Creating Fashion Dolls: A Step-By-Step Guide to One-Of-A-Kind Dolls (Paperback)

by Sabrina Guidice (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"If you tempted to enter the alternative world of fashion doll makeovers, this book could be the one to get you started..." -- Galatea Magazine, Spring 2003.

Product Description
Learn how to make an ordinary fashion doll into a sensational showgirl with author Sabrina Guidice! Sabrina shows how to repaint the face, restyle hair, sew the clothing, and create a fantastic box in which to sell your extraordinary creation. Now you can be just like the makeover artists!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Hobby House Press (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875886094
• ISBN-13: 978-0875886091
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,069,702 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Anyone Afraid of Repainting a Face, January 1, 2003

By	D. K. Atkinson (Southern Illinois USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is meant to be a springboard for your own creations. Ms Guidice shows you how to "enhance" the face the doll came with rather than totally wiping the face and repainting it. (The idea of repainting a doll's face scares me something awful.)

You will learn how to give a fashion doll a "perm", enhance the makeup, and generally glitz up the doll's face and hair. She shows you how to create the costume on the front of the book and then opens her gallery of dolls to see what she has done with this "basic" beginning.

I'd recommend that anyone considering trying fashion doll makeovers to start with this book. It won't overwhelm you with so much information that you lose your vision or (in my case) nerve!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Information I never knew, December 18, 2001

By	"hombregirl" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

The new book by Sabrina Giudice, "Creating Fashion Dolls", is the most informative start to finish explanation for OOAK designers in the industry. If you are a beginner or a seasoned professional there is much to learn here. Her descriptions of fixing hair and perms were easy to understand. Information on repaints and paints to use, right down to brush size, and use of appropriate blush is extremely useful. Also, if you hand sew or machine stitch your own designs, she gives you examples of looking at fashion in a new light. This is a MUST for serious doll designers and ones thinking they would like to attempt this type of art. Highly recommended.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, December 1, 2003

By A Customer

This book covers very little that is helpful in the world of fashion doll makeovers. It does nothing about repainting techniques, only "enhancements," which means changing the color a bit. It also uses colored pencils and those do not work on all fashion dolls. Other questionable techniques are presented. The end result is a "Vegas showgirl," but so little is learned and so much of it is wrong or ill-advised. A beginner will be more messed up by following it than helped.