Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Doll Makers + Gaia + TekTek = An Actual Post

So, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I guess I'm gonna talk about Gaia, first, simply because I wanted to fool you folks into thinking that Doll Makers was gonna be the first topic. Anyways, over thar to the right would be my current Avatar (or Avi, as many Gaians put it). I actually have no idea if this is all the items I have equipped because I have my suspicions about Gaia giving me the Antivirus Virus or Malware or whatever, but I'm not completely sure. So, to play it on the safe side, I'm using tektek.org to show everyone stuff. But, ya. That's-a-me... wuzzupfoo. I know, weird screen name, huh? Well, I like it. It is what it is because I was watching Courage the Cowardly Dog when I came up with the idea, and there was this guy that said "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU FOO!" (although he probably said "fool", I still heard it as "foo"). And then I remembered the ol' "WAZZAAAAAAP" thing, but I changed it to "wuzzup" because I thought it sounded better. Then, bing-batta-boom, I'm now known as wuzzupfoo to all Gaians (or at least the ones who don't know who I am in reality. Plus, I also like wuzzupfoo because it came with having some cute nicknames :D Foo-Bear, foo, wuzzy, and I think there was more but I don't remember. I do remember that someone kept calling me "wazzupfoo". I don't care know and didn't do anything about it then, but it used to really irk me. I dunno what happened to them, though...

Something I love about Gaia: the Twilight Saga Forum (a.k.a. TSF). I personally think it should be called Twilight SERIES Forum, because the series isn't a collection of epics about vikings. Anyways, the forum is pretty much RUN by the Antis, and is honestly the only reason it stays alive. Many of us Antis in the forum agree that if we didn't participate in it for three days, it wouldn't exist anymore. I mean, really, who else would keep it alive with a tektek thread for creating characters (the one on the left is the best I could come up with to imitate an actual tektek created by a fellow Anti who made it to look like the birth scene in Breaking Down), the "NO HATRZ ALOUD" threads, and other such nonsense? The fans? Nope~! Because many of them fail to create a discussion topic that is more in-depth than "edwrrd is shuc a fuking hottie". I could go into a rant about that, but really, that'd be a waste of a post when I've already posted bunches of different ones in the TSF already. If you're really curious to see these things in action, just Google "Twilgiht Saga Forum Gaia Online" and get ready for the lulz. You don't need an account to look at them, but if you wanna post you probably should get one if you don't have one already.

Kay, on to Doll Makers. I absolutely fucking LOVE these things. There's so many and some of them actually have enough items and hairstyles and eye colors and stuff for me to make different versions of my OCs. And there's so many fucking themes! I mainly use ones from Doll Divine and Bonnie Games, but there are a couple out there from different sites that are really fun, too. I'm gonna show one of each style (while picking my favorite OC that I worked on for it, if that's what I did :D). [I use the same five OCs [[Amelie, Delanie, Edith, Lacy, and Nellie]] every time for each maker, but I have one exception that'll come later. Possibly last.]

