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le 15 juin 2006, mademoiselle DC a rencontré Len/Aquarina 

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27 ans

Mademoiselle DC	Len
Hello Len !
What is your Country ?
	Venezuela
Since when have you been making dolls ?
	Finishing 2003
How did you discover the world of the dolls and the pixel art?:
	By Angy-chan´s Yumestudio website.
What gives you the desire for creating your own dolls ?:
	When I discovered these in first time, I tried to make dolls but I found it very difficult because I didn´t know these graphics are made really pixel by pixel^^U. Later, I found the corean websites like Sayclub and Candybar and I totally fell in love with the pixelart. I started to visit more related websites and, little by little, I took interest to try it again, and, with very much effort, I made my first doll. I always thought "I´ll make dolls, but I´ll never do bases", because I never got enough inspiration and I didn´t have enough practice making pixelated graphics. A bit time later, I saw other dollers making their own personal/private doll bases, a lot of them totally beautiful but unavaliable for public use. This gave me curiosity to try making my own private base too, and then, I made my first one, in male and female versions. I named it "Len" (just because my imagination was out to think a original name -_-U). I´ve made more doll bases since then, but my Len bases still continue being my very personal ones.
How did your integration in the doll community went? Did you immediately went to the forums ?
	When I started to visit doll websites and make these, I discovered and joined different forums mostly to learn pixelart techniques and improve my skills. Some of these forums was El Palacio de las Pixelitas (a spanish community, now closed :( ), Eden Enchanted, The Magic Circle, Pixel Case and some others. I´ve know a lot of wonderful and talented people in the doll community since then. Currently now I´m mostly retired from the active community due to my illustration works.
Which are your idoles (in the real life and on the Web) ?:
	Artists I admire: - Brian Froud - Jonathon Earl Bowser - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Kagaya - John Howe Manga & anime related artists: - Shingo Araki (Japanese character designer) - Mokona Apapa (Japanese manga-ka and illustrator, from CLAMP team) - Arina Tanemura (Japanese manga-ka) - Satoshi Urushihara (Japanese manga-ka and character designer) - Shinji Yamaguchi (Japanese doujin-ka) - Sakura Seriou (Japanese doujin-ka) - Hiromu Arakawa (Japanese manga-ka and illustrator) - Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese director, producer and animator from Studio Ghibli, manga-ka and illustrator) People I admire in the net: - Angelique (http://angelic-network.com): Her layouts inspired me to start doing websites and improve my skills in this activity. A lot of online artists and drawers, impossible to name all without forget anyone. Also..., I LOVE Halle Berry´s hair styles (mostly in Catwoman and Xmen 3 *___* ), I wish to cut my hair like hers some day, hehehe :P
Which dollers do you admire ?:
	In very first place, all the corean artists who works in Sayclub and Candybar (Tokkida, Bibi1004,WitchWitch, Misuya, Lyang, etc.), their pixelarts are the most awesome and wonderful I´ve seen. ^__^ Not oriental pixel artists: I admire a lot of dollers in the net ^^ , some of them are: BlueStar (http://mitsui-san.narod.ru/): So sad because she closed her site T____T Chosen Fantasy (http://www.geocities.com/chosen_fantasy/): Her dolls are totally beautiful!!!! >_____< Kawaii Hannah (http://ppkh.davidsonlinegallery.com/): What I can say about her works?, it´s fabulous! *____* Quinqui (http://aresbel.cjb.net/): Her style is beautiful and she is also a great friend ^^ . Megan (http://www.graphicdolls.co.uk/): I think her style is very unique, fresh and original. Mark (http://lightdream.free.fr/indexed_colors/): His pixels are stunning (I love his male bases! ^^ ) Blackcat (http://auroreblackcat.free.fr): Her dolls, and mostly her Cassandre bases, along with Candybar bases, inspired me to do my Len bases. Poison Girl (http://www.geocities.com/poisongirlxix/): Site closed too T_____T
The dolls are for you: a simple leisure or a true passion ?:
	Well, in first place, the art in all ways is my big passion, mostly in graphic expressions :) . At this time, I´m retaking my artistic roots (CG and illustration), and because of that I´ve stopped pixeling a bit from now, but I also love make dolls and pixelart and because of it I always try to do any of these whenever I can.
Finally, could you choose 3 favorites dolls among your work ? Thank you so much Len !!  See you soon ;p	Thank you very much to you ^^ , and please, forgive my english grammar mistakes, it´s my second language T___T
	Mystery: One of the first dolls I made in my own base just when I do these, it´s also one the first dolls with that I won an contest award. ^^ personale base
Empress: Inspired by a Sally & Kitty super dollfie outfit ^^ personale base
	Jadis: Inspired by Jadis, the White Witch, from Chronicles of Narnia book series. ^^. personale base

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