Base: Hush

I'm not going to say exactly how long it took me to complete this particular auction win, but I think a couple of eras occurred during the production process. This is an auction win for Shirley - it's Ian from the Bay City Rollers, circa an era of tightly rolled pants, which I cannot mock, because I was a master of pinch rolling in the 80s.

Base: Quinqui

This was sort of an apologetic bonus gift for the glacial speed in which the above auction win was performed. I have no idea what possessed me to take on a Thai folk dancer, other than the bold colours and the insane amount of detail. I love detail, for it often distracts from serious shading deficiencies. :p

By the way, her left leg is bent underneath the skirt. She does not have a hunchleg, nor is she an amputee. I just want to make that clear. :)

Base: If Looks Could Kill

Sawcat paid an unreasonable amount of money for me in an auction win and I might have got it in my head that she was paying by the hour, because the following two dolls took a long time to do. (Of course, most of that time was spent not doing these two dolls. It was out of my hands!) Anyway, she deserves my thanks for giving me two luscious subjects to research. This is Sean Bean in uniform as Richard Sharpe in Sharpe's Rifles.

Base: Random Doodles

Part the second of sawcat's auction win. (I just had to do both!). This is Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower. Man, I just love historical uniforms with lots of shiny objects.

Part and parcel of this dolling addiction is my need to auction myself off every once in awhile. This is my latest attempt: Monk from, well, Monk. I've never seen the show, but I think I can identify somewhat with the main character's attributes. :D Yet another curly-haired doll, yet another night of temper and tears (when will I ever learn?!) And I do believe, out of the numerous suit jackets I've done, this is the first one I bothered to button up.

Base: Wayuki's Place

Created for an auction won by Artsy Alicatt, this guy represents Dirk Pitt/Matthew McConaughey of Sahara fame. I'm happy with the doll, although I'm kind of banking on him resembling the character in the novel rather than McConaughey himself, because he's not too terribly McConaugheysey.

Base: Sephora

I wish I had more time to auction myself off, as I often enjoy the challenge. In my last auction, I was solicited to create a sort of "Ren Faire" doll, with some great photos as a guide. I chose my favourite dress and then added a male counterpart, just for fun.

Base: Fairy Dollz (site closed)

This little dude was one half of an auction win for MBladez, who has a relatable nostalgic bent for 80s rock/metal. Not based on anyone in particular, but rather a tribute to all long-locked, leather pants-wearing, shirtless axe masters from AC/DC to ZZ Top.

Base: PoppedArtDolls

2nd half of MBladez' auction win. She wanted GNR/Velvet Revolver guitar god Slash. And I . . . did my best. This doll made me realize I have to correct the arms on my Rock Star base, but I'm not exactly sure how.

Base: Random Doodles

An avatar created for midnite, inspired by Oyye Vey's hair tutorial and a pixel pattern from Xandorra. So very happy with the top!

Base: Forgotten Kingdom

The following two dolls were made for Innerflame. My parameters were female, fighter, serious and blue. I had just seen House of Flying Daggers the day before, and I'm pretty sure its influence worked its way into the outfit.

Base: Forgotten Kingdom

I didn't want Innerflame to feel cheated by receiving a smaller doll, so I made a western counterpart to the above Asian-ish fighter.

Base: Joyful Girl (site closed)

Midge's auction win: a noblewoman in medieval clothes. Lesson learned: drawing tiny celtic knots is impossible. Drawing tiny brocade patterns is next to impossible.

Base: Lilacblizzard Dollz

After winning some terrific ace dolls from FeyMeggan, I got the chance to return the favour. This is Meggan, the Excaliburian elemental.

Base: Joyful Girl (site closed)

Another doll for FeyMeggan - a character of hers in full-on pirate gear. Out of all the outfits I've drawn, this one is probably my favourite.

Base: Dolleria

An EE auction win. The request was for an Empress tarot card X medieval wear X Celtic influences X a self portrait of the auction winner. Challenging! At the time, I really struggled with it, but I think it was well worth it in the end. Once again, I chickened out when it came to a background, so I used one of my own photographs so I wouldn't feel completely guilty about "cheating".

Base: Random Doodles

I think this was my first ever auction doll. It's certainly the largest doll I've ever attempted. While I'm proud of the shading, I'd really like to get into a time machine and do a better job of the somewhat strange hair.