Last week, the circus came to town in black and white for coloring, but here the paper doll set is in full color. I am really very pleased with how she came out. Sometimes, I know what I am doing with a paper doll set before I start coloring. Other times, I have no idea what I am going do with colors. In this paper doll’s case, I had a pretty clear idea of where I was going to go before I got there.
One thing I noticed as I was collecting images on my Dark Circus Pinterest board was that there was a bunch of red and black. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with the red and black, but I knew there was going to be a lot of it.
Creating a red and black paper doll set was kind a boring, so I did not go with a strictly red and black color scheme (though there is a lot of black and white here).

I think this effect of “two sets” in one works, because circuses are all about costumes and costumes tend to match more than normal clothing.
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This set reminds me of a computer game I play, Gray Matter. It’s pretty interesting.
I don’t play computer games, though I do find the character designs for them sometimes really interesting and I have used them as inspiration (sometimes unknowingly) in the past.
Adore this!! I love the colors and really, that hair is too live for!! <3 #pinkrules
Thanks. I love her hair too.