AI Doll Images Part 3 of 4

I created more AI doll images using specific instructions.

This is part three of a series on AI-generated doll images using my original doll photos and prompts to create social-media themes, change backgrounds, envision clothing and settings, and to enhance or correct photographs. Using AI helps me accomplish things in minutes that would otherwise require learning skills and software that aren't part of my creative toolbox.  The following photos were AI-enhanced:

After physically redressing "She's That Girl Reign" in American Girl Julie's 1970s casual fashion, I used the prompt: place this doll in a 1970s-decorated African American home with shag carpet in a color to match the room decor.

I failed to note in the previous related posts that AI has often failed to produce what I expected in some of my earliest AI doll photo editing. I learned early on that where dolls and people are involved in images, AI often defaults to White dolls and people and will sometimes change dolls' complexion/ethnicity and/or facial features. My prompts are now more specific with the added instruction: do not change the doll's facial features or complexion.

The prompt used to change the background of the original picture: Place the dolls in an airport setting with baggage for the doll in blue who is traveling to Illinois. The one in brown is seeing her off. 

The prompt used for the original picture of these dolls was: place these dolls in a classroom setting.

This doll (Honey by Curly Girls United) was placed in a colorful background to match her Mondrian-patterned dress.

The plain background of this group photo of seated Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls was transformed by placing the dolls in a culturally enhanced bedroom setting.

Place this doll in an early 1900s bedroom setting, was the prompt for the original photo of a Leo Moss-type doll by Rubin Quintano.

For the original picture, I used the prompt: Create a better background for this group of Madame Alexander dolls.

Caution: Sometimes AI makes mistakes with misspellings when words are involved, or numbers when years are involved. It also makes other image errors. After images are created, they must be carefully examined. 

Below, is 1) an original photo of a Xian Xian doll group followed by 2) AI's errored result of the prompt it was given, and 3) the correction of its errors.

I used this prompt: Do not change the dolls' facial features or skin tone. Dress them in beige and white fashions and place them in a cozy setting. The following photo with errors resulted.

The dolls were dressed in beige and white and placed in a cozy setting; however, AI added an extra pair of shoes on the floor, and the sofa arms and cushion are stained. 

To correct the errors in the above AI-generated image, I used the prompt: Remove the extra pair of shoes from the floor and correct the 'dirty' or 'stained' areas on the sofa arms and cushion.

This is the final, corrected version.

Because its intelligence is artificial, for best results, AI always requires human guidance. Always.

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Shari's New Shoes

Shari Lewis by Madame Alexander

Last year, my cousin sent me her sister's childhood doll, Madame Alexander's 21-inch Shari Lewis. The doll needed restringing as shown here and arrived wearing her original dress with one original stocking and shoe. The elastic on the shoe was stretched. 

Shari's temporary replacement shoes

The doll was restrung and the clothing refreshed. I ordered a pair of replacement stockings and the pair of gold strappy high-heels that the doll wears in the first picture. The shoes are also shown in the close-up photo immediately above this paragraph. Those shoes were to be temporary replacements until I found originals or replicas of the original gold elasticized shoes the doll wore originally.

Shari's new shoes

After being here a little over a year, Shari now has new shoes that replicate her original ones. 

Shari Lewis by Madame Alexander, the 21-inch version, models her new shoes.

My initial thought was to fully restore the doll, buy a display case for it, and return it to the original owner — my other cousin, the older sister of the cousin who sent me the doll. The older sister/cousin has a granddaughter who was born on my birthday. I'd like for her to have the doll; however, she's only about five — too young in my opinion to appreciate the doll, which is the reason I will buy a display case for Shari Lewis if I do return it. 

Read my initial blog post about this doll here. 

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Doll Gifts

Aaron wants to know what's inside this birthday gift shipment from my best doll-friend, Debra R.

The box Aaron is wondering about arrived more than a week before my birthday last month. I waited until the day of my birthday to open it to share with Aaron what was inside. Several non-doll-related items were also in the box. In this blog post, I am only sharing the doll that was inside.

I love everything that was in these beautifully-wrapped gifts from Debra R. Only one contained a doll.

Best to a Tea Barbie is the doll that Debra R. sent me. (She knows I collect African American Silkstone Barbies.)

An illustration of Best to a Tea Barbie is on the cover of the doll's box.

