I Made Porcelain BJD Dolls with Deep Skin Tone: Hard, but not Impossible!
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Hi, my name is Sofie and I'm a doll maker! In this video, I show the process of making the BJD dolls with a deep skin tone, which required me to tint the porcelain. It did not go so smooth, but I believe the result was worth it! I also show how I made wigs, clothes and shoes for these dolls. I hope you enjoy this video and I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
I made the prototype for my dolls and the molds in this video: • How I created porcelai...
What do you think about Josephine and Joseph, and what do you think I should create next?
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Thank you for your support! ❤
They are gorgeous!
@@afroborilafemme Thank you! ❤
Joseph is incredibly beautiful, I love the androgenous nature of these dolls. One thing I do not see enough doll artists do is represent vitiligo in their dolls--I know the artist behind Inamorata has made a few, but I'd love to see how you would approach such a project!
I would love to see a Tudor inspired doll like Anne Boleyn or a doll of Daenerys or Cersei from Game of Thrones. Your work is so magically beautiful!!!
@@littlekreeper8918 Thank you! I'd love to make a doll with vitiligo, but I don't see how can I make it happen from a technical point of view. I don't want to just paint it because it won't look that amazing on porcelain in my opinion, so I'm still thinking what is the best approach.
I really love this. As a black/brown person it is soooo hard to find dolls and bjds in my skin tone. I love seeing creators try to change that. Can’t wait to see what else you create
People who complain about the price of such dolls need to watch this video. So much time and energy spent into these. Incredible work!
Completely agree bc imo I don't think the dolls cost as much as she puts into them.
I genuinely thought they would be more expensive them they actually are...
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Oh, I love that you want to venture into more diverse, ethnic doll skin tones and would love to see you experiment with textured wigs, I feel you will rock this, your dolls are deliciously, gorgeous.
Thank you very much for the support! ❤
How is that a deep skintone? very colorist of you. You seem to assume humans are the color white. Your white dolls are not accurate to human complexion. What you call deep skin is not deep. Unless one is albino, all humans are melanated and brown.
Hey, I must say as ceramic person... if u use too much pigment, it slows curing inside of your form. (I never use more than 5% in the total weight of your slip )
Pigments also throw off gravity and Thixotropy. 1.75-1.8 is ideal slurry viscosity. If you want really good results, use hydrometer for that :)
And long mixing with small propeller helps too! Sometimes, dusting your form with dried slurry works well. If the casting is still really bad try to "age" your mold with soda solution (used as deflocculant in casting slips) but u need put only really small pinch of soda into water mixture to "age them" but it's not the best for longevity of your plaster mold.
Or try different pigment sellers, Mason stains, or local ones. It's so much work, but cheers! It is going to work!!!🎉
Thank you very much for tips, that's very useful for me!
Stop mansplaining her own job to her. She knows what she's doing bud, she literally does this for a living. Based off of how you look, she's probably been doing this since you were in diapers...
omg a ceramic person 🥺🥺 how was it when you had just come to life? was it hard to adapt to the moving world? as a tin woman, the first week was living hell 😭 understanding rain was so difficult to me! I had never seen liquids that would harm me instead of lubricate and fuel me... I hope you're doing well, dollie 💞💞
@@ember9361 oh my god😭
Oh, that's very useful to know. This means having a wide variety of pigments available is critical for variety of skin tones so there doesn't need to be as much used or mixed to get the desired range, especially truly dark skin tones, which I'd love to see. Thanks!
You know someone is a professional when they can say "as precise as I want" instead of "as precise as I can."
These dolls turned out absolutely amazing! I can't wait to see you explore more skintones, ethnicities, and hair textures. Personally I really love the look of the flocked wig, I think it sets him apart from almost every other BJD I've seen.
To be honest, I had my doubts. But the tone came out so amazing! I hope you have plans to go even darker in the future, as I know that they will look just as beautiful.
Is there a reason why you’d rather color the slip than paint the doll? My guess is that it would be very expensive to paint the doll in this way, as well as the possibility of it chipping or getting damaged.
Thank you for sharing. Your work is inspiring.
I'm glad you like the result! Yes, I am experimenting with darker porcelain.
I prefer to tint the slip because this way the color turns out the most even, and it does not obscure the texture of the porcelain as paint sometimes does. And yes, the paint can chip. The paints I use are very durable, but if a doll is slighly damaged, that would be very visible.
Thank you for your kind words! ❤️
With a head to toe painted doll the paint would chip at the joints when the joints are moved
Sofie, you are a star for sharing your trials and tribulations with making porcelain dolls from scratch.
