BJD Photography by Iza

My BJD photography and rambles! I'm very Pro-Artist, and Anti-recast. Want to chat? Add me on Discord as izabeths!

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My dear Aurora got recently repainted as I'd been unhappy with her last faceups pretty much since I did them because I had just made the switch to working with acrylics and didn't have a good paint retarder yet, nor did I know how to thin them well yet.

I am super happy with these faceups though. Shortly after these pics, I made her new eyes out of resin.

I love the depth resin eyes can have, they look so much nicer in her than the flat acrylics I made years ago. I've been having fun making eyes and definitely want to make more!

These were her old faceups, you can see how clunky and thick her eyelash and eyebrow hairs are. Just all around way too messy!

And her new faceups to compare! I've technically painted her 11 times, but since she's gotten more faces over the years that number is high. All in all, I have painted her in 5 times, twice when she only had one face, once when she had two, and twice more when she had 3.

Here are the other faceups she's had, her original theme was purple, but with her being a princess I decided she should have golden scales instead. I'm glad I went back to her having forehead scales, as they peek out behind her bangs really cutely.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Fairyland LTF Juri 2013 (two faceplates are modded) on a Fairyland LTF girl body in natural with Soom Feny/Necy paws in normal

Eyes: Shiny 14mm acrylic eyes by Ersa Flora, cat acrylic and resin eyes by me, also in 14mm

Outfit: Doll Heart

Wig: Monique Roxie in 6/7

Accessories: Small Goral Horns by Leekeworld, and Dragon Wings sculpted and cast by me

Aesthetics: by me over at @izasfaceups

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Second Grail Doll Arrival of 2026

Finally, after a long time, I was able to find a longtime discontinued limited grail doll secondhand for the first time ever, a Loongsoul Chloe! I've named her Ophelia.

I've admired Loongsoul Chloe since her release in 2016 but could never justify her , because I already had a hoofed girl in that size (Zephyra, my Resinsoul Ai), and I mostly collected dolls I could style after my OCs. Also she cost a pretty penny blank and unclothed, which I couldn't afford for a long time either.

I'd written her off as a doll I'd never be able to get, especially once she was discontinued in like 2019 and she didn't seem popular. I literally never saw her for sale until late 2025, and I followed the listing until I could save up enough to afford her and made an offer that the seller accepted. I still paid out the ass for ebay fees, import and customs taxes, and shipping, but she arrived safely.

So onto the images from the opening!

I made a video of the box opening in case I had to report damages to eBay as the box felt.... really flimsy. Turns out she was without her original company box, but her CoA, headplate, and matching dog tag were inside so I know she's legit. She also had the default faceup, which was in great condition after 10 years (and a pain to remove).

In general she's in great shape and age-appropriately evenly mellowed. She stood rock solid right out of the box, though I'm gonna be restringing her and wiring her soon to assist her posability.

I'm not gonna post the whole video as I think it's kinda boring, but have this excerpt to pay the cat tax:

It was so dang cute! But after getting her unwrapped I tested a few wigs on her and settled on this purple ForMyDoll wig I had in 8-9 (her head is massive, even for her body, but it has an old school nostalgic charm), and some golden glass eyes.

I did order her a dress and wig from Legenddoll, but since the outfit has a 4 month production window, it's not shipped yet, along with a wig I got her. So temp stuff it is!

I did find this cute outfit in my stash that I got secondhand, and it looks cute on her I think. Her antlers didn't come with additional magnets to place on her head, but luckily I have a million magnets in various sizes and taped them to her headback on top. Works well and holds solid, even with how huge her antlers are.

I repainted her not long after she arrived, as that's how I bond with my dolls. It's kinda funny, I wanted to make her soft and sweet, but she had other thoughts.

She turned out dreamy and romantic instead! One thing I discovered when I took off her default faceup was that she actually had sculpted teeth! They were completely covered over with her previous faceup. So of course I painted them in. I think it's cute that she's got tiny teeth!

