Doll of the Month - Petal the Springtime Doll (March)

It's the end of March, so here's my third Doll of the Month - Petal the Springtime Doll!

This was one of my favourite dolls to work on due to the fact that I could just go wild with the motifs and colours. Petal is a cross between a human girl and a bunny, hence the grey bunny ears (she may even had a bunny tail sticking out through her dress behind her). She's mostly blonde due to it being a sunny colour, but has pink highlights on the ends of her hair, and her hair is decorated with cherry blossom petals with a single complete flower added for good measure.

For the dress, I used a mixture of colours for each segment. With the patterns, I drew inspiration from flowers, due to them being a major aspect of spring. Examples include daffodils, cherry blossoms and tulips (as seen on her pink sleeve). I also added Easter motifs such as chicks on the blue strip of her dress and chocolate eggs on the pink strip of her pink. Additionally, her shoes have small flowers on the end of them and her tights are decorated with daffodils. Overall, I'm pretty proud of how the patterns on the outfit turned out - the only nitpick I'd made is that some of the smaller flowers are harder to see due to not using a pen to outline them, but I'm skipping pen-based work at the moment due to my dyspraxia causes it to go wonky at times (that's why I'm using photoshopping to sharpen the lines currently).

Like with my previous doll picture, I had Petal lying on what is supposed to be a patterned tablecloth, only with different coloured flowers instead of hearts. I did initially think of having it be green grass with flowers instead, but it would have merged with the tights, which would have just looked awkward.

You may be wondering why I chose to use Easter motifs for this doll when Easter takes place in April this year. It's because I already have a plan for the April doll that I cannot wait to show off...even if some people might find it a bit disturbing. ;D

Doll of the Month - Amy the Love Doll (February)

Whoops! I actually forgot to upload this Doll of the Month in February! That's what happens when it comes to the shortest month of the year - time flies while you're distracted by other things and by the time you get your act together, the month's already over. I'll confess that it was the colouring that was proving to be an issue here, as I was confident with how I drew it.

Anyway, here is the February doll at long last in March - Amy the Love Doll. She is a Valentine's Day and lovecore themed doll decked out in pink and red, laid out on what is supposed to be a white cloth with small red hearts on it.

I decided to add more details to this doll's dress than I did for my January doll. Nothing too elaborate, just a lot of hearts, plus some ribbons and frills. I gave her lips in the shape of a heart in order to further the Valentine's Day theme. Like with the last on, the only digital editing is the sharpening of the outlines. Overall, I think she turned out pretty well. The eyes may be a bit off-putting, but it matches the Burton-esque vibes that I'm going for with my doll artwork.

Hopefully, I'm able to get the colours for my March doll done much sooner than this one. The drawing is already complete, but there are only splashes of colour on it so far. Still, I'm confident with what I have so far and I'm pretty sure I'll like the finished result as much as this one and the doll before them! :D