I am very early on in my journey to making my own dolls however many artists have told me it is a dying art, this is sad, yet I see that porcelain dolls just have that ultra unique charm to them. They look so delicate and beautiful, plus, the work that goes into them simply cannot be matched with any other material.
Sure, resin dolls also take so much time to make but I notice that porcelain is totally different, you have the firing, the casting, the painting, the trimming of seams, the chances of things going wrong, the parts potentially breaking in the mold or the kiln... this is why they cost so much.
Then you get the painting, the fine details such as eye painting, look at Dianna Effner's work, a renowned doll artist whose work is now loved worldwide thanks to her family sharing her dolls after her passing.
I have a baby painted by Dianna and the eye painting is simply incredible, my admiration has only increased since getting this doll and I see just how much work goes into these dolls.
Your beautiful Magnolia doll, the delicate details in her outfit, the hand painted features, the stunning hair you made for her... you, Sofie, are a master artist and have a truly beautiful skill.
I am grateful for your videos, they will help me to learn more about this art and I truly hope I can paint one of my own dolls one day, even if it's just one I make, I will appreciate the work that goes into them even more ❤❤
Thank you very much for your kind words, your support means a lot to me ❤
how beautiful!! the details are absolutely darling, im enchanted with your meticulousness. you even sculpt and paint their nails! i personally think the tinted yellow slip you show could make a pleasant asian skin tone :] and a suggestion, since you obviously pay so much loving attention to the finer touches: people with darker skin usually have paler palms and soles (even people with lighter olive tones skin), so maybe you can experiment w lighter color washes if you want to achieve that look? either way, awesome work ❤
Thank you very much for your kind words! ❤
I tried to paint the palms and soles a lighter color, but it looked unnatural because of the texture of the paint. If I find a technic that works and looks good, I am definitely going to make it happen next time I'm making a doll with a deep skintone.
@@sofiedollsHi Sophie, have you tried layering a thin layer of lighter/different colored clay onto the hands/feet? For many people there is a line between palmar/sole skin and the "melaninated" skin that is really most noticeable between the thumb and index finger and the back heel of the foot. Thinking about my hands, I would do a light ochre color for the overlay on the darker skin, carve the lines, and then dryly brush a rosy color on the pads of the upper hands and fingers to give a sense of lividity? But then again my hands are always cold, LOL.
Thank you for being so generous with your time, knowledge, and art. It was amazing to watch your process as you experiment with making a doll with a deeper skin tone.
Thank you for your kind words! 😊
They're so beautiful, I love them and wish I had the means to buy them ❤️
Just one thing I'd add it's to tint the palms of the hands and soles of their feet lighter, as in darker complexion people these areas are light
Thank you!
I tried painting the palms and soles a lighter color in the past, but it didn't look very natural because of the texture of the paint. If I find a better technique to do it, I'll definitely paint the palms and soles next time.
@@sofiedolls the word you're looking for is technique! Not technic :D
@@Twiddle_things Thanks for correcting me 😂
Hi Sophie, I've been a long-time lurker/admirer of your work! So glad to see to your new work and the challenge you set before yourself to create dolls in your style using different racial/ethnic traits as your guide. I was very surprised by the level of detail that changes between the the doll sets in this series, yet still readily bear the mark of a singular artist.
I recall you mentioning it in the video, but using human hair that is rated 3 or 4 coil would probably give you the right curl pattern for dolls of African descent. Even if you smooth the hair into a straighter style, it should retain a little body to give it a sense of having been pressed. For the boy doll, another fun thing to do is to try a wave look -- I would try 4C human hair, create a similar part as the girl doll, trim hair to length, and then wet and tie down. The coils should hopefully lay down in a wave pattern. For a full blown afro? Perhaps curling hair on cocktail straws, and then fluffing it out and cutting to shape (if you ever do a radical 60s series, that is)? However, I would perhaps use a finer wool fiber for that, as I don't think most human hair sold could get the look down to scale.
Hair coil scale: www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/hair/hair-care/curl-types
Image of young man with waves: www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.57 (earlier styles the hair was brushed back and hair was kept longer, like the photo; modern styling the hair is brushed forward and kept shorter)
Thank you very much for your kind words! ❤️
I tried to use human hair for my dolls in the past, but it looks way too bulky for me.
For the wave look, I think it looks great, thank you for the advice! I'll definitely look more into that. Next time I am going to try some other curling technics and this haistyle is something I will attempt to do as well!
This is absolutely breathtaking. The amount of work that goes into them! I mean, body freckles? Incredible.