I played some musical wigs and made her some new eyes to match her faceup. I'm still waiting on her wig to arrive. I ordered one from Aliexpress and it should be delivered tomorrow. The first wig I ordered her is still with Legenddoll as they wait for the dress to be made. The next two wigs I ordered her from Aliexpress and I was sent the wrong wigs, so I ordered from a different seller a wig once I got refunded, that's the wig that's arriving tomorrow.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Loongsoul Chloe on the B-58-01 body with Chloe hooves in white skin

Wig: 8-9in with bangs from ForMyDoll, and the other is an 8-9in from Etsy

Outfit: Unknown SD sized outfit gotten secondhand

Eyes: Brown/Gold glass eyes in 16mm from ACBJD, and self made resin eyes in 16mm

Aesthetics: Me over at @izasfaceups

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My dearest Zephyra, my first resin BJD from 2011. She is a Resinsoul Ai on a DFA 60cm V2 girl body with Soom Beryl hooves. Yes, she is modded (slightly along the knees) so she fits together.

I recently repainted her as my 700th faceup, what a milestone! I still painted her in the same theme as I always do, white and sky blue, since she's a wind element mage.

A trip down memory lane...

When Zephyra first arrived, she was a full Resinsoul Ai, but her single jointed body drove me bonkers, and I didn't like how dainty her hooves were. So in 2012 I got a new body as a gift from my then-gf-now-wife and I traded away her old body as I had no need for it. She existed as an elf for a while, until I nabbed some Soom Beryl hooves secondhand on DoA. Naturally, the knees didn't fit into the DFA knee sockets, but it was just a barely too tight fit, so I put her thighs knees down in boiling water and once the resin was pliable, I jammed the Soom hooves into the sockets to stretch them. Now she can stand still fine.

I almost sold her when we had money troubles in 2014/15, but my wife convinced me to keep her, so I did. She's changed outfit pieces, wigs, horns, and eyes over the years, but her head is still original to 2011.

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Among the Flowers

(part 3/3)

I recently spent the afternoon hanging out with a good friend of mine who is also part of our local BJD community. We both took pics of our respective dolls amongst the blooming flowers of the Schönbrunn Palace's royal garden.

For the final pictures, I took Bubbles into the grass and sat her amongst dandelions and my friend made a flower crown out of teeny daisies, which was a little small, but still adorable. I love when lawns are not just grass, but more natural mixes of native flowers, clover, and moss. It just feels nice to have little pockets of nature even within a major city.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Magic Mirror Fafnir on the flat busted body in raspberry

Wig: unknown synthetic secondhand wig in 6-7in

Eyes: unknown secondhand resin eyes in 12mm

Outfit: juuhachigo on IG

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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Among the Flowers

(part 2/3)

I recently spent the afternoon hanging out with a good friend of mine who is also part of our local BJD community. We both took pics of our respective dolls amongst the blooming flowers of the Schönbrunn Palace's royal garden.

After the lovely lilacs, we moved on to a different blooming bush (a bridal wreath spirea) that had gorgeous tiny white flowers all over. I only had to hold her for the first two images in this set, the rest she was standing (after putting up quite the fight) on her own in the grass. I didn't think to take a stand with me today, but it's okay, once I got her situated she held solid!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Magic Mirror Fafnir on the flat busted body in raspberry

Wig: unknown synthetic secondhand wig in 6-7in

Eyes: unknown secondhand resin eyes in 12mm

Outfit: juuhachigo on IG

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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Among the Flowers

(part 1/3)

I recently spent the afternoon hanging out with a good friend of mine who is also part of our local BJD community. We both took pics of our respective dolls amongst the blooming flowers of the Schönbrunn Palace's royal garden.

I took Bubbles with me and found a lilac bush that had the perfect color blooms to match her hair and outfit! The sent of lilacs is definitely one of my favorite floral smells. It was a little challenging to take the pictures as I held her in the bush with one stretched out arm and took the pics with my Canon EOS R and a 35mm Macro lens. My friend came to help by holding a reflector so she was lit from the front as the sun was behind her.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Magic Mirror Fafnir on the flat busted body in raspberry

Wig: unknown synthetic secondhand wig in 6-7in

Eyes: unknown secondhand resin eyes in 12mm

Outfit: juuhachigo on IG

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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My first doll of 2026!

