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What I Do?

Doll Design

It is good to start your project with a design. Design ideas can come from anywhere. It doesn’t matter how they enter

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Sculpt

Sculpting starts right after creating the wire armature upon which the layers of foil and consequently, clay will be built.

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Costume and Finish

Once the doll is finished and painted, the time comes to give it a costume and make hair, working on a lock

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Doll Design
Doll Design
Sculpt
Sculpt
Costume and Finish
Costume and Finish

My Projects - BJD doll

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What students think

It’s such a pleasure to work with elenaoriginals! I took a private class with Elena – she has her own unique vision and she is always full of energy and ideas. I was recommended to take her class in person by a friend and I am so glad that I did! I loved every minute…

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Jannet M.

I bought the Ladybug sculpting tutorial on elenaoriginals.com website. Excellent explanations, and very clear directions! I’m very pleased with my purchase! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

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Lara

Elena is very passionate and it shows through her work and classes. I bought 5 of her tutorials and will be coming for more 🙂 I especially loved the Steampunk video class. I knew how to sculpt before taking Elena’s classes but she showed me lots of tricks and simplified some approaches to sculpting the…

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