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[MilkieTea]

I think it's moreso the personality really, Y'shtola is pretty serious and stern.
She's more sassy than cute.
I still think you can communicate that regardless of artstyle really with facial expressions and posing etc.

Even just something like the open mouth for example it's not something I really see Y'shtola doing and it makes her look more cutsey.
Like I said it's really well-made but it does feel a little like a cutsey cosplayer cosplaying as Y'shtola.

Ah yes, you’re right. It’s a beautiful sculpt but I think having her give a more stern expression would work wonders. Or her typical sassy smile.

[MilkieTea]

The thought that essentially came to mind is that there is a base or for lack of better term core that's used in sculpting the heads of their dolls that might influence things like placement of features like eyes or nose and the overall shape of the face. This type of thing is fairly common if a company has established a specific style with their products. Though admittedly I haven't looked too far into creation processes when it comes to these types of items at this tier of quality. Honestly I'm more focused atm in preparing a display for it.

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But also, you might be partially right. I think they used a basis and adjusted the sculpt to attempt to bring it more inline with Y’shtola’s facial structure while also keeping their own signature style, and in doing so seem to have missed out on some key differences between Y’shtola’s face and their style.

[Poporito_Popoto]

Saw a video that mentioned they went with a concept art piece of Y'shtola and did not use the in game model as the basis for the doll.

[ItMe]

Saw a video that mentioned [...]

Do you still have the video?
Could you link us up?

[Poporito_Popoto]

Do you still have the video?
Could you link us up?

Meoni mentions it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGWZJqi2VM

Official website shown: https://dollfie.volks.co.jp/dd/speci...d_yshtola.html

[ItMe]

Meoni mentions it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGWZJqi2VM

Official website shown: https://dollfie.volks.co.jp/dd/speci...d_yshtola.html

Eeeey, thanks~
Wow, seeing the concept art they are working off of I much better understand where the doll's aestetic is coming from.

[Halivel]

Meoni mentions it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGWZJqi2VM

Official website shown: https://dollfie.volks.co.jp/dd/speci...d_yshtola.html

This explains her uncharacteristically soft facial expression.

Her expression being untypical for Y'shtola aside, the doll looks pretty good. And it's BJD, so the price is not a surprise.

[Artemiz]

I know Y'shtola is a beloved character. I know y'all love collaboration and branding. But seriously, if y'all can change the Sage icon because people have a holes phobia, you can stop bombarding every single person who logs in with this horrifyingly eerie uncanny valley doll face. There was an evolutionary reason that humanity has a deep seated fear of things that look mostly human but aren't imprinted into our genome. You're disconcerting more people than a hole phobia here. Make it go away.

I am becoming increasingly convinced the Internet was invented purely as an experiment to find out if there is anything at all that someone, somewhere won't moan about.

[Krotoan]

I am becoming increasingly convinced the Internet was invented purely as an experiment to find out if there is anything at all that someone, somewhere won't moan about.

The answer is no. Somewhere SOMEONE will have a problem with ANYTHING that is done anywhere.

I am apparently eating cupcakes wrong and my lifestyle is an affront to someones god, .. good cupcake though.

[Ranaku]

The doll is creepy af but since calcabrina no other doll will ever scare me again!