Archive of Dolling Sites
A lot of dolling sites have gone offline since they were first started, which is a shame because they had some wonderful pixel artwork on them. I'm currently collecting a list of all the dolling sites I've managed to find via the Wayback Machine, and I keep them here for refernce. The Wayback Machine doesn't really have a search function that lets you search through the dead web by keyword, so it can often be difficult to find old sites by category
Note: I've stripped out splash pages where they show up, since they sometimes open up separate windows or other wierd things, breaking navigation
If you have any you'd like me to add, drop me a line. Also, if you're the owner of one of these sites, please reach out to me! I'd love to link to your current projects, and/or archive your old doll artwork if you still have it and are willing to share. This includes old layouts, your html, links, and sister sites.
The sites
- The Doll Palace - The original that started the trend!
- Xandorra's Place
- Wall Flowers - Not much here, but the page refers to another site that the owner used to run. I'll see if I can find the original one on the WM.
- Buggative (?) - seems to have some missing content, but the dolls are there
- Dollz of Flavor
- Seventh Moon
- Josie's Dolls - This one was one of my personal favorites back in the day. She has put the site back up here: https://www.josiesdollz.net/. Not sure if she's still updating it, but it's all there!
- Angy Chan (Yume studio) - Probably my new favorite
- Ma Petite Poupee - A lot is missing here, sadly. But it's mostly live here: http://mapetitepoupee.free.fr/
- Spread Ur Wings
- Shimmer Land - Most of it seems gone, due to navigation being based on something other than text. I might be able to find more if I poke around though
- Okashi Doll - This site is still live here: http://okashidoll.free.fr/
- Nanette's Dollz
- Fahrlight's Dollz United - This one is still live here: http://kyomo.free.fr/Fahrlight/dollz/myspecial.htm
- Modern-Enigma - A bit tricky to navigate now
- My Own Little World
- 2 Pixel - I'm not sure how much of this one is left, since it seems almost impossible to navigate now. More digging may help though.
- Pinkland - Still live but no longer updated here: http://www.pinkland.net/fairy.htm
- MRTH
- The Doll Loft
- Pretend Best Friend - No images here apparently. Not sure if going back further will bring any up though.
- Cherry Garden
- Pixtoki - Not all of the dolls are still visible here
- Spider-lilies.net
- Agathe's Dolling Site
- Angel Factory
- Doll on the Hill Factory
- Wonderland - The WM seems to be struggling with the redirects and navigation on this one. I can tell the content is there, but accessing it is difficult. At some point in the future I'll try scraping it and see if I have better luck
- Electronic Candy - Not many images left, but there's a lot of text
- Sparkling Ice - Not on the Wayback Machine. This one is still up, but no longer updated
- Alias Dolls - Still up, no longer updated
- Aishiteru
- A.B.C. Dolls
- Kitten Box
- Apitchou - This one is a blog, whose stylesheet happens to have broken. Fortunately it degrades perfectly and is completely navigable. Let's all give this webmaster a slow clap for forward-thinking webdesign.
- Ivy Dreams - Some wierd scripting going on. I'd like to scrap it and see if it gets better
- Dollie Addiction - Not sure if any images survived
- Fashionated Dollz
- Tea Party Dolls
- Silvi World
- Autumn Pixels
- Dollz-n-Stuff
- Cristal Planet
- Indexed Colors
- Roberta's Dolls
- Nineque's Dolls - Live, but no longer updated
- Dollicious - Up but no longer updated
- Designwell - same
Doll related sites
- Eden Enchanted Forums
- Dollzine - Run by Yumi from Yumistudio
- Bouncy-bubbles.net - Pixel site that has a style very similar to a lot of dollers