The Arcade has become one of SL's most popular and eagerly anticipated events, drawing in huge crowds with the opening of every round. Though it is not the only event of it's kind... There is now a Fantasy Gacha event - heading towards it's second round at super fast speeds...
In fact the second round of the event opens its doors to the Gacha loving, Fantasy obsessed members of the SL world, and thanks to the amazingly awesome fantasy designer - Miss Helena Stringer of The Stringer Mausoleum - I was able to sneak in before the crowds and gather together some jaw droppingly gorgeous creations that I played around with for hours! I even managed to get Hell in on the act too - that NEVER happens! I think he noticed all the pretty fantasy items that I was checking out in the gacha displays and couldn't help himself - not that I can blame him either hehe...
I picked out a few items that I wanted to wear, and he was looking over my shoulder asking me to try for this and that, and things just seemed to fall together to create some gorgeous outfits for the pair of us. We both got fairly lucky that things seemed to blend so effortlessly!
Which of us do I talk about first... Lets start with HellBone... For him we went in the route of a knight or a paladin, that had stumbled into a forest clearing and come across a beautiful water naga! As soon as he saw the helmets and capes over my shoulder he was saying "try to get me one of those" - and I think at first, the bigger helmets from PFC, were more appealing to him, yet once he had it on we both couldn't help but admire the details in the textures and design. He was so impressed that he went to check out their mainstore, but there will be more on that later! Along with this he chose, and we got lucky in winning, a set of basic silver Viking Bracers from The Forge and some armoured gloves from Ascent, which completed his look when paired with this gorgeous kilt - or man-skirt, whatever you want to refer to it as - from A.S.S... I think Hell looks awesome in this kilt, I really hope he wears it more often!
I was a little trickier, as there were so many gorgeous outfits available for us ladies! Though my mind went to fantasy mode, and as soon as I caught sight of the Naga accessories from deviousMind I knew that was were I was going to be heading - for one photo at least! I wore the lapis banded tail, but instead of the side fins included, I got lucky enough to win the Naga Queen set so the head fins and side fins are part of that set. I also got lucky winning the Black Scorpion Trident too... I was a happy Naga! But that's not all... No no no my pretties... I wanted a skin from The Stringer Mausoleum - as it was thanks to Helena that I was allowed in - and boy did I get lucky again! The Forest Witch skin I am wearing, just matched perfectly due to the blue in her make-up, and when teamed with the Lamia Naga Eyes in Silver - also from deviousMind - I was extremely excited by my look!
Finally a girl needs to accessorise, and OK I have a huge and gorgeous looking trident, but I needed a little jewellery, so again I turned to the Fantasy Gacha Fair, and two designers that I am testing out for the first time! So the facial chain is one of the prizes from the aisling store - there are so many different designs of this, but I wanted something plain and simple that would highlight the make-up rather than hide it, and the circlet - from Sax Shepherd Designs - gave the jewellery just that little bit of glamour that a Naga Witch would be proud of.
I know the facial features do not show very clearly in either of these photos however, so just to make everything that little bit clearer, I got rid of Hell and decided to take a close up photo to showcase the gorgeous details in all of these items!
What are they wearing;
HellBone:
Helmet: PFC - Defender in Paladin (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Skin: najl desings - ZENDO chin (No Longer Available)
Eyes: IKON - Eternal Eyes in Peak
Tattoo: ::NT:: - Skull Top in Faded (No Longer Available)
Cloak: PFC - The Hunter in Polar (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Bracers: [The Forge] - Viking Bracers in Silver (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Gloves: [Ascent] - Armored Gloves in 05 (I cannot find a LM to their mainstore ANYWHERE!)
