Her head felt a bit bare in the previous set, hence the bunny hat.
Tag: ubees
After several attempts to have MiMi repainted that missed the mark, this time was the charm, as Armeleia did a spectacular job with her.
These were intended to be “get to know you again” shots, so that I could learn the ins and outs of her new faceup, but they were hardly necessary — she’s so effortlessly wonderful and her fresh, updated look suits her character perfectly.
It’s hard to deny who she takes after…!
I went overboard, as always, but who cares. This is a self-indulgent photo set post anyway, so I’ll do what I want. *^^*
Test drive.
I recently had MiMi repainted, and I’m still trying to decide if the new faceup is going to work out. It’s an incredibly well-done one, with fantastic linework; I love the eyebrows, the painted eyelashes, and her applied white eyelashes.
What I can’t quite get used to is how heavily she’s blushed, and I quickly found out that in person, painted “skin texture” is not for me. She seems overdone compared to the simpler, clean and stylized look of my other dolls, and I keep mistaking the “skin texture” for dust or mold and trying to brush it off.
I want to be fair to her, though, and give myself time to think about what I want to do – if I can get used to the new look or if I should start searching for a different faceup artist and try again. The best way to do that was to start photographing her and see how I felt. I’m really in love with her, but I think that’s a product of it being MiMi (the Tsugumi sculpt, her eyes/wig combo, her personality) more than anything.
So I haven’t figured out just what to do yet…
Little MiMi doodles.
I’m always surprised that her poses tend to end up so “genki”… I don’t know where that comes from. (Dom? It sure ain’t the other two…) I figured her personality would be quieter and more reserved, but she uses that pointing hand pretty darn well.