Fashion Doll Hair - To Root Or Reroot - What is the Difference?

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You have plans to create your own anime character and you have just received the brand new Obitsu doll in the mail. The problem is it has no hair. But your character is not bald! So, how do you get the look that you want? Or maybe the head HAS hair but the hair is the wrong color. How do you get it the right color? In either case you would want to have the dolls hair rooted or re-rooted. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:

Fashion Doll Hair - To Root Or Reroot - What is the Difference?

1) Teach yourself how to do it. Or...
2) Find a professional who can do it for you. Either way you will need to know if you are looking to have your dolls head "rooted" or "re-rooted".

Rooting a Head

If your dolls head is bald to begin with, (as smooth as a baby's bottom) with no hole at all, you will want to "root" the head. Which means you will be establishing its unique style from the very beginning. You can put the holes where you want them and create any look that you desire with hardly any problems.

The down side is that if your dolls head is hard, (meaning: not squishy), it can be a pain to get the holes in place to root the hair.

Another problem is that if your dolls head is soft you may be tempted to place the holes too close together which can rip the scalp and ruin the head.

Both these problems can be over come with practice.

Re-Rooting A Head

If your dolls head already has hair, or has had hair, you will be looking to have the head "re-rooted". The holes already define a specific style that can be quite hard to change unless you know what you are doing. But, it is simple enough to change or replace hair if the holes are already there.

On the plus side you can fill in or "root" bald spots if the hair is too sparse. But, you must be careful not to place them too close together.

On the downside the holes may look like they will require more hair then is really needed and you might rip the scalp by making the plugs too thick.

Once again, these problems can be easily overcome with practice.

Getting Help With Your Doll Hair

If you are afraid to do the doll hair re-rooting yourself, or you don't have the time to learn how to root doll hair, you can do a search and find the services you are looking for from a professional. You can confidently discuss the services you will require because now you know the difference between "rooting" and "re-rooting" a fashion dolls head of hair.

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What's the Difference Between 2D and 3D Anyway?

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Isn't it obvious? Well, apparently not quite, when you consider how many people are still struggling with this topic!

What's the Difference Between 2D and 3D Anyway?

The first concept you must grasp is that 3D means 3 dimensional and 2D means 2 dimensional. Now before you think I'm stating the obvious, let me go on to say that the 3D and 2D in animation refer to the dimension in which the animation was created. Ahhhh. The plot thickens eh?

For 2D animation, everything happens on a 2 dimensional platform. Pictures are flat, without depth and offer only one perspective. Objects and characters are usually drawn without the subtle soft shadows we see in real life and colours have few varying shades. In 3D animation, everything happens on a 3 dimensional platform. Pictures have depth and offer multiple perspectives just like in real life and have soft subtle shadows casted on the objects and characters within.

In 2D, characters look cartoonish and unrealisitc. In 3D, characters can look cartoonish but realistic at the same time.

Another way to think of this is to think in terms of a painting and a sculpture. 2D is a painting, and 3D is a sculpture. 3D introduces "depth perspective," so we not only see a rectangle (2D) but a CUBE (3D). You may also want to think of it like being the difference between a photograph of a glass of water (2D) and being able to reach out and actually pick up the glass of water (3D).

Typically, 2D involves "drawing," or movement on, say, a flat surface (sketch pad, etc.) or in the vertical and horizontal planes. 3D involves "modeling," i.e., creating objects in 3-dimensions using a computer software, residing in an expansive virtual environment, complete with lights, reflections, other objects, shadows, etc.

You could start training yourself by comparing a cartoon like Bugs Bunny, Aladdin, Lion King (2D) to "Toy Story 1,2 & 3, "Finding Nemo" and "Incredibles" (3D). If you have not watched any of these great cartoons, you should grab one right away or be branded a neantherdal forever!

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