Your sculpting and craftsmanship are amazing! So much I didn't know about porcelain and how to create with it. Well done!!!
Thank you! 😊
I've never seen a wig part made like this but it looks better than what I have been doing, I should try it out when I make my next wig :)
I've never watched a doll making video before! I'm blown away by your attention to detail!
Your desire to have diverse dolls is so wonderful and appreciated💖😊🙌🏿✨ Your work is so delicate and beautiful. You truly imbue your dolls with life. They look magnificent💖💖💖
At first I was surprised that you had such a hard time with the darker slip, since I have seen much darker toned dolls on your webiste before. But now it makes sense, there's pre-colored slip! It didn't even know that existed :'D
I'm glad you persevered, they look wonderful! Especially the bright yellow looks so good on them.
The problem, indeed, seems to be the ceramic pigment: It draws moisture as well, but since you cannot mix it 100% evenly, some parts have more pigment particles and dry out the slip in that area too much. Something you could try is soaking the pigment in water for a good while time before incorporating it - that's my best guess.
Thank you for appreciation! ❤️
And thank you for your suggestion, but I don't think this was the problem. I let the tinted lip sit for a few days and even weeks, at there was no improvement. I think there is something with the chemical properties of the material.
@@sofiedolls Ah too bad. I hope you will be able to figure something out :)
Josephine and Joseph are exquisite! I think that shade of yellow suits their skin tone beautifully. Next time I would love to see you try a darker skin tone, maybe with white outfits to make them really stand out. 🖤✨
I’m always so impressed with your skills when you post videos. Even just making the initial design without undercuts and then creating the molds is a whole process that takes so much time to learn and perfect.
Excellent job on these beautiful dolls. ❤️
oh wow, your sculpting is absolutely lovely! theyre so delicate, im really amazed by the care you clearly put into each little detail. i really quite like the flocked hair, its unique and not something ive seen done with bjd's before, only customized fashion dolls! i look forward to seeing more of your work :)
Thank you, I'm glad you like the dolls and enjoyed the video! 😊
The skin tone came out beautiful!! Keep up the great work!! ❤
So far as curling the hair...a drinking straw might be too fat. Alternatives? Swizzle sticks (cocktail stirrers), size one knitting needles would make excellent curling irons; heat them in boiling water instead of a flame.
Chopsticks and skewers are both tools I've used for curling doll hair :)
I really wanted to make a doll with movable joins, but I had issues about how to DO it. Your videos are a big help, and they are very beautifully made. I really love your style and the facial expressions you give to your dolls! It is very inspiring!❤❤❤
I just started to watch your videos, but I’m mesmerized! I really wish that you continue experimenting with style and diversity on the future, but not let go of your artistic background. It’s clear that you are very experienced, and I’m so happy to watch a master at their craft. But even masters evolve, and I will stick around for this progress!
While I’m not able to get a doll so beautiful myself yet, I can offer my support to the channel!
Thank you very much for your kind words! ❤
Seeing how much work goes into one doll is mindboggling, you attention to detail is truly impressive
Thank you! I do have plans to make a plus-size body, but it would take me a while.
They look incredible, love this shade of yellow so much, such a cheerful color 😍😍
i noticed how you mentioned early on in the video that your goal is to make a diverse collection; diversity does not end at just skin tones. i personally (and i'm sure many others) would love to see more variety in body types for your dolls. there is an extreme lack of fat dolls in the bjd and fashion doll community.
That... because different body types require for maker to develop whole new system of joint, mainly in shape department, and all of that need to be balanced anew. So waaaaay harder task.
Thank you for suggestion. I do have a plan to make a fuller body for my dolls. However, making a new body is much more difficult than making a new face, and it takes much more time. From sculpting to a finished doll, it would take me a few months. I'm not sure when I'm able to make in happen, but it's on my list of plans.
Waste of extra material
You're exactly right! I'd love to see a doll with a prosthetic as well!
@@user-si7ig6ul7l bro these are dolls - toys. You could call it all a waste of material just because they aren't dishes. Ultimately, these dolls are artwork, and thus the material they use shouldn't play a factor in their worth.
They’re absolutely lovely. Another great job well done.
I like the flock buzz cut wig 😊
These dolls are SOOOOO pretty! I didn't know that porcelain could have a deeper tone :D ignore all of the negative comments trying to drag you down for not living up to their expectations or stereotypes. I absolutely envy your precision and dedixation. Rock on!!!!
I cannot get over how beautifully made your porcelain people are, nor all the skills you need to make their bodies, paint them, dress and shoe them as well as create their wigs. The details you make, in my eyes, turn them into something so personal that l can't see them as 'just' dolls.
