Dr. Zombie here!!! Mehehe

Bwaaaiinz!!!
I'm hi-jacking this blog! Who care's about how and why we can about?! Lets make this blog more interesting, lets make it about me!!!
They call me Doc, I was once was a doctor before being struck down by a virus that turned me into what you see before you, a devilshly handsome green man. Forget what you think you know about my kind, forget movies about slow moving mindless beasts or zombies with a rage virus; I wont chase you down and go 'frenzy' on you (how can I? I'm barely a foot tall!), I just wait until your asleep and nibble on your toes and fingers, rip the limbs and heads off cute/sweet/popular idiot dolls that mind-warp the younger generations into believing they should be as society dictates, I also like to tease cats and move your things around so you think your going crazy purely for my own entertainment ... I'm not all bad though, I make a great friend for watching scary movies with, I'm a good listener and as long as you carry me around no-one will ever think your a normal boring person :)

This is me, yes those ARE scissors holding my head up :) Wasn't I a handsome fellow even without the body?! BWAAIINZ
This stage of my being is a bit of a blur what with all the needles being poked in me and my head was only half filled with stuffing, still, even in head form I was a champion finger biter! You have been warned, twice now actually...

Aaaaah yes I have a body, all the better to swivel my head and eat you with my friend! BWAAAIINZ! I had a little mishap during a frenzy and lost my head to some rather unscrupulous characters, fortunately I was able to save my head before they damaged my good eye! Can't say much for the rest of my body, blood stains are so hard to remove...

 


Oh my love where art thou? Wasn't she a beauty? Alas she found another home away from I with a piece of my heart belonging to her forever, literally, she ripped a piece out before she left :-/ Such is the love of a zombie, tender earlobes, soft green calico skin... *sigh


So this is me, Doc...
I'm spending my days on a shelf with fellow Oddity's, playing tricks on our Odd Mother, like hiding her bag of eye's (aka buttons) hehehe she's still looking for them... Oh and of course tormenting the cat is always fun.



Sincerely, Doc Zombie

 

Time and effort

So here’s the thing, at the moment I sew very slowly lol
I jumped into Oddity full steam ahead while being a Mum, house wench and full time university student! I suffered burnout from pushing myself to achieve everything at once and I now have RSI in my right hand so more than 20mins of sewing kills my hand, problem is, the front hairline on one doll alone takes over an hour to sew securely not to mention all the small sewing bits that the machine can’t do well like attaching the head or small details on clothes etc

 

<---- One of my simple dolls, takes around 8hrs to make, it could be done in a couple of days if I didn’t have other duties to perform but it usually takes me at least a week to complete one doll, at least it used to before I started having problems with my hands; I haven't attempted to make a doll since March. A much needed break was taken to attempt to get my inspiration back and over the past couple of weeks I have had idea after idea, I'm in the process of drawing up some new personalities and next week will be my first week in over 6mths that I have sat at the sewing machine for something other than clothing repair! It will still be a few weeks until I start releasing photo's of new Oddity's but I am finally feeling exited about creating my strange little dolls again! So, and hour or two to draw one up in full colour with detailed idea's then 4.5hrs for the body sewing, around 3 hours for clothing, finishing the hair line and a little more time for hand painted details and we'll officially be back in the doll game! 

 

YES a lot of effort for one little doll, makes you appreciate them a little more no? I certainly love seeing them complete after a lot of work!