First off, Bonnie Games dolls. I mainly use ones on the Exclusive page because they have more styles within the doll. This one to the right is Alice in Wonderland themed, and I liked Delanie's version best. I dunno, I just think the concept of having a blind Alice (yeah, she's supposed to be blind, but sometimes there isn't an eye color that's a light enough shade to show it) would be fun. This is probably a good time to mention that you can click on the pictures to show the actual size, because it'd be pretty weird if the pictures were actually THIS SMALL.
Anyways, over here to the left is a Flamenco-themed one of Amelie. I like hers the best because of all the dots. And c'mon, it totally looks like something Amelie would wear (at least, to me it does). I think my only problem with this one is that I didn't know you could remove certain items until after I had taken the screen shot, because I don't think I'm particularly fond of the sudden vibrancy on her head with those roses.
Back to the right side again, this a Magical Girl theme (one of my favorites because of this really pretty music that plays in the background :3). I chose to show Edith's because I originally pictured her as being very neat and modest and mostly innocent (mostly because... well, she's a vampire, so she can't be COMPLETELY innocent, right?). But then I decided to give her a more "wild and unashamed of anything" personality, which made this doll maker easier to use for her because... well, as many people know, Magical Girl = Magically Short Skirts.
I'm probably making this post SUPER cluttered by switching back and forth between using the left and right sides (as well as possibly giving you whiplash), but it's the only way I can avoid having those dreaded blank spaces. Anyway, on the left again is another favorite theme: Mori Girl. I think the description on Bonnie Games said something about it being a modern Little Red Riding Hood style of dress, but I could really care less. Why? Because it's fucking adorable. There's even a little bird that can change color if you click it! I actually have three favorites that I did with this one: Amelie because she looks like she's actually dressed in normal clothes, Lacy was actually smiling in hers, and Nellie, which I decided to show you guys because... well, look at her! She looks like she's about to eat that poor little birdie! IT'S SO FUCKING CUTE!
Back on to the right! Yay! Here's one that I had a lot of fun with: Neko Waitress. Mainly because not only did it work nicely when I came around to working on Nellie's, but also there was a pair of dog ears that I put on Edith. Time to show off Lacy. I think I did a nice job on color-coordination. Plus, I liked how I could fix the eyebrows and mouth to make it look like she was pissed. Which she would be if she ever had to dress like that and work as a waitress. Oh, by the way, her hair is actually more black than it is in the dress up game. The darkish-blue hair color was as close as I could really get it D:

Now, on to a new site: Doll Divine. The dolls on this site are absolutely fucking beautiful. I think that's actually their slogan, too: the most beautiful dolls on the web. Something like that. Whatever. The point is, they're awesome. First theme on my list: Gothic Lolita. There wasn't much variety as far as the clothes went, but it was still really fun putting my OCs in Gothic Loli clothes. I think my favorite is Amelie again. Not only because I can picture her wearing something like this, but also because I liked the top and skirt combo that I did on her better than the ones I did on everyone else.
Next up is an Avatar theme. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about the Avatar with Aang and Katara and Zuko and the like. I'm talking about the blue cat people Avatar; the Na'avi or whatever. I personally didn't like the movie, but whatever, the dress up is actually really fun. I'm showing another Lacy because not only do I FINALLY get to have the option of her natural hair color (white), but also because I worked really hard on making this one look really nice. I actually think it turned out pretty good, considering the theme is a movie that I'm not too fond of (I'll go on a mini rant about why some other time, maybe). I didn't get to give her red eyes, though, but that's okay. Light-ish orange worked just fine.
Those were the only two human[oid] doll makers that I found that I thought were really neat (other than the four elements ones that I'll show later). But Doll Divine also has its fair share of animal games. I used two: Kitten Maker and My Little Pony Maker :D Here's a kitten one first. Since I didn't find much wiggle room in customization, I basically based the furs off of what the OC's personalities were and their favorite color (or, in Nellie's case, what kind of hybrid she is [even though foxes are technically of the canine family]). Here's my favorite: Edith. I mean, how often do you see a green cat?! That'd be AWESOMESAUCE!
Now for My Little Pony. This was actually a very tough decision because they're all pretty awesome. But, in the end, I chose Delanie's. Hers is just... perfect for her! Being blind, she relies more on her hearing more than anything else. She's kind of like a bat, really, but instead of emitting her own sound, she usually just listens to the sounds around her echo off of things to tell where she is. Kind of like the Ember Island Players Toph, only without the screaming xD Anyways, that's why there's little music notes on her, because that was the best way I could depict sound. Plus, her tongue sticking out just totally completes the picture :3

Okay. I'm feeling lazy, now, so I think I'll show the elemental ones from Doll Divine (I think I mentioned something about them earlier) in my next post. Because they're actually worth a completely different post entirely.

Tee-tee-eff-en, peeps.

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