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the-bjd-community-confess · 2 months

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Been in this hobby for 15 years, and if there's one thing I know, it's that way too many people have a stick up their ass about people who buy 70cm size boys and dress them up "like girls."

Back in the day, people who were doing this were often female j-rock/visual kei fans and closeted trans people, and they would whine about girls liking girly-looking men, for absolutely no reason that could be explained in a way that wasn't transphobic or homophobic.I remember going to a doll meet as a teen and having someone look at my doll, disappointed. "oh... you're one of those *girls* who dresses up her boy dolls like *women.*" We were stereotyped as bitchy, catty people who would scream at you if you misgendered our dolls, and I still see people reducing us to that all the time.

I noticed when I post my more gender-conforming dolls on r/bjd, they do much better than my more visibly trans/gender nonconforming dolls. I am a good enough photographer to do it for a job, and pretty good faceup artist, so I'm used to my dolls doing pretty well on that subreddit. Today, I posted my very obviously transfemme doll. I got the notification that she got 50 upvotes. When I went to the post, she only had 15. It's lovely to know that 50 people upvoted my doll, but not so lovely to know that my doll made *that* many people think, "oh, ew" enough to downvote her. This isn't the first time it's happened, either.

I probably wouldn't have made a confession or that big of a deal out of this if I thought it was just that they didn't think my dolls were that great, but knowing the rampant transphobia and the amount of bitchy people who cry about "keeping politics out of dolls..." I know the fuck why it got downvoted so much.

But try as you might, you'll never be free of us <3 trans people and even just those who dare to use dolls as a way to explore gender expression will always be the creative backbone of this community, making the coolest doll concepts out there.

~Anonymous

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kerosen · 20 days

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faceup i did for this little dude

#don’t look to closely at it #anime style faceups my beloathed #im so bad at them but i try my best and that’s all that matters LMAO #ANYWAYS #personal #dolls #bjd #ob11 #custom dolls #faceup

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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arrja · 17 hours

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Uh guys..? 1 vs 2 which one looks better?

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jaehoon-kim · 4 months

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My doll in traditional cheongsam. Incheon, South Korea, December 29, 2023.

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prince-rosalium · 6 months

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everybody shut the fuck up and look how hot bonbon is!!!!!!

#his legs #the style savvy music #perfect specimen #bonbon #telesthesia doll #bjd #abjd #gyaru #gyaru gal #gal #j fashion #japanese fashion #doll #doll photography #ootd #fit check #alternative fashion #nails

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hidoxrose · 2 years

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piratesxrose ~S K Y F E E L A N~

By: @piratesxrose / Hidox Rose Addict

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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oceanofnikkis · 11 months

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making myself a nikki bc papergames won't take my money

be the change u want to see in the world✨

#YES hwr eyelids r uneven do NOT speak to me about it #i knkw there was the star sea bjd but that sold out in less than an hour #and i have seen no extra suits or accessories for it since #so it simply doesnt count #if *I* cant get it then it doesnt exist #shining nikki #shining nikki the styling game #nikki tomorrow #doll #dolls #ooakrepaint #ooak

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marzipanandminutiae · 1 year

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Guess who got a trip to the hairdresser today

(I was going to try to make her a new wig from scratch, but the yarn I got wasn’t cooperating. So I decided to see what I could do with just kind of fussing with her existing wig a bit and I think it turned out really nicely! Project Fair Charlotte proceeds apace)

#dolls #bjd #enchanted doll #my dolls #maryse #I am styling her after the main character of the 1840s ballad Fair Charlotte #you know the one where the girl freezes to death on the way to a ball

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struungout · 7 months

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tfw you’ve been actively collecting dolls for 15 years and can tell you won’t like a doll body just based off pictures posted online.