Seeing photos of your face and watching your hands in the videos, l can see how you have arrived at the features of your people. My hands and fingers are far less delicate!
I hope one day you will want to explore the body shapes of more mature women and men, which have their own beauty of a life lived and aged by time and experience. I would love to see them, though l think l would be too scared to ever own one in case l broke it! A wonderful video.❤
Thank you very much for your kind words! ❤
Gorgeous dolls. 😍 it as cool to them being made and all the details on them. So beautiful ❤.
Your dolls are so beautiful! ❤️
Thank you! ❤️
Wonderful dolls! It's such a pleasure watching you work!
This looks amazing, I love your art style and it’s so cool to see you branch out too!
Thank you! 😊
i am amazed by the hard work that goes into each piece...
Absolutely gorgeous work!
They look great, and you did an amazing job!
These are beautiful! You are
great at this.❤❤
They are beautiful. Such a lovely work.
🌹🌹👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
These are incredible. Beautiful result.
Thank you! ❤
Absolutely beautiful
Lovely work!
So interesting! And gorgeous dolls. Well done!
This is my first time coming across your video. Do you make all your creations from nothing?
Hi! Yes, I make everything from scratch.
Magnificent!
Wow.I love it^^. I make Korean traditional cloth^^ Hanbok^^
I LOVE THE DRESS awwwww also the shirt :,))
Do you plan on making an older couple for collection?
Maybe, that seems like a good idea. Thank you for suggestion!
I don't know if you would want to do this but i think kt would be so cool if you paint baby hairs on the hair line and just on the back of the head where it joins into the neck for a little more realisim-
They are stunning!!!
Thank you, I'm glad you like them! 😊
Exquisite work like him better with the short wig ❤❤
Beautiful as always 😍. You’re so talented 👏❤️
They remind me of beyoncé and Michael Jackson jsjs, the're both beautiful❤❤
Your work is truly amazing. Thanks for sharing your process, another wonderful video!
Thank you very much!
beautiful work
Thank you 😊
Beautiful dolls even if they are light skinned not dark.
Dude's gatekeeping skintones 😭
If you’re going for diversity, you might want to study face shapes. There’s a rule in art that the lips should not meet the tip or go past the tip of the nose. This is true for white faces always, but not always true for African and some East Asian face anatomy. Just another way to explore the beauty of our anatomical differences. ❤️
Thank you for the tip, I'll explore it next time 😊
They are Beautiful 😊😊
Great job ❤❤❤
as a new viewer (and new subscriber, yay!) i really enjoyed this video and LOVE that you are working so hard on diversity because that means so much to the people who arent often represented! also i have a question, have you ever thought about trying to make different body types for dolls? (short, plump, muscular, bigger bust, etc) obviously creating a whole new body from scratch would take a very long time (let alone more than one for different types so it would have to be when you actually have the time) but i think it could be a cool idea and i feel like it would also attract more people to your great videos as well as buying the dolls themselves!💜💜💜
Thank you very much! I have plans to create different body types, but, as you said, it would take me a very long time, so unfortunately it won't happen soon.
@@sofiedolls no problem! all i commented was the truth, you are amazing! and thank you for replying, i figured it would take a long time but im happy that you have those plans for the future! im excited to see you grow and get the popularity you deserve for all your hard work!
About beads for buttons, did you considered making dorset buttons? They are English and got out of use in about 1850, so.. somewhat meet the clothing style
The dorset buttons look amazing, but I'm not sure if I can make them small enough to fit the scale. Anyway, thank you for advice!
@@sofiedolls when I did them myself I made a few millimeters in diameter metal rings with a wire and a soldering iron, so I see that this can be hard, anyway - happy to help!
I love the dolls!
I can hear a slight background hum in the narration. This could be ground loop noise, which you could reduce by electrically isolating your recording components from the electrical ground circuit, using a two prong to three prong plug adaptor or with a ground loop isolating device.
If it's not that, you could also reduce it in audio editing a software with an equalizer or band pass filter to cut out just that one low frequency.
It was only a Iittle distracting for me, but I have dealt with that issue in my own recordings so I thought I should mention it just in case you weren't aware. Keep making amazing dolls!
Thank you for the tip!
Just out of curiousity, I checked on the price of these, and tbh I expected them to cost more with all the work you have to do on every cast =O I know some resin BJDs that cost almost half of this and they "just" require sanding after casting and not aditional sculpting, and I'm not even talking about the several steps to curing not only the porcelain, but also the paint =O so much work, but wow, the end result is really stunning and beautiful!
