Quake in your boots! I'm a DOLLERRRR!
There are different groups of people within the dolling community. Some of them are actually serious pixel artists. They use proper pixel techniques, they make their own bases to doll on, or they make "baseless dolls" (IE scratch-made pixel characters). Most of them are also competent artists in other areas. Occasionally they will use another doller's base to doll on, often as a gift to said doller. And there's nothing wrong with that, as long as it's very clear who made what. Really, it's not that different from coloring someone else's line-art.
Within the dolling community, "simple edits" are also very much frowned upon. A doll is only considered good if it's severely (and competently) edited from it's base.
Unfortunately there's also a group of dollers that ONLY uses other people's bases and pre-made props, because they can't draw them on their own. They fool themselves into believing that they are artists by leaching off the work of someone else. The fact that there are bases for everyone to use, has attracted a lot of annoying little kiddies and uncreative people. Some of the more serious dollers are turned off by this, so they move on to the "general" pixel art community.
Usually though, they also keep posting in the doll forums, and by doing so they expose the less serious dollers to better pixel techniques (who do actually pick up on it eventually). As a result, the average skill level in the dolling community has increased significantly over the years.
If I have to be honest, I think the average doller is better at shading hair and elaborate cloth folds. I guess that's because "pretty hair" and "pretty clothes" are big themes in the dolling world. Overall though, the skill level is a lot lower in the dolling community. Still, the bright colors and cute themes appeal to the little girl in me.
I hope to incorporate the best of both worlds in my work.
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