Glue, Fabric and Ribbon.
      By non-posed, did you mean the item to be unposed or the doll unposed?

      Entry #27

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Cardboard, aluminium wire and at least five different sorts of air drying clays and papermachés.

      Entry #28

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Armature wire, thin batting, thick batting, masking tape, tissue paper, Luts 14mm glass eyes, premium grade dried Spanish moss, invisible thread, plastic vines with buds, Lion Brand variegated green mohair blend yarn, olive green crushed panne velvet, coffee brown wide corduroy, olive and brown thread, daffodil lucite beads, metallic green and brown lucite willow leaf beads, clear round beads, pearl bead, wide fake leaves with fake water drops, branches, Elmer's Squeez-N-Caulk

      Entry #29

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: The body was made of twill fabric, fiber fill, and wired for posability.

      The head with large elf ears was made from Sculpy painted with acrylic model paint and blushed with pastels. Eyes are previously purchased glass doll eyes.

      Shoes and clothing were made from dupioni silk, 2 kinds of lace trim, ribbon, and faux leather.

      Wig was made from scrap material and wefted synthetic hair. The wig is attached to the head with velcro.

      Photoshoot props made specifically for this challenge are the wooden casket with drawer pull handles, and the silk flower arrangements with wire.

      Entry #30
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: cloth (cotton blend for dress and pants, stretchy material for doll) wool (filling of the doll) copper wire to make the doll pose and kanekalon weft of hair and off course various sorts of threads

      Entry #31

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Rice, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, pepperoni, meatballs, ham, slim jims, nori, carrots, apples, cookie dough, sugar, egg, ketchup, soy sauce, bento decorations.

      Entry #32

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: paper clay, paint and fabric

      Entry #33

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used jewelry wire, fimo, hot glue and a pair of acrylic eyes.

      Entry #34
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Wooden beads of different sizes, LaDoll Premier clay, pastels, various acrylic paints and brushes, florists' wire (for s-hooks), elastic.

      Tools: Toothpicks (to make limbs hollow), paintbrushes, x-acto knife, sandpaper, dremel.

      Entry #35
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Cardboard, inkjet-printed paper, glue, masking tape, words from my own head!
       
      #4 Truffle, Aug 28, 2011
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    5. Entry #36
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: DAS clay, muslin, thread, stuffing, spray paint, white acylic paint, faux fur

      Entry #37
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I built my Doppelganger out of squishy foam, craft foam, foam board, wire, kanekalon hair, and fabric.

      Entry #38
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Air dry clay, styrofoam, wire, wooden dowels and screws for the body, plus paint and pastels. For the clothing silk and other fabrics from my stash and new and vintage cotton lace.

      Entry #39
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Sculptor's wire, thinner steel wire for the fingers, polyester batting, white thread, 4 pairs of little girl legging, a piece of one of my twin's old t-shirt, transfer paper, ''Almost Real'' hair, invisible black thread, old Spanish lace, red tulle, red thread and red elastic thread, and one rhinestone.

      Entry #40

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Wool roving (needle felted by hand to make doll, including hair)

      jewelry findings (joints)

      elastic (stringing of head and torso)

      Entry #41
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Doppel herself: velveteen, stuffing, yarn, thread, leather, paint, premade teddy eyes. Clothing & jewelry: leather cord, polycotton, beads, shell, pearl, findings, paper stencils. Yueyachan (weapon): wooden dowel, handmade epoxy resin blades, leather, more paint, yarn. And glue.

      The decorative motifs on her breechclout and necklace are Ainu (aboriginal Japanese) embroidery designs.

      And I hope you can see they both have blue eyes.

      Entry #42

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used 1 mirror, craft paper for the outfit, Glass paint, black Sculpy, white and black paint pen, and 2 red half sphere stickers.

      Entry #43

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Scotch Tape

      Entry #44
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Wire

      Magic Model

      Mod Podge

      Acrylic Paint

      Pastel

      White Faux Fur

      Entry #45

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Strathmore Natural med tooth drawing paper, Mechanical Pencil.
       
