Icchaeyo's Deviantart and Faceups

So...here I am, featuring yet another Shushu. What? Did you ask if she'd modified? Why yes, yes she is!! Just look at her beautiful slitted eyes!

And that faceup! So gorgeous! Whose doll could that be?
I answer, "Who else's? Icchaeyo's!"

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Yeah, sorry for the dumb little intro there. X3 To be honest, I'm always struck a little dumb by her masterful creations. She modified this Shushu by herself (as well as an open-eyed faceplate). Besides the Shushu, she has a gorgeous Unoa Lusis, a CP El and Woosoo, and she used to have a Domuya Fin.

^ Here's her gorgeous Woosoo!

She does her own faceup work and (as mentioned) modifications, and on top of all of it... just look at her gorgeous photography and illustration work!

I very much admire Icchaeyo. In fact, she is and always will be one of my favorite faceup artists/photographers. I am continually inspired by her and I absolutely adore her dolls. Her knack for muted colors, softer focus, sunlight-bleached environs and mysteriously beautiful figures always amazes me and I can't stop looking at it! Please go appreciate her gorgeous work at her Deviantart, Flickr and Blog.

EDIT: I used the word 'gorgeous' 3 times in this one little post. XD I really am losing it...

Spongebob, Lady Gaga and Captain Ardi

I just wanted to share with you the most awesome representation of Spongebob and Gary... ever. You can find more by CaptainArdi on her Deviantart.

She does really wonderful paintings of various people, like Lady Gaga here, and has her own webcomic as well! Please give her DA a visit, she's really wonderful! O__O

The Magic Hour

All of these photos are from the Magic Hour PV "Last Waltz", a highly creative and imaginative, well shot, amazingly prop-tastic set of photos for their BJD band, Amorly. The PV set of photos have the look, feel and tone of a popular band's music video, and there's plenty more where this came from!
The Singapore-based group 'The Magic Hour' is magic indeed, seeming to transform their lifeless dolls into gritty, shadowy characters whose personalities seem to glow from within the confines of their excellently vignetted frames. They have a blog-type livejournal which they update, and you can join the group and watch for new things from them. I wish they had a webshop where I could buy their jewelry and fashions, or have my doll's faceups commissioned. So far, they seem to concentrate mostly on their Singapore-centric fan base, and I haven't seen any plans to really expand their market as of yet.

I know that they're really popular on DoA for their beautiful photography and extremely well-stocked sets, so I think they'd definitely have a niche already if they decided to foray Westward with their creations. But I digress!

yuumei on Deviant Art and her Comic

This inspiring image was drawn by yuumei on Deviantart. I found it while browsing through popular pictures, and there's no doubt as to why it's so popular.

The picture itself contains the feelings of a young girl whose parents have divorced; however, underneath even the picture lie the chaotic feelings of real people who have experienced their parents' divorce, and that is what makes this picture such amazing art. I believe that this is what art is made to do - to let people feel what they didn't know they felt, and to let them discover new things about their self.

I have never understood the great pain which accompanies divorce. My parents are still married, but there have been many, many times throughout my life when I'd wished for them to separate. I could sympathize with those whose parents had divorced, but I could never truly understand because I wished for it so vehemently in my heart. I watched one of my best friend's parents divorce, and her pain was agonizing; I knew of another friend's parents divorce, and though I was too young to have seen it, I could see the result and its pain echo throughout her life.

However, this picture, along with the beautifully fluid webcomic that was inspired my a commenter's quote, has made me understand divorce and its effects a bit more fully. Reading everyone's comments and feelings about it, I gained an invaluable glimpse into what divorce is like for some people. I still think that separation is necessary in some cases, but, as yuumei said, I also wish that people wouldn't seem to take it so lightly in cases where they know that it will severely affect others' feelings. The most important message is to understand a commitment before you make one, and to carefully consider others' feelings in your decisions, especially if you're a parent!

I'm a psychology major, and in class I learned a lot about divorce and things that people can do to make divorce less painful for their children.

-Try not to drastically change the child's environment

-Do not argue in front of the children

-Do not use the children as messengers

-Do not badmouth the other spouse when divorcing

-If the child is older, let him/her participate in as many decisions as possible

-If it is safe enough to do so, regularly let the child/children see the other parent.

-Above all, be warm and responsive to the child/children at all times. No matter what the circumstance, warmth and responsiveness of parents may help children cope with chaotic upheaval and even other bad environmental conditions.

LanWu

I found the artist LanWu through Deviant Art, although you can follow the artist on his website here as well. I love his use of smeared, paint-like digital art, and the mood of his works ranges from moody and dark to cheerful and colorful! His works have many themes as well, like the abstract 'Jellyfish' (first pic), and story theme (third pic is Red Riding Hood, and there are Alice in Wonderland pictures as well as the Seven Deadly Sins). The imaginative backgrounds and amazing use of space make his pictures dynamic and full of motion.

Andreja

Andreja on Deviantart has enchanted me for quite some time. I love the vibrant and smooth colors of her photography, as well as her penchant for great focus and charming subjects. She does glossy, youthful faceups for her own dolls and offers commissions on Den of Angels (both of which you can see in her flickr gallery). The doll on the top is named Michelle, and the blond one on the bottom is named Nicolle.

She also sketches lovely graphic art like this, and more can be found on her Deviantart and Flickr as part of her new 365 sketches project. I can't wait to see the rest of the year!
She's extremely talented and I'm always excited when new works from her come up in my DA messages. She's the reason I had an Unoa Lusis at one time (although I eventually found out that Unoas other than Unoa Zero Latea just aren't for me :( ).
Check out her work and let me know what you think!