Based on Mattel's description, modified slightly: Designed by Robert Best for Mattel, the second of four dolls in this final Barbie Fashion Model series, Best To a Tea Barbie, is ready for high tea. She wears a cream-colored bouclé suit ensemble, a ruffled blouse, and a chic fascinator. Delicate black gloves, black tights, and stylish black booties complete her sleek look.

I took several additional pictures of this lovely doll.

She is presented in a dark pink-lined box.

This is a close-up of her lovely face and fascinator.

In addition to her cream bouclé two-piece suit, she wears a white ruffled lace blouse.

Black gloves and black opaque tights accent her fashion.

A doll stand and certificate of authenticity are included with Best to a Tea Barbie.

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The week of my birthday, I received notification from the post office that a package was scheduled to arrive the day after my birthday. Based on the shipped-from city and state, I correctly guessed that package was from doll-friend, sister-in-Christ, Betty A.  Aaron didn't have to wait to find out what was inside Betty's package, which actually arrived on my birthday.

Color Me Childhood Friends book of paper dolls to color with separate pre-colored sheets of the paper dolls and a hand-crafted magnet by Diana E. Vining were in the package from Betty A.

The paper dolls inside the spiral paper doll book are blank for the user to color.  The clothes for each doll are also blank for coloring. This is paper doll A.

This is paper doll B.

This is paper doll C.

This adorable hand-crafted magnet by Diana E. Vining is captioned, "I Love Dolls!" The girl in the illustration hugs three of the doll she loves.

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A surprise gift arrived shortly after my birthday. It was a just-because gift from another doll friend.

5-inch Mickey Mouse Boy Doll and Wendy Doll as Minnie Mouse

This pair of boxed 5-inch hard plastic dolls by Madame Alexander represent Mickey and Minnie Mouse. They both wear mouse ears hats and painted-on yellow clogs. Mickey has a painted-on leotard and red fabric pants that have two yellow painted on buttons at the waist. Minnie's fabric dress is red with white polka dots on the skirt.  The dress has a yellow ribbon at the neck. Minnie wears black undies and painted-on tights. Mickey's hair is sculpted. Minnie's is synthetic fibers. They both have wrist tags that indicate they were McDonald's exclusives. I am not sure where the boxed versions were originally sold.

I already had these, but mine were in baggies, purchased from McDonald's in 2004 or 2005 (the copyright year is 2004, so they were probably at McDonald's the following year).

This is the package my original Mickey Mouse Boy Doll came in. 

Given as Happy Meal premiums, the bagged dolls could also be purchased separately at some McDonald's franchises. (The original girl that I purchased is missing in action, but she is shown in this vintage picture with the original boy on the far left as evidence that she is here somewhere. I have no idea where she is hiding. I hope to find Minnie soon.)

The above photo was taken a few years ago after the same friend who sent Mickey and Minnie Mouse gave me the Madame Alexander display stand on which the 5-inch Madame Alexander McDonald's-exclusive dolls stand.

My original Mickey Mouse Boy doll is shown in this final photo with the boxed dolls. (As soon as I find the original Minnie, she will join these three.)

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Thank you again, Debra R., Betty A, and the friend who gave me Mickey, Minnie, and the display stand.🥰 (Doll collectors give the best gifts!)

Of course, since my birthday, I have gifted myself with several dolls, too. Posts about those purchases will follow later.

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Coquette Cissy's Scaly Skin Rash

I scribbled this on a piece of paper and placed it on my desk as a descriptive-term reminder.  (Eczema had been my first thought.)  My daughter saw the note and asked, "Who has a scaly skin rash?"*

Romance and Roses Coquette Cissy (Cissy), like many other Madame Alexander dolls I own, arrived with a skin condition that I used to refer to as the Madame Alexander Doll Disease.  I no longer refer to it as a disease because it is not contagious (not that all human diseases are, but doll diseases are and will spread from doll to doll, e.g. the Hard Plastic Doll Disease).

In these two photos (above and below), Cissy's skin condition is now only visible on her lower body and legs.  Before these photos were taken, the dry, scaly appearance also covered her torso as well as her arms.  By the time I decided to document the "cure," I had already treated her torso and arms.

The generalized "dryness" that remained on her lower body and legs can be better seen in this photo.  

 

In this photo taken in 2010 of Cissy, the condition can be seen on the visible portions of her décolleté.

