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Spring 2011 and the status of Logan

Journal Entry: Sun May 8, 2011, 11:56 AM
Hey Everyone,

  Its been a while since Ive posted but after being completely booked up and slightly overwhelmed with casting work and doll commissions for the past two months I'm finally starting to catch up so i figured it was time for an update.

     I'm sorry but also happy to say that Logan is sold out, all 25 are sold and taken, I'm currently finishing up on the last 3 of them. The Logan expression plates are still available until June 1st, For those of you who do not have Logan I want you to know the Logan expressions will work with ALL of my 2.0 doll bodies, after June 1st I will not be taking orders for any more Logan faces.
     I really like Logan and I'm sorry to see him go, he was one of the most popular dolls Ive ever released, but after making 25 Logan dolls, 10 tan Logan dolls, One gothic white Logan doll and 44 Logan expression plates its time to move onto something new! :-)



  My new girl sculpt is just about completely finished (i know i keep saying that), Ive made more alterations and fixes on her than i can count, I keep delaying her because i want her as nice as i can get her before i invest the time and money to make the final master molds (molding big dolls is expensive) And as my first girl sculpt id like to get her right. :-)

   My newest male character sculpt is almost finished, He is Logan's (yet unnamed) older brother,....hmmmm i smell another naming contest!

    To sculpt him I used Logan's skull as a base, he and Logan share the same jawline and very similar lips but aside from those features hes something completely new. Ive always wanted to sculpt a slightly older man (early to mid 40s) and an even more masculine male character (not that Logan wasn't 10x more masculine than most bjd men, haha) I'm having allot of fun sculpting his little face wrinkles and laugh lines, having just turned 39 I have allot of reference every morning when i look in the mirror, haha



  Slowly but surely the studio is still coming along, when i have all my current doll commissions completed now that the weathers nice I should be able to get allot more work on it finished , right now all of the exterior doors and windows are in and I'm just starting on the siding. I'm still hoping to have it complete and functional by the end of summer/ early fall... I would love it if i could have my first casting/doll workshops in 2012!,...sigh..

Until my next newsletter (with actual new doll pictures)
  take care all

Donn

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:iconoddno1ishere:
wow, congrads on everything. You're lucky to be so busy!
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:iconbishonenhouse:
=BishonenHouse May 8, 2011  Professional
Thanks, I am lucky :-) but I'm hoping for a small break after I get all my commissions finished. my doll work plus working on the studio building is really hard
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:iconladyiolanthe:
Oh my goodness... casting/doll workshops? What form do you think they will take? I live so far away that obviously I can't come once a week or something like that. But... omg I would love to do a workshop with you someday so I can make Despair. That is one body type that I think will be particularly challenging to make as a ball-jointed doll. I think to get the chubbiness and make her look fairly realistic, I'd have to sacrifice a certain amount of poseability.

Your studio looks really, really nice from the outside!
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:iconbishonenhouse:
=BishonenHouse May 8, 2011  Professional
I'm not quite sure yet, I'll probably do a once a week thing for people who live around the general area but I plan on having long weekend classes maybe Thursday-Sunday or if I can find enough interest a week long advanced class where I go over everything from refining sculpts, to jointing to making prototype/waste molds and also making final master molds and using different types of silicone and pressure/vacuum chambers and working with different types of resins and casting.
A despair doll would be wicked, the best way might to do a rotational cast to make hollow parts so she would be light, but there are also light resins as well.

The studio is actually a bit further along now but I'm waiting till i get just a little bit further along before I post an updated pic :-)
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:iconladyiolanthe:
Well, keep me posted. A workshop with you would be a wicked vacation! :D
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:iconbishonenhouse:
=BishonenHouse May 13, 2011  Professional
Very cool :-D I'll def keep you posted, soon as I know a tentative date you'll be one the first to know :-)
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:iconluma66:
I was heartbroken when I heard there would be no more Logan dolls, but you may have found a way to placate me :D . I love the more manish bjds. Don't get me wrong there are some beautiful boys out there but I have always been a fan of a rough looking man, and this new guy sounds perfect.
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=BishonenHouse May 8, 2011  Professional
That's very cool, well hes very rouged looking...Soon as I have him ready I'll be posting a pic on here,.. I'll probably have a naming contest as well :-)
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:iconkakashimorph:
The house looks neat, and indeed your Logans are much more masculine than most BJDs (which is a refreshing change, I'd rather have a man doll that looks like a man and not make me feel like a creepy pedo :XD:). Take some time for yourself, we'll be here!
Also I really need to save up and get one of your BJDs one day lol. :XD:
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