Kilt: A:S:S - Long-kilt in Plain Black
Shoes: [Gos] - Triumph Boot in Black
Rudh:
Hair: Magika - Please
Skin: The Stringer Mausoleum - Forest Witch Skin (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Eyes: deviousMind - Lamia Naga Eyes Silver (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Circlet: Sax Shepherd Designs - Witch Circlet in Samantha (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Chains: aisling - Xanthe in N3 White (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Naga Accessories: (Head & Side Fins) deviousMind - NagaQueen in Viper, AND, Lamia Naga Tail in Lapis Banded (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Staff: deviousMind - Lamia Naga Trident in Black Scorpion Rare (Available 1st October 2013 at the Fantasy Gacha Fair)
Solo Pose: Frooti - Just a Girl 2
Pose: Starry Heaven - Surreal (Past Hunt Item)
So today, I feel in the mood to discuss something that was in my mind and it involves something that is a part of my everyday look in SL and therefore bugged me fairly highly. I don't know if I am annoyed or confused, but I need to get it out somewhere and was hoping to get some opinions on it.
Though before I go off on one of my epic rants, I learnt a new skill and ooh I feel more than a little excited about it... Don't mind me if I get overly squeaky lol... I was looking through the tutorials on Berry's blog and decided to have a try at making a GIF - or animated photo - so that the photo will show both sides of what I am talking about. Thank you for the simple tutorial Berry - you have quite a sexy voice by the way LOL - if you want to try making gifs, it is very easy when you are shown how and I think I'll be making a lot more in future!
So the reason for this GIF comes in two parts... Firstly I wanted to show off the new skin from yumyums - formally Sugar - and when I was playing about with the photography I kept noticing that my piercings and wounds as well as my hair kept getting in the view! This is the first skin to come out of the newly made-over Sugar brand, and it seems to be true to Iokko's form of pretty, feminine skins with MASSES of extras thrown into the heap for good measure, including really simple to use HUDs for adjusting to all the body parts you can think of - making these extremely versatile skins.
Though it is the second point that I am going to go off on a rant about... Recently I was told that it would be better if I was present somewhere in SL, I should be without my facial wounding, the piercings could remain but the facial wounds would need to come off for fear of causing upset to the sim owner. Now this sim owner in question, is constantly surrounded by men covered in far worse wounds than I wear, and all of the people that visit have tattoos and piercings to the nines, so why were my wounds so bad? The owners of this sim are firm believers in the feeling of "if they don't see it in RL, why would they want to see it in their SL?", thus meaning that a wide variety of SL's interiguingly different creative people are restrained and have to remain as a human.
To me this really defeats the point of Secondlife - it is supposed to be a second life, a place where you can do things that you can't in RL - yet I guess each to their own, but I did wonder, does this person TP places or fly? I will admit that I don't like seeing myself without the facial scarring, to me I look far too naked and I guess that would be how some women feel when they don't wear make-up, as a side note I could never condone the type of violence that would cause a woman, or anyone for that matter, to end up scarred like this - though even admitting all this I will still say that I feel weird when I pose without my wounds.
Still like a good girl I did what I was told and went without my wounds for the 5 minutes that I was around the sim LOL...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Piper
Skin: yumyums - Alli Skin
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed
Top: cheeky - Anna Half Shirt in Black
Pose: Starry Heaven - Misuzu Poses 5
I've been a bit slow in getting a picture created and I know it's bad of me, but I've been busy the last two days and needed to actually find some time in my calendar to pull something together. I finally managed to find the time to pull a bike out and go for a ride, though this isn't something I would normally do - I found it to be a great way of hiding LOL... I went for a bike ride around a sim called Sturgis that my friend Dark works on, and even found the time to stop for a quick cuppa.
As the saying "a nice cuppa tea" goes, I found time to take a breath, relax in the autumn sunshine and think before I was called back into the line of fire!
So now I pull my blogging cap back on there are a few things to share with you in this photo... First and possibly most obvious is the bike. This is one of Hell's bikes, it's called the Titan and it is available now as a freebie in our store Hogs and Cart Wheels as our prize for The Autumn Effect Hunt that is being run by the Depraved Nation. You can take three passengers with you in this beast of a machine, just be careful how you drive it - if like me you drive it off the edge of a track that will be 4 people that need to go to the casualty department!
