Hello everybody! This is Musume.
Today we have a new podcast interview, and the guest is Jessica, aka Geminik.
She is a BJD maker from Sweden, and all the footage and photos you will see through this video
were kindly supplied by her.
M: Hello and welcome! Thank you so much for doing this interview!
M: Would you like to introduce yourself to the watchers and readers?
J: My name is Jessica, thank you for having me today. It is an honor.
J: Online I usually go by the nickname of Geminik.
J: My main focus is to create dolls, illustrations and sometimes even comics,
J: under the name of "Geminik Creations".
J: I am currently 30 years of age, and I live with my boyfriend and two furry kitty monsters
J: in a small town in Sweden.
J: As part of my business,
J: I also run a YouTube and a Twitch channel.
J: I upload videos about my process and progress when I'm sculpting dolls,
J: and sometimes I also show some of my illustration work on YouTube.
J: Twitch is my main focus of the two channels right now,
J: On Twitch I livestream as often as I can, often twice a day, and show my followers.
J: how I sculpt my dolls, or draw and paint digitally. Sometimes even traditionally.
M: That is amazing, honestly!
M: So, you make dolls! How did you started on that? What inspired you?
J: It is kind of a funny story, really.
J: Because... I had one online friend from Germany, named Jen.
J: I used to speak to her every day, and specially over Skype.
J: One day she contacted me... on Skype. I think it was November 2008...
J: and she started talking about this crazy looking and super expensive dolls.
J: After a while I realized that I had first seen one of this back in 2005, and really wanted one
J: but I have apparently forgotten all about them!
J: But she reminded me of them, and we talked about it for a while...
J: and she kept wondering what was supposed to do with one, if she ever decided to get one.
J: and both of us were very... skeptical about the entire thing. Like what could you possibly do with a doll?
J: For real!
J: But one week after our conversation, my friend logged on again and told me: "I've done something crazy!"
J: And then she sent me a link, and it led to one of the most beautiful dolls I've ever seen at that point.
J: And... four days later I called her I contacted her, and said: "I bought one too!".
M: You both got the same doll then??
J: No... I ended up getting a... I think it was a Minimee.
J: I don't know if there are still made. I think so, but I think I got a Minimee from DiM Doll.
J: If I remember correctly.
J: I specially ordered one of those.
M: That inspired you to start making dolls of your own?
J: Yeah... 'cause I was studying comics arts, back then, at college.
J: For some reason I always been kind of curious when it comes to art.
J: It felt kind of natural to pick up some type of clay and try to make a little doll head of my own, after a while.
J: once I had my dolls at home.
J: I slowly fell in love with it, after that.
J: And of course, when I had a finished head I realized it needs a body.
J: And from there it went.
M: What is the process of creating a new doll?
M: Do you do sketches or search for inspiration?
J: I know that many other sculptors and doll makers make this really, really intricate and detailed sketches...
J: before they even start sculpting.
J: I, however, lack (giggles) patience, some... you know?
J: For some things, and when I get a good idea, or what I think it is a good idea in my head, I'm like...
J: "OK, let's skip all the boring stuff!" I just want to get started with it ASAP.
J: And so I just... I go into making the core, and then I add clay, and... you know?
J: Hopefully I make some kind of sketch, first, just to see what kind of look I want.
J: But other than that, I just very quickly get into sculpting, and I...
J: Sort of let the doll take on its own form and life.
J: And I think it is a kind of a freeing feeling.
J: Like I feel free when I sculpt in that way.
J: And I am not saying it is better or worse that what everybody else is doing,
J: it is just my way of doing things.
J: And speaking of the process of sculpting a doll...
J: Something that I recently realized it is a very good way of starting with the core,
J: for making a doll
J: It is a kind of Styrofoam that comes in a spray bottle.
J: You basically just spray the foam in the shape of a tiny person.
J: And then it dries for 24 hours, and then you start cutting it into the exact form you want your core to be.
J: And then you can start adding clear.
J: Most people that I've seen, that are starting out in the sculpting business,
J: or hobby, or whatever you wanna call it,
J: They start with aluminum foil. And yes that works, I've done that before.
J: But...
J: This Styrofoam thing?
J: It is the tip of the century, it is really, really cool, so...
J: If you who are listening to this want to start making your own dolls,
J: look into this kind of Styrofoam thing.
J: It is really, really helpful.
M: That is a really good tip! Thank you for sharing it!
M: Okay! So, do you have any workspace to share with us?
J: Yes, I do have some footage and photos of my studio.
J: My studio is currently a small room in my... me and my boyfriend's apartment.
J: So it is nothing fancy. I tend to collect a lot of precious things to hang on my walls in there.
J: I try to make it as cozy as possible.
J: I have all of my doll prototypes, even my personal collection resides in this room.
J: They are on a tiny shelf right next to my sculpting tables.
J: I can look at them, and...
J: sometimes pull them down for inspiration or just to look at how they move their joints, to be honest...
J: 'cause everybody makes joints differently.
M: For now you have only sculpted big dolls, SD sized.
M: Do you plan on moving onto other sizes at all?
J: Yes, I am.
J: I have various ideas for different sizes.
J: But I think they may have to wait a couple years, because I have a couple characters
J: in SD size that I'd like to finish first.
J: Male and female.
J: I think after this, the project I am currently working on,
J: which is a male doll named Kostja, I'm hopefully going to make a couple heads for that body
J: and possible a new head for Ask, my very first doll, who is a small SD.
J: And after that, I'm hoping to go into making a female doll, but after that...
J: I do have ideas for... you know, a doll teenager and children-sized dolls.
J: And normally...
J: when you put like, let's say that you have an adult character, and that you have a teen-ish character...
J: I personally think that a lot of the "teen" dolls out there...
J: They sort of are too small for the SD size.
J: At least if you are in the 65+ centimeters category of the adult dolls.
J: I'm playing around with the idea of making kind of my own sizes to fit into...
J: Like so they can fit better together, basically, visually. When you put them together in photos.
J: That is something I'm playing around with. And yes, I am definitely looking into making different sized dolls.
J: Not just SD-sized.
M: I think I agree with you. The teenage dolls, which are usually the 40 centimeters ones,
M: They really look to small for SDs, to be even... in the same scale at all.
J: I think that looks kind of weird.
J: I get the idea that you want a doll in a much smaller and more handier size.
J: Of course.
J: But... I think the vision I have for my own dolls and my characters is a little bit different.
J: So... We'll see what happens.
J: I'm not there yet, but I'm thinking about it, so...
M: Well, I will really love to see how it goes.
M: Okay! Thank you so much for doing this!
M: It was really a pleasure, and...
M: for everyone hearing this interview, you can also read more questions from Geminik in my blog,
M: which I'll link in the description.
J: Yes! Thank you so much for having me. It was fun!
And this is all for today!
I invite you all to check out my channel, and if you like my content,
do consider buying me a coffee as a support.
Have a nice day! Bye bye~
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