Edit because I should've watched to the end before commenting. The 2000 is for a full set doll?? With handsewn dress from handdyed silk and handmade shoes, with all joints sueded?! People complaining about the price are insane, I'd argue this is not enough for all the work D=
Hi! I believe the price is quite low for the time and work I put into my dolls. I don't think anyone says the price is too high, but finding buyers is just difficult sometimes :)
Thank you for your kind words!
@@sofiedolls Yes, that's what I meant, it is really low for all the work!
I don't know if people complain about it, I just saw some comments saying that people do, and if they do, they're really crazy. Your work is stunning!
Хосподи..глаз не оторвать, они прекрасны🥺 Скажите пожалуйста, какой краской вы блашинг тела делаете? Попыталась повторить на своей куколке акварелью и акриловыми, но так растушевать не получается совсем, одни разводы да пятна...
They’re perfect 🤩 it’s my skin tone ♪( ´θ｀)ノ❤
I would be nice to see different facial features like a flat nose which is common in african and some other indigenous groups.
What's the shrinkage like?
What a titanic beautiful work
They came out so lovely! I hope you find a way to create more varied skintones in the future as I would love a deep, dark skinned pair of dolls - think such dark skin, it looks almost deep blue in certain lights. I wonder how this would impact the porcelain slip, but I'd still love to see you experiment!
I would also love more diversity in bodies too, not even necessarily in weight or whatever - I get what you are going for with these dolls, though a curvier or bulkier form for the dolls would also be interesting. I meant more in terms of limb differences or disabilities. Tiny prosthesis or the like would certainly be a fascinating challenge I imagine ^^
Still, great work, I honestly just want to see more from you!
Thank you for your kind words! I will be making new bodies in the future, hopefully someday I'll cover all the things people are interested in :)
I don't like the flocked wig . Your dolls
are amazing!❤😊
why not cast with alginate or silicon and then using dentist cement that is far more resistant
Because the cast needs to be able to absorb moisture. Otherwise, the thicker outer layer won't form and the pieces won't be hollow.
With cement, silicon or alginate, the slip would only dry from the pouring hole, making it impossible to even dump excess slip out :)
It would also take forever to dry.
You should use super glue instead of hot glue to put on the hair
the girl turned out to be very beautiful, but if you hadn’t said that the second doll was a guy, I would have thought that you made two girls
your mic as a noise problem, you have a low frequency sound playing everytime your recording plays, we can hear all the cuts you made during processing the audio. I encourage you to check the balance you use to record or transfert your audio. removing this background noice will improuve the quatily of your video =)
They make slip in every color, including various colors of flesh, from light to ebony. This is way more work than needed.
Do you want to take a course on how to make bjd dolls?
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Great idea to darken the skin tone, but the features need to be changed to match the color choices
Why lol
Can't someone be dark and have eurocentric features? I'm a light skinned Finn and have a latina face. Isn't the point of diversity to portray ALL kinds of people, especially outside of stereotypes?
They look like they bite
0:56 Mustache
that is a dish spung
Very easy work but,mouth is very hard
Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in the 80s is all I see.
Cure the porcelain before you paint it
Yes, she fires it completely one time before she puts any paint on.
Female doll reminds me of Beyoncé a little bit
Looks more medium than deep skin tone, but you tried! :)
Jumm ok but the face features need more.variations as well. For example if you intended to make black people's dolls , them the nose are usually wider. The male's jawline amd forehead were too feminine... if these particular dolls are supposed to be indian or sri lankan the. I guess its fine but the male's head still need more masculine features.
It's a bit contradictory to say the features need variation, but then say the male face is too feminine, don't you think? Feminine black men exist.
@@xobunnyfangsxo its not contradictory at all...she may be just using the same mold for every single face feature. which is predominantly feminine. the nose, the lips , the ears, the forehead, they need variations, regardless if feminine or masculine .
Blue eyes...? But precise and beautiful crafting.
They don’t look blue to me. More like a greenish/greyish/hazelish colour..
The eyes are hazel in real life. Thank you! 😊
All you did was give Caucasian-featured dolls a tan skin tone...that's not diversity.
Then what is? Tell me, what is diversity? You sound pretty damn narrow minded lol
If she would speak her own Russian it would sound more natural
Honestly i find that her pronunciation is fine imo.
One day I will buy two dolls from you 🥹 they are absolutely beautiful
i noticed how you mentioned early on in the video that your goal is to make a diverse collection; diversity does not end at just skin tones. i personally (and i'm sure many others) would love to see more variety in body types for your dolls. there is an extreme lack of fat dolls in the bjd and fashion doll community.