Moving on to my attire for the day we have the gorgeous new dress from SAKIDE that has been created for The Boobies Show. This one is a mesh mini dress complete with suspender straps and easy access, due to the zipper that runs from bottom to top down the front LOL... Once again HellBone failed to notice the easy access, but I think that has gotten past surprising me now. The dresses are available in 12 different colours and range through conventional camouflage colours to pastels... Never get me in pastel colours - least not when I'm not in full rainbow mode, but I love these dresses, maybe I could be converted LOL... OH and because they are for The Boobies Show they come with the appliers for adding the curves in the right places!
Now to the Cuppa... This gorgeous mug is from MishMish and was released for Fifty Linden Friday this week, so that would be why I am late with this post. I LOVE this set of Clay cuties, they are available either as pot plants or as coffee mugs, and each set includes a HUD so you can customise the designs to give them mustaches, bows, and dummies!! SO CUTE!
Who ever said big scary biker chicks, can't be cute and fun too? LOL
What is she wearing;
Hair: DeLa - Shell in Red
Skin: yumyums - Alli Skin
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed
Choker: Scrub - Webcollar
Arm Warmers: [hate this] - Elbow Warmers in Goth Black
Hands: SLink - AvEnhance Hands Female in Casual
Ring: Mandala - Motsumame in Black/Silver
Dress: SAKIDE - M16 Dress in Black (Available now at The Boobies Show)
Tights: Izzie's - Patterned Tights II in Desert
Boots: Razor - Regulator Combat Boots
Mug: MishMish - Clay Family Coffee Mug (Past FLF Item)
Bike: Hogs & Cart Wheels - Titan (Available now as a hunt prize for The Autumn Effect Hunt)
Pose: KoKoLores - Beach Babe Oil My Back
I am loving the Horror Haute collection this month... So many awesome things that I am having a lot of fun juggling the macabre into my everyday attire. It's creating me some awesome looks and to be honest isn't that what fashion - and blogging too - all about, making yourself look good and thus feel happy? It always gives me a bit of a thrill - albeit a small one - to create a look that I love, I should start showing my daily looks off more, but I'm never going to be any good at fashion or photography of it, so I think I'll leave that to the professionals full time hehe... I might dabble here and there of course...
So my second look was one that I fell in love with, I've been wearing it for a few days now lol, and I will probably wear it for a few more! Though the photo was more complicated than I had planned... The reason for this was I thought AH HA, I'll go to the forgotten graveyard and pose there, when I got there I'd been beaten to it LOL... In fact Miss Millie Gloom - of Demented Dollie - was in the place I wanted to shoot the picture and she was wearing the same top LOL... So I had to scout out somewhere new... Luckily I didn't have to go far, the same store - Pravada - has another cemetary to play in. Both of these places are available to buy and oh my gosh they are so gorgeous they are definitely worth the money!
Outfit wise, I am still wearing the cute skin from PunkD Skins, and as far as Horror Haute goes I pulled on this gorgeous top from Gloomy Thought. It is one of two designs available for the Horror Haute line up and I just love that graphic large skull design. I kept the rest of the outfit fairly simple with the exception of my long loose red plait from *X*plosion - I've known about their hair for a long time but never really looked at it too closely until I saw this style on someone's flickr and thought ooooh pretty!
I may yet have one more Horror Haute post in me, because I've just pulled on the pretty tattoo from CoLLisions, but that will come later hehe, for now enjoy a trip home with the Living Dead Girl and dance in the rain!
