It’s the season for spooky portraits, and now it’s the turn of Haunted Dolls, as voted in the poll.
The reward will be available to patrons from tier $3 and above, and those in the Earthquake Critic ($10+) get to ask for special customizations. As usual, feel free to join a specific paid tier in order to get your portrait.
Dolls and dummies ideas
1• Chatty Cathy: the inspiration behind creepy doll superstar Anabelle, she’s fond of families and new homes.
2• My Buddy: Soft, tender and murderous. Likes knives and running with quick little steps after their prey.
3• Pierrot Doll: stylish and melancholic for some, unbearably creepy for others. It’s traditional to keep one as decoration, just to unnerve visitors.
4 • Ventriloquist Dummy: boomer humor is not dead. From time to time, it reanimates one of these vicious wooden puppets, powered by malice and bad attitude.
5 • Automaton: These proto robots were built with clockwork precision to amaze courts, and inspire uncanny dreams of artificial life.
6A • Bisque Doll: Her fine porcelain features are cracked —like her soul. She was the most precious possession of spoiled children in crueler times, and she’s set to haunt the present with mean lessons from the past.
Also comes in (6B) bald version:
Customizations! (for the Earthquake Critic tier)
A different type of puppet or doll.
Holding a knife or other menacing object.
Customizable costume.
Speech balloon with creepy dialogue.
How it works:
To ask for your portrait, please email with the subject “Haunted Doll”, including a photo reference (or remind me of a picture you’ve sent before) and your choice of doll. Email address is juan@thesecretknots.com
Feel free to ask for a specific gender (or no gendered look at all) for any of the sample ideas, such as a male version of Chatty Cathy, female My Buddy (probably like a Raggedy Ann), etc.
Important: I may share some portraits to promote support to my Patreon. Please let me know if you’d like to keep them private.
I should start sending out and sharing the first portraits in about ten days. I would love to be done by Halloween, but I’ll probably be drawing some portraits well into November.
Leave comments or questions below, and thanks!
Juan
