My Alvin Ailey Barbie arrived today. As you can see in the first picture, she was allowed to keep her leotard top, but Absinthe claimed her full, fluffy skirt. Absinthe always makes me think of flowers and lace, which is odd, given that she's much more of an anise and wormwood girl.

The second picture shows how different two instances of the same ( Read more... )

I just got one because she is hot. She appears to have the Mbili Barbie sculpt, my favoritest ever. [Velvette has it.] She also has a long, layered, white dress that will probably be stolen by someone else. Plus she's articulated everywhere but the ankles...even her wrists! All I'll have to do is saw off those stupid, impractical pointed toes and ( Read more... )

Side stories done and in progress

• Janet, Velvette and Viktor
• Absinthe [and Margie]

Side stories planned

• Susie
• Little Anneka
• Little Will

Another trade with corsetkitten yields a bad-ass doll [photo by Mick Balte] done by Character Options with no designated character...although I suspect she will become Alicia, Janet and Velvette's mom, an ex-feminist porn star turned evangelical Christian and writer of devotional poetry.

After college, Alicia and friends moved out West to start ( Read more... )

So Doctor over on MWD picked me up some $5.00 Uneeda fashion dolls from an Indianan clearance store. He had previously posted pictures of the outfits from said finds. Amazingly enough, all pieces fit CGs, except for shoes and underwear. Attracted by the neon colors, I sought the Uneeda outfits for those characters of mine without fashion sense. ( Read more... )

She reminds me of Velvette. I think they share the same VitC sculpt.

EDIT: As Andrea says, Velvette [Mbili Barbie] and Kwanzaa Barbie share the same headsculpt, which is named after its first appearance, Mbili. As far as I know, only 3 Barbies have been produced with the Mbili sculpt: Mbili, Princess of South Africa and Kwanzaa. Too bad, as she is ( Read more... )

Two years ago, I picked up an idea online for how to make a cheap light box. A light box is a device to diffuse light around objects that one is taking pictures of, thus mitigating the effect of crappy amateurish lighting rigs [read: desk bulbs]. Following the guide posted on Strobist, I chopped up a cardboard box and tissue paper to create the ( Read more... )

Velvette Crush is a mortal.

She is Will’s “fag hag,” in his words. She was born in 1982. She is now 26.

Velvette lives in Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts with her half-sister Janet. She is a fashion designer and fetishwear model. However, she would rather be writing depressing songs and accompanying them on her guitar.

Velvette’s ( Read more... )

This weekend I did an episode where Will and Velvette were at the Downtown Crossing station. I just dropped them and their shopping bags against various photos I took of the station interior. Lo and behold -- how quickly did these simple pictures render, without multiple props and 3-D sets to inflate their developing times!! I'm going to have to ( Read more... )

So I put my favorite LHF characters into toon form and arranged them all together for a group shot. Their poses and facial expressions, as well as who they are watching, give you clues as to their characters....


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