Doll Maker's Diary, Part 51: Y2k Fashion Doll Designer

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 51: Y2k Fashion Doll Designer

The first Meiker-based doll designer game I discovered was the Y2K Fashion dress-up game hosted by Doll Divine. Given that this was the only game of its kind on the site that allowed you to recreate an outfit from the 2000s, I was not going to pass up this opportunity, and came up with some artworks depicting the original four CRASH Chronicles characters as they would have looked in that game - so here they are.

 

Above, from top: 2000s fashion illustrations of the original four CRASH Chronicles characters - Ellie Watts, Kayla Brooks, Claire Hayes and Alexa Lowe.

Stay tuned for more Y2K fashion dress up game artworks - I might even make some about the other CRASH Chronicles characters if I feel like it.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 48: 12 X-Girls of Christmas

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 48: 12 X-Girls of Christmas

As a Christmas gift to everyone who has used the X-Girl Creator, here is an artwork of all 12 of the CRASH Chronicles X-Girl characters I have made, all dressed up for a very special Christmas party:

Although Flash Player (which underpins this and the other dress-up games I have played or seen) is coming to the end of its life, I have made enough artworks to be happy to use them for years to come - and the memories will last a lifetime. Besides, there's a chance that the creators of these games will ensure their continued survival by migrating them from Flash to another platform. And last but not least, I would like to wish all the X-Girl and Azalea's Dolls fans and creators of the world a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and may your works be admired and adored for all time.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 47: Illuminating and Ultimate Grey

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 47: Illuminating and Ultimate Grey

In honor of PANTONE selecting two Colors of the Year for 2021 - a bright, saturated yellow called Illuminating, and a neutral grey known, quite fittingly, as Ultimate Gray, I would like to share some CRASH Chronicles artwork using these two colors. First up is an X-Girl scene showing the original four CRASH Agents, whose outfits display both Colors of the Year prominently.

Above, from left to right: A set of outfits for the original four CRASH Agents - Claire Hayes in a swimsuit with a blazer on top, Ellie Watts in a yellow midi dress under a full-length coat, Kayla Brooks in a yellow sports bra and gray leggings with yellow accents, and Alexa Lowe in a specially modified Armored CRASH Suit.

And just because I felt like it, I decided to make more artworks of my first-ever X-Girl character, Ellie Watts, in grey and yellow outfits using various dress-up games from Azalea's Dolls - so here they are. Ellie Watts' cool complexion lent itself well to this particular color scheme - more so than any of the other original four CRASH Chronicles characters. 

Above, from top: Ellie Watts in other dress-up games showcasing some grey and yellow outfits - 40s Fashion (grey coat over yellow dress), Casual Style Maker (grey jacket and leggings, yellow crop top, cap and shoes) and Sci Fi Warrior (grey armor, pants and boots, with yellow accents, energy and laser beam).

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 46: Video Game Cosplay Capers

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 46: Video Game Cosplay Capers

As part of my doll-making holiday bonanza, I decided - once again - to imagine the women of CRASH Chronicles (specifically, the first eight characters to be introduced) dressed as popular video game characters. So here they are.

Before I start, I would like to point out that the first two CRASH Chronicles characters I created, Ellie Watts and Claire Hayes (above), lent themselves better to a video game cosplay in X-Girl after finding out that their facial features were particularly well-suited to such a design. However, I have found that other characters from CRASH Chronicles could also be easily adapted for this purpose.

Left to right: Alexa Lowe as Lisa Hamilton from Dead or Alive 5, Kayla Brooks as Cammy White from Street Fighter V, Claire Hayes as Kitana from Mortal Kombat II, Ellie Watts as Sonya Blade from Mortal Kombat, Tiffany Ward as Nina Williams from Tekken 2, Jessie Barton as Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, Katie Palmer as Tina Armstrong from Dead or Alive 6, and Mara Hart as Sheva Alomar from Resident Evil 5.

And just for good measure, here's another X-Girl artwork I made using the same theme.

Left to right: Alexa Lowe as Jade from Mortal Kombat 9, Kayla Brooks as Rachel from Dead or Alive 6, Claire Hayes as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII, Ellie Watts as Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter 2, Tiffany Ward as Sherry Birkin from Resident Evil 6, Jessie Barton as Michelle Chang from Tekken, Katie Palmer as Blue Mary from King of Fighters, and Mara Hart as Pharah from Overwatch.

