Chun's ASCII entry
Thanks to the husband for taking us out for photos on a cloudy day :D had a nice time, and glad was able to pick some photos for this submission. Also included some past favorites as well :)
Name: Chun
Website or Twitter handle: http://puppy52dolls.com
Country of residence: Canada
How long have you been collecting dolls?: 5-6 years, Dollfie Dream about 2 years.
Why did you start collecting?: I fell in love with Blythe doll and enjoyed taking photos and making clothes for them. I also was curious about other types of dolls over the years example resin ball jointed dolls and smaller dolls like Mamachapp. Recent years I got into Dollfie Dream due to Danny's influence and haven't looked back since!
Where do you adopt (buy) your dolls?: Internet and some random items direct from Japan.
How much money have you spent on your doll hobby?: Don't keep track but I know quite a lot ^^; I try to make clothes to cover some costs.
What sort of doll events do you attend?: I have taken part in a couple Blythe Beauty Contests, and attended local doll meets, saving up to attend a Japan Doll Show and/or Dollpa in future! ^^
What are so special about dolls?: I think dolls are a great source of inspiration for me in regards to photography and sewing. I think Dollfie Dream especially have the perfect figure and cute anime features I love and I really enjoy making clothes for them. I hope to continue my love for dolls for a long time to come!
Guess where this was taken at? ^^;
Squinting in the short sunny break XD This has gotta be one of the biggest picture of me online ever :P
I think this is the first time Aki went out for photos ^o^!
Saw some cute houses around ^o^!
Time for a snack ^^; (the disc on the table is a pager to let us know when our food is ready to be collected)
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First DD daughter Mirai Yukino ^^
Her twin sister Mirin ^^
My Taiga custom MDD ^^
Himitsu, custom DDH04 DD
Nyanko DD yoko custom
Aki, (renamed Yuki Morikawa of White album) my youngest musume :3
Family picture ^^
This is great, I love it. Somehow this feels really natural to me.
hehehe she's half kneeling in a slightly awkward pose in this one XD
Great photos!!
Thank you! XD
"Can't wait to dig in."
Love the pics, by the way. You have some very lovely daughters.
hehehe thank you XD
Awesome entry and lovely photos!
Thank you! :D
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love this pic. It seems that your hushand , you and Aki goes outside to take a celebrate dinner
hehehe it was great that there was not much people around, and enough light to take a nice photo of her :D
OH! You know? we have almost exactly the same story about "Why did you start collecting?"
For me, started with Blythe 4 years ago then Pullip, Dal, Resin Dolls and Dollfie Dream (because of Danny's DDs) and haven't looked back since too o(≧v≦)o
By the way, your girls and your outfit always cute ^^
Thank you lol! I still like Blythes but I got too many of them ^^; And kinda want to enjoy what I have for now :)
Waiting for your entry XD, (pity that something happen I can't take part in this event). I think many members here glad to see and meet you. You are as sweet as Aki (≧ロ≦).
Oh! The deadline is 1st October I think :D so still have time I hope? ^^; If not I think Danny mentioned about some other thing for doll owners to submit :D And no la Aki more young and cute ^^;;; LOL Thanks ar XD
An Awesome "Family Profile"... Good Luck!.. (a great entry!)
Thank you XD It was good to go out and about to take photos ^^ Need to do it more often ^^;
(Note: "Scale" comparison is for reference only!) *lol*
Indeed :P in the first photo my legs are actually extended by the wide angle lens my husband used on his camera lol
There's "Ms. Trouble"!! *just kidding, she looks rather "civil" in that outfit.. Nice!!*
wow Canada, I want to be there ~!
It's nice for some photos, but in winter it will rain a lot >_<;
lovely^^
Thank you!
That's a lovely entry! <3 A(Yu)ki in these photos!
huhuhu Ayuki sounds like a nice name too no? XD Thanks Wolfheinrich ^o^! Aki sends regards to your bevy of lovely girls ;)
Very nice photos～！！
I've been to Vancouver a few years ago. It was such a nice place.
I really love your daughters!! （＾＾）
Thank you! ^o^ I am glad you thought Vancouver a nice place ^^ And I love them too XD
very lovely family.^^
Thank you ^o^
I know that bubble tea place! :P
lol! you go often?
I've been a few times. If I'm going to go to a sit-down bbt place it'd have to be Estea~
I think for Estea it depends on which one it is, one I went to before smelt like stale cigarettes >_<
I didn't know there was more than one? I go to the one on Alexandra. I do question the cleanliness though...I sat at a booth once and there was lots of garbage slipped down the crack between the wall...
Gya that was probably the one I went to *shudder* Estea actually has a stall at Aberdeen center's food court, and there was another one I went to, could had been in Burnaby?
Oh yeaaaaah that Estea Express. I think I heard about there being one in BBY too...
Nice pictures by the way! :P Glad to see you in them for once? Haha.
