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African American/Black/ Biracial Baby Photos

Does anyone have an african american/black/biracial child that wouldn't mind sharing baby photos with me for use in a tutorial? I am still only in the planing stages of the tutorial so I am not sure if it will be an ebook or a dvd at this stage. If you'd be happy to have your babies photos featured please email me
thanks
hugs Gayle

Colour Diary pt 2

Well I did not get the painting completed like I had hoped I got distracted decorating for halloween lol but I did get alittle more done

Okay this is my last colour diary entry for this baby at the moment I am happy with her base colouring and I want to root the hair before I decide where to go next with her colouring as I find hair can change the whole look of the babies shading and blushing  etc so I like to wait to see what it looks like before doing any finishing touches

This is what she looking like at the moment

Colour Diary

Ok so I have had afew people asking me lately to make some tutorials and it is something I fully intend on doing.. however I always start with the best intentions and then next thing I know I have stopped writing steps down and taking photos lol so I am going to try to do a colour diary just to keep me on track and get me used to taking photos at every step.
So the baby I will be using for this diary is
Sunshine by Marita Winters
she will be painted with real effects air dry paints and is at this stage going to be a light to medium skintone biracial or aa reborn baby(this may change along the way)

 I've done 2 more colours since this so will load thos pics tomorrow and hompefully actually get her painting finished

hugs Gayle

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

Arch Angel Raphael Reborn work in progress

Well little Arch angel Raphael has been a wip for about 12months I have been wanting to make him just perfect as he is a gift for my mum. So I finally figured I can get him exactly how I would like him so I started in on his hair last week and finally finished that this morning. He has a lovely double crown which looks to be a heart shape which I just adore!! It doesn't show up so well in his  wip pictures as his hair was all mussed up and I was alittle to lazy to comb it lol
 He still needs a little depth work on his skin tone, eyebrows, nails, alittle more blush and creases on hands and feet, i'm thinking I can do that tomorrow so fingers crossed he will be all done and have his finished photo shoot done before the end of the weekend :) I am so excited about this little arch angel

hugs Gayle

Custom/Rooting Service

I have decided to open up for rooting service. I will only take a small number to start with
Prices are as below you will need to provide the mohair or alpaca I will only use mohair from slumberland or Susan Nagel and Alpaca from Suri Hill
measurements are for head size not kit size
10-12 inch: $75.00
13-15 inch: $110.00 
16-18inch: $150.00

please note blonde and light brown hair will incure a $25 surcharge and will take me longer to root & these fees do not include return postage

please allow 2 to 3 weeks for the head to be rooted I am not the fastest rooter in the world but my skills are certainly worth the wait :)

if your intrested please contact me through my website or facebook

hugs gayle

Back & Open for Orders

Well after a fantabulous time overseas meeting other uber talented artists, traveling around and visting family I am back and recharged, inspired and ready to start taking on portrait (reborns made based on a photo of your baby/grandchild/ sefl etc) and private orders again .
Please note private orders are not the same as custom orders. As an artist, I need to feel creatively inspired to make a gorgeous baby doll. For a private order  mummies will choose the kit, and I will create the baby. You may request a certain race or speacial features and I will do my best to accommodate  but will not always beable to do so. If I feel I can not include what you have requested I will discuss it with you before starting work on your baby.
Custom Orders I will consider on a case by case basis for previous collectors at this stage.

On another exciting note 2 out of the 3 dolls I had entered in the Colliii awards have been nominated!! how exciting to be nominated amoungst all the other extremly talented artists.

hugs Gayle