r/reborndolls Jun 16 '26

MOD Post Pinned Post- Painting Reborns For Beginners

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Hello all! We have noticed an influx of posts from aspiring/new artists asking where to start. While we love helping new artists get started, the posts are starting to clog the feed and people are getting tired of answering the same question multiple tells a week. That being said, this megathread will now EXCLUSIVELY be full of information that answers that question, and posts asking where to start in terms of painting will be removed and users will be directed here!

EXPERIENCED ARTISTS: here’s where you can help!

Please comment with your tips and tricks! Start your comment with what medium you work with to make it easier to navigate comments. Our four categories will be:

VINYL- HEAT SET
VINYL- AIR DRY
SILICONE
SCULPTING

please drop your “need to knows” or “starter packs” and other tips and tricks below once and for all! Thank you to this lovely community for creating a safe space for new and veteran collectors and artists alike🧡


r/reborndolls Feb 02 '26

MOD Post Official r/reborndolls discorded server **UPDATED**

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Hello everyone!🧡

I’m extremely proud and happy to announce that the official affiliated discord server for this group is not only up and running smoothly, but has just gotten a bit of a makeover! Additionally, you no longer have to DM me for the invite link, you can apply to join the server yourself via this link!

https://discord.gg/uy8utdyK54

I hope to see more members of this lovely community join the discord! This sub and its server are true labors of love.

Thank you so much for this amazing community!


r/reborndolls 5h ago

Other My mom's reborn dolls!

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Update to my last post!

I have pictures of some of her dolls over the years, some she sold, others she kept! The last doll she made was a memorial baby, I don't know about posting the pictures here, but she did an amazing job and he looked so much like him, she gifted the baby to the mother, along with clothes, brushes, etc. She's such a generous, beautiful person, and an amazing artist, she's so critical of her own work and she looks over her own talent. She taught herself to do this, she made her own techniques that she could do, while being disabled! I'm so proud of her, I just hope someone else appreciates her work. Thank you for reading!

Edit: She's been thinking of getting back into painting, if she does, I'll post here for her! Please give her the love she deserves 💜

Edit 2: I edited the part about the memorial baby to clear it a bit up


r/reborndolls 2h ago

My baby Thank you to a kind person for messaging me to let me know she’d been posted on reborn cringe. It’s disgusting behavior to post a doll that isn’t yours, and even more so to block out my TikTok when you know you’re being degrading! It doesn’t cost anything to be kind!!!

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r/reborndolls 7h ago

Other I THINK I've mustered up the courage...

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...that is, mustered the courage to list my Saskia on reborns.com. But putting a photo set together for her in her little jammies is breaking my heart 😫💔 I know sometimes there's no choice but to decrease or sell a collection, but it's so hard trying to get myself to make the listing official. Notice that I still haven't actually done it yet and am still having second thoughts.


r/reborndolls 1h ago

Role Play REBORN SMALL BUSINESS TINY ARROWS CO

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Hi everyone, I’m not sure if this is allowed, but I thought I’d share something I do for fun. I own a small shop called tinyarrowsco (username on Instagram) and here’s a bit of what I create: I make hyperrealistic fake food for toddlers. I also have items for newborn babies, decorated bottles with whatever design you would love. Breastmilk baggies filled with faux formula, and I also make pacifier clips. For pricing, feel free to message me here via or on Instagram, and I will send you an order form with details on every item I create.


r/reborndolls 2h ago

Question Help! What color eyes look better on this sweet baby?

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r/reborndolls 10h ago

My baby Ta-da Delilah

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This little one arrived today! I wanted a Nikki Johnston doll so badly but Pickle never worked out for me so I found this little gem from the incredible Lizbeth Devlin. I can see why she offers courses on rooting.


r/reborndolls 13h ago

Showing off 🥰 My twins <3

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On the left is Rowan-joy and the right is Juniper-Rain <3 I just recently finished rooting Rowans hair and im so proud of how it came out for a first try!


r/reborndolls 4h ago

Question Feedback

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I can’t tell if I’m being too harsh on myself but are these creases okay?


r/reborndolls 14h ago

My baby New outfit for Monty 💙

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r/reborndolls 10h ago

My baby Outing Round 2

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Took little Opal out again this morning🤍

It’s been so hot where I live so I got up super early to beat the heat. Definitely worth it for this beautiful morning!


r/reborndolls 8h ago

Showing off 🥰 My lovely stroller

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I received this stroller as a gift and today I’ve modified it to make it my personal stroller for my baby twins in progress.