As I get older I feel less camera friendly LOL Must thank husband for putting up with my request to take more than one picture for me at different locations ^^;
Just so awesome...the only thing holding ME back wrt doing this is that I really don't like what I look like...no really, that bad...and that is the ONLY thing holding me back. I might get up the nerve before 10/1. I might not. Who knows.
I would *love* to leave the US and live in Vancouver, BC for the rest of my days. It wouldn't mean a different time zone...we're all on the Pacific, the weather would be a lot like Seattle and Portland which I love, and most importantly Canada is a far more RATIONAL place than the US is. I felt a little of the heaviness lift when Obama was elected. With the Tea Party gaining ascendancy I feel a weird sense that all the stories my late husband's mom told me of her exodus from Nazi Germany in 1938 on the Kindertransport have the potential of coming true here. They almost -- and arguably partially -- came true here during the Cheney/Bush Administration of 2001-2008.
In short: you live in a saner place than me. You don't have to worry about your or your husband's health care. The politics are less polarized and less fractious. And you don't have a mainstream media that crams FEAR down your throat. Arguably that's one reason we down here in the Lower 48 have our problems.
Just do it :P I don't like how I look in pix either, but I figure if I get any older and wrinklier I would want less photos of me around ^^;
No further comment about Canada :P There's good and bad everywhere I feel. ^^
Chun! your Aki-chan is lovely!!! xD you got so many nice photos, I realized I should take more photos of my dolls, or at least better ones xD
Oh your photos are great, seriously! I really like the colours and background of your photos, and your girls are awfully cute too ^^!
It's thanks to my girls that the photos are good hahaha, but I still have a lot to learn as a "photographer" xD
Our girls are the flowers of our photos XD we can all learn as we go along ^o^!
Noticed something about Aki. All she needs is megane and she would be, as Volks puts it in their literature, "another yourself." A mini-me. Soooo cute.
I'm no where as cute as Aki :P My eyes are like sesame seeds compared to her big anime windows of the soul LOL!
In Anime/Manga iconography, they make eyes big, particularly heroic characters and heroines, so their acting can register better. If she was a real human her eyes would be more your size.
It's actually a character design theory used by both the Fleischer Bros. Studio (Betty Boop) and by the Walt Disney Company (Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Mickey and Minnie to only give a few examples) in their features and cartoons. The Fleischers in particular influenced Tezuka Osamu, and of course Tezuka was the father of the whole Anime industry.
nice shots!
and that fried snack looks familiar LOL
They call it 盐酥鸡 on the menu ^^
haha i had it once when i was in Taiwan... very salty but very nice XDDD
hehehe these were quite spicy for me XD
What a coincidence!I'm eating 盐酥鸡 now^^
I love the new photos of Aki, they turned out really great! I also like the family picture. Great entry!
Thanks! I hope her photos will catch up with the other of my girls soon lol!
Always love the clothes that you made for your daughters & customers' daughter ^o^b
Thank you :) you gonna get a DD or 2 in future? XD
Most probably but not too soon, cant afford another new hobby yet, unless I could turn it into a profitable business :D
I see I see XD
Gorgeous!
Where you get Aki's boots?
Consider as published!
Domo arigato Danny! Oh I got it via ebay see this linku http://bit.ly/do2E1m , the buckle of the straps is not very good quality unfortunately ^^; It's probably plastic with some shiny paint over, ^^;/
Chun, you're as adorable as your girls! I just want to give you a great big hug, y'know, just for being. =P The restaurant shots are great, too.
LOL thank you, I still think my girls are way cuter LOL! I hope to take more pix with Aki outdoors in future!
I'm sure I'll see Aki in ASCII ;P
hehehe that would be cool XD
Chun so pretty! And little Yuki too! =3
wait till you see the other pix ^^; (Which will never see the light of day mwahahahah) Aki says thanks ;D!
Adorable! ^_^
Thank you Maridah! ^o^ you're very kind to think so X3
Lovely entry!
Thanks!
Canada <3
I had to photoshop some specks of bird poo off it lol
XD lol Poor flag XD
Such a great photo and pose!
that place was screaming for a photo with Aki XD
Great post! Good to see you and Aki together ^^
I love those leggins she's wearing too!! :O XD
And of course, Himitsu <3
Thank you! ^o^ That fabric is okay so far, no stains and I sew it with white thread inside lol! Himitsu says herro to her overseas oniichan lol
Haha cool, sounds awesome! ^^
'alo Himitsu!! XD
Chun Kawaii >_> The DD empire strike backs with the moe ^o^
LOL not ^^; DD empire more kawaii LOL
You really got some great photos. You are all looking so cute!!!
Thanks! The All applies to just the DDs ^^;
Lovely daughters and pics as usually chun!! Which part of Canada is that? I remember visiting old Montreal and it had breathtaking sites as well.
hmmm it's in Steveston? within Richmond BC? ^^; I heard Montreal definitely have some nice views :D
This shot is amazing! Nyanko looks lovely in it. ^^
the sun was hitting the right spots XD!
