Why a Blog?
A lot of tools promise to make writing easier. Here’s what I actually use, why I keep coming back, and what I’ve ditched along the way.
Quick note first: I'll be double-blogging between my main website and Tumblr, so every post lives in both places, and each one will have a button or something that links over to the other. Read wherever you're comfiest. :3
So, why a blog? Mostly because Instagram doesn't leave much room for thinking out loud in long-form, and I keep having thoughts that don't fit under a photo. A caption has to stay short or it turns into one of those things people scroll right past when you get TL;DR, and sometimes I just want to sit with why something clicked for me, or why I've been stuck on a face-up decision for weeks (or years, really lol).
It's also because design is my full-time job, and illustration and freelance live in that same corner of my brain, so most of my hours are already spoken for by clients and other people's ideas. The dolls have always been just mine, and so has the time I spend with them. I'd like to keep it that way.
That also means no portfolio here. Well, not on purpose. The photos might make it look like one, lol. It's really just me talking about a hobby I love the way I would if we were hanging out.
Most of what shows up will probably be about the dolls themselves, plus the companies and brands behind them. New additions, character ideas, why a certain body just works for a certain OC. Tools will come up too, because yes, I have opinions about what I use and why. I write in Ulysses and organize in Obsidian, sometimes grab a Pomera when I need a break from screens, and I shoot on an OM SYSTEM OM-3 and a Lumix S9.
No schedule, no plan, no content calendar. Just notes whenever I've got thoughts to write down. :3