Judges



Cat
I am a New Yorker born and raised, and by that I mean that I am from Upstate NY, the real NY. I normally go to college in Michigan, but I just got back from 5 months abroad in England. The idea to run MDUSA again mainly came from my homesickness while overseas. I have been dolling for 8+ years and am a pixel shader, who loves detail. When I look at pageant dolls I look for the dolls that are different, dolls that fulfill the requirements and then go beyond. I like to see a creative character with dimension, not just a doll.
Marie
I am from North Carolina born and raised (except for a brief stint in which I lived in Northern Virginia just outside of DC for 3 years). I have been dolling for so long that I honestly cannot remember when I started, though I guess it was somewhere around ten or twelve years because I started by -GASP- editing palace dolls when they first hit big. I do a mixture of tooling and pixeling, though my predominant style is tool. Mostly what I look for in a doll is personality and characterization as well as thoughtful use of detail.
Aurora
I'm an American born in SC currently living in FL about to move back to SC after 18 years (OMG I had no idea I've been living that long is this horrid state @_@) I miss the seasons! Well... I don't miss summer obviously -_- but I would to have winter again! *daydreams* ^_^ I've only been dolling for about 4 years, and I've been in a loving relationship with MSPaint since the beginning Wink I'm a pixel shader, due to my OCD/perfectionist/controlling disorder lol XD and I seem to doll casual/random dolls mostly, though lately I've been doing an uber amount of fan dolls (Pokemon woot! lol XD). In the entries I will be looking for creativity/originality, detail, overall cohesiveness, and how you tie your state into your dolls. Extra cookies for including state flowers!
Anna
Hullo! I currently live in the US of A, in Oregon. I have no idea how long I've been dolling. My oldest doll on dA says 2006, but I've been dolling since before that. So we'll just say a few years. My dolling style is pretty boring. I can't do amazingly awesome stuff like some, but I can do a pretty doll. So yay me! I love doing all things creative though, drawing, dolling, photography, and writing. For my judging, I like seeing effort. It doesn't has to be strange or unusual (even though that is cool) but be yourself. That's what I like to see. : 3 !
Allison
My name is Allison. I currently live in Florida with a diabolically smart cat who always knows where to find me, a mouse that never learned to run her maze (she knew she’d get her Cheerio even if she didn’t), and twenty gallons of fish. I am an aspiring illustrator and writer. I practically drink ink and watercolor in my morning tea (sometimes this becomes literal when I mix up my paint water for my morning tea). I have been featured in the One Million Masterpiece and have won awards for both my writing and my art locally. I have taught both a high school art class and a freelance art class. I am currently in the process of writing and illustrating my first children’s book.

The Judging Process