      #5 Truffle, Aug 28, 2011
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    6. Entry #46
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Felt, fleece, thread, craft glue, craft fur, poly-fil

      Entry #47

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Cardboard, matboard, particleboard, a few staples, hot glue, tacky glue, wood glue, craft glue, sheets of computer paper printed with Vampire:the Masquerade character sheets, charcoal, and Testor's Dullcote. Adorned with a Dollshe urethane eye.

      Entry #48
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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Unbleached muslin, thread, two black plastic buttons, twelve clear plastic buttons, fiberfill

      Entry #49

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Paper, glue, water, tears, and my donkey-like stubbornness

      Entry #50

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: LaDoll white clay, silver elastic, red thin jewelry wire, Tamiya abrasives, small files and tools, purple ribbon, blue fabric, black and light blue thread, snap, light blue lace, white and silver trim ribbon, sharpie marker, glass eyes, eye putty.

      Entry #51

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Cyclone wire, stockings, skein of black wool and a Styrofoam ball.

      Entry #52

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: I used DAS fiber clay for the main doll, twine to hold her together, wool roving for her wig, pigment markers for her faceup, and kimono fabric for her outfit.

      Entry #53

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Silver vinyl fabric, grey fuzzy velvety fabric, polyester fiber fill, scotch tape, electrical tape, duct tape, thread, wire, teddy bear joint (1), Jeton plastic armature, hot glue, card stock, craft foam, beads.

      Entry #54

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~Details
      Materials: Premiere paperclay, styrofoam, dowels, yellow craft foam, paint, black feathers

      Entry #55

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      Doppelgänger Alone ~ Doppelgänger and Doll ~ Details
      Materials: Pipe cleaners. Only pipe cleaners
       
      #6 Truffle, Aug 28, 2011
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    7. Wow, a lot of these are downright eerie--which I guess was to be expected. I did not expect this many of them to be edible. =) This'll be a tough vote!
       
    8. Edible and delicious looking~
       
    9. Hey! It's not letting me vote... is there a problem with the form?
       
    10. Suddenly I feel very hungry after looking at some of these entries lol :)

      Nightmareally I can't vote either, it's giving me an error...
       
    11. I think there must be. I am getting the exceeded message, but have not voted yet.
       
    12. MODERATION

      I've reported the voting issue to the mods, please be patient while it is figured out till the moderators are able to get back on tomorrow and solve the issue.

      Voting is operational now- thank you for your patience.
       
    13. Oh no! I have 8 favorites!
      All these entries are absolutely amazing though, guys! Awesome job!
       
    14. I think it's important to look at all the extra photos on these. I changed my opinion on a lot of them after viewing the doppels from different angles.
       
    15. Number 37 makes me squee in fangirl glee! (And remember that part of Ocarina of Time with vivid loathing.)
       
    16. I agree. I look at EVERYTHING put into them. But
      boy was it still hard! These were all so creative! I wonder
      how many people discovered their hidden talents doing these?
       
    17. The photography is amazing in this challenge! :D I can see that a lot of thoughts and love were put into these photos! For sure, if we print a calendar using all these, I'd be happy to buy one and hang it in the house for every visitor to see! ^^

      Some of the doppels are amazingly detailed, too. But I can see that some are finished in a hurry... ^^ But they're all very good in portraying the Jungian shadow...!! Great work, everyone. ^^ I'm still trying to think of the ones I'm going to vote for!!
       
    18. These are amazing!

      Would it be possible to post the concept information we submitted about each of these? I'd be interested in reading the artists' thinking behind each doppelganger, as it isn't always immediately evident, unless you know the doll (or so I'm guessing, anyway!)
       
    19. Wow, such awesome entries! So many creative ideas I would never have thought of! It was definitely hard choosing who to vote for.
       
