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Witness my masterpiece: Dark Universe Dracula in Ken doll form!

Okay, I'm not sure if this counts as my "masterpiece" (I couldn't resist the reference), but I've definitely put a LOT of work into him! I've been working on him continuously since September, even as I was working on other projects. A rundown of what I did to this doll:

-Hairline change (base doll didn't have a widow's peak hairline)

-Complete reroot and hairstyle (fun fact, a short hairstyle like this is WAY more complex to root and style at 1/6 scale than long, flowing Barbie hair would be!)

-Complete body repaint (even though only his face, hands, and feet end up showing...)

-Face repaint

-Hand-dyed fabric for his vest, jacket collar, cravat, and cape

-Sewed his entire outfit from scratch. Even pieces based on existing sewing patterns went through extensive pattern alteration, so everything on him is entirely custom. He has a cravat, shirt, vest, pants, tailcoat, and cape. In keeping with his look on Monsters Unchained, he doesn't have shoes.

-Not really a separate step, but I need to emphasize how much hand-sewing went into his suit. There was SO MUCH fine detailing, especially with the shoulder pieces

-Made cape detachable

-Fabricated his medallion out of ribbon and a necklace charm

-Gave him custom claw-nails on his hands

I put a LOT of pressure on myself for this doll, since I spent an hour stuck in front of his animatronic. I'll admit, I keep kicking myself for not getting 1:1 accuracy, even though I know a lot of concessions I had to make were necessities of Barbie scale sizing, available base dolls, and materials I had available.

Of course, I had to take pictures of him with his equivalent tsum tsum from @idreamofthemeparks, and with my other Dark Universe custom dolls and their tsum tsum equivalents as well.

I am open for art doll commissions! Want a theme park character? Your own OC? DM me for details!

Keep in mind that every doll is a handmade unique art piece, with individual variations.

Other Dark Universe dolls I've made:

Victoria Frankenstein More Victoria

Ygor

Bride of Frankenstein

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Here he is! Ygor Dark Universe, in Ken doll form!

This guy was a challenge, but a super fun one! As one might expect, it took quite a bit of customization to transform Ken into Ygor. To very quickly summarize:

I swapped his body to make him appropriately short compared to Victoria Barbie. Then I had to partially resculpt his head, and hand-paint his face, arms, and hands. I made special doll hair out of yarn in order to make his hair look accurate. I modified his glasses and bag from Barbie accessories (once again, painting them by hand). His boots are partially made from modified Ken shoes. I also sewed his entire outfit (including custom-patterning multiple pieces), and hand-fabricated all the remaining props. The brain, heart, severed arm, werewolf leg, and stake were all sculpted from clay then painted, or painted-and-flocked in the case of the werewolf leg. The Ghost and Journey albums were modified from an online template for making doll-scale vinyl albums.

I also made Victoria Frankenstein Barbie, you can see my post about her HERE

The Dracula tsum tsum is from @idreamofthemeparks, while the bat is the shoulder plush I wore to Epic Universe (Ygor was scared of it because he has major PTSD over bats/vampires)

I am open to taking commissions if you want your own Ygor or Victoria!

DM for details. Keep in mind each piece is a custom hand-created artwork, and some variance is to be expected.

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Sneak peek of my next Dark Universe doll project...

Edit: he's here!:

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