Several Madame Alexander dolls that are made from the company's version of the original 1950s hard plastic materials will often turn a grayish color on their legs that mimics the appearance of dry skin. This condition, as in the case of Cissy, can also occur on their arms and torsos.  Usually, the dolls' faces are spared because they are made from different materials.  I have been so disgusted by this and have not purchased older (1990s) Madame Alexander dolls in quite some time, as I have found that usually dolls made before the year 2000 are more susceptible to developing this condition.  There are exceptions to the age-of-the-doll rule, with Cissy, manufactured in 2005, being one of those exceptions.

After recently rearranging the shelf on which Cissy is displayed, I removed her dress to see if another doll could wear it (one of my Curvy Barbies).  She could not.  Before redressing Cissy, I examined her "condition" and decided to attempt a remedy.

The Remedy
I applied a small amount of coconut-scented Karelen Dry Oil to the affected areas and rubbed it in thoroughly.  The dryness vanished instantly as illustrated in the next series of photos.

Karelen Dry Oil has been applied to one-half of Cissy's pelvic area and to one leg.

View from the back of the one-half lower body treatment

Frontal view of the entire treated body, arms, and legs

Post-treatment view from the back shows the dryness is cured.

To be certain the treated areas were not oily and that the dryness had not returned, I waited 48 hours before redressing Cissy.

After 48 hours, her "skin" continues to have an even color.  Whether or not the cure is permanent or only temporary is uncertain, but the unsightly dryness is gone.

Redressing

Her pink shimmery stockings and white high-heel shoes are back on.

Elbow-length pink gloves are back on, too.

Finally, she is thrilled to have even skin tone and to be wearing her well-made pink gown once again.

Romance and Roses Coquette Cissy's male companion is a hybrid Integrity Toys Tariq, whose new name is Juan.  His head is now on an action-figure body.

Above, Cissy rejoins her mate, who (according to my husband) is not a good fit for her. "That doll couple doesn't match.  The man has a character face; the doll has a doll face." (He was right in 2010 when he said this and he is still right now, but they choose to remain a couple.  It is interesting how he referred to Juan as "the man," and Cissy as "the doll.")

*I could tell from my daughter's facial expression and silence as I answered her question, "Who has a scaly skin rash?" that she just does not understand the passion of a doll enthusiast.  My answer was brief, but because the condition involved a doll (and not one of her children, whom she was here to pick up), I do not think she really cared.  I guess some people will never understand my passion for dolls, and I am completely okay with that as long as they stay in their lanes by enjoying whatever it is they are passionate about and allow me to do the same.


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Madame Alexander Zodiac Collection Gemini Twins #21350

Gemini Twins from the Madame Alexander Zodiac Collection, 1997

Released in 1997, as part of the company's 75th Anniversary celebration, these Gemini Twins are from the Zodiac Collection by Madame Alexander.  They were offered on eBay for a reasonable price, but because they were missing their original hang tags, their 75th anniversary gold tags, their parrots (which are a little scary looking so I didn't really care if they were missing), and their floral headbands, I asked the seller if he would lower the price and he did, considerably!

Purchased in June, I used some of my birthday money to buy this pair of 8-inch identical, hard plastic dolls that wear ivory Roman-style dresses with gold lamé Roman sandals.  Their hair is styled in two side ponytails with multiple braids that are accented with tiny daisies.

The twins hold replaced white parrots and have reproduced hang tags that bear their illustration.

To reproduce their missing hang tags, I used an image of the original, which was copied and printed twice onto card stock before cutting out and punching a small a hole at the top through which a wire was threaded to attach the tags to their arms.  Two white parrots were purchased on eBay to replace their original parrots, as seen in the above photo and a closer view in the next.

I purchased two mini dollhouse white parrots like the one shown above to replace the twins' original parrots.  One of the original parrots is seen next.

Original parrot is shown upside down in this Internet-captured photo.  Scary-looking, right?

Now they are only missing their gold 75th Anniversary tags and floral headbands.  I will fabricate new headbands for them as soon as I find the same or similar cloth flowers as the ones that decorate their braids.

The twins show off their multiple braids.

The Madame Alexander Zodiac Collection Gemini Twins was another June purchase I could not resist.  I am grateful the auction was brought to my attention by a fellow doll enthusiast.

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