I love playing dress up, and I love dark and macabre, and I love exploring... So when these three things combine, it makes for a very happy Rudh indeed. I was able to get my hands on a new release from one of my crush stores, and within the space of an hour or so I was told about a new Cica Ghost Art Sim... Wouldn't you know, the combination of these two things was PERFECT! Today we're going deep sea diving... Better bring your waterproofs!!
Cica Ghost has always made some very beautiful and interesting sims to explore, and although they aren't around for very long, when a new one pops up it's something that is a must-see for me. This time is no different, and the Under the Sea sim is filled with wonderful creatures of all shapes and sizes, and for today only, one extra guest... ME!! The reason I decided that I needed to be here, was partly due to the amazing release from Nightmare for this year's Depraved Nation Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair. The items come separately but can be collected to form a "Cracken Attack" set - shown here in black and only missing the tentacles from the back and the head - in a range of different colours. Of course, once I had the tentacles in place my mind ran away with me. I found an old necklace from erare that drew my mind towards Ursula - Little Mermaid's Sea Witch - and so more Tentacle Marks - like the ones available from NOX - were needed. Then of course, as she was under the water, she needed some kind of Mermaidishness - yes I know it's not a real word LOL - which was where the Siren Carving Scars - from Evermore - come into play! It's a dressing up costume that pleases me... It's caused me to start singing the Little Mermaid Classic "Under the Sea" but meh it's a song I can live with... In fact perhaps, so will you LOL...
What is she wearing; Hair & Accessory: !Ohmai - Omakase in DrkReds Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 Make-Up: Ghost'Ink - Be Bloody Collar: [ abrasive ] - Cthulhu Tentacle Set in Black Necklace: erare - Secrets Necklace (No Longer Available!) Tentacles: Nightmare - Cracken Attack Gacha Items in Black (Available until March 31st at Depraved Nation's Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair) Tentacle Marks: NOX. - Octo Hickies Body Scars: Evermore - Siren Carving Pose: Signature Pose - Feels like Flying, Pose Set 19
Yesterday I took a photo in SL that has made me very very happy. Normally I feel a little unsure about my pictures, I worry that they aren't right and although I know I shouldn't I really find myself worrying about what others will think of them... I tend to feel exposed if I have not taken them into photo-shop and played around with them a little, which is weird because although I am putting my work out there as an "artist" which should be an expression of personality and opinion, I find that I often have to mute things... That being said, OK I know that I am a little on the crazy side with doing random things like being a princess one day and a monster the next! Yet while I was taking this photo I had a sense of peace, I wanted to do something that required no edit and - although I did crop this photo down - it's as raw as when I shot it in SL! I wanted to see what I can do without being able to touch up and make things look as I want them... and being honest with you... I LOVE IT!
I guess the feeling behind this photo works very well with the location and photography props that I have used within it. The photography pose is one that is part of the Evolution of a Hipster series from Image Essentials. There has definitely been some evolution in the way I work as a photographer, and this may be the pinnacle of my work LOL... I do find myself thinking "I'm not up to their standard", which is terrible as everyone has a different style and a different way of viewing the exact same things... I guess the location is kinda like the name of the pose series too... This is Netherwood by Lauren Bentham, and as always with her locations, it is really well thought out and very very pretty. The following of the train track is a path to a beautiful landscape, but then walking along a path, an evolution, they all kinda spark of the same thing... Moving forwards... Perhaps I have moved forwards without even realising?! What is she wearing; Hat & Hair: Truth - Armelle Skin: Glam Affair - Luna Skin in Asia Shirt: SPIRIT - Tin Top in Gray Skirt: Blueberry - Letia in Stoned Socks: [ abrasive ] - Worn Thigh Socks in White Pose: Image Essentials - Evolution of a Hipster in Pose 8 (Available until March 27th at Depraved Nation Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair)
Today is likely to be a day of pensive mindfulness... I've been putting a lot of thought into things lately and the quotation "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are" - said by E.E. Cummings - really seems to ring true. The reason for this deep and meaningful thinking is that tomorrow I leave my 20s... Tomorrow I enter my 30s... I finally feel more like I have to say I am a grown-up rather than a kid in disguise, even though everyone tells me it's Dirty 30 and now days you're still young at 40 or 50 even! When my mum was 30, she was pregnant with ME, the thought scares me a LOT and I doubt I am ready for something like that, I can barely look after myself... So I have been doing a lot of thinking...