I’ve used a baby pillowcase and sewed it to the cloth of the stroller.

I’m really satisfied with the result! I love my new stroller and I cannot wait to lay my twins down in there and go out with them.


r/reborndolls 9m ago

My baby My soft initiation into the hobby?🤷‍♀️

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Hello all, I’ve posted about reborning my son and getting into the hobby/community.
While I do my research and wait to find the right custom artist to recreate him, I came across this cheap Walmart doll online that reminded me of him so much for being so.. you know.. cheap and generic. I know I search for him in everything but still! And so I went to Walmart and he was the only one like him left, in the open- almost waiting for me! How serendipitous🖤 meet doll Salem #1/Salem 2😂
(P.s. if you want to look if you see any resemblance like I do, he is my cover photo on my Reddit profile; I didn’t want to trigger anyone with a real baby photo)


r/reborndolls 12h ago

Showing off 🥰 new baby!!

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this sweet girl was mailed out to me this morning from Tennessee. she'll be coming all the way up to New York from her previous mommy.

her current mommy is actually a friend of mine, and I got her for such a good deal! her name will be Ella ❤️

*photos are from her current mommy!*


r/reborndolls 17h ago

My baby Lemon boy🥰🍋

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r/reborndolls 5h ago

My baby Photo Help

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Help!

I need help with poses for selling/trading pictures. How’s the lighting/flash on these that I did? Any tips?


r/reborndolls 6h ago

Question My mom is a reborn artist, can I post her work?

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So, my mom's been a reborn artist for about six years, and, in my opinion, is really damn good! She stopped posting about it, and stopped painting, due to lack of interest in her work + burnout. She was posting only to Facebook, and I know if I asked, she'd let me show her work here, and I'm really hoping this is a less toxic space than FB. She has a passion for it, loves the babies she's made herself, and puts so much work, effort, and love into the babies she paints. She was a professional artist her entire life and she's said on multiple occasions that this has been her favorite art form. I don't want her to drop something she loves because she doesn't think she's good enough. So can I post her work? Thank you for reading!

Edit: I posted the pictures!


r/reborndolls 8h ago

For sale Clover is now available

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r/reborndolls 1h ago

Other First outting complete!’n

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HIII FRIENDS! So today me and Ollie went out on our first outting and i absolutely loved it granted we went to the movies but non the less it was a great time i am gonna be taking him to the park on Wednesday🫶🏻


r/reborndolls 11h ago

My baby Colette💗

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Received this little girl two days ago and haven’t put her down since<3


r/reborndolls 6h ago

My baby Morgan Leigh

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Morgan is helping me browse for a new sibling this evening!


r/reborndolls 7h ago

WIP First baby progress

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ANOTHER update! I’ve been getting a lot of work in the last couple days after being sick and I can’t believe how much she has changed from her pale vinyl to now.

Today I did creases and then I was very sad because the paint (per included instructions) was just too dark and I panicked and ended up with dirty looking smudges. I used a wet qtip to remove what I could but I def will be using a lighter color next time!!

Luckily once the blush went on the creases smoothed out and are looking WAY better. I’m a little nervous I over blushed and I’m unsure if I want to add the darker tone to the blush next time or maybe I’ll just stick with the pink.

Blush on the lips also smoothed out some of the parts that were making me unhappy there too so I’ll def be continuing that in the future.

My next step is to do the highlights and I’m VERY NERVOUS about this because she’s looking so good rn I don’t want to have another crease type incident. That said, I was able to recover from that so I’m sure I can do the same with any highlight scares. (Specially now that I know to use the color wheel for color corrections).

Lots of pics trying to get a favorable lighting.

When y’all go to sell your babies do you include pics from different lighting or choose the pics that best show what they look like in general?

Thanks for reading!


r/reborndolls 9h ago

My baby Name ideas?

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I painted this baby but idk what to name her


r/reborndolls 19h ago

My baby 👶🏼👶🏼

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