Reborn Custom Copies

Ok for those of you who don't know a custom copy is when you custom order a doll baised on a photograph of a doll reborned by a different artist.

Do I do custom copies? HELL NO

Why not? for two reasons

                1. I personally feel like it is plagiarism however I do not pass judgement on others who choose to do this

                2. Every artist has their own individual techniques/ styles and it is very hard for someone to reproduce another artists style.

Why am I writing about this topic? Because there are a number of collectors who order/buy custom copies. Some of these collectors are find the dolls they recive are NOTHING like the doll which they ordered and end up very disapointed (heartbroken).

So I guess the point of this entry to educate collectors if you are going to order a custom copy PLEASE look carefully closely and at length at the artists work whom you are considering to make this copy. You want the orginals artist and the one you have decided to go with to have a silimar style.

If you choose an artist with a different style think of it like asking Picasso to recreate a Michealangelo don't be suprised that you most likely will not get what you want, sometimes it will be horrible and sometimes you may be pleasantly surprised and like your new baby even more than the orginal.

Also don't forget quiet often you get what you pay for.

hugs Gayle

oh and PS if you do not get the baby you wanted and you end up going to yet another artist to haveyour baby re-reborned please make sure you are thankful and appreciative of the work this artist is putting in for you because it is ALOT of work to re do a reborn