*le'sigh*

Well, I know in my last post I said that she's greatly improved, and she has, but since then I've found myself aligning one facial structure only to find out it wasn't aligned with another or it wasn't symmetrical, yada, yadda, yadddaaa! Damn, I gotta say, while I'm not giving up or giving any ground on the stress, this is one helluva journey! The past few days I thought I had finally gotten the nose absolutely correct, and I have for the most part, only to find myself struggling to match the nostril openings to both the profile shots and the frontals. The good news is, that isn't much altering. The lips need some more refinement to be sure, but last night, the biggie that I discovered - and I should've known this was coming because nothing is hardly ever perfect the first go around - that the eyes didn't line up correctly in the frontal shot. I knew something had to be up with them and I was slowly working on reshaping them anyway. Most faces, as a general artist rule, have the beginning of the eyes lining up correctly with the very edge of the nose, however not all faces live by this rule obviously as Mother Nature has Her own agenda. Sideshow Collectable's sculptor of Leia, obviously follows this rule as on examination of his sculpt, her eye openings line up with the edges of the nose perfectly. However, Carrie's/Leia's face has the opening of the eyes lining up with the opening of the nostril and not the edge of the nose itself. SO after reshaping the nostrils today I can move onto realigning the eyes and this should fix everything...I hope. I really can't wait to show the perfected product and again, she's almost there. I really see Leia in this face, it just needs some more work. I traced a frontal shot of the basic facial structure and this time I drew lines at where everything lines up with so I should clear up any remaining inaccuracies with this attempt. It's just tough when ya doing an image of someone who lives and breathes. They're going to look a little different in all the shots. I've matched my progress to several photos from day to day and still I find myself changing things *le'sigh*

On a more exhausting note, I've been under some emotional stress from Life issues. This is so troublesome when you're trying to focus on your work. Honestly it's been ruining my focus which, up until these stressful issues came to light, was pretty extreme and driven. But I won't give up. I keep remembering that She could be the pinnacle of my Life's creative achievements thus far. I'll keep on keepin' on.

At any rate, this must be the toughest part of the doll work. It's the most detailed area of the body, especially when it's a likeness of someone real. So at least the toughest part will have been finished first ^_^

On another note, I counted last night and I've designed about seventeen outfits for the doll, and thats not counting the obligatory outfits from the films! So exciting. I Love the textiles portion of this process! I think I'll start posting those designs so you can see!

Anywho, back to work! I leave this post with a fantastic, fifteen minute, disco Star Wars medley from way back when A New Hope introduced the world to STAR WARS!