Cool-Aberration 2008 - Toben

Here's one of my favorite dolls from Cool-Ab 2008, Toben the Rocker Elf.

He started life with Jen in OH as an elfin misfit looking to "find himself".





I was the third player to work on Toben. Gloria had already started his rocker persona with his wild hair and his guitar. This is what he looked like when he got to NC.

I don't know that I've ever seen a Rock 'n' Roll musician in knickers and a hat like his, but I decided to stick with Gloria's rocker theme. I made Tobe a long garment kindof between a cloak and a duster, put some stars in his hair, bells on his hat, rings in his ears, a peace sign on his sash, and made him his own record album collection. He loves Southern Rock and Janis Joplin.



And here are the pages I added to his journal.



After me, Tobe visited 3 more artists and ended up looking kindof like this. He actually got some more detail added, but I don't have a good pic of him at the very end.

I just love what Kris did to his face - the glasses, mustache and goatee. Too cool.

Cool-Aberration 2008 - Precious

Now back to the first Cool-Aberration project.

This is Roslind's doll, Precious as she left Japan to start her journey.





And here's what she went home looking like. Ain't she precious? She's a somewhat pudgy teenage damselfly (female version of the dragonfly).

I was the 2nd to last artist to work on Precious. I added the flower sequins between the big silk flowers.

And I restyled her hair and dyed it red. She is a teenager, after all. And no teenager wants old lady teddy bear hair like she had! Here's what Precious' hair looked like when she came to NC to visit me.

And these are the pages I added to Precious' journal.




I think Precious turned out really cool and I hope Roslind likes her, too. Notice her multiple arms. Roslind attached her original arms to her original wings. And Em made Precious 3 knitted sweaters, each with their own pair of arms attached. 'Cause insects doesn't have jest one pair of arms, ya know...

THE DAVE FINALE!

And here he is - Dave in all his glory!

He can't model all his gear at once... Might scare the babes off if he had three dingle dangles! He's already begging to go to Surf City, NC. And he wants a pool table. Sigh. When is the boy gonna get a job??

This collaboration project has been so much fun. I loved working on all the dolls and journals, and I just love Dave and his journal. Thanks to Kris, Roslind, Em, Jen, Gloria and Susan for a memorable experience.

Now I'm off to work some more on Yvonne's Cool-Aberration 2009 doll!

Dave wraps up his journey

So off Dave flew all the way from OH to NJ under the power of his own wings. It's easy when you have two pairs!

I'm still not quite sure what happened with Dave in NJ with Gloria. He won't talk about it much. I'm assuming he got a little out of hand since Gloria's contribution was a box to lock Dave up in. :) Dave a handful!!


In WI with Susan, Dave ate a lot of dairy products and drank lots of beer. (Apparently Susan is more tolerant of that sort of thing than Gloria...)

Susan explained to Dave that what he wants is girls who want a little tail. So she gave him one. :) Since even that type of girl likes a bit of romance, she clued Dave in on increasing his chances by showing up with flowers.



Stay tuned for Dave's homecoming pic!

Back in the States, Dave Continues to Develop...

So Dave returned stateside having acquired many manly traits and skills.

In WA, Dave met Em who decided a manly warrior's chest plate and wings were in order. (For, as we saw earlier, Dave had long admired Pegasus and Superman and often fantasized about becoming a flying superhero himself...)


Even more importantly, Em gave Dave the essential manly equipment. And not just one penis. Oh no, Dave is now the very proud owner of a set of three interchangeable dingle dangles!
Looks like he's ready for any situation that might arise, huh? (How did he manage overseas without these???)
His journal entries capture what was on Dave's mind in WA. You guessed it - babes and boobs!



In Ohio, Jen introduced Dave to a bunch of fairies (the little winged kind, not gay guys.). The fairy girls liked Dave so much (probably that dingle dangle collection of his. :)) they made him an honorary fairy and gave him his own pixie wings.



Coming soon, Dave flies on to NJ and WI under the power of his own wings.

Dave's Journey

So last July, Dave left home on a mission to find himself - and hopefully to find some hot babes along the way.

Dave's first stop was England to get some pointers from Kris on what chicks were looking for in a guy. Well, ya gotta have arms. And the more bulging muscles the better!
Kris, with the help of two friends and various small tools, managed to wrench the arms off the UK equivalent of G.I.Joe and give 'em to Dave. Now that was a transformation!
Dave also got a six pack tummy and lots of sexy tattoos which Kris assured him the ladies will love. He learned to play pool (and probably drink, though I wasn't clued in...) on the UK coast.
And, as depicted in his journal, Dave studied martial arts, dabbled in porn modeling, and powered around Kris's neighborhood on a motor bike picking up babes (what kind of neighborhood does Kris live in, anyway???!).


From England, Dave flew on to Japan just in time to accompany Roslind to Hawaii where Dave discovered that you gotta know how to surf to be cool.
Roslind also taught Dave the importance of getting in touch with your feminine side (in Dave's case, a floozy named Lola!).

Next, Dave returns stateside. But his adventures continue! Coming soon...

DAVE IS HOME!

Dave, my Cool-Aberration 2008 doll, came home yesterday after a year traveling the world! He visited artists in England, Japan, WA, OH, NJ, and WI and then came home to NC.
Here's some pics of Dave as he appeared when he left home last July.

And here are the starting entries I made in Dave's travel journal. (Obviously I got a bit carried away, but it was so much fun!)







Dave's transformation pics coming soon!

Art Dool Cool-Aberration 2008 - Gatta

This is Gatta, started by Em in WA, as she appeared at the start of her great journey.






I was the 4th player to work on Gatta. Here's what she looked like when she reached me:

I added the sunshine halo, lots of necklaces, a button bodice, and a dress made from a copper pot scrubber pad.


After me, Gatta visited two more players and headed home to Em looking like this:

And here are the pages I added to Gatta's journal:




I had fun with this journal. The sunset is made out of layered tissue paper and the flowers page is fabric I made by sandwiching fibers and stuff between Wonder Under (or something like it).