Doing a portrait baby

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You may have seen my post about the portrait babies I do for a mommthat wanted both her son and daughter. The struggle I had to choose kits.

Well, I have search kits for my own babies. I know how it’s difficult., I end up choosing kits that nobody else see the ressemblance. My customer did this too.

She choose the bigger kit (on the right),over Jade, despite everyone agreeing that Jade is a perfect match.

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There’s a reason for this. We, artists, look at a picture. The mom look at her memories.

Simple as that. Memories of the movement, expressions, feelings.
We look at a plastic kit, she see a real baby.

Just take your time if you’re doing portrait babies. Suggest not only kits that look alike, but some that the shape of the face, nose or eyes are similar. Don’t be afraid of showing sleeping kit for an open eyes picture. Ask for more pictures if the mom have some.

And accept the choice of your customer. It may not be the kit you would have choose, but it may be the perfect one.

Be careful of the size too. Sometimes it doesn’t matter but sometimes it is important. This baby was a big chubby baby, and that’s what the mom wanted to feel again. An 18" may have not been right.

I have bought kits. I will paint them or sell them. But I am making sure this mom will be happy with her babies, that’s all that matters.

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On point I say. It is the memories we have of our children.

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Good advice. A photo is one snapshot in time. Babies features change daily especially that age.i have a vision of my daughters baby face etched in my memory. I came across a random photo and she looked totally different until I started examining her features.

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I agree! I just finished a portrait baby of my son. He looks almost exactly like the photo. But, the finished baby does not remind me of my son. I don’t see him and think of my baby.

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My mom asked me to make portraits of my brothers and I as babies but she keeps saying none of the kits look like her babies cause we she had such beautiful babies… ugh! She asked if they made any pretty baby kits. I’m thinking I’m going to make a crier for my portrait baby cause she tells stories of how colicky I was and my formula allergies etc lol

I think it is hard to connect to a doll when you have expectations of feeling a connection to your child.

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A crier maybe a good idea :laughing:
The portrait of me that I made for my mom, she said the same, I was such a beautiful baby no kit is good enough…she likes it tho !

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We have the same mom! I was looking at Maria Sneak peek on macp :wink: hows that for an emotional connection

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