What is she wearing;
Hair: *X*plosion - Nana Hair in Red
Skin: PunkD Skins - Samhain Pumpkin in Milky (HORROR HAUTE SEPTEMBER)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Choker: Psycho.Byts - Black Choker + Studs
Necklace: KOSH - Tricos Necklace in Smoke
Top: Gloomy Thought - Hoked Skull Top & Leggings - Part of a complete outfit (HORROR HAUTE SEPTEMBER)
Skirt: R3volt - Mika Mini in Black
Boots: Bax - Regency Boots in Black Leather
Pose: Starry Heaven - Erika Poses 5 (Available now at the Pure Sales Room)
HORROR HAUTE IS BACK! It seems to be gaining speed too, heading fast towards my favourite holiday of the year and the day when the dark and depraved horror beings come out into the limelight dragging this event with them... So when the event notice went out a few days ago that the event was up and running I dived into the whole heap of awesome things on offer and walked out with a few outfits to share.
There are so many gorgeous things in this month's line-up that I have had to cheat and put one on a Rudh shaped Mannequin. I have been beginning to look for an outfit to wear for Halloween, it's not something that I can find easily considering that I am usually a living dead dolly.So this pretty Jack Skellington Dress from Skindustrial Bodywerks is a possibility, I pulled it on my mannequin look and danced around in it for a while.
The other dress that I pulled on for this shoot will definitely become a staple dress in my living dead doll wardrobe as it comes with and without bloody versions, making it super versatile. My dear friend Alice pulled out the stops to make something simple yet well textured and more than a little useful, so I highly recommend this dress from Lamp*Light.
I'm wearing a special skin for Horror Haute too, from PunkD Skins... Now I know that it doesn't show very clearly on the main photo so I put together a close up too, but the eye make-up is so pretty I couldn't resist, and it will in fact be worn by me for a while I think!
What is she wearing;
Look 1:
Skin: Lamp*Light - Lady Shadow
Dress: Skindustrial Bodywerks - Jack Skellington Dress in Orange/Black (HORROR HAUTE SEPTEMBER)
Pose: Starry Heaven - Misuzu 4
Look 2:
Hair: Clawtooth - Hearts on Fire (Available now at the Arcade)
Skin: PunkD Skins - Samhain Pumpkin in Milky (HORROR HAUTE SEPTEMBER)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Dress: Lamp*Light - Miss Jackson (HORROR HAUTE SEPTEMBER)
Shoes: DRBC - Zebra Jane Shoes
Pose: Starry Heaven - Erika Poses 5 (Available now at the Pure Sales Room)
SO first off... HAPPY BIRTHDAY for the 22nd Berry! I hope that you had a fab day with lots of laughter and surprises and all those good things that make you feel like a princess on your special day! One thing about Miss Berry - who I will admit I don't know personally, but can say I've learnt a little about from reading her blog - is that she seems very determined not to let her followers down hehe... Even on her special day, she takes some time out to remember us, and come up with a Meme for the week... It's just a shame that this one puts me on edge a little - not a lot just a little LOL...
The reason that I am a little on edge with this week's meme is that things are twofold... Berry has asked us some very simple questions about our RL birthdays - that doesn't bother me at all I am like an open book really lol - what worries me is that she has asked us to do a pile up for her birthday picture either as a Meme within the meme or as just something pretty... Now I am OK when it comes to working on photos of me for myself, you don't have to worry about what other people will think so long as I like it, but when it is someone you don't know and yet admire from afar... Well that's just scary...
I hold my breath and dive in on this one with my eyes screwed shut!
There you have it... My attempt at piling Berry up! I hate piling other people as I am always worried that it will end up with them being unhappy about it, and me being turned into a social pariah LOL... I know that won't happen as Berry is far too nice, but it still feels a little daunting to me, putting myself out there like this LOL... If you want to try an play with Berry's pixels, then the pictures are available to grab from her Flickr Stream... For now though I will let you think of the Jaws theme tune as you all scream "NOOOOO CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRIES LOOK BEHIND YOU, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!"
Now onto the questions, which are slightly less gruelling LOL...
