Iza's Face Ups

Repainted my Doll Chateau Elizabeth in grey skin, to be softer and to have eyebrows. It’s actually really fun for me to see how different faceups change a doll’s entire vibe.

Just look at that difference!

I was able to give her eyebrows this time because I moved the extra painted eyes onto her cheek bones (and I must say, they turned out brilliant) and I got rid of the overly bold lips.

I’m so glad that I moved the eyes, as now they are not hidden by her wig anymore. Oh, and I put so much gloss onto the fake eyes they have a slight dome.

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I got to work on another Dream Valley Olivia bunny version, but in white skin this time. The client wanted her to be super pink, so I happily complied. She’s also super sparkly from shimmer, but my camera doesn’t pick it up.

Full nude doll body pictures are under the cut (beware of my messy desk, it’s full of rolling heads):

The YBee Doll Nora in pink Skin from last year came back for a fresh Faceup, as the client decided they wanted her to be moth based and to tie in the gold tattoo I’d done for her last year.

It’s definitely a very different look! The client asked me not to do any blushing on the Faceup, which was a challenge for me, but it turned out nice in the end anyway. I’m reposting the tattoo collage from last time below:

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Sold an original release Soom Serien/Rico head in normal skin recently to answer a wtb, and the buyer accepted my offer as well as a Faceup!

The old Faceup was character specific for one of my wife’s dolls, but she never used the open eyed head and agreed to let me sell it (she kept the romantic head).

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I painted these two Fairyland LTF Rendia faceplates to list for sale, as I have no need for them in my collection (I already have 2 LTFs and a LTF Body hybrid at Home).

I had fun painting them, and originally meant to list them for Valentine’s Day, but never got around to it. Well, better late than never! I’m asking €120 + shipping for them as a set. No I will not split.

Please dm me if interested either here, on insta (izasfaceups) or on my website (www(dot)izasfaceups(dot)com), thanks!

Want to see more of my work or commission me? Then please check out my website at www[dot]IzasFaceUps[dot]com!

Ah, thank you so much!

I really need to throw more stuff into the queue, I’m not quite caught up on posting faceups yet!

Since I acquired a third Fairyland LTF Juri 2013 faceplate, I decided I needed to mod her eyes completely closed and repaint the other two faceplates as well to match them all together. Only the fully open eyed faceplate is unmodded.

To be honest, I'm not really happy with how the eyebrows and lashes turned out, but they are as they are now, and I'll probably redo the faceups, eventually. Not anytime soon, since it's a lot of work to paint 3 fantasy faceups to match each other, and I have others I'd like to redo first. I'm still practicing thinning acrylic paints properly, I'm still so used to watercolor paints instead...

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Here we have another oldie from my collection that was in desperate need of a redo, for years now. My Dollzone Shoyo-3 in normal pink skin was a birthday gift from my then-gf-now-wife back in 2012.

It's amazing what a difference a faceup makes on a sculpt. I changed her eyes to a size smaller (went from 16mm to 14mm) and I enjoy how bold her eye detailing is now.

She looked too meek with her last faceup. I also enjoy that I use more than just peachy tones now (I add blue, purple, reds, etc... to add depth). Seeing the two faceups side by side with 10 years between them is definitely interesting!

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It was high time I repainted my tan Dollzone Stramonium, as she'd had the same faceup since 2015 and I have definitely improved.

Since I got her partner (Dollzone Raymond) in and painted him in November 2023, I felt she needed an update as well.

I still need to take a family picture of them and their daughter. It's on my dollieh to do list for 2024.

The faceup from end of 2013 was my first faceup where I used brush with paints instead of watercolor pencils to do eye details. I'd been doing faceups for about 2 years back then, but it felt like I had to relearn faceupping from scratch!

That's why my big advice to people that want to get into faceupping is to start with the techinques and mediums that they want to achieve, meaning if they want feathery lashes done with brush, they should start with that, not watercolor pencils.

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In honor of 2024 being the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac, it felt appropriate to repaint my own noodle dragon girl Dollzone Po in white skin. I had absolutely hated the previous Faceup I’d put on her for many reasons, so I was happy to redo her. Also who can resist shimmer freckles?

See for yourself in the before and after below!

The new Faceup is much much cuter in my opinion. I opted for no applied eyelashes this time because her eyes are just so dang small!

The redo was prompted by her new wig, which was the first wig I’d ever sewn like this. The part is messy, but acceptable to me and not bad for my first time working with sewn wefts!

She’s just so adorable, I’m glad I finally bonded with her

This faceup on my Fairyland MNF Ryeon in natural skin was super fun to do, as I based it on my previous MNF Ryeon’s Faceup from way back when. I did buy her with another artist'8's Faceup on her, which was beautiful but not the vibe I wanted to go for. So off it came and this one got put on and I love it!

I used Coliro pearlcolors for the gold and dark pink shiny elements

Since I never thought I’d own a MNF Ryeon again, I moved on all her things, so I had to start from scratch, including her Fox ears. I bought a set from a friend back in 2012, but they currently don’t have any more of them in stock, so I made a quick janky pair out of Apoxie Sculpt for the time being. My friend will cast me some once the weather is better in Minnesota and I will buy them to make her look properly cute again!

I also made a quick tail with wire, faux fur, magnets, and tape (all but the fake fur are internal), and I’m loving how poseable it is! Definitely glad to have one back in my collection!

This is also my last faceup of 2023!

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Here we have an April Story Juliet in white skin with an eye mod done by a previous owner. She's one from my personal collection and her faceup was surprisingly difficult to pin down.

I knew I wanted a fantasy faceup for her, but I had no idea what kind. I finally decided on this and I am happy with it!

Here's a quick before and after picture comparing her last two faceups:

The before was done by another artist, and it was very pretty, but I bond with my dolls through painting them, so I unfortunately had to wipe the previous faceup.

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This handsome fella is a Dollzone Raymond-1 in normal pink, color matched to Dollzone normal yellow from 2015, which is a very dark almost tan color.

I do love adding scars to dolls, even if it is time consuming (mostly because I gotta wait for the glue to dry before I can continue).

It's amazing how different a doll looks painted vs unpainted!

Just look at that! Before being painted he looked kind of worried, now he looks like he's just done with taking BS.

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This pretty Dream Valley Olivia and her bunny ears in grey skin was an inspired artist choice faceup for my wife. She wanted her to be an ink bunny, as a kind of muse for her as she'd always been drawn to grey bunnies, even to represent herself.

She loves how she turned out and so do I!

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Got a super fancy Doll Leaves Theresa here in normal skin as a beautiful ice princess. The client wanted lots of shimmer, swirls, and applied gems. I was happy to oblige!

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This was such a fun Faceup to do on a Fairyland Feeple60 Mirwennin natural skin. And yes, the teeth glow in the dark! I entirely forgot to do a before photo of this commission as she looks worlds different.

Enjoy this slow turn around video of the Faceup and the two pairs of hands that go with her!

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I got to paint another Smart Doll Chaos head in cocoa, to match the previous V01. head I painted a while back. I had to cut off the pour spout and cut open the eyes, so that was an interesting task. I didn't do badly though with that!

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