And here it is all laid out on the lounge room floor. The next step is to stitch the units together. While I am doing that I will be thinking about how to square it up. Still a long way to go on this project but I feel like I have reached a real mile stone finishing the last diamond.
"Omg, I love these! They go up to size 6X AND they have pockets?! Wow!! But do you have anything longer?"
Sure do, no problem!!
"YES these are great!!! But what about.. longer?"
I gotcha!! Comin' right up!
"Now that's what I'm talkin' about! But... how about if I'm feeling like it's the kinda day where I need my clothing to be bifurcated???"
Never fear, joggers are here!
*wild cheering*
/scene
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2020 Barbie Signature Mermaids Redesign
When Mattel announced the poll that would decide which among four designs by Angel Kent would go on to become the 2020 Barbie Signature mermaid doll, I was in agreement with many other dollblr users and Barbie fans that they were disappointing. It was obvious that they had very obviously preferred and put much more effort and attention to detail into the blue-eyed blonde white doll, while making lazy and racially insensitive design choices for the other, darker-skinned dolls. Because Mattel's brand currently boasts its inclusiveness and makes much lip service about the importance of diversity in the toybox, the designs offered in this poll and the implications in the design choices made me and others upset. Obviously, the white doll and the Ken won the first round of voting. When the pictures of the prototypes were dropped three days ago and I saw that they had whitewashed the Ken's original colors to be white and blonde, I felt so angry that I went to the drawing board and cranked out these redesigns.
As a disclaimer, I am an entertainment designer by specialty and these designs were not necessarily drawn with product design limitations in mind regarding what's realistically feasible for mass manufacturing in 1/6 scale at a budget. My take on these four dolls borrow heavily from Angel Kent's released final drawings in general scheme, and actually use the exact same eyedropped colors. They are biased in favor of my own fashion preferences and personal favorite Barbie doll features as a collector, and lean more towards an entertainment project based style. However, I do still think that my designs, at the very least, managed to avoid making questionable choices regarding potential racial sensitivity and colorism.
I didn't do these redesigns to shame anyone at Mattel, Angel Kent, or those who voted for the doll that I voted for. I did them because I think that when a company vocally stands for racial equality and strives to create a truly progressive world in 1/6 scale, their product designs should reflect that stance. And maybe if an LGBT designer of color not employed by their company can whip out a version of their product that doesn't straddle a questionable line in two and a half days just out of simple passion for the issue and love for their doll, maybe the company itself can and should be held to that higher standard they earnestly believe in.
For reference, here are the actual designs and the prototypes.
Here's some detail shots!!
Mermaid Man be lookin 🔥🔥🔥🔥👅👅👅💦💦💦👀👀👀
Rayman was the first PS1 game we ever rented from the video shop. That or Wipeout, I forget.
