Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Selling...

Hey guys so I'm having a lot of trouble making a decision... I feel like I'm overrun with dolls and I need to get rid of some. I've decided to send Ruby/Lindsay back to agoverseasfan, BUT I can't decide which other doll I should sell. You see, I LOVE my custom Asia that I made, even if she doesn't look that much like me but I also have a very similar looking doll, Olive. I love Olive because she's so unique looking other than the hair and I kinda wish she had brown hair but idk. I mean I could rewig Olive and keep her but then I'd still need to sell another doll and can't decide who it should be. It could be Kate because I'm just not in love with her anymore but she was my second doll and I'm unsure if I'd feel guilty or not? I honestly don't know if I'd be that heart broken to see Kate go... What do you guys think? Which of my dolls do you like the least and would be the least upset to see go? Should I rewig Olive and sell Kate? Should I just sell Olive? Comment below and tell me what to do because I just can't decide :/


Saturday, August 23, 2014

Information About Grow

Hey guys, so I thought I'd make a little post detailing why I decided against doing Grow as a few people were wondering why. Basically, I decided to scrap the series for a few reasons:
1) Interest. Firstly, I feel like it wouldn't be as well liked as it may have come off as. Grow was going to be a silent stop motion series that looked at a girl growing up via the little moments in her life. Basically, each episode would have been ~2 minutes long of quick stop motion scenes without any dialogue to them. There would have been character development, however none of it would have been vocal and it would have been a little harder to *get*. Essentially I feel like it would not have appealed to as many people, or been as interesting as a regular series considering a large part of our community is younger girls so I figured it probably wouldn't have been as well enjoyed or received.
2) Time. Secondly, making a stop motion series on its own is quite a lot of work. Add on top of that that each episode would have reflected on a year of the main characters life accounting for a crazy amount of costume changes, props and sets, I just wouldn't have had time between school and work to get the filming done. I know realistically that getting an episode out each week would have been almost impossible as it would have taken a few weeks at a time to finish each one and I wouldn't have time for any other videos in between. Not to say I'm too lazy to do it but I just have too much going on to make it frequently.
This being said, I still really like the idea of the series and I'd *eventually* like to do it one day (maybe in a summer where I get to work immediately instead of so late like this year) because I'd love to see how it turns out, plus it would be a unique take on AG series and maybe look good in the portfolio of short films I'd like to start making. Anyways, Grow won't be coming to a screen near you any time soon BUT we'll see what I can get done for it throughout the year :)))

OH ALSO: Just thought I'd clarify that Sisters In Black should be premiering the week after next, I'd just like to get a little head start on filming and post another stop motion first!!!

-Ali

Friday, July 25, 2014

Yard Sale?

Hey guys, so I've been working away on the new series as well as a few new videos including one that comes out tomorrow (it's a special day!!!!) but I kinda realized something while I was making a video. Basically, a lot of new and trendy doll clothes have come out since I've been gone from independent shops and my doll wardrobe is a little... outdated... Not to say that it's all bad, I do have some good stuff and everything is really cute on it's own, but I'd like some clothes that are more "my style" for my dolls. Basically, I've been thinking about selling some of my old doll clothes as well as my doll snowboard in order to start a new wardrobe! I'm just wondering if anyone would be interested if I put up a sale on Etsy and a sale video of course. So if anyone would be interested in buying my stuff (I can send it with maybe a poster of a still when the outfit was in a video too for a bonus) let me know because I'd love to get some new stuff! I also have some TLC doll parts still and a doll I wanna sell so hopefully I'll be able to save up! Holla at me if you're interested!
Ali
PS Also thinking of doing both a blog and channel makeover... what do you think? It's been the same FOREVER

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Series???

Hey guys so I've reached an impasse with creating a new series. I have 2 series that I'd like to do but can't decide between the 2 of them. 1 is definitely more of a drama while the other is more of a comedy and something kinda different as to what I've done before. Essentially, without giving too much away I wanna ask and see what everyone would prefer for a series so I'll describe them and then you can vote for one below.
Series 1: The first series is about 3 best friends who live in a horribly boring small town and spend their entire summer trying to find something fun to do. They all have different interests and all have a different way they want to spend summer together. This series doesn't really have a super continuous plot so there's not as much of a cliffhanger at the end of each episode but the episodes do relate to one another. It's more of a funny series meant to be kinda lighter and not as serious. Most of it would be dumb silly jokes and little adventures with the 3 friends.
Series 2: This series is far more dramatic with a continuous plot. It's about a small town high school where kids are disappearing. 2 best friends get interested in the mystery but before they really try to solve anything and find the missing kids, someone very important to one of them disappears too so she decides she has to find them. Basically it's about a girl trying to unravel the secrets of her spooky town and find all the missing kids before any more disappear, and figure out where they're going. This one would be very spooky and dramatic for sure so I think people might be interested in it but I'm also concerned it might scare some of you guys.
Basically, vote below and feel free to comment and give me suggestions and feedback so I can get started! Also making a special video this week and I wanna try and make the first episode of grow soon, although I may consider abandoning it for a new series, I'm not totally sure yet, just 2 series seems like a lot... Thoughts??? Do you definitely wanna see Grow? Anyways, comment here or my channel and vote below!!!