#bjdrama

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I’m finally getting into the hobby after watching from the sidelines for a couple years. I’ve been an artist for years and am excited to start with a new medium, but I also have Tourette’s syndrome. I can’t control my movements very well and get violent twitches and jerks. The tics subside a bit when I’m focused on something, that’s how I’ve drawn for so long, but hearing people talk about the fragility of dolls and how easy it is to permanently ruin it makes me feel like I have no place in the community, or like I’m inherently a danger to my dolls. I’m excited to begin, but terrified I’m going to ruin everything.

~anon

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There are only like 2 artists i know who make cute food props for dolls, and one of them I refuse to buy from now after drama. Does anyone know where I can get good SD and MSD sized doll food? Most of those cabochons you order from Amazon are way too small for my kids to hold!

~Anon

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TIL that flower boxes (the type you get with 1800 flowers deliveries) make great replacement doll boxes! My largest 75cm boy fits in this box with room to spare and it even came with an insert to keep him in place! Well it was for keeping flowers in place but it works the same. If you ever need a replacement if a seller won't sent the doll's original box or if the original gets damaged, look up the size you need in flower boxes! Or you could always order some flowers for your self or a loved one from 1800 and keep the box

~Anon

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A bit of an awkward situation here...

Would you still purchase from the online shop of someone who has you blocked?

There’s a seamstress whose stuff I really like,but I realized that they have me blocked on Insta and I have no clue why-I’ve never had any negative (or any) interactions with this person before.

Feedback? =\

~Anon

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I'm glad C*lur is moving towards doing stuff for her, it's disgusting how vicious everyone was to her. Yes she made mistakes, people do that. Everyone seemed to forget she was a person and was really just one person doing this, artist dolls aren't the same as larger companies (I know ringdoll and fairyland aren't giant corps but they're still larger than one artist making dolls in their home)

I hope this also means people will stop calling every new artist doll a C*lur ripoffs just because it has hips

~Anon

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I recently came across a person with dolls I absolutely love to the point that I’m admittedly a bit jealous.

I’d very much like to keep up with them and eventually work up the nerve to tell them how much I adore their faceups/style (I’m hopelessly shy)

the issue is that they follow several artists of loli content.

As much as I love their dolls, I’d rather not interact with someone who is into that kind of thing.

I’m just not one of those people who can separate content from creator.

~Anon

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I really really want a p*dgin doll, and after looking at DOA’s callout/ban explanation, I don’t see what their problem with p*dgin is. there are only so many ways to engineer effective joints, and fairyland has no monopoly on complex joint designs. Kadira by Tonner has similar knees, Those elboy joints are, hate to say it, common. And the double-socket hips? even playline dolls like Rainbow High use that feature now. The same style of joints as Fairyland’s are found on many, many dolls. P*dgin was not unique with using them, and for all I know, Fairyland didn’t even initially come up with these joint designs. JDM also provided proof of his hand carving stage, proving he did not recast anything. He, and this is the most important thing, changed the design of most of his joints before the doll went into production. The doll is not a recast, he is not a bad person, and some people really need to chill and quit demonizing him.

~Anon

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I recently received some very nasty comments about one of my dolls,I put her away even though I like keeping her on display because I just can’t stand looking at her anymore.

I also feel discouraged to do anymore faceups because these comments have caused me to become incredibly embarrassed about my current skill level.

I really wish people weren’t so emboldened by the Internet

And I hope this isn’t the beginning of the end for me in this hobby.

~Anon