I recently was able to get a hold of a head I’ve been trying to buy since 2022, a Lost Chronicles Naris. He only had one limited preorder in 2021, which I couldn’t join due to financial reasons, but I jumped on the opportunity to get an in stock head. Unfortunately the artist disappeared before any money could change hands, twice… but I finally got one this year and I’m stoked with him, he’s gorgeous!

I tested him on a few bodies at a good friend’s who also collects bjds. I had already started his Faceup, so the pics are wip stage.

I ended up buying her TD Doll 72cm V2 boy body for him. I originally painted him for a different wig, as I wanted him to have a pale green wig. I’m happy with how he’s turning out!

I probably will dye the wig greener at some point as my dear Adem is an earth elf, and needs green hair for that.

I absolutely love this hair style on him though! I’ll be blushing his neck and hands to match to his head as the color match is atrocious. But luckily it's not that noticeable in certain lighting.

Have some Faceup pics of him!

My biggest sadness though is that one of his ear tips broke off when one of my mom’s cats knocked him off my desk and the piece is gone. Luckily I have everything at home to mod, so I resculpted the ear tip with apoxie sculpt. I didn’t want to restart the Faceup, so I patched the paint job best I could on the ear. I’m happy it’s hardly noticeable even when looking for the repair!

He’s still missing proper shoes, but I have some in order, so soon!

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Celicon’s Outing

Last weekend I went out to a lovely little park with a few friends and we each took at least one doll along for photos. I took big Celicon with and I’m glad some of the pictures turned out as it was terribly cold and windy, absolutely miserable. But we had fun and hung out for hours more in a cafe afterwards.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Kana Doll Lucien No.8 with an elf ear mod on a Soom SG 2016 boy body from 2022 with Heliot unicorn hooves

Eyes: Ashuradark 14mm eyes in purple with normal iris

Wig: Jusunn in 8-9in

Outfit: Mix of a 1/3 Doll Heart set and rRabit

Accessories: mostly found objects!

Aesthetics: Faceup and mods done by me over at @izasfaceups

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Rune got to go out recently for a photoshoot when I met up with a friend. We found a great little park with gorgeous trees! It was a windy afternoon, so I got some great shots of her.

I also made her new eyes, I think the pink is a nice contrast to her very cool toned blue coloring. She was definitely worth the wait!

The what is what:

Sculpt: Magic Mirror Branwen fairy in quartz skin

Dress: custom by Myrretah

Wig: hasel-aesthethics mohair wig in 7-8in

Eyes and faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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From Arrival to Customized

My last doll arrival of 2025 was a Magic Mirror Fafnir in raspberry from Marta’s in stock sale from September/October 2025. I originally wanted the purple Fafnir, but she sold out from under my nose. So I got the raspberry one who is literally vibrant pink in person.

This is her from her day of arrival on December 24th, 2025. A true Christmas dollieh! I didn’t do a proper box opening, but she arrived with the artist’s Faceup and a free wig and eyes. I really love the sculpting on her body, it’s almost a crime to cover up!

First thing I did was swap her wig and eyes, as I had some spare ones that fit her. The dress is from a friend and fit her decently.

Naturally since I’m a Faceup artist, I bond the best with my dolls through painting them, so…

In the punishment jar she went for a swim. Luckily it wasn’t hard to remove her Faceup!

Here she is all clean! It’s a little sad that she doesn’t have her fangs, as Fafnir normally has sculpted fangs in her lip corners. But no matter, as the artist sold her to me at a small discount.

The next step after sealing was to do the blushing for her. I chose to use a bright red for her “blush” areas, and pinks, purples, and blues for contouring..

Then I did the eye-part detailing, meaning eyebrows, eyelashes and eyeliner. The eyebrows took on a life of their own. I also knew I wanted a fantasy Faceup for her, I just wasn’t sure what, so I came up with a few options.

I went with option 1 in the end! I also coated her ears in duo chrome shimmer pigments, which are impossible to truly appreciate in photos.

So naturally, I took a video of her finished Faceup! Just look at that shimmer and shine!

It’s always fun for me to compare faceups on the same sculpt, even better if on the same doll! So here’s her two Faceups compared.

