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A few weeks ago, there was a thread on Metafilter written by a woman who works as a party princess, talking about what her job is like. That is, she gets dressed up as Cinderella, Rapunzel or so on, then arrives at the birthday girl’s house to direct games, tell stories and otherwise let the good times roll. Her tales of how much the little girls love princesses are hilarious, and they’re accompanied by some adorable, funny illustrations. (They’ve also made me wonder why I haven’t found a good way to make millions off my paperdolls. The dresses seem to be a major selling point with this whole princess adoration thing.) They’re posted on the Something Awful forums, so you can’t easily read through them all at once, but here are links to the ones currently available. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Since I’ve been enjoying these stories so much I thought I’d make a paperdoll for them, based off the name she uses on Twitter, Assassin Princess. What kind of outfit might an assassin princess wear? I imagine she is going to the ball not to win Prince Charming’s heart but to stab it. In such a lovely dark gown, snatching the prince’s attention away from a simpering beauty in pink is hardly a challenge. A few dances later, they are standing on a secluded balcony, making small talk about the moon and stars, and he leans in for a kiss… Unfortunately the poofy skirt hides several pockets, one of which holds a dagger. As he’s laying on the ground, the last thing he sees is the *sparklesparkle* of the sequins on the swishy hem of her skirt.
Yes, this post has a good Halloween feel. Not very little girl party feel. Still-love the dress!
Appropriately creepy coming in to Halloween. I especially like the image of the last line of the post, and how it would look on film…
I like the dark twist on a princess. Princesses are usually depicted as lame and frilly, but your assassin princess is cool and bad. Love it!
So happy to see dresses back. I would check in every so often to see if you were back. You are my fav paper doll artist.
You know, I think Assassin Princess would be a great name for an all girl punk rock band… possibly in poofy skirts.
AMAZING! luv it:)
A) Congratulations on your adorable little boy! So cute, so much personality, and an adorable hat!
B) Welcome back to the world of the semi-awake-sorta-not-zombies, nuurrrr-braaaaaiiiiinsssss! hehe
I love the princess assassin dress and idea, so cool =)
Woo-hoo! You’re back! XD Lovely dress–will you be doing more masquerade gowns this Halloween? Those are my favorites!
So glad to see you back and that Milo is doing so well! Hope to see a few costumes before the month is out!
Thank you so much for all your dolls and dresses! I love your colored pencil work. It’s so clean and beautifully done!
I love both the dress and the idea. I find the idea of a princess assassin and the way you present it so intriguing.As for the dress, well it is truly magnificent.
My book has an assassin princess, but she never wears this pretty of dresses… *sigh*. Maybe I should change that. ^o_o^ <—(my attempt at a shrug)
Oh, what a great surprise to find you back. I had been checking periodically but missed you until now! This is a beautiful dress, and the idea of an assassin princess is a fascinating one. What a handsome, bright little boy you have.
I absolutely LOVE the dresses that you put on here! I am a T.J.Ed youth, and a friend of mine and I are putting together a production of the Scarlet Pimpernel in NSL Utah and we’re having brain freezes on ideas for the costumes, and you always have the coolest designs, do you have any ideas?
Liana, I was just wondering, will you feel up to doing any Chirstmas/holiday dresses this month? The candy cane elf dresses are some of my favorites of yours! Hope you’ll feel up to drawing again soon! 8)
I am dying for anoter dress i love all of your dresses and ppare dolls are you planning on doing anohter one anytime soon?
Are you planning to do another dress soon? The last one you did was in september.
I LOVE your dresses! It’s so funny that we have the same birthdays!!!!! (December 3rd) I was wondering if you could draw a dress made out of rose petels?
Thanks!
Liz.
I wonder if my picture will change Hmmmm
Will you ever be coming back?????? Ive been waiting.
Good question, Liana. When are you coming back??? You’re not here, and without you, this site has no life :( Please come back!!!!
Please come back! I miss you, your storys and dresses – please come back and bring this site alive again! :)
Hello, I just happen to find this blog and I’m now in love with these bunch of adorable dresses. Thank you from Japan.
Please post more blogposts!!!!
But alas, our master of design has all but vanished :(
This site holds sentimental value for me, so I shall (sadly, very sadly) move on and find another blog. There will never be a site as good as this one though :( Oh well, bye for now :(
I love your paper doll dresses and paper dolls they are simply beautyful. while you have been awys i have had a chance to look at some of your old work and it is so beautiful i keep cheaking back at the sight becasue i love your dresses i hope you will feel up to drawing another dress soon! and your little boy is so cute.. any ways i just wanted to say how much i love and apreciate you paperdolls your very talented i cant wait to see what you come up with when you come back to drawing paper dolls.
The great paper doll master has disappeared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could you do an outfit from inuyasha? If it’s not too much trouble? Please?
The dress is beautiful, why can’t they make dresses like this? Dresses today only have slit skirts, low backs, short skirts, and plunging necklines.
liana am a 13 year old school girl for me fashion is my ultimate happiness every time i visit this blog i get a lot inspiration to design
liana am a 13 year old school girl. for me fashion is my ultimate happiness every time.i visit this blog i get a lot inspiration to design
please come back
when is a new post
Love your stuff! I stumbled onto your site back in 2009… and then life happened and here it is 2013. Was so excited to bump back into your site and see your beautiful baby boy! And the beautiful dresses. Hope you are doing well and that we will see some new posts soon…
très beau travail ! merci de le partager ! J’ai créé un lien ici : http://www.pinterest.com/lemondedis/paper-dolls-freebies/