#ball jointed doll #legit bjd #i’ve owned a lot of different dolls with a variety of joint systems and stringing styles #and i absolutely know exactly what i do and don’t like #and i can tell when fuckery is happening based off the promo images lmao #this thought blurb comes to you sponsered by me looking over the withdoll mini boy body #and being like ‘ok i could probably put up with those fiddling looking hip cup pieces….’#then i saw a video box opening of one and turns out the legs are only strung to each other #and not throughout the entire body #absolutely fucking not babe count me out #if i get a theo he is getting a different body #personal bloggity

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tipsy-scales · 2 months

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I thought I was imagining 9S looking more mature in the white outfit, then I realized it’s the styling I did on his wig! It’s always amazing how much difference a wig can make. So here are the different iterations of his wig. I chose pictures with a similar composition so you can see the difference (it’s not that I’m a one trick pony, no…)

This is straight from the bag. It’s a leeke wig that I replaced his original with and I loved him so much more with it that I was afraid to do anything to it for a long time

After a while I finally decided to cut it. I wanted to get rid of the poofiness caused by excess fibers and didn’t like always having to brush his hair out of his face for photos.

I noticed the change in his look right away and was afraid that I would regret making him look different.

Most recent update. I added layering and styled with wax. This was largely driven by doing the same to my cosplay wig and loving the difference. I appreciate a good cut but sometimes you really need some product to go the extra mile. This took his hair more out of his eyes and added a choppiness that I think makes his wig more lively looking. It also shows his eyebrows better! I think that may contribute to his feeling more mature to me?

Short wigs have a lot of nuance. I’ve really come to enjoy working with them.

Check below the cut for a jump scare of 9S when I got him with his original wig 😔

#tip’s doll family #bjd hobby #doll wig #wig styling

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the-bjd-community-confess · 4 months

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note to self: you haven't fallen out of love with your doll, she's just been wearing a bad outfit and a shitty wig for months. Free her.

~Anonymous

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shadowmoses · 6 hours

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only took almost a year but i finally made merry a little outfit... she can finally stop borrowing from my other dolls lol

#bjd #dream valley bjd #dream valley olivia #dolls #I might post a better pic later. might not. who knows #her torso is sooo long she's pretty hard to tailor for... but it's good practice for when my wife gets a dollchateau lol #I like the little overall look I might make her a pinafore later. I'm having a hard time pinning down her style #I want her a little more elegant I think but pride month is soon so this will do. it's cutesy on her :)#I've been fixing up a lot of older clothes my wife and i haven't been wearing #and when I saw I had a good amount of fabric with this pattern I was like. hey wait. this would be cute....#one day I will have. a whole set of clothed dolls #<- lying #oh the little dolls in the bg are Bonnie: The Journey of Streets if anyone needs an ID

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cedricsatelier · 11 months

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" A heart's a heavy burden." Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle.

#cosplay #ghibli style #bjdclothes #bjdphotography #msd bjd #sewing #dollfashion #doll photography

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jaehoon-kim · 5 months

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Natsuki 20th Anniversary Version in wedding dress. Incheon, South Korea, November 16, 2023.

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curemoonliite · 1 month

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as a doll customizer, i do not understand the ppl who just like to do realistic-type dolls, bc every time i try to do one, i always end up wanting to do over-the-top makeup or glittery face paint or fantasy skin tones or elaborate scarring or basically anything that'll let me go ham with the art supplies

#dolls #i love you guys but i wear nude makeup looks to work most days and i just wanna go crazy #i just saw a custom catgirl bjd at a store with EXTREMELY detailed ears and catlike eyes that was just overall Not Human Looking #and that's my style! bring on the fantasy shit!#the custom i've been eyeing for months now has pink skin and a third eye like she's pastel boscha and i'm literally in love #lore olympus was something i was literally just into during the pandemic but minthe is like...the exact type of doll i'd wanna make #it was a bored pandemic read but minthe's design hits all the boxes for stuff i wanna do with dolls lol #my post

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t0xikon · 11 months

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Dal Kleine X Innocent World. I love this Collab so much

ʕ•⁠ᴥ⁠•⁠ʔ✧⁠*.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡♪✿

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