A Little Retro Style: Printable Paper Doll Coloring Page

retro-contemporary-logo-bwEvery once in a while, I imagine totally re-doing this blog. Abandoning my printable paper doll sheet format and switching to an outfit a day or something else totally different.

I doubt I’ll ever have the nerve to do that, but once in a while it does occur to me that it might be interesting to just “start over”. I had no choice back in 2010 when the site crashed, but it was also rather cathartic to be able to think about clean slating things.

(Don’t worry, the site is not destined for radical change at the moment.)

Today’s printable paper doll is Marisole, of the Marisole Monday & Friends Family, showing off her dynamic autumn wardrobe. It has been a while since Marisole has gotten any love which is funny considering she is the oldest of the Marisole Monday & Friends collection.

I love autumn. I love the turning leaves and the crispness in the air and the excuse to wear boots. I also love that the fashion magazines come out in September and provide a wealth of fun and interesting fashions for paper dolls. This is the time of year when I often draw a bunch of fashionable paper doll ladies, but this year I found between moving and a few other things, I just didn’t have the time to devote to my contemporary paper doll drawing habit.

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For this printable paper doll set I actually drew a crop top which I confess I pretty much NEVER do, but I have had requests and I have noticed they are coming back in style. As someone who remembers the 90s, I would rather crop tops not come back. Still, can’t fight the tide forever.

I was going through some of my childhood paper dolls lately and I kept seeing crop tops and miniskirts. I was a little obsessed at age 12, clearly. I’ll have more about childhood paper dolls to share in the beginning of November.

As always, comment if you want and I hope everyone enjoys the paper doll!

5 thoughts on “A Little Retro Style: Printable Paper Doll Coloring Page”

  1. i know the urge to slash & burn all too well, but i have nothing but regrets for every time i abandoned ship and rebooted.

    continuity is awesome and there’s nothing to say you can’t switch gears within your current framework. you are the queen of the paper doll blogs right now. revel in it!

    : D

    • Well, thank you. I have no plans to actually reboot anything, I just sometimes think about it.

      Sort of like sometimes you imagine just wiping the slate clean and doing something Totally Different. It’s unlikely to happen, I just contemplate sometimes.

  2. We are with you 100% whatever you may decide to do with your site. We love you and the “girls.”

    BTW, I can handle the 80s crop tops better than today’s butt-crack pants.

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