And here she’s all together! I commissioned a dress for her from a friend, and it fits her great. The colors match her wig perfectly too.

I’m glad I got her, and her bright pink color has grown on me. The purple one is for sale secondhand, but I’m on a strict no-doll buying diet and I don’t need this sculpt twice.

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Es ist mein 13. Jahrestag auf Tumblr 🥳

Wow, it's been a hot minute

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Iza’s Big Yearly BJD Lineup :: 2025

It’s that time again of my yearly lineup to be posted! I spent roughly 6 hours (with breaks) setting up the different lineups and photographing them. In the end I had 14 individual lineups, which I then spent editing, manually merging, and labeling on the next day. I finished the work on December 31st, so it still counts as being in 2025!

I excluded 5 resin bjds and like 90% of the blind box ones due to repeats or too similar configurations. As always, sculpts are listed on the images along with what body they are on. If anyone wants a nude comparison, I’m willing to do so with up to 6 dolls, just let me know which ones! I don’t have the spoons for doing all of them nude, thank you for understanding.

Here’s a small behind the scenes peek, taken by me during one of my breaks.

I should have done this sooner in the year, but it was the holidays and I was by myself. I needed help moving the couch out of the way to get enough wall space for the lineup.

I still need to count how many dolls are actually in this lineup…

Thanks for looking!

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This must be such a great reference to look back on! Love to see it :)

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Always love these setups! As someone with a big collection i know how long it takes to set something like this up!

(From personal experience: i don't count them ^^" i don't want to know lmao)

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The funny thing is, I know exactly how many resin bjds I have (62), but I don’t keep track of my wife’s collection (somewhere between 18-20 resin bjds) or the blind box ones, as I generally don’t customize those. I included a few different ones anyway as I know many other people also love them!

I keep a fun “little” spreadsheet on Google of my collection, encompassing the most important info for myself. I also have a column that lists how much the dolls cost at new pricing, even if I got some mine cheaper, whether on sale or secondhand. I’ve been pondering expanding what info I include, but I don’t keep track of my spending outside of the resin. So I honestly don’t know how much I’ve spent on clothes, wigs, or shoes…

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Iza’s Big Yearly BJD Lineup :: 2025

It’s that time again of my yearly lineup to be posted! I spent roughly 6 hours (with breaks) setting up the different lineups and photographing them. In the end I had 14 individual lineups, which I then spent editing, manually merging, and labeling on the next day. I finished the work on December 31st, so it still counts as being in 2025!

I excluded 5 resin bjds and like 90% of the blind box ones due to repeats or too similar configurations. As always, sculpts are listed on the images along with what body they are on. If anyone wants a nude comparison, I’m willing to do so with up to 6 dolls, just let me know which ones! I don’t have the spoons for doing all of them nude, thank you for understanding.

Here’s a small behind the scenes peek, taken by me during one of my breaks.

I should have done this sooner in the year, but it was the holidays and I was by myself. I needed help moving the couch out of the way to get enough wall space for the lineup.

I still need to count how many dolls are actually in this lineup…

Thanks for looking!

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I finally got around to painting Hailey, my Impldoll Sini in dark tan! I’m not entirely sold on her applied eyelashes yet, so I may swap them for a different set. I do love how she turned out though!

Here’s her other side, which has a lot more hearts. She kinda makes me think of Valentine’s Day chocolates with the color scheme I chose for her Faceup. Believe me, it was an accident! I just wanted her cute and sparkly…

The what is what:

Sculpt: Impldoll Sini on the new 61cm plump body in dark tan

Eyes: unknown, secondhand resin eyes in 14mm

Wig: 7-8in unknown wig, secindhand

Outfit: ACBJD in 65cm girl sizing

Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups

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Welcome home, Hailey! (Impldoll Sini Box Opening)

My dark tan Impldoll Sini arrived on December 9th, 2025, after ordering her on October 9th, 2025, from ACBJD along with a bunch of extras.

First things first, the box! She was shipped person DHL Express and import fees were okay, still high, but not as high as of she'd been fully declared...

She arrived covered in a sheet of packaging foam, with all the extra things I ordered placed on top of her. I didn't open the coa, but it's in a lovely sleeve!

