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Black and Blue Heavens Masquerade Gown with Jupiter-Inspired Underskirt and Gold Curls

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So, I hope you all out there are having good luck with your New Years resolutions, because I, oh, TOTALLY failed mine already. (”Draw more,” of course.) Yeah, sad, I know. I have no excuse, and I offer a fancy dress in penance.

I designed this one when drawing Diana’s masquerade gown, but I thought it would be a poor spy who would wear something so dramatic, so I drew the blue gown instead. But I did like the design, and so it didn’t get tossed with the rest of my sketches.

Tags: ball, ballgown, black, blue, dark blue, gold, gown, jupiter, mask, masquerade, midnight blue, night, orange, overskirt, ruby, sky, stars, underskirt

Costumes, fantasy, gowns, paperdolls | Liana January 19, 2009

24 Comments

By Diana Dang, January 19, 2009 @ 7:24 pm

Oh it looks gorgeous! I love the night effect and design!

Leslie wouldn’t mind wearing that either! Haha. =)
By boots, January 19, 2009 @ 9:58 pm

oooo ~ well worth the wait! i love the bodice and the colors are wonderful ~ i can see a lot of admirers orbiting around her in this dress!
By Mhari, January 20, 2009 @ 12:02 am

Shiny!
By Mollie, January 20, 2009 @ 12:23 am

Ohhhh pretty. I agree it was worth the wait. You’re stuff is always so good.
By Liana, January 20, 2009 @ 11:51 am

Thanks everyone :D I really like this one too, considering I kind of feel out of practice…
By KudzuKween, January 20, 2009 @ 1:31 pm

Thank you so much, I got the set of 3 jointed dolls to play with, and I have some lovely pink and blue crepe papers to fashion some stylish dresses….off to find my glitter and glue!
Kudzu
By Annissa, January 20, 2009 @ 2:30 pm

Oh, this dress is gorgeous. I like the feeling of magic in the design.

And I have a new paperdoll blog here: http://annissa89.wordpress.com/ (but I write in Swedish, only for you all to know): I also havde done a new paperdoll set with ballgowns. You can see it here: http://www.papperselegans.se/Balklanningargalleri.htm
By RLC, January 20, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

This is a truly lovely piece of work. The color shading on the underskirt is just fantastic.
By Ana, January 21, 2009 @ 6:26 am

just a constructive critism, but I think that the panel that is red in the middle might have looked better in say white or deep purple or something that stands out a little less. however i do really like the dress.
By Holly, January 21, 2009 @ 7:11 am

This dress is so stunning, I wish I could wear it!!
By Krysti, January 21, 2009 @ 8:47 pm

Wow, this is so gorgeous!
By Min, January 22, 2009 @ 1:37 pm

Gorgeous! I love it!
By Kitty, January 23, 2009 @ 7:13 pm

I wish I could wear all the outfits you make!
By Sarah, January 25, 2009 @ 6:27 pm

This dress is absolutely beautiful! Have you thought about a series of outfits based on the planets?
By Jan D, January 31, 2009 @ 9:41 pm

Long time lurker, first time commenting. Your art work is amazing and your talent supreme. I love paper dolls, heck I love dolls of all kinds and your site. I went and got a better printer so I could print out some of your dolls and dresses and admire them in my hands.
By Liana, February 1, 2009 @ 4:16 pm

Thanks everyone! :) I really appreciate all the comments!

Annissa, love your new site — that 1700s gown you just put up is fabulous!
Sarah, I really like that idea, I’ll give it some thought… Whenever I start thinking “series” I get to feeling guilty about my Christmas story though. Well, we’ll see.
Jan, wow, that’s dedication :D I’m so glad you like them that much!
By jocelyn, April 16, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

I really love this!
You should be so proud of your work.
Fabulous job!
By K-C, May 1, 2009 @ 8:01 pm

is there any way of getting this dress for a friend of mines party if so she really loves the desighn and would like to know if there is anywhere of us being able to by this dress we would love to please get back to me about this
By K-C, May 1, 2009 @ 8:03 pm

also i understand its for dolls but if you know any way of getting the dress for a person that would be greatly appreciated
By Andrea, June 24, 2009 @ 4:54 am

This gown is so pretty
it really portrays the space/Jupiter feeling
i like the way you used the night time colours and pictures of the dress and then you used that swirly thing like rings of Jupiter? (sorry i don’t know how to describe really) It’s very unique; a unique and beautiful style
By allie, September 7, 2009 @ 1:31 pm

is there any way i can buy a dress like that for my halloween dance, its my dream dress
By Carrigan, October 2, 2009 @ 7:08 pm

That’s such a pretty dress! I think I may take that to a tailor. Although, he may “punch me in the face”…
By Liana, October 9, 2009 @ 5:08 pm

Gotta watch out for those tailors :)
By allie, October 13, 2009 @ 12:22 pm

such a beautiful dress!!