Although some elements of certain costumes could not be replicated as accurately as expected due to the limitations of the X-Girl Creator, I am very pleased at how this one turned out. Please note that all trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 45: Teenage and Adult X-Girls Compared

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 45: Teenage and Adult X-Girls Compared

Having noticed that I am now approaching the 50th post in this series, I figured out that it would be a good idea to compare the current designs of the original four CRASH Chronicles characters - Ellie Watts, Claire Hayes, Kayla Brooks and Alexa Lowe - with their teenage selves. So here they are compared to their adult forms.

Comparison of the original four team members of CRASH Chronicles as adults (left) with the same characters as late teenagers (right).

Whereas the adult versions of the original four characters tend to have more formal attire, make-up and hair styles, the (late) teenage versions generally had a more casual approach to all three instead. This is what makes them distinct from the current designs. However, it is worth noting that the other eight characters (including the recently added Final Four in CRASH Chronicles are not featured here since, unlike the original four, they were not introduced into canon before adulthood - presumably to avoid them from gaining too much experience (and exposure) too soon.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 44: The Final Four in Casual Style Maker (And Fairytale Scene Maker)

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 44: The Final Four in Casual Style Maker (And Fairytale Scene Maker)

It has taken me a while to clear out the backlog of designs for the newly introduced Final Four in the Casual Style Maker, but I have managed to do just that, so here they are in the order the characters were introduced.

And as an added bonus, here are the Final Four as depicted in the Fairytale Scene Maker.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 43: The Final Four in Heroine Fan Art Creator

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 43: The Final Four in Heroine Fan Art Creator

In the previous post, I promised that I would depict the Final Four (which refers to the last four characters to be introduced to the CRASH Chronicles canon) in other dress-up games, if I felt like doing so - and I did just that. So to start us off, here are the Final Four as "drawn" in the Heroine Fan Art Creator. I'll begin with an illustration of each of them in simple dresses.

Next are the same characters dressed in armor as if they were ancient warriors from a long-lost land and time.

And as an added bonus, here is Julie Cortez in business attire - I chose her for no other reason than the lack of a green color option for outerwear or long pants, making a fully color-coordinated outfit of this type impossible for Tina or Vicki, despite my best efforts.

This concludes my showcase of the Final Four using the Heroine Fan Art Creator.

Doll Maker's Diary, Part 42: The Final Four

 Doll Maker's Diary, Part 42: The Final Four

Having realized that the Goddess Dress Up Game only allows for the creation of no more than six dolls, whereas there's no limit in X-Girl Creator, I hit upon the idea of adding one last quartet of characters to CRASH Chronicles. It stemmed from the fact that I had already included two of these four new characters in an earlier Goddess artwork, as shown below.

The original four characters from CRASH Chronicles joined by two of what will be known as "The Final Four".

So, without further ado, here are their data files. First up is Tina "Taipan" Morris, a new ally for Ellie Watts, and capable of immobilizing a target temporarily and turning them into a sitting duck.

Note: This is the original data sheet for Tina Morris. Since its release, the Range stat shown above is now called the Energy stat, but still serves the same function by indicating how much energy an agent has at their disposal.

The second member of the final four, Vicki "Venom" Cowan, has a tractor beam as a special ability; she can use it to drain or restore a target's vitality, as first observed firsthand by Alexa Lowe during a training exercise (although she can only do either of them for a limited time).

The third member of the Final Four, Julia "Boomer" Cortez, received an offer from Claire Hayes to can create a blast wave around herself, throwing everything (except allies) within range a considerable distance.

Last but not least is Shana "Starburst" Dawes, Kayla Brooks' protégé, and the only one who can launch herself at high speed to a nearby target or destination, causing considerable damage on impact.

Now that a description of each member of the Final Four has been released, I am now ready to show you another Goddess artwork, depicting the remaining two from this last batch alongside the four characters who were originally from STAR Power but have since been transplanted into CRASH Chronicles canon.

This completes the now 12-strong lineup for CRASH Chronicles. In the future, I might want to create depictions of the Final Four in other dress-up games, but it's not an absolute necessity at the moment.