A Guide On 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 start, there are two things he can do in order to get a plain doll to start off with. Now the first way would be of course to start from nothing by buying some thick threads and weaving them to create the body of the figure. However, do take note that in order to do this, one would be needing some crochet skills.

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 if one is not very good at creating cloth designs, then he may actually get a pattern from the internet. Now the clothing that will be made for the doll will definitely depend on the sex of the creation. However, both sexes would have gothic inspired looks that are rather dark and quite mysterious to most people.

Now in order to make the goth inspired clothing, black is usually the color that is used mixed with a lot of white and a little dark red. The boy dolls would usually be wearing dark long sleeves, pants and an accessory. The females on the other hand would usually have tight dark pants, lacy skirts, and knee high 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, there are actually a lot of things that one can experiment with when working on these dolls. Of course everything will all be up to the creative aspirations of the artist. However, these are just the basic steps that one can follow in order to create a good figurine.




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