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Elaitea β€” Remake

Published: 2015-01-21 22:17:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1290; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 2
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A remake of the very first doll I made, which you can see here: Then and Now . The design is a bit simple, but I'm afraid 14 year old me wasn't all that creative, especially not this early in my dolling career XD At least this version is better than the original
Dolling on Xandorra's base was such a nostalgic experience. Gosh, I miss that site so much...
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Comments: 17

Aranov [2015-01-24 15:46:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh man Xandorra! That was one of the first dolling sites I ever visited. What a blast from the past! And she's lovely. Amazing what good a decade of practice will do... I love her expression. She definitely knows something you don't know, and it's probably embarrassing for someone.

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Elaitea In reply to Aranov [2015-01-28 23:05:47 +0000 UTC]

It was one of my first dolling sites too! In fact, it was her site that got me into dolling ^^ And her forum was the first forum I ever joined. I wish these sites had never disappeared :/
Thank you! It seems all those years of dolling have proven to be useful XD Well, she's a princess, so I'm pretty sure she knows every little rumour about the people at her court

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Aranov In reply to Elaitea [2015-01-31 01:28:52 +0000 UTC]

I know. There are so many sites that I've lost track of over the years, if they even still exist.
Haha! I bet she does

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DulcetFancy [2015-01-22 23:19:40 +0000 UTC]

I think it's great that you did a remake! I know I keep saying this, but I swear, every time you doll I keep thinking that you used the tool-shaded method. It's impressive how smooth your pixel shading is!

I used to doll on Xandorras bases back when I started dolling too, they were the perfect size, neither too big or too small. I miss that site too.

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Elaitea In reply to DulcetFancy [2015-01-28 22:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! You know, when I started dolling, one of my goals was to get my pixelshading to look like it was tooled. I forgot about that goal quite some time ago, but I'm glad that I seem to finally have achieved it

Xandorra was the site that got me into dolling and a lot of my first dolls where made on her bases. They were so easy to work with and small enough not to be too intimidating for a newbie doller ^^ I wish that the site wasn't gone. So many people started dolling thanks to her site. With her gone (along with DHF), there is no more site with lots of resources that newbies can use :/

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DulcetFancy In reply to Elaitea [2015-01-29 00:23:30 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! Looks like all your efforts was worth it!

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's such a pity that so many of those classic old sites, are gone now.
I spent so much time at Xandorra's and Suzy's sites in the early days...such good memories! XD

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Artzygrrl [2015-01-22 21:12:49 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFUL!

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Elaitea In reply to Artzygrrl [2015-01-22 22:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Artzygrrl In reply to Elaitea [2015-01-23 03:14:19 +0000 UTC]

You know you're welcome!

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megarond [2015-01-22 02:37:51 +0000 UTC]

the colours so calibrated and harmonic! You should do a tut about this in your dolls

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Elaitea In reply to megarond [2015-01-22 23:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! It's not exactly a tutorial, but I've written a blog post about my use of colours before. I would write a real tutorial about it if I had any idea how to actually make a tutorial about such a subject XD

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megarond In reply to Elaitea [2015-01-29 01:46:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuu these are great tips!
Don't let the idea sink forever, though. Your technique is precious
and I'm sure it would help many as much as helped me,Β your way
to teach just adds originalityΒ Β 

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Consonanta [2015-01-22 01:08:34 +0000 UTC]

The fabric is stunning, and your improvement is truly inspiring. I love the palette in this iteration of the doll, which perfectly combines depth with vibrance.Β 

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Elaitea In reply to Consonanta [2015-01-26 20:29:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! (for the fav as well ^^) I'm glad that you like the palette: it took me a few tries to get it looking right (I actually started out with warmer highlights, but found out that they made the palette look wonky).

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Consonanta In reply to Elaitea [2015-01-26 20:50:32 +0000 UTC]

It is rare to see red shaded cooly, and you did an excellent job! The colours almost seem metallic.
You are very welcome!

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pinstripe-pixels [2015-01-21 22:21:30 +0000 UTC]

I love the face/base edit!

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Elaitea In reply to pinstripe-pixels [2015-01-21 22:52:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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