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2008: The Good, the Bad and the Trendy
With the new year already under way, let’s take a look back at the trends of the year before from the good ones, the bad and the oh so trendy that come back again and again.
Pageantry 09′, scoping out the pageants for you!
At the beginning of each year, we can expect a round of pageants reopening their doors for entrants and every year, one must decide on which pageants to enter in or else risk getting bogged down by entering in too many. There is also the risk of pageants suddenly dying on you as well, so which ones to choose from? Below is a list pf pageants that have had more than one successful year running and what type of pageant they are.
Dolling and DeviantArt
Many of you probably have heard of DeviantArt and its newest Doll Gallery Moderator, Pyrochan. For those who have yet joined and have been curious about the site, here are some things you should know. The dolling category is located under Customization > Dolls. After that there are three subcategories that define the shading technique that was used on the deviation, Pixel, Tool and Misc.
Top 15 Things to Avoid When Dolling
We all have our own mental lists of things that we like to avoid when dolling so here’s the top fifteen from the smallest mistake to our #1 worst!
2009 Dolling Trends Forecast
With the 2008 year ending soon, what can we all expect to be the trend for next year? Although it’s not an exact science, one can predict what the latest trends will be for 2009.
File Formatting - Which is best for you?
With the selection of file formats out there for everyone to use, which is best for dollists? The top three choices for many are jpeg, gif and png but choosing one can end up in a disaster if you don’t know how they work with certain images. So what are the differences between saving in jpeg, gif and png?
Tracing in the Dolling Community
Making a base by use of tracing a photograph has been the ‘norm’ in dolling ever since Xandorra made that tutorial explaining how to make a preps base by using a catalogue photo, resizing it, and drawing over it in pixels. There are plenty of tutorials out there that tell you to do the same, and people continue to do it because that’s how it’s always been done? Right?
The perfect pixel
We dollers keep on dolling and dolling, but do we ever make a perfect pixel? A doll so perfect everyone wants it, a base so perfect that everyone will use it? Does it even exist? Has someone ever made the perfect pixel? Let’s find out!
When dolling and life collides
Sometimes life outside the internet seems to take you away from dolling for some time. School, friends, family, work - these are all matters we depend on, things (most of us) consider more important than computer-related stuff like dolling. Still, dolling is so much fun! Isn’t it possible to find a balance?
DP #1: Character Development
A doll should not only be a doll if you want it to be jaw-droppingly amazing. A doll needs a personality, and to give that doll a personality you need to know what makes a personality. Therefore Dolling Magazine brings you the ultimate form for character development – and how you should answer it!
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