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Dollysmith

Goblin at heart!
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new start

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its hard to put into words why i am going to just stop doing most comics i had been doing. will i had fun creating them, i'm pretty much burned out on them and don't want to continue them at all. i'll leave them up and unfinished, my hearts not in to continue them. the enthusiasm and drive that made want to to them is not there, and the stories would be not be as fun if forced myself to them.
one comic i will continue is faerie queen, sometime in the future.

most of my ideas and excitement are now more geared to working on my latest fancomic as the world falls. the idea for it had been slowly brewing up in the back of my mind through out the year until it finally took over. i'm quite happy with how the 3D rendered images are turning out on my new computer that can handle rendering with iray on daz studio.
so far i had 3d character  of hoggle and sir d. i only have ludo's head started so far and hope to get him him a body done later.
happy to get that throne room done as well.
i need to start creating more goblins to add the growing cast of characters i already have.
meanwhile i am writing down ideas for the story for the comic and planning out future pages already. i had planned it to be a colorful prequel to labyrinth noir, but now i don't think i want to do that now aside from taking certain characters from there. the problem i have with labyrinth noir is that i didn't do a slower build up with certain key story parts i had planned to happen later in the story, but being the impatient goblin that i am i could not wait and no other ideas so i did everything fast and right away. putting in everything all too early and now i got much left to go on.  might pick up later again soonish, not promising to to so though.
going to start anew with a new comic and hopefully not make the same mistakes i did before with rushing ahead all too soon and not giving much thought to the consequences afterwards...
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lately i have been having issues with rendering 3D images with Daz studio and my computer being a bitch. i thought i had these problems resolved by having an older version of the 3D software i use and even now that has issues with rendering now.
i can still put up my other comics, but my 3D fancomic seems to have everything going against it on my lil laptop.
so sorry if that comic does not continue anytime soon. hopefully i get get this issue resolved and get back to working on it.
i'm reinstalling daz studio 4.9 again and see how that goes. whatever happens, it is my full intention to keep doing this labyrinth fan comic for a long no matter what. there will just be breaks in between where i try to get through what ever @$*%% Daz studio and my computer put me through! heck i may do back to just drawing the rest completely and redo those in 3D later when these problems are resolved.

thank you all for support.
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back in action

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first time to write in journal here in a looooooong tim, but i back now and i am working on new labyrinth fancomic and it will be done in 3D, but in black and white. i be working on some otherstuff that's Doll/Goblin related. despite a very sad begining to this year, i hoped to create alot of art for the rest of it.


Labyrinth Noir:1 by Dollysmith
Labyrinth Noir:2 by Dollysmith
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i have yet to get around to do anything for the dark labyrinth comic and don't feel like going any further with it. i will at least do the ending maybe, my main goal mostly with that story was to have jareth and sarah married which happen regardless of how quickly!
i must do something about the evil queen moraine,fortunately some pissed off goblins are headed her way!

meanwhile i started working on a new comic STEAMPUNK GOBLINS which i have been meaning to do for a long time and finally doing something now!


FOR MORE STEAMPUNK GOBLINS www.facebook.com/pages/Steampu…;

STEAMPUNK GOBLINS by Dollysmith

i will be uploading more art and stuff soon, i've been a busy goblin.




as for doll commissons!
 i am not going to work on a doll unless money has put down for it first, half of what the doll will cost in fact. that may be unfair to a lot of people, but i want to make sure a person is really committed to getting the doll  they commissioned. it is very disheartening having to put a lot of my time and money into making whatever it is a person wanted only to have wait forever for it to be paid for or just get nothing at all for it and be left with another unwanted doll.

with half the money paid first, the costs of clay and materials going to make the doll taken care of. i will waste art supplies on someone's word anymore. something always comes up or they disappear all off the face of the earth.
another thing, I DO NOT DO REFUNDS OR GIVE SPECIAL TREATMENT AND DISCOUNTS ON THE PRICE TO EVERYONE.
i am not going to express endless reasons why i can't afford to do so.
also i can not be expected to do a decent job if it has to done quickly, you can't rush art. bad results happen when you do.
were all mostly artist's here. it costs to make something by hand.let's not forget too YOUR TIME AND HARD WORK IS WORTH SOMETHING TOO!
i am mostly to have less people asking for handmade dolls now, but i would rather deal with someone who wants something enough to pay what it's.
yes i am still an amauture dollmaker, but i have made great improvements since i first started making dolls.
if your wanting have ball joint dolls i'll be willing to make one.. if you can afford to do so though.
prices on most ball joint dolls go beyond way more than just a hundred dollars.
take the time to actionally look around and see what most ball joint dolls cost, not cheap and those that are mostly too good to be true.
i'm not charging too much really for what i make, other doll makers ask for more and their dolls are worth it.
there's a lot of talented people out there who are really good at they do and are not appreciated for it enough!
for those who want try to make your own doll, here's a link woodlandearthstudio.com/forum/…
that just shows only some of the work going into the making of a doll. 
i hope some folks can learn that art does not come fast, cheap and easily. it don't work that way. 
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i've decided for now i am not going to work on a doll unless money has put down for it first, half of what the doll will cost in fact. that may be unfair to a lot of people, but i want to make sure a person is really committed to getting the doll  they commissioned. it is very disheartening having to put a lot of my time and money into making whatever it is a person wanted only to have wait forever for it to be paid for or just get nothing at all for it and be left with another unwanted doll.
with half the money paid first, the costs of clay and materials going to make the doll taken care of. i will waste art supplies on someone's word anymore. something always comes up or they disappear all off the face of the earth.
another thing, I DO NOT DO REFUNDS OR GIVE SPECIAL TREATMENT AND DISCOUNTS ON THE PRICE TO EVERYONE.
i am not going to express endless reasons why i can't afford to do so.
also i can not be expected to do a decent job if it has to done quickly, you can't rush art. bad results happen when you do.
were all mostly artist's here. it costs to make something by hand.let's not forget too YOUR TIME AND HARD WORK IS WORTH SOMETHING TOO!
i am mostly to have less people asking for handmade dolls now, but i would rather deal with someone who wants something enough to pay what it's.
yes i am still an amauture dollmaker, but i have made great improvements since i first started making dolls.
if your wanting have ball joint dolls i'll be willing to make one.. if you can afford to do so though.
prices on most ball joint dolls go beyond way more than just a hundred dollars.
take the time to actionally look around and see what most ball joint dolls cost, not cheap and those that are mostly too good to be true.
i'm not charging too much really for what i make, other doll makers ask for more and their dolls are worth it.
there's a lot of talented people out there who are really good at they do and are not appreciated for it enough!
for those who want try to make your own doll, here's a link woodlandearthstudio.com/forum/…
that just shows only some of the work going into the making of a doll. 
i hope some folks can learn that art does not come fast, cheap and easily. it don't work that way. 

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