Dollz are arranged based on estimations of the year they were created as inferred by the dates on the archived webpages the graphics were found on. Therefore, a doll listed as belonging to the 2001 – 2003 group may have actually been made in 1999, but the earliest available archive date was in 2001.
The most prolific doll style (hands behind back, or the ‘prep’ style) began as avatars for an online chat program, ‘Palace’.
However, the creation of custom dolls by users known as ‘dollmakers’ or ‘dollers’ either predates or was concurrent to Palace, as evidenced by the large body of work that is not consistent with the prep doll base. Dollz were important to the early internet because of their small data size, which allowed for reduced loading times, their ability to be customized without expensive software, and their usage as, most likely, the first visual expressions and representations of online users’ physical bodies, albeit very often extremely idealized.
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017054428/http://members.aol.com/savageredhead/dollmakr/dollmaker.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017054428/http://members.aol.com/savageredhead/dollmakr/dollmaker.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017054428/http://members.aol.com/savageredhead/dollmakr/dollmaker.html
Dollz were categorized early on by their fanbase.
Original ‘prep’-stylePrep, pose edited
‘Silent’-style
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017054428/http://members.aol.com/savageredhead/dollmakr/dollmaker.html
Hybrid between silent and and prep styles
As ‘dolling’ became more popular and accessible, doll styles began to be named after their bases.
Credit:
http://dollzmania.com/Animes.html
The now-defunct chat program ‘Palace’
Many mid 2000 base sources: http://web.archive.org/web/20090808001441/http://geocities.com/dream_pixels/dolls/dolls.html
Maple Story
Sayclub
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017092850/http://dollz.hotcity.com/palace/dollz/dollz.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20021017010142/http://www.dollzofflavor.com/DN.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20041213085028/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/murrays/dolls/
https://web.archive.org/web/20040724040815/http://www.dollspot.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20010923005000/http://magicdolls.cjb.net/
https://web.archive.org/web/20010925043044/http://www.thedollpalace.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20050415082704/http://www.thedollpalace.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20010603084543/http://www.dollzmania.com/dollz_mania.htm
Full credits.
1999 and prior:
2000 – 2003
Ilori Protector of the Specially Challenged
Sheriff Dogberry Guardian of Cartoons and Comics
2001
2004 – 2006
2008 – 2016:
Sayclub:
Maple Story:
archived in 2008, probably much older:
Archived in 2008, claimed to have been created in 2004/5:
Archived in 2010, most likely much older: