Akine's BJD Designs and Photography, More Flickr Uploading!

I like this method of uploading better. :3 I can grab HTML code from Flickr and get big, luscious photos that I love while still not having to save them to my hard drive first!

Anyway, enough with my Flickr experimentation. :3 I want to feature Akine, a very talented BJD dress designer and photographer. This is my favorite of her photographs - the dolls are lovely and impeccably styled, and I really do adore fringe-banged wigs.

This is a look at her lovely workspace, and just take a gander if you will at her AMAZING sewing machine! I would give a limb for a beautiful piece of machinery such as that! On the right you can see one of her lovely dresses.

As you can see, her photography has a lovely, fresh air to it. Please go check out her Flickr Gallery!

Shining demon by Madam Page, Flickr Uploading!

Shining demon

Originally uploaded by Madam Page

So, I no longer have to steal photos from Flickr from photographers I like and then link them. Flickr has this new 'post to blog' thing in Share This Photo. I really like this idea, but.... I'm not such a fan of its execution. I can't post multiple photos from this wonderful photographer in one blog post (from what I can tell) and the entries that I post to the blog from Flickr will always have to be edited and touched up like this one. I will probably only use this feature for photographers and other artists from whom I can only obtain art via Flickr.

In any case, I love Madam Page's lovely soft photographs. They are mostly darker than this one, but all the same quality in composition and all with the same ingenious lighting. Her dolls seem very human, all staring out at you from their shadowy dream worlds or having a moment with themselves to which you were a fortunate witness. Please head over to her gallery and admire more of her gorgeous work!

Sabrinaheaven on Flickr (Or Candy House Designs)

Sabrinaheaven on Flickr designs lovely, colorful lolita outfits for girls. Her photographs match the bubbly tone of the clothing she makes, and it's truly "eye candy" to look at! You can see Sabrinaheaven's cheerful and well-designed outfits on her Flickr Photostream. The outfits are available on Y!J via auction. Let me know if you have one, I'd love to see other people's photographs of her work!

Estebebe's Faceups

I really love Estebebe's delicate and simplistic faceups. They lend an air of dreaminess to each doll and they are never too overdone or too heavy, always imparting fairy-like grace to their subjects. Fittingly, many of the faceups in their catalog include Bluefairy dolls; I believe that these dolls sport the look best, already having very light default faceups, and the beautiful work just complements the sculpts so well.

This is my personal favorite doll in their collection, a Tiny Fairy Kyle in White Skin.

Here's a White Skin Louis who looks just wonderful in his minimalistic dress.
Please head over to their website to find more examples of their work, both on Bluefairy dolls and other sculpts.

Not only is Estebebe extremely talented, but I believe that the studio really cares about their work. I found this at the bottom of the makeup order form:

We provide a 2 year free of charge after service makeup for makeup that has been damaged.

- Conditions for free of charge after service: Those who received makeup services from ESTEBEBE

(Includes those who ordered after August, 2009.)

- After service period: 2 years after delivery of finished head

- Conditions of free of charge after service:

Heads that have scratch marks, or heads that have had their makeup damaged over time.

They really seem to care about their customers and the dolls with which they are entrusted. If any of you have had experiences with Estebebe feel free to comment on your experience, and if you plan to use their services in the future, what do you have in mind?