#ball jointed doll tutorial

[n-bjd]

@meanae's Resin Dyeing Tutorial

Posting here since they don't have it on their tumblr but PLEASE go give them a look. This is who I commissioned to dye my Sorrow Petit Gem after seeing theirs turn out so amazingly well! I loathe the idea of painting or blushing the colors as it would be absolute suffering with joint friction.

[bunnyscribblesbjd]

bjd photograph de-yellowing tutorial (adobe photoshop)

I love old dolls but they do certainly look jaundiced sometimes so here is a super simple way to fix that in photographs with Photoshop! The difference is pretty subtle but I do feel like it makes my doll photos look a bit nicer :)

Step 1.

Have your image open in Photoshop. I like to do all of the other color correction/basic editing (white balance, exposure, etc.) done before the de-yellowing, but you can do it during whichever part of the editing process is most comfortable to you.

Step 2.

Go to the bottom of the ‘Layers’ tab and click the circular icon. This will pull up a list of adjustment layer styles. At the bottom there is one labeled ‘Selective Color.’ Click this one to create an adjustment layer.

Step 3.

Creating this adjustment layer will open a new tab labeled ‘Properties.’ Using the ‘Colors’ section, choose ‘Yellows’ from the dropdown menu.

Step 4.

Drag the ‘Yellow’ slider to the left to decrease the amount of yellow in the yellow areas of the image until the doll has been de-yellowed to your liking. It may be more or less than what I have used here. If you feel that the doll’s skin is looking a little dull or desaturated, you can increase the amount of magenta in the same  panel.

All done! 

This style of color adjustment will also affect all other yellow objects and areas within an image. If you would not like for these areas to be affected, you can use a layer mask to remove the effect from these areas.

If you have any questions or if anything was unclear, please let me know! hopefully this can be helpful to someone :)