I wip continue under a read more break as ill be sharing the nude doll!

And onto the reveal of the doll!

She arrived without any damages, she's on the new 61cm plump body with the large bust. I only have 2 complaints:

Her ankles are slippery and turn inward. She can stand, but I will suede her ankle sockets.

She doesn't sit fully upright, she leans a little back. At least she's solid and doesn't fall over when sitting

She came with a lot of extra parts! 2 extra sets of hands and a pale of high heeled feet.

She has an easy change system in both her wrists and ankles, so swapping between the hand and feet options is a breeze.

Here she's dressed and sick alongside of Rune (Magic Mirror Branwen), who received a pair of boots with the order. Lucky too as she stands securely now with her ankles stabilized through the boots.

I'm excited to paint Hailey, I want her to be pretty and sparkly! Good thing I got plenty of shimmer paints and mica pigments I can play with. The perks of being a faceup artist, and a collector of art supplies, is that I got plenty of things to experiment with.

That's it for me today, thanks for looking!

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Congratulations!

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Thank you so much! I've been in a deep fog so I haven't been able to paint her yet...

She's so lovely, this Pic shows her coloring better (in natural light)

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Welcome home, Hailey! (Impldoll Sini Box Opening)

My dark tan Impldoll Sini arrived on December 9th, 2025, after ordering her on October 9th, 2025, from ACBJD along with a bunch of extras.

First things first, the box! She was shipped person DHL Express and import fees were okay, still high, but not as high as of she'd been fully declared...

She arrived covered in a sheet of packaging foam, with all the extra things I ordered placed on top of her. I didn't open the coa, but it's in a lovely sleeve!

I wip continue under a read more break as ill be sharing the nude doll!

And onto the reveal of the doll!

She arrived without any damages, she's on the new 61cm plump body with the large bust. I only have 2 complaints:

Her ankles are slippery and turn inward. She can stand, but I will suede her ankle sockets.

She doesn't sit fully upright, she leans a little back. At least she's solid and doesn't fall over when sitting

She came with a lot of extra parts! 2 extra sets of hands and a pale of high heeled feet.

She has an easy change system in both her wrists and ankles, so swapping between the hand and feet options is a breeze.

Here she's dressed and sick alongside of Rune (Magic Mirror Branwen), who received a pair of boots with the order. Lucky too as she stands securely now with her ankles stabilized through the boots.

I'm excited to paint Hailey, I want her to be pretty and sparkly! Good thing I got plenty of shimmer paints and mica pigments I can play with. The perks of being a faceup artist, and a collector of art supplies, is that I got plenty of things to experiment with.

That's it for me today, thanks for looking!

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Please give my newest doll Rune (Magic Mirror Branwen Elf in quartz) a warm welcome! She arrived last week after a long wait of 7,5 months. She’s a gorgeous and lanky doll, and I’m so glad I could order one, after the in stock one was sold out from under my nose in March at Epic Doll Fair.

I managed to finish both her Faceups on the weekend, so here’s a few quick pictures to show them off:

Let me share some full body pics along with her blank faceplates from her box opening:

Rune came with two faces, a human and elf version. I intend to primarily use the elf eared head. She unfortunately arrived with a broken finger, but Marta will be replacing the hand as soon as she’s able to get one made.

Fortunately, I was able to repair her hand in the meantime, and I’ll be concealing the break with some golden tattoo work, similar to he forehead design.

I’m actually really happy with how well I was able to repair the break, I did have to sand the overlap a little, but luckily her fingers are thick enough that taking off half a millimeter on each overhang did not change the optics.

She did get restrung and sueded by me (she came pretty much straight from the caster without being inspected by the artist), but I feel I need to restring her again, just a little tighter still. Her arms luckily are fine, but the body is loose. I may wire her too just for extra security. She will be getting shoes eventually, as I got some on order with another preordered doll from Impldoll.

The what is what:

Sculpt: Magic Mirror Branwen Fairy in quartz

Eyes: 14/5mm resin eyes by Ashuradark

Outfit: Handmade by Myrretah (modified to be smaller by me)

Wig: @hasels-aesthetics 7-8in made a little smaller by me

Aesthetics: me over at @izasfaceups in