    20. so beautyful! ;w;
       
    21. Absolutely agree! =)

      And sakuraharu, I agree with you that it would help a lot to see the concept info. I have no idea how much sense mine makes to an outside eye and I'm sure that goes for others too. --But there's a lot of information conveyed in the pix, definitely. =)
       
    22. Wow these are amazing and a really tough one to decide on which to vote for! They are so different! I didn't enter this contest but seeing all the doppelgangers kinda makes me want to make one too!
       
    23. Voted! Man that was hard though XD

      All really interesting concepts there!
       
    24. Ok, this is the most amazing contest of all! Not only all the intense work everybody did, but the photos are amazing! This is a set of pix to look at again and again and again! Congrats to everyone who entered, you all did magnificently!
       
    25. Umm -- I just tried to vote, but when I click on vote here, it tells me I've exceeded the number of times the form can be submitted! Please help!
       
    26. I think the voting form is still in error. ^^ It has been like that for hours and I'm also waiting for the Mods to fix it... ^^ More time to take good looks into all these amazing entries!
       
    27. Thanks, armeleia! It worked fine this time!
       
    28. The voting has me stumped. It is a pity there aren't more categories. I kindof wish we could read a brief description of some entries meanings because I feel like I am not getting the whole picture.

      One thing is for certain though - this forum is filled with incredibly talented people. 0_0
       
    29. I would also love to be able to read the descriptions of the reasons behind the entries so I can better understand the choices each artist made for thier dopples :)
       
    30. All of them are fantastic! I'm so glad I didn't enter, I'd never have made it all the way through, so congratulations to those who did. Well done!

      For my own part, I feel that reading the backgrounds first might take away something from the impact the pictures make on their own, and how well the artists managed to convey their ideas without words.

      I do look forward to reading them later, though!
       
    31. Hee-- it's really intriguing that in just about all the ones where the doppel is made of something edible, the doll is eating it. =)
       
    32. Maybe we need a surprise 4th challenge-- the Freudian analysis of this one. :lol:
       
    33. So many good works or ART! So hard to pic a fave.
       
    34. Wow - the skill, creativity and imagination displayed in these entries are amazing! I think of all the contests, the entries in this one make it my favorite contest, by far. There's not a single one I can dismiss out of hand. Voting is going to be extremely tough!
       
    35. Voted!

      Tough choice this time. Lots of creative entries! :)

      Some materials I didn't even think of using.
       
    36. I noticed that too hehe :)

      Sent my vote in can't wait to see the results
       
    37. This is definitely going to be the hardest vote I've ever had to make. What fabulous things we have here! Gorgeous, cute, creative, spooky, elegant... can we give them all first place? Wow.
       
    38. Congrats to all the members who made it until the end of the 3rd challenge, it was really impressive. *____*
       
    39. Wow, some of these looked just like a doll! It was hard to tell a few of them apart. Very creative outlooks on how some materials represent the personalities of a doll. It's going to be very hard to vote on this one!
       
    40. Those were all AMAZING entries!!!! So imaginative and skillful! So hard to vote!!!! *_*
       
    41. WOW! So many gorgeous entries! I had a mega hard time choosing only three!
       
    42. Like everyone's mentioned, so hard to choose. You all did amazing jobs.
       
    43. Wow. The talent and creativity in these entries is truly stunning...Very, very hard to decide.
       
    44. Very hard and i can't wait to see the results~ Good job everyone :D
       
    45. so very hard to pick one ack!!!! so much talent went into these. i am so amazed at the variety of concepts used. congrats all!
       
    46. Congratulations to everyone who participated, many of the entries are the most interesting, beautiful and suggestive pictures of dolls I've seen in quite a while.
       
    47. Beautifull creations. There are so many originally photo's!
       
    48. So many awesome entries. Some were really creative, cute and funny. Others really dark and menacing looking. I love how different they all look!
       
    49. There are so many interesting entries. It really is hard to pick :o