Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is a recent graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art where she got her BFA in illustration. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art like dolls. In her spare time, she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.…Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is a recent graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art where she got her BFA in illustration. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art like dolls. In her spare time, she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.WWW…
Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is a recent graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art where she got her BFA in illustration. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art like dolls. In her spare time, she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.…Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is a recent graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art where she got her BFA in illustration. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art like dolls. In her spare time, she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.WWWW…
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Tori Franze is an illustrator and doll maker born and living in Baltimore, Maryland with a decade of living in Tennessee thrown in the middle for character development. She is a recent graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art where she got her BFA in illustration. When it comes to her work she enjoys creating character designs and occasionally turning them into functional works of art like dolls. In her spare time, she enjoys thrifting, watching “bad” movies, and collecting dolls from her childhood.
Skills
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Experience Level
Character Design
Expert
Clip Studio Paint
Expert
Fantasy Illustration
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Sticker
Expert
Gouache Illustration
Expert
Pen and Ink Illustration
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Language
English
Fluent
Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art
May 15, 2023Illustration major with M.A.T. minor
Qualifications
Industry Experience
Retail
Edith
A digital version of a screenprint I had done about a year ago for an assignment during college. The character is one of my own. Edith, a vampire with a taste for good blood and women.…A digital version of a screenprint I had done about a year ago for an assignment during college. The character is one of my own. Edith, a vampire with a taste for good blood and women.WW…
Lady Bugs - Key Image
Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.…Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.WW…
Lady Bugs - Dolls
Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.…Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.WW…
Neo - Lady Bugs
Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.…Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.WW…
Polly - Lady Bugs
Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.…Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.WW…
Roslyn
Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.…Lady Bugs is a line of 3 fashion dolls I created for my senior thesis project, each ball-jointed doll exploring their specific fashion aesthetics and how those clothing choices reflect the bugs they truly are. They are all as poseable and as wiggly as their real-life counterparts with their many joints. While their outfits are loud, the little patch of the yard Roslyn, Polly, and Neo reside in is not.
To create these dolls I referenced different decades of fashion, recent trends, and subcultures such as the 70s, cottagecore, and mall goth. Popular fashion-focused dolls currently in the toy market were also a source of inspiration. Different techniques were explored as the line evolved in making the dolls themselves, shifting from oven-baked clays to being 3D modeled and then printed in resin. The clothes are entirely handmade including the crocheted sweater. Creating these dolls from concept to actualization allowed me to get away from my usual workspace of being glued to a screen and build a more intimate relationship with my work in a more hands-on approach and enhance the skills I have as well as learn many more.WW…
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