When is your birthday? – March 19th
Pick one person who shares your birthday and share what you know about them. – Glenn Close, and although I don't know much about her, I can tell you that she makes a mean Cruella Di Vill LOL... I loved her in the role in the live-action 101 Dalmations movie, and according to Wikipedia she has earned three Tonys, an Obie, three Emmys, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
List one notable event that took place on your birthday. – Well it seems that there are lots of war related things, and lots of sporting things, but I wanted to find something that was less depressing than war and more interesting to me than sport... SO... It turns out that the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on March 19th 1932, and in 2008 the GRB 080319B or a gamma ray burst was detected by the Swift Satellite setting a record for the furthest object that could be seen with the naked eye!
Tell us about a holiday that falls on your birthday. – There are a few religious days that fall on my birthday, but as I am not religious I want to leave those well alone. I did however find a bizarre and kind of obscure day... National Poultry Day! I think that it's an American event, but to me that just seems really funny. Most specifically focused on chickens apparently, I have three noisy cluckers in RL so I might have to start showing them a little more appreciation on my Birthday too lol... Though I have a funny feeling the day is more about eating chicken, rather than cuddling it LOL!
I don't think it is really but I was playing around with some of my goodies that were amassed at the Arcade and I just happened to have a giant R, from oOo Studio, to play with LOL...Now what do you do with a giant R, I mean OK this one is ready scripted with poses, but seriously otherwise, what would you do with one? I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the one that I had to pose with... I mean I knew I could pose but how? I set about playing around with my wardrobe instead... That seemed so much easier! Once I was done I finally found a shot I was happy with, using my giant letter R!
Although I love this shot, I caught another one too... One that was a little less staged and a lot more happy accident!
Though it feels kinda strange writing this, almost like I've had a look of the day moment hehe... I put on a pretty dress from SAKIDE, that comes in two versions per colour - a plain for during the day and a sparkly for rocking it up at night. I've dressed it up with these gorgeous white ankle boots and socks from Just Design, that you can pick up at the Seasons Story event. On occasion I tend to let my hair go white, and I got lucky to win the adorable Clawtooth hair - Hearts on Fire - with it's spiked headband from the Arcade. Then in the second picture my new friend Bones the Schadenfreude Chibi Kitty came for a cuddle and to hide from the rain hehe...
Meanwhile - and for a bit of a giggle - my new daughter Kenzee, took the second pre-edited photo and added two new accessories... The hottest accessories known to man... WINCHESTERS hehe...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Clawtooth - Hearts on Fire in Blinding (Available now at The Arcade)
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear (No Longer Available)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Choker: Psycho.Byts - Black Choker + Studs
Necklace: KOSH - Your Soul To Keep Necklace
Dress: SAKIDE - Night & Day Dresses in Black
Rings: (LEFT) Mandala - Motsumame in Black/Silver, AND, (RIGHT) Remarkable Oblivion - FAMOUS Ring in Silver
Nails: SLink - Enhancement Fingernails for Default Hands, WORN WITH, KOSH - Glitter Nails
Bracelet: Olive - The Refreshed Bear Trap Bracelet in Copper
Cat: Schadenfreude - Chibi Cat: Bones (Available now at The Arcade)
Shoes & Socks: Just Design - Catty in White (Available now at The Seasons Story)
Pose Prop: oOo Studio - r (Available now at The Arcade)
The DisneyBounding Challenge has been over for a couple of weeks now, and I am still a little sad, left without something to focus on every week... It's the exact same feeling that I had when the colour challenge ended. I have tried to speak to Natalee about carrying on with the Disney on my own and have since had no response so I think I will possibly just work through some of my favourite characters - and maybe even some of my friends favourites too hehe...
But to celebrate such an awesome challenge, I have decided that the official end to the challenge needs to be marked somehow... SO, as I did with the colour challenge, I picked some of my favourites and put them in a collage...
I think it's a way of saying, thank you for reading, thank you for running the challenge and at the end of the day thank you for creating the Disney Characters that I know and love and have had around all my life!
