I’ve always wondered whether copying a design was right or wrong.
For example, you’re browsing Trashy, and you see a design of lingerie that you love. The designs are often copyrighted, right? If we copy it in a doll, is it theft? Does it make us antagonistic, as if we were making traced bases?
We are at a lack ._.
They’re mostly big-headed/eyed chibis, DHF ripoffs, or animu traces
We need more bases like Pyrochan’s Fashion, Zipple’s Medley, and Aerieyena’s Ursula that have unique, interesting styles.
And good poses. I’m getting sick of the standard facing-forward/hand-on-hip/insertotherboringpose sets.
Yay dead horse topics!
Happy/cute dolls are usually cartoony, and include themes such as fairies, flowers, glitter, rainbows, etc. Unfortunately, I’ve realised that a lot of the cute dolls don’t have much depth or context. They focus too much on looking cute, and less on having meaning. I have to say that a lot of the more popular dollers find their style to be like this, but a good doll without meaning is shit, whereas a badly-done doll with concept and originality is awesome.
The same can be said for darker dollers and their use of blood, gore and sex. It really depends on how much you look past the OMG SHINY and focus on what matters: the idea.