The Saga of a Dollmaker Continues

[kriadydragon]

Okay so I really have to question my search skills. Ever since I started making dolls I couldn't find squat in tutorials about making even stuffed animals, only to one day stumble onto a tutorial even though I wasn't actively looking for one

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[sholio]

That's so weird! All my experience in other art fields is that artists and crafters LOVE to show people their tricks and techniques. Youtube and Tumblr are absolutely full of walk-through tutorials for watercolor or drawing animals or how to do a cable knit or that kind of thing. And you're right that just showing people how to do it isn't going to suddenly turn them into competition. How selfish and strange.

I'm glad you're still having fun with it, though. (Well, for certain values of fun, I imagine. XD) Good luck with the next one!

[kriadydragon]

There was one person who did post a written tutorial on DA, and someone kind of criticized her about it by saying that offering tutorials would result in people flooding the market with poseable dolls. To which someone else responded that no it wouldn't because it still requires actual artistic skills to make them, skills that not everyone is going to have.

It's not even as if people have to show how they make their dolls from start to finish. Just a few tips would be nice.

I'm glad you're still having fun with it, though. (Well, for certain values of fun, I imagine. XD) Good luck with the next one!

Thank you :D I think once I get a better handle on the sewing then it should be even more enjoyable.

[timespirt]

I don't know why they won't give sewing tips either. I suppose maybe there are books? Vids on youtube?

[kriadydragon]

I've tried every combination of words trying to find something on it. I even tried just looking up how to make stuffed animals, but couldn't find anything that could help me out.

But, as I said, I think my search skills may not be all that great. I always tend to stumble onto these things when I'm not looking for them (which would be fine if I stumbled onto them sooner rather than later. But I always stumble onto them later :/)

[timespirt]

Better late than never hon... :D

[kriadydragon]

Very true ;)