Cute pics. People are going to start asking for a Chun Dollfie after seeing the 2nd pic. LOL
It would be a bit creepy if it happened LOL
Yeah, but it would be funny to have your hubby carry you in to the next convention and tell everyone about his new 1:1 Dollfie. Just watch out for guys asking about a Peach Pai for you. LMAO!
Husband will be very tired if he has to carry me in a convention along with his camera etc ^^; don't give him ideas about peach pai please LOL
Nice photos as always. Great to see some of your 'best of' shots in there. ^^
Thank you! It was hard to decide which is good for Mirai, I need a better wig and moar photos of her in future XP
Great photos! You are so cute! Aki too, of course.
lol thank you kindly, but Aki is cuterrrr lolol
Pretty pretty pretty
Girls, outfits, photos ~ XD
Thank you XD!!! The girls waves to you! ^O^
Wonderful entry!
I want to go to Canada.
I think you will take fantastic photos of Canada! ^O^
cute chun and aki! ^^ Aki's fall style clothes are great! good luck and love the family portrait!
hahaha most of the clothes were from digging their wardrobe XP only the brown skirt was a newly made XD Thank you!
Perfect and flawless. Nuff said.
Aki says Thank you XD
Vancouver has a large random Canadian Flag? O.o Guess I"ma have to find an Ottawa counterpart now :P.
Nice images and liked Aki sitting at the restaurant table heh ^^.
That photo is taken in.... a car park LOL! I hope you'll find the Ottawa counterpart and show us :3
Looks like that photo of Aki is a crowd favorite ^o^!
Great photos and a wonderful doll family<3 So luckyXD
Thanks! and so poor ^^;; lol
I love all your girls! Such pretty photos!
Thank you! ^o^!
Some great shots here, as expected of you, Chun. This one here is my favourite. So natural. Fits in so well.
Thank you :D Glad you think so too ^o^
Nice haha that's one big Canada flag/wall thing!!
Looking forward to see yours XD it was taken at a car park XD
I was at work when I first saw your post so I wrote something quickly, I forgot to say you look young and cute like your dollfies! ^^ And your pics of Aki are very pretty.
you make me blush :P thank you <3 XD I think Aki's a natural pretty girl lol
Always that i see Chun's Yuki i fall in love with her X3
lol hope you'll find your own in future ;)
Woohoo! Now you've just inspired me to make an ASCII entry!
Oh yes please do XD look forward to see your entry!
If/when that happens, I'll probably miss the October deadline, while waiting for these sunburns to heal... So hopefully I'll get a chance for the next one
oh! I think Danny said that there should be something else coming up XD so hopefully your sunburn goes away soon for you to take part ^o^!
Great photos chun! Aki is adorable in front of those wings and it's great to see another Canadian. :D
I can't believe you've only been in the hobby for 5-6 years. Feels like with the quality of your work that you've been in a lot longer. Really amazing the work you do. :)
mmm? wings? and actually I'm not Canadian, I'm a permanent resident still lol but since I live in canada at the moment my background will be in Canada XD I think sewing for smaller scale dolls is good training ^^;
Awesum photo's and daughters! And specially awesum chun in the flesh! x3
Thanks ^^ and hmm 2D flesh HAHAHA
Kawaii! Aki looks like you!
I would have liked to participate too but for the moment I am a prisoner in my office. I hardly see my musume, when I finally got home they are already asleep 'n'
hahaha and naw, Aki doesn't look like me ^^; I hope you'll find time/chance to do it!
awesome pics! was that a read or die outfilt? very cool
Thanks :D And yes lol it was a commission piece (taken before I stopped taking commission ^^; )
Finally got around to actually looking at other peoples entries and not stressing over my own!
Lovely photos as always you *shakes friendly fist*
Thanks for the encouragement btw;)
Yey! you did it! *goes to look* :P I give credit to my girls for patiently modelling for me ;)!
great! look like she is waiting for the lunch
hahaha she had a dessert ;)!
Om Nyaom Nyaom!
hehehe XD
(I really need to make sure I comment on posts like this >< too easily distracted! *ahem* anyway...)
Lovely photos as always and it's nice to see you there as well XDD
Your girls always have such fashionable outfits~☆
Ah worry not ^^ and thankq!
why upside down?
I'm guessing it's when you turn it over, the bubbles/drink will be mixed up? lol OR cos less likely to tilt over when it's being brought to the table?
i think it's the former. ('~') Thanks for the reply!
lol sorry only saw your comment today O_o cos the notes doesn't send an e-mail XD
No worries. ^^; any idea if our entries are published? Never see Danny announce anything regarding this...
no idea unfortunately ^^;
lol... Pupz, you keep all the good stuff. Now i m thinking of redoing the 1:3 frames. Glad to see you pop up in a pic again. Great entry here!! love all your girls =3
I keep the test stuff ^^; usually I try to have at least a good version so I can refer to if I remake in future... ^^
Where in Vancouver is this!?
Steveston village? In a parking lot lol