From Zagzagael:

Vita Ersatz - Dollerie Uncut

Announces the first quarterly day-long livejournal doll posting event!

Sunday, July 6, 2008!

Throughout the day, post your doll pictures uncut!
Please keep the individual posts to seven images only and do not piggyback your posts -
the effect being that our friends lists will be populated with a wild and wonderful variety of uncut doll imagery!

In order to further spread and share the Dollerie, we are suggesting
that images remain unlocked and that you link back to the person who
posted their pictures before you, as not everyone has the same friend
list. Anyone can post at any time.  kittymaru and I will
start the show Sunday morning.

I guess Captain Rig needs to get painted so I can showcase that darling gentleman pirate….

(This post is spoiler-free until you reach the cut)

Mandy and I saw WALL-E this morning… really awesome movie, I thought. Pixar really has come a long way since Toy Story, both in terms of their animation and in the complexity of their characters. I really enjoyed the movie.

The details in the environments were just amazing. The textures were amazing, as were the sheer number of objects rendered in every scene. It’s a big jump from Toy Story. Toy Story had neat stuff and good details, but the sets were fairly simple. WALL-E has scenes with just thousands of tiny details - specifically, WALL-E’s little home, full of his collected items. Carefully rendered spoons, toys, clothing items, spare parts, lenses, hundreds of Christmas lights… just lots of things. All lit and textured with a film of dirt and dust. It was spectacular just in regard to the photorealism of the environments.

Visually, the only thing that bothered me was that the humans in the videos were live action, but the human characters were stylized CG. It was a little weird. In general, I didn’t like the live action bits because they didn’t mesh with the rest of the movie.

I actually really, really enjoyed the first 15 minutes of the movie, during which there was no dialogue. It was extremely well done and very impressive. I was very impressed with the amount of character development that was possible for WALL-E and EVE, despite that they were largely non-verbal. (I think the only things they said in the whole movie were character names, “Plant,” “Directive,” “Earth” and “No.”)

And OMG, WALL-E [the robot] was SO freaking cute. I loved that it was this little old-fashioned, romantic robot who is universally liked and accepted wherever he goes. His personality was great - a self-sufficient, creative, playful little dude. I loved how he didn’t just let himself go into disrepair, he instead cannibalized defunct robots to maintain himself. I really enjoyed him in contrast with EVE… personality-wise, but also just visually. WALL-E looks a lot like Johnny 5, whereas EVE looks more like an iPod. It’s like low-budget 80’s meets modern technology. Really neat.

LOVED EVE.

Also saw the trailer for what may be the WORST Disney movie ever to be made - Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Aside from being what looks like a horrible movie about CG chihuahuas, I couldn’t help but watch this and think of this [the part around 1:30].

(Spoilers begin.)

I don’t think the cut is working on LJ…. so PLEASE skip the rest if you want to avoid spoilers…

(more…)

Hello my darlings,

I am ordering from Enchanted Doll, does anyone want to order with me? Small orders usually take about a month, so it generally goes faster than going in a big group order. Only looking for 2-3 people so we can split shipping (and so I get to oogle the eyes when they come in). Please PM me or drop me an email (armeleia at gmail) if you want to join. I’d need your order and payment by Sunday night.

I think we’re full up for people - I wrote back to everyone who’d asked, though.  Thanks!  (I don’t want too many people because then the wait time goes back up.)

Meantime, if anyone is interested in a pair of orangey-brown Droprops, I am looking to sell.  I want Twist to have EDs like his baby brother.  :)  So I am looking to sell his current eyes:

I’m not sure what the name of the color is, but they’re 18mm warm, orangey brown.  (Perhaps slightly less orangey in person than in the picture).  I’m asking $45.  Please PM or email (armeleia at gmail) if you’re interested in them.

Note to self: Stop being so damn emo.

As per Michelle’s example, I am posting my desktop.  Post yours!

I realistically know that I could never give up art, but at the moment I just wish I could.

“Wow.  That’s the first time you’ve let me lick an art supply!”

I’m getting there.  :)  I think I’m ready now to burr out her ear sockets…. start sculpting her fawn ears.

(Luscious bod by Twigling.)

I really, really want an Onyx head from the new Soom MD. Is anyone thinking of ordering a creamy white Onyx who may not want the open-eyed head in a split? (I know I already missed a split on her.) If you know of any splits going on for this girl, could you let me know? I am really smitten with that face.

Ignore that. I do like her, I do want that head, but it is not a head that I have a character for… and I need to not spend money. It’s easy to want to spend money for a quick “Yay!” feeling when you’re stressed… not the best way to deal though, not at all!

So instead, I bring you more pics of the Cupcake! (She does actually have a name - it’s Lady Luck, or Lucky for short). This is her Alice World outfit that I picked up at Dolpa. None of these pics really show the full extent of the fluffiness.

It’s been a rough week, for everyone I think.

For some reason, this video really speaks to me tonight.  Lots of joy to be had out there, and people are still pretty much the coolest ticket out there.

Yeah, I’ve decided I’ll be keeping the Leeke as the Cupcake.

Because mostly she’s the cutest freaking thing.

The Leeke body is really weird - at least this older version.  It has the biggest, widest butt.  Really weird.  It’s very poseable, as in it has a good range of motion… but she doesn’t actually hold those poses as well.  I think with sueding though she’d be great.  So cute.  So ended up with 3 nice outfits within a week of arrival… I’ll post those another time.  Her AliceWorld outfit is made of pure fluff and squee.