BJD 30-Day challenge: Day 24

I realized I accidentally answered the question no. 23 twice, but since both answers are true - I'm going to keep both of them!

Q: What about your favourite part of the hobby?

A: I think photostories. We all do photography, but the challenge of a story is to have a meaningful 'script' and to make the dolls look 'alive' - which to.me is the ultimate goal of the hobby anyway, hence the jointedness :) At the same time, demands placed on the quality of every single picture are a little lower in photostories, which is liberating...
Here is my first (and so far only) complete and published photostory:

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjuF6rEE

(It's a Flickr set, just click every picture in order and see text underneath)
I also bought a couple of stop-motion apps and plan on taking photostories to the next level of actual moves starring my dolls. Oh, if only I had time.... :))))

BJD 30-day Challenge: Day 22

Q: What’s your favourite doll scale prop?

A: I really like chairs. Yes, simple (or not) chairs. They are versatile and can be used as a stand (back) or as a seat, and they look natural with just about any doll. Plus, it's rather easy to find a chair in correct scale. Some examples of a chair coming handy:











A chair is often invisible, but invaluable helper!

BJD 30-day Challenge: Day 3 (4)

The task of day three is to post a picture of all my dolls together. Which should take some preparation, so I'm switching days 3 and 4 and will do day 4 today.

Q: What/who was the first BJD you ever owned? Do you still own them?

A: it was DollZone Luna (little PKF-sized vampire girl with tiny bat wings that attached with magnets). I downplayed vampire look as much as I could.. Her name was Shade.



After I decided to find her a new home - right around the same time a year ago - I never replaced her character, even though originally I intended to. Instead, I put existing character (presented by PKF Zoe) into her role as Laurie's partner. She was the first doll I really tried to customize, too (new eyes, wigs, clothes - her look chanted many times within a couple of years I owned her). I decided to let her go because she just never got to look the way I wanted - the typical Dollzone mold with sharp anime nose and slightly bugged eyes only let me go so far.