OPDAG Paper Doll Studio News Issue #60

These are some pages from OPDAG Paper Doll Studio News Issue #60 Folklore from Summer 1999.  Not all pages are shown here. Most pages are in black and white with the cover in green and some in color.

Sailor Moon Paper Doll

Wow, this has been a CRAZY week!  School has started, but my classes seem manageable.  What a weird and crazy week.  Long story short: there was a job I wanted to get really badly.  One of my coworkers left, and I applied.  However, my boss needed me Mondays, and because of school- I can't work Mondays.  a bit disappointing...  And then, I got an interview for a different job.  Not sure if I'll get it, but just... a lot to juggle.

Anyway, moving on from personal stuff...  The latest OPDAG Paper Doll Studios magazine came out, another great issue, highly recommend! This theme was TV Shows.  I submitted the below design, but it didn't make the issue (possible email glitch) and may be in the next issue.

For the TV theme, I decided to do a Sailor Moon paper doll.  The Sailor Moon anime cartoon was a vital part of my childhood.  I religiously watched this show on TV.  I did use a reference for the base to help match the style of the anime show.  Sailor Moon character was created by Naoko Takeuchi and the show was made by Toei Animation and dubbed by DIC for the American Audience.  The show was on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami, which included other anime favorites.  I drew the main character, Usagi/Serena/Bunny (name changes in dubbed versions!) with her first season Sailor Moon senshi uniform and her summer and winter school uniforms.  

Obvisouly I do not own Sailor Moon.  Here's the image I used as a reference for the doll, found on Pinterest.  I wanted to do more outfits, such as her Princess costume, but just don't have the time and have other projects to work on.  

1930s Fashion

The latest issue of OPDAG's Paper Doll Studio came in the mail a few days ago.  The theme for the magazine was 1930s.  Above is the two page paper doll I designed in color and in black and white.  She has 11 dresses, 4 pairs of shoes and 8 hats.  The last issue can be purchased from their website here.  It's convention time!  So this will be my last post for about a week.  Have a Happy 4th of July everyone!

OPDAG News #42 Winter 1995

Sue Chaffee

Christine D Scarlett

Dress a Doll by Johana Gast Anderton and Helen Johnson

Dress A Doll

Elinor Peace Bailey

dress a doll

dress a doll

Marcy Lewis

Dress a Doll

Dress a Doll

Elinor Peach Bailey

Here is a black and white issue of OPDAG (original paper doll artist guild) News.  This is issue #42 from the Winter of 1995.  The theme was paper dolls of and for children.  It features 2 dress a doll babies with lots of clothing submitted by members.  Not all pages are shown here. 

Vamps and Villains

So I got my newest/latest issue of OPDAG in the mail.  Issue 118 theme was Vamps and Villains.  I decided to do these two Batman ladies, since they are both Vamps and Villains. Harley Quinn 6 outfits and a 'hat', all of these are from various video games, cartoons and movies.  I was inspired by Bruce Timm's artwork as far as style goes. Just note before you look him up, not all of his art is safe for work.  Poison Ivy has 6 outfits, also from various movies and comics.These characters are owned by DC comics.  I used Adobe Illustrator to create the dolls.  I may add more characters later (Wonder Woman, Cat woman maybe)

OPDAG 34

BrendaJester

Brenda Sneathen Mattox

Charles Ventura

Dress a Doll

Shirley Derr

Dress a Doll

Sandra Vanderpool

Dress a doll

Dress a doll

Shirley  Derr

These are some pages scanned from the OPDAG News (Original Paper Doll Artist Guild).  This is issue 34 from Winter 1993 and the theme is Cinderella.  What a great theme! Includes a dress a doll.  All pages are in black and white, not all pages are shown here. 

2016 Convention Photos

Above photos, SHOW and SHARE room

My mom's entries to the competition

My entries to the competition

My raffle prizes (won one more stack after this photo)

My freebie haul

me

It's been a week since I last posted!  Hopefully fall classes won't be as crazy busy as summer. And these photos are from more then a year ago!  But since the current convention is going on now, I thought I'd finally dump them here.  Also I have more on a camera that won't connect to my computer, so I'll try to post those if I can.  As you can see, my photos are blurry! This is my phone's camera, which is not very good.  If you see you're item in the show and share, let me know and i'll label it.