Reader and blogger Isabelli Anatine asked for a tutorial on how to get a chiaroscuro effect in Second Life photos and so here goes. First I started out the making myself a projector as I already explained how to do in an earlier tutorial Lighting, Shadows and Projectors, Oh My!.
I have decided that finally, yes, I also like Mesh pants. Everyone said just give it time and in fact, yeah finally, sizes and shapes are streamlining so that I don’t have to be a stick or a huge bootie shaking mama to wear mesh pants. Continue reading
For me and all the others who worked on the Donna Flora A to Z project, this third new dress in the last month is an encouraging sign on growing strength. I always looked forward to Squinternet Larnia’s weekly notecard of new releases because she is a designer that produces new, fun and different designs. Though sometimes I wondered if she ever slept when I looked at how many releases she used to do each week. It’s exciting that she’s back to producing new things for all of us – even if at a slower pace. This new Harlow dress has all the hallmarks of a Donna Flora design, elegant, feminine and romantic with a special Damn Fine detail that shows it’s hers. In this case, the ombre skirt that takes the pastel dress from sunshine to shadow. It comes in three colors, blue, pink and yellow. I chose the yellow because it was the most literal sunshine to shadow.
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Having received some wonderful lingerie recently, I decided to pull out my old Debutante Chaise Lounge from Diesel Works. I am sure there are newer ones around, but I don’t care. That old lounge is still one of the best pose props ever made. I started out with the fabulous new lingerie from Iota Ultsch. She’s not done lingerie before, but you wouldn’t know from this. She’s made a double rainbow of colors, so check it out. It’s pretty sexy and it took some careful posing to keep it PG. Luckily with 25 poses built in, that’s not an issue.
I have been shooting some pictures for Gidge – vendor photos for her new releases for the upcoming Culture Shock 2012 event benefitting Médecins Sans Frontières. She’s still working away busily on even more pose prop options, but I got her permission to give you little peeks. For the vendor ad and this post, I wore the incredibly hot Cigarette Pants from One Bad Pixel. I chose the peach because it’s one of my favorite colors and a color that looks flattering on nearly everyone.
If you missed the rumbling of the Earth over the weekend, a new mesh collaboration opened up and it’s sexy awesome, with lots of gorgeous pieces for girls who might like to show off their sexier sides from time to time. ONE BAD PIXEL is an unapologetic store run by alts (yay for being up front about it) of designers you know and love, and they’re even having a little contest to see if you can guess who they are. I loved the pieces I saw at the grand opening and I can’t wait to see more from these creators. Continue reading
In case you slept through yesterday, a new collaboration has launched featuring high quality mesh clothing from two established designers who are working together to develop a line of mesh clothing that is naughty and nice. One Bad Pixel is naughtily sexy, with figure-hugging styles that lay so beautifully against the skin and it’s nicely done, made with attention to detail, flawless texturing and fabulous colors. This is the Pearl dress in Aubergine – just one in a double rainbow of colors.
I am incredibly tiny today. I’m so tiny that it’s amusing me far much to pose my avatar in places around my house to see just how tiny I am. I bought this petite avatar yesterday after noticing that Material Squirrel sent me some demo petite wings. I stared at the wings, so tiny and pretty, and decided that I had to have something to stick them onto.
When I went to the Yabusaka Petite Market I felt instantly at home. Some of my favorite gothic/fantasy designers are already making stuff for petite avatars, so in no time at all I had a tiny little mesh body from Mynerva, hair from Wasabi Pills, and an outfit from Bare Rose. And the wings, of course! I might have to go back to the market today and see what else I can play with, it’s just too cute!
(SLURL to the Yabu Petite Market)
Outfit: Bare Rose Petite Mocha Hare
Wings: Material Squirrel Isolde Wings in Dark Rose for Petites
Hair: Wasabi Pills Monique Petite Mesh in Iceberg
Avatar: Mynerva Light Drow
Poses: Lolapop!
Nyu is a brand new store in Second Life featuring classic ready to wear separates from NyuNyu Kimono in beautifully textured mesh. I love the elegant minimalism of her clothing that focuses on quality and clean aesthetics. You can hide lots of mistakes with embellishments, but not with these simple classics. The Vintage Blouse is from her shop while the skirt is one you have seen a few times before – the Westbury mini from Mon Tissu. I fatpacked the Westbury mini because it’s one that will stand the test of time.
NyuNyu also made a stunning coat that I am in love with. It comes in 4 colors and it was so hard to choose just one, though I settled for this one because I loved how its color worked with the blouse and I thought they would work beautifully together – which comes to one of my quibbles, not with the store, but with the properties of mesh overall.
It may or may not be news to you that allegedly you cannot wear opals unless you are born in the month of October. The myth is, they are cursed to anyone other than we Libras who wear them (or I suppose early Scorpios). Conversely, some say that they are simply GOOD luck to those born in October who do wear them.
So many myth surround them, that I have to smile, and then make it a point to always wear them, as RL Gidge is indeed a child of the 10th Month. The month that was the 8th month until some vainglorious Romans added months. Continue reading
