Unconventional Beauty

KYOTO20, a photo by sakanohiroyuki on Flickr.

What a lovely way to incorporate knitwear into her traditional style!

Moved! A Small Cup of Tea

I have officially moved the blog to tumblr. ^^

It took me forever to decide on a layout, which is why the huge delay (and I went to Otakon, lol).

I'm still moving over all my links. I've realized how much cross-pollination has occurred between 'ball jointed doll links' and 'artists and photographers', so I'm trying to get everything sorted in a more easy-to-reference manner.

Here is the link!

A Small Cup of Tea

Also, Moving Blog to Tumblr

After much thought, I have decided to move this blog to tumblr. I will definitely be keeping this one here for archival purposes, but I have decided that I have a greater affinity for the polished look of tumblr and the ability to more easily manipulate the html in their templates.

I'm going to be fiddling with the new site (and it's also going to be given a new name!) so please stay tuned for more updates. ^^

Not Dead Pt. 2

I don't have anything good to report - just that my newly arrived K-r turned out to be defective, and I'm never going to buy Pentax equipment again. The switch for SR on my K10D broke off and I had to get it fixed, and on this newest incarnation, the K-r's mode dial was actually broken, rendering most of the advantages of quick, preset goodness completely unreachable. My K10D was metal, heavy, solid, weathersealed, but the K-r feels like a toy in my hands (and I have small, old lady hands! XD). I returned it to the AMAZING people at Amazon (who let me return it even though it was opened, and exactly 33 days after purchase when their policy only allows for 30). I'm now waiting for it to get to their hands/from their hands to the seller's hands (I purchased used to save money).

I had no idea how much it could hurt not having a camera. I am totally blowing this thing out of proportion, but I am really feeling down without it! Even the wonderful news of my MNF Shushu's shipment doesn't quite make it through the fog. Maybe when the girl gets here she'll cooperate with me while I'm giving her a faceup so that I don't want to throw her faceplates and cry like a toddler. >< I haven't even finished 1 cosplay for Otakon (out of my 4 - one for my friend, 3 for me). I have the feeling that I won't be motivated to do much of anything because I'm too distracted by my mental whining.

I'm a mature person.

I'm Not Dead...

... just very busy! Otakon is fast approaching, and I've been doing all sorts of things to make myself busier.

I'm sewing 3 cosplays, opening a photography commission shop, my faceup shop is picking up, and I work a full time job with another part time on the way!!!! I overloaded myself for sure - I don't think I'll be posting until after Otakon!

Switch's Romantic Emerald and Models

(Note: I apologize for the large gap between the pictures and text, there is a rather large bottom border on that last one.)

From-Switch (aka SNG) has just announced release of their new 'Romantic Emerald' outfit set. The set is designed and manufactured by Uyuchagongbang, and sold through Switch's website. This is the first of their 'Switch's Ensemble' series - and if this is a sample of the sets forthcoming, I'll have to keep my debit card away from me in a guarded location.

Blinded as I was by the sheer awesomeness of the outfit itself, I did take time to note that ... wait... those are Switch heads on those girl bodies! Honestly, that shouldn't have surprised me, because, well, their main products consist of their boy heads. However, I think I was interested to see company pictures of their 'boy' heads on girl bodies. I've seen the female hybrids on DoA, but never before has the company released photos of their heads on girl bodies. It was interesting that they also see and endorse the androgyny of their sculpts, though they market all of their dolls as male.

I was also surprised by my response to the photos. I personally like girl dolls more than boy dolls, and I found myself looking up Javi because he appealed to me much more as a girl than as a boy. Yet I'd never spared two seconds for him before. If they marketed future heads as girls, would I be more interested in buying them? I have no idea.

What do you think? Does the gender of the doll that the company is marketing effect the way you view them or want to buy them later on?

Regrets

I really, really, really, really miss my Volks Kurumi. Words can't describe how stupid I feel selling her. I guess pragmatically it's still for the better - proceeds from selling the Unoa Zero will go towards furniture, and somehow I feel better about getting a Shushu and some furniture from the Zero's blood money than with Kurumi's.... but still. I should've just bit the bullet and bought the Ariadoll body for her, whether the resin would be an exact match or not......

I've never experienced such huge sales regret before. >< I never realized it could sting this much to just part with an object.

My only consolation is that I shall be getting her in the future..... someday, I think. A DP20 version that may be less yellowed (but by that time, who knows T_T).