- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Hobby House Press (1 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0875886256
- ISBN-13: 978-0875886251
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.5 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,514,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Plenty of illustrations showing the various procedures step-by-step..." -- Galatea Magazine, Winter 2003.
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With this book, you can transform the ordinary fashion doll or too much loved fashion doll into an object of beauty and style! This new and exciting book from noted author Jim Faraone is filled with hundreds of tips from professional fashion doll makeover artists. This useful and clever book is compiled from the thousands of tips and suggestions gathered by the author in his around-the-world research via the Internet. The author makes tips easy to execute with step-by-step instructions and photographs of sample creations. Jim Faraone, the author of four best-selling books on fashion doll makeovers, lets you in on all the secrets of making over fashion dolls.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful tips but could use more instructions,
By Ben (Cornwall, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultimate Fashion Doll Makeovers: Tips from the Experts (Paperback)
Being a beginner, dipping my toe into the pond that is doll makeovers is a rather daunting prospect. After looking online for help I found this book which I thought might be useful.Jim Faraone has compiled a huge selection of tips and tricks for modifying your Barbie (or other) dolls from various sources on the Internet and should save you some valuable time. A wide selection of topics are covered such as re-painting faces, re-rooting hair and making clothing. However, typos are commonplace in this book, as are the copious LOL!s. I find this irritating and detracts from an otherwise informative book. It is perhaps a little pricey too and more detailed instructions would have been nice.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fills a Niche,
By Susan Jehle "The Attic Couturier" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultimate Fashion Doll Makeovers: Tips from the Experts (Paperback)
The purchaser should be aware that this isn't really a 'how to' book. It's comprised of postings by members of Jim Faraone's Yahoo group of fashion doll makeover artists, and has a format much like a website bulletin board. It is ABSOLUTELY packed with tips and suggestions and techniques - many with really excellent photos. Its contributors are generous with their time and experience. However, I'm afraid the beginner will find this book overwhelming, since it doesn't present a simple step-by-step approach. It should also be pointed out that the techniques have not necessarily all been 'tested and approved' by the author or any collective group of artists, so it would be unwise to consider this text to be the definitive guide for handling vinyl or hard plastics. I find it to be a worthwhile addition to a larger library, but not a 'handy reference guide' - if that's what you're looking for.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Friendly encouraging help,
By "lylanna42" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultimate Fashion Doll Makeovers: Tips from the Experts (Paperback)
This is the best of his books! I love it, I'll be using it as a reference for a long time! there's more tips in it than I can remember in one reading. Its set up like a chat with him and other doll artists, easy to read, easy to understand. I have his 3rd and 4th books, which have tips not included in this book but this one is a MUST HAVE.
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great addition to your fashion doll customizing library!,
By Shanan Anderson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ultimate Fashion Doll Makeovers: Tips from the Experts (Paperback)
I wouldn't consider this book the 'be all and end all' of it... in other words it's a great supplement to other books available. If it were to be the 'be all and end all' of it, I would expect the title to be "Encyclopedia of Fashion Doll Makeovers" but it's not... it's "Utimate Fashion Doll Makeovers...Tips from the Experts"... those from novice to professional who are doing great work! Jim does say in his intro he wanted the feel of the book to be like that of his Yahoogroup™, Fashion Doll Makeovers, he has achieved that. It makes for feeling right at home with these talented artists and with internet access you can meet them too. There are some very useful tips in here that to me make it a very worth while publication in it's own right. There are 4 other books in his series. I haven't gotten any of them yet.. but it seems that one doesn't replace the others... they are supplemental to one another. And as an artist you have to take bits and pieces of advice and combine it with your own ideas and creativity. Thanks Jim and all the featured artists, your an inspiration to this novice!
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