"Flipping your fins you don't get too far, legs are required for jumping, dancing. Strolling along down the - What′s that word again? Street!"
I told you in my last post we'd have something to celebrate this year. In fact there are quite a few things to celebrate: Frozen turning 10, Disney turning 100 and - drumrooooll! Me, repainting for 10 years :O can you believe it? Time truly flies and it doesn't even feel that long. Sure I took a couple of breaks in between but yeah, in the late summer of 2013 I repainted my first doll ever. Maybe you remember that one, maybe you don't. But don't worry, we'll have another look at the first one soon :3
To celebrate I chose dolls from the past 10 years that I kinda consider my personal signature dolls. Either they have a significant backstory attached to them, they mark some kind of milestone or they simply have a personal meaning to me.
I'll either create an entirely new version of each of the chosen dolls, like with Ariel here, or I'll try to recreate the look of the past work which will be fun :3
There won't be one doll from each year, simply because I don't see the need to update dolls from the more recent years. But there will still be two newer ones that will get another version :)
For now I'll focus on that plan but depending on my state of health and how far I progress with the anniversary dolls, I'd also love to repaint one or two entirely new dolls like Asha from Disney's upcoming 'Wish' (looking SO forward to that one 😻). I might also consider doing a new tutorial later this year as well as a give away if we reach the next instagram milestone 😏
I hope you are as excited as I am about this anniversary year and let me know your guesses on these signature dolls or which past doll of mine you'd like to see a new version of :3 . repainted with high pigmented artist acrylic paints // hair partly rerooted & restyled // before doll: 2022 Shop Disney 12" Deluxe Set Ariel doll // clothes: Designer Ariel doll fin (waist fins added) + Simba Ariel doll seashell bra (repainted)