I went for a bicycle ride on Gator Sim to clear my head a little - I tell ya now, the hills are so much easier on a motorbike LOL - but I had to stop to catch my breath and there I sat thinking and enjoying the view! My bike is a pose - you can't really ride this one unfortunately - but the Image Essentials Pose is available at the Depraved Nation Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair, and is one of the Evolution of a Hipster Set. A simple pair of Blueberry jeans, rolled up a little to stop them getting caught in the chain, and a cute Fringe Cardigan with a soft Infinity Scarf from Petite Mort was the perfect outfit for this ride, but perhaps now I will leave my thoughts and worries in this spot, I'm going to freewheel down the hill...
The Arcade - unless you have been completely oblivious and have no idea what I am talking about, you may have noticed - is well underway... Up and running for the entire month of March... As always, it seems pretty brilliant and an understandable reason why people get so excited about it each and every time! It's like a feeding frenzy in a shark tank! It could have been handy for people looking to get interesting birthday gifts for me too - just sayin' lol - if I hadn't already been in and raided the place myself! I LOVED collecting things for my little play house... This place takes me away to somewhere peaceful, somewhere fun and somewhere that I can just escape to play! So while I was setting out my new toys, I had a feeling that made me giggle, it was something akin to Dorothy's feelings as she arrived in Oz... I spend most of my time surrounded by bikers, this was a bit of "you're setting out cute toys, this seems totally opposite to normal" moment LOL...
As you can see though the entrance to my garden follows a wooden stump path - thanks to Alchemy by the way - that directs you towards my toy house! My garden has now been decorated with some awesome Lego style plastic looking flowers too. I know these aren't to everyone's taste but I couldn't resist the [tea.s] Block-ee Flowers. The inhabitants of this adorable place are plushie animals! They float in the breeze attached to balloons - such as the Fly Away Bear from Boogers - and are Petal Pals to the flowers - available from Intrigue Co at The Arcade - each smiling and giving a warm welcome to anyone who visits! Whilst on my trip to this strange land, something rather weird happened to my dog! What started out as a perfectly normal looking Weenie Dog - bought just a few days ago from the SilentSparrow Pet Store, found at The Arcade - in our travel to this new found land he somehow became a Weenie Weenie Dog! On my feet were a Rudhish style pair of "Ruby Slippers" - they'd be better described as Tropicano Heels in a bright magenta colour - from Bens Beauty, now off to skip down the wooden stump road!
So to the rest of my awesome "Not Kansas Anymore" outfit... Some of it is new, some old but I think the combination is just the right amount of kookie! The dress I am wearing is one of the older things, but it's been stored neatly away until I can find it for a moment like this. It's a Somnia release called City Scape - in a Day pattern, there is also a Night version to match, and it comes with cloudy leggings. Then I went to town with my accessories... The horns on my head were made of Pinkberry Ice Cream - that are available from Riske at the Luck of the Irish Gacha Fair - my lips are slicked with green lipstick and dusted with sprinkles, I knew I shouldn´t have made out with that donut - but thanks to Babysteps for letting cover their Skin Fair Release, the Baby Butter Lips! There is yet MORE yummies in the form of my (Yummy) Spec-tacular Edible Specs... The only other thing that I took with me is a basket that I found when I landed, you never know when things like that might come in useful... You see it did with me, I found two Wonderland Pixicat Kittens that needed my help, I couldn't have taken them with me without the basket... What is she wearing; Horns: Riske - My Summer Horns in Pinkberry (Available Now at Depraved Nation's Luck of the Irish Gacha) Hair: Olive - the Daisy Hair in J Rabbit (Available Now at The Arcade) Glasses: (Yummy) - Spec-tacular Edibles! in Sugar Rush Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item) Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup, AND, (Cheek) Fallen Doll - WickedFaceScar Nose Piercing: DirtyStories - Heart Nose Piercing (Past Suicide Dollz Item) Lipstick: {Babysteps} - Butter Baby Lips (Available Now at Skin Fair 2015) Necklace: Pure Poison - Rainbow Necklace Dress: Somnia - City Scape Day Set (Past Event Release) Kittens: Pixicat - Wonderland BasketCat RARE (Available Now at The Arcade) Glove: Amerie - Burger Glove (Past Men's Department Item) Knee Wounds: A*S - Bloody Knees in V2 (Past CarnEvil Items) Shoes: Bens Beauty - Tropicano High Heels in Magenta Mix (Past Event Release) Pathway: Alchemy - Little Log pathway (Past Gift) Dog: SilentSparrow - Weenie in Weenie RARE (Available Now at The Arcade) Flowers: [tea.s] - Block-ee Flowers (Past Event Release) Flower & Bugs: Intrigue Co - Plushie Pals in Petal Pals (Available Now at The Arcade) Bear: Boogers - Fly Away Bear (Past Arcade Release) Pose: aDORKable Poses - Klutz 1 (No Longer Available!) Close-Up Pose: Signature Pose - Adam 1
