Introduction

MagicDolly is, simply put, my hobby. There isn't any fancy team or company behind it. It's just me, Dolly!

Just for a quick introduction, I've been an artist for about 11 years now. In 2018, my career really took off when I worked on several projects in Japan for Capcom and Cygames, creating for both the games and animation industry.

The 2020-2023 period was particularly difficult with the pandemic and the industry shifting so drastically. Long story short, it forced many artists like myself to adapt. I made the tough choice to look for opportunities in other industries to prepare for the worst.

The Origin of MagicDolly

Two years after changing industries, I started missing creating art. I still had my Wacom tablet and a Clip Studio Paint perpetual license, so I picked it back up as a hobby to design chibis. It started with just making stickers of my colleagues for fun! Eventually, I moved back to Photoshop and started developing my own custom tools.

In late 2025, my friends roped me into a mobile game called Umamusume. I created fan art of my favorite characters, and that's when MagicDolly was born on Etsy. I didn't think too hard about the name when I started - I just added the word 'Magic' in front of my nickname because pastel fantasy has always been my favorite genre. This website came a long way later.

Creating Emotes

I wasn't very good at certain expressions at first, and I made a lot of random characters as practice. As I got better, I started paying more attention to the details, gradually increasing the level of polish and the time I spent per set.

I've ended up remaking my older sets over time as I continue curating my collection. You can probably see a pretty big difference from when I first started to now. You'll see thumbs-up poses almost everywhere in the beginning because that's what I was most used to practicing!

Today, an emote set probably takes me anywhere between 4-6 hours on average to complete, though a few have gone past 10-12 hours. I've developed my own tools, scripts, and brushes, which really helps automate the more mundane parts of the process.

Ending

Creating emotes is just the beginning. There's still the arduous process of studying the market, setting the standard for showcasing my emotes, finding the optimal file sizes for delivery, not to mention the agonizing all-nighters I pulled to code and create this website! A lot was done behind the scenes to make the website smooth and intuitive - hundreds of micro-optimizations you probably wouldn't even notice - but I really hope you enjoy the experience here nonetheless.

If you've read this far, thanks for being a part of my journey. I've written a pretty long block of text here, haha. Just so you know, no LLM or GPT was used in writing this out! Not even to grammar check! This is all from the heart.

~ Dolly

MagicDolly Terms of Use

✅ You may use them as emotes/stickers for chat and streaming platforms including, but not limited to, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, YouTube, Kick, Twitch, etc.

✅ You may use them as physical printouts for personal crafts such as keychains, stickers, and accessories.

✅ You may use them in your personal hobby or graphic digital designs, as long as they are for personal use only.

✅ You may send the files to a friend or family member as a personal gift, as long as the recipient follows these exact same terms of use.

⛔ You are not allowed to steal, modify, resell, or publicly distribute these files.

⛔ You are not allowed to use these files for physical merchandise intended for commercial profit.

⛔ You are not allowed to train or use these files with any form of generative AI in any way.

⛔ You are not allowed to trace over these designs or claim the artwork as your own original creation.

All purchased files and custom requests are delivered directly to your inventory. You can access / download them by logging in with the same email used when making payment.

If you're having any problems with accessing your purchase, please reach out to me on Etsy or via dolly@magicdolly.shop. Dolly's here to help!

Due to the nature of digital downloads, I am unable to offer refunds, exchanges, or cancellations once the files have been purchased and delivered to your inventory.

However, if you experience any technical issues with your files, please reach out to me on Etsy or via dolly@magicdolly.shop, and I will make sure it gets fixed for you immediately!

Credit is not required to use the emotes, but it is appreciated!

If you would like to credit me, you can link back to my shop at "magicdolly.shop". It really helps my humble shop grow and allows me to keep making more characters!

Yes, I do! Please reach out to me on Etsy or via dolly@magicdolly.shop if you'll like to discuss further.

As a general rule, a standard set consists of 10 emotes in 1 outfit (headpat, hug, pout, pray, sip, awe, angry, crying, shocked, and hero). The "hero" emote will come in a unique pose with an expression that fits the character (e.g., Stoic, Gentle Smile, Wide Smile, etc.).

Custom emotes may incur an additional cost. However, if I find the character interesting, I may choose to swap a few of the standard emotes for custom ones that better fit the character at no additional cost!

Pricing:

I keep my character requests very affordable by listing the completed requests publicly in my store after delivery.

• A standard set of popular characters with a relatively decent fandom will be priced about the same as my regular listings (~20 SGD).
• Niche and less established characters will be priced higher due to low demand (~30-40 SGD).

Note on Additional Outfits:

If you would like more outfits for a character, it would cost an additional ~3-5 SGD per outfit. Please note that the total number of emotes in the set remains the same, but they can be split across the outfits (e.g., if you want two outfits for Character A, I can do 5 emotes in one outfit and the remaining 5 in the second outfit, totaling 10 full-body emotes). If you are looking for an entirely new set of 10 emotes for the same character in a different outfit, that would be treated as a separate character request.