Sunday, July 5, 2015

How To Be A Gothic Doll Maker

By Jordan Schmidt


The goth subculture is actually one of the most fascinating of all subcultures because it is dark and mysterious. One would probably be familiar with this subculture through pop culture such as music or architecture. Most goth people would even express themselves by creating goth dolls in their own likeness. Now if this particular activity would be of interest to anyone, then here are a few tips on how to be a gothic doll maker.

Now if one would want to create one of these dolls, there are two options that one can choose from. The first option would require that the creator would have some background on how to weave strings into something solid. This art is known as crochet and is quite a difficult art to learn.

Of course the other way would be to simply just buy one of those plain dolls and just customize them in anyway possible. So using one of these two methods, one would now be able to have one of those plain dolls. Next thing to do would be to make up the clothes for them.

Now there are actually a lot of interesting cloth patterns that one can follow in the internet. Now the clothing that will be made for the little figurine would depend on the gender of the figure whether it will be a male or a female. Now some of the things to take note of is that since it is going to be a gothic figurine, then the clothes have to be goth inspired.

There must be a lot of black colors as well as a combination of some red as well as some white. Male dolls would usually have black long sleeves with some accessories like a cross. Female ones would have lacy skirts with striped high knee socks.

Once the clothes are already made, then the next thing to do would be to fill in the other details of the figurine. First thing to think about would of course be the hair. Most goth dolls actually have long hair for both male and female genders. The male ones would have medium long or spikey hair while the females would have long straight or tied up hair. The color would usually range from black and yellow to even red or violet.

Now lastly, one would have to now create the face of the figurine. Now the facial expression is quite unique as compared to other dolls though. Goth dolls would usually have a very poker expression that does not show any happiness or any sadness at all. This is one of the things that would make dolls like these very unique.

So as one can see, it is actually not very hard to make a goth figurine. Now these basic steps will help one be able to make his very own goth doll without having to think too much. Of course since doll making is an art and a very intricate one to boot, one has to be very wary of details and he or she also has to be able to expel out all of those creative juices hidden there.




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