sooo my customizing journey had begun.. I sketched out my first original girl! 
she is a cute and innocent sea butterfly (Clione limacina) mermaid who likes bright colors of the sea!! what better way to start thematically ^Q^
my pinterest board for her!!
my inspirations for her were two babies I wanted to buy but missed out on >.< the lefthand is by cotton_tail_angel and the righthand is by romidoll! they are two inspiring creators I NEED to adopt from eventually..
I am very carefully planning out her outfits since I obviously will indefinitely be keeping her! I am commissioning a very talented seamstress olga to create a fitting dress in the shape of this silhouette:
I love commissioning artists and now it's going to extend to doll clothe artists Kfdskjdsf.. I am happy since I get to support someone 
I wish I can get my hands on the neo blythe "mermaid tasha"'s pastel mermaid tail and top, but I might try to see if I can just commission somebody for it! it also could be more straightforward for me to hand-sew compared to regular clothing..? but we'll see HMMM
so ya now to talk about my progress so far, firstly with carving
it's kinda crazy how well my first time carving + faceup went KFSDKJSDF.. not that it's anywhere near to the perfection of existing customs LOLOL but still _(:□ 」∠)_
anyway, onto her face-up results..
here are the mostly final results of my face-up ^_^ I want to gloss her lips but some of the lip detail gets lost when I try.. gotta try to find a way around that 
while her lip is a smidge uneven, it's kinda charming..? and I think the profile-view carving and makeup turned out sooo precious.. I think button noses are really cute on customs >.< so I'm aiming for that too!
she isn't perfect by any means, but I'm already really attached to her 
within the next couple weeks when my locks arrive, I will be working on rerooting her hair and eyechip replacement the only bad thing about getting into blythes is how long high-quality materials take to ship LOL but it'll be worth it! :-D
the only bad thing about getting into blythes is how long high-quality materials take to ship LOL but it'll be worth it! :-D here's a song that's also been influencing her "feeling" a little 
you light the fire of my, gentle, gentle loooovee 
you light the fire of my, gentle, gentle loooovee 
TILL NEXT TIME *Salute*
