Me and dolling

What program do you use to make your dolls?
Adobe Photoshop mostly. But to make the outlines of the clothes, I use just plain MS paint.

When did you start dolling?:
I stated dolling around arpil 2003.

Can you help me with my dolls?
I’ve made tutorials for that reason. I don’t think I can explain my way of dolling any better than I do there. Also, I use adobe, it’s the only graphic program I have. I can’t use psp or others and ergo, can’t help you with any other programs. (except ms paint, standard program for windows)

How did you make your website?
I use Dreamweaver, and I'm really not very good at it if truth be told.

Can you help me make my layout, or tell me of a good host?
No. Since I only use dreamweaver, I can’t make codes, ergo, I can’t help with html stuff. I’ve been hosted on the same space for ages, and it was set up by my brother. I don’t know of good free hosts, or how to set up with a played host.

Do you make requests?
No, not any more.

Can we be sisters?
Please check out the bottom text at my Sister site for info about this sort of request.

What is it about you and beige?
Those who have been regulars for some time will know that my three previous layouts have been largely dominated by beige colours. Why I keep making them, I don’t know. I’ve tried to avoid it a bit this time around though.

Where did the old stuff go?
As this site is in permanent limbo, i decided to only showcase what i felt was my best work, and some of the gifts and awards i've gotten over the years. The rest, is history.

Can we trade links?
Sorry, but my links section is modest in size, and i intend to keep it that way.

Changes:

The frankendoll rule?: When I first started up dolling, I knew how hard it could be to make hair and especially faces for faceless bases. So I made a rule that allowed people to borrow small things in exchange for a link, stating what was made by me. However, very few have used this, and those who have, seem to have forgotten all about the credit bit. I warned that if this happened too often, I would retract my offer. And that is what has happened. It's not really a "once wronged, all punished" but rather a rule that never really worked in the first place, with far more wronged than righted. If you need help with hair, look at my tutorial.

Website headaches and mail issues

Where can I find *insert things*?
Most of what I have that is related to dolls are in the dolls section, including gifts, awards and tutorials.

I mailed you ages ago, and you haven’t replied. Why? Do you hate me, or look down on me?!
No such thing. There are various reasons why this happens. It could have gotten lost or deleted by mistake. I can mistake it as replied to when I really haven’t. Also, I’m a very late replier by nature. I read everything that is sent to me, but it’s when it comes to replying that I sort of fail. It’s the cause of great guilt for me, but it just keeps on happening. My mail mounts up and onwards and then it gets daunting and tiring to reply and you think, tomorrow. I’ll do it tomorrow. Then tomorrow comes and goes and I still haven’t replied. There have indeed been people who have waited for months. *argh, the shame, the shame!*
That is why I’ve expanded my faq to cover as many eventualities as possible.

Where can I find your link banners?
My banners are in the links section.

Definitions

Adopting: when you adopt a doll, it means that you make room for it at website which you are in charge off. Most commonly it’s on a separate page or a separate bit of the site, clearly indicating that the graphics are not made by you, but adopted from various websites. It’s common rule that each doll must be linked back to the creator of that doll. If you want to abide by the most general standard, you can have a link right under each doll, stating the name of the website, and linking that name to the website. A lot of dollers want the link at the same page as the doll, and also have it clearly stated which one belongs to whom.

Frankendolling: whoever came up with the name I don’t know, but it’s stuck and it’s here to stay. To frankendoll means that you have taken a piece, or large chunks of someone else’s dolls, edited, pasted on something else, and call it your creation. This includes frankendolling of both dolls and bases.

Direct Linking: Direct linking is if you post or display on a website, or a forum, anywhere online, a doll, a base, or anything of mine with an url resource to my website. I do not mean ordinary linking to my website, but copying the url of my graphics and then display it elsewhere. This website is on paid space with limited bandwidth. If I take more than my share, I have to pay a hefty fee. When you direct link, it means it fetches the info, that is, the graphics from my space and upload it to where you are showing it. If you adopt one of my dolls and direct link, I’m actually paying for you showing it. I truly disapprove of it and so does everyone else who has to pay for their bandwidth.

Dolls and Bases: it seems like silly question to a lot, but I’ve heard it on several occasions, so why not straighten that out here. Dolls come in two forms: the handmade type, and the drag-and-drop. The handmade ones are dolls which we dress up ourselves using a graphic program to draw their clothes and hair.
A drag-and-drop is doll “generator” made by someone else where there are many various clothes and hair pieces and so on, and you can click on them and drag them onto a base. An online Barbie kind of thing.
I do not use drag-and-drops, nor do I have one, or ever intend on making one.
Bases are naked dolls. Making a base is hard for many, so there are a lot of premade bases by others that you can use to dress up. However, they are not free. There are rules attached on how to use them, and the terms of showing it. Check up on each artist’s own rules for using their bases.

Sister sites: Being sister sites means that you usually display a link or a graphic you made together somewhere on your website. It’s not just a regular linking, Some also display gifts they have made for one another and information about their sisters.
What it takes to be sister sites mean very different things to different people. For some it’s just a good way of making special links to eachother. For others it’s someone they like/admire and talk to on occasion. Then again for some it’s only their close friends, as dear as sisters.
In short, an official connection of friendship or at the least, familiarity. It’s also based on consenting. You have to ask someone to be your sister. However some might take offence if you pounce on them and they do not know you all ready. Some even say so in their rules.