I rarely go back and look at older work. Partly, it's the cringe factor and partly it's because any time I'm looking back, I'm not moving forward. I probably should once in a while just to make sure I am, in fact, moving forward! This time, I'm looking back through my Josephine files because of a special request to make them more printable.
First, it was fun to re-open all of those files and update the most egregious errors, mostly my terrible tabs! Second, I was working on a Surface Pro at the time, learning how to use that and Photoshop while now I mostly work on an iPad in Procreate. My skill level has definitely improved with more practice AND better equipment! And finally, skimming over the text of each blog post was a bit nostalgic. These were created in 2017, a year that began a really monumental shift in my life. I didn't know it then and that shows in the writing. I'm not sure why I stopped creating for Josephine. Likely the shift in my life or maybe I got bored. Or both.
Each Josephine post now includes both the original art and the updated pages with a white background. If you'd like it in book form, it's available here with some outfits that are exclusive to the book. I don't plan on going back through the 13 years of this blog and updating things - it's very time consuming!! Maybe once in a while but this was a very special project at a very interesting point in my life.
Wow! I've been following you since before you started the Josephine series (I use a feed reader, so you probably wouldn't know that) and I remember loving that series! I'll be checking them all out again, and really appreciate the white background - I may actually print them and enjoy them IRL this time
ReplyDeleteThanks! That was a really special series. I can't promise that I'll go back over 13 years of content and make them all more printable, but I'm glad I got to this one! And I'm trying to create more often so look for new things, too :)
DeleteThank you so much for posting the white backgrounds. I love the Josephine series. I love your dolls and I've spent days/weeks downloading them any free time that I have. I have become obsessed with paper dolls again (I'm 57), and I SOOOO appreciate you for posting free dolls!! You are so generous! I have recently discovered you and I've been reading your blog from the beginning. A big THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteYou are SO welcome! I'm really glad you're enjoying the blog. If you're just jumping back into paper dolls, check out Paperdoll Review. The magazine is a great resource for connecting with other paper doll people - https://paperdollreview.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=11
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