Now though it is time to move on... I still want to play at making more Disney Characters... I just hope that Natalee doesn't get mad at me for doing so! I wonder which Disney Character I will be next?
So this week's Meme is focused on the Surreal. Berry has asked us to create a picture, that could at the end be more like a little work of art than a random snapshot of SL...
I've been pondering this idea though... SL is basically all about surrealism when you think about it. The most basic of every day tasks, from getting changed to chatting with friends, are done in a surreal way - I mean if you talk to people who don't play Second Life you may be met with a blank look on their face. Even people who play other online games will often view SL with a look of puzzlement... and I on the odd occasion that I do talk about SL with RL people find myself getting a little confused and saying things like "It's a glorified chat program!"
So when asked to do something surreal in SL, my first thought went to something that I might do every day in world but would seem really surreal to someone from outside of it like ride a motorcycle, or shop with an Australian who is on the other side of the world to me, or even dance in space - something I used to love doing at the Inspire Space Park...
Yet, for this challenge on a blog about SL, I needed to try and push the boat out a little... Doing the normal everyday for us SL'ers just won't cut it LOL... So then I let my mind wander, and believe me my mind is a crazy one to wander around in. It went through Gothic and macabre, to rainbows and sparkles and somehow I ended up with a mixture of both LOL... Isn't brilliant when a crazy non-existent plan comes together LOL...
The plan formed in my head, and the outcome isn't exactly as I had planned it, but I love it all the same. Once again the colours ran riot in my head, and rainbows and sparkles were the theme of the day LOL, but whilst I was working on this post I proved to myself how surreal it would be. People couldn't seem to grasp the reason why I was wearing kitty ears, with a mouse in my mouth and my head in a goldfish bowl! It just feels a little more surreal in a surreal world!
What is she wearing;
Headdress: duboo - Sea Wanderer (Available at SL Designers United 5)
Hair: AY.LinE - Cat Hair
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear (No Longer Available)
Eyes: Insufferable Dastard - Hellcat Eyes
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Paint: JM:Mai Skin - Animal Face Tattoo
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Mouse: Psycho.Byts - Trapped Mouse in Cream
Dress: The Sea Hole - Octo Dress (No Longer Available!)
Pose: Eternal Dreams - Rainbow
So I finally made it to The Arcade a few days ago... I KNOW it had been a while since it opened, and I know that people had had little trouble getting in if they kept their fingers on the tp buttons and tried a gajillion times, but for me, waiting until the hubbub has died down a little is always a plus because it means there is less lag and the stuff remains the same hehe...
Yet, when I finally did get in, I like a lot of other people out there went a bit mad... I bought hair and random stuff and accessories till they are pouring outta my hoard like there is an avalanche in progress, but the one thing that I had been waiting to get my hands on, above and beyond anything else, were the Pwnies from Silent Sparrow.
I got a few, I was happy with that... My oldest daughter Shiny however was not... She wanted to try and help me get a full set and my god that girl knows how to trade like a pro hehe...Since she got involved I have every one of the common pwnies, and was lucky enough to win the Dash Rare version for myself... There are just four rare pwnies that I haven't been able to get, two of which are Dr.Who themed and therefore I am totally not bothered about - but if anyone has a Tinker or a Rosa that they want to get rid of either by trade of something or by selling then I am willing to do so.
I've seen some at some of the yard sales... Now I don't mind the yard sales, in fact I love them as it's a great way to trade and collect bits that you are missing, but what bugs me a little is when people put the prices of the rare items up for so much higher than their original gatcha price. Granted you want to make some of your money back, but seriously asking 1000L for something that you won by chance and obviously didn't even want is a bit unfair in my opinion. I've sold rares for the actual machine price before now and if I hadn't already spent lots of money on a machine trying to win that particular item then I might well be tempted, but in some cases it feels like we are paying top dollar, not to the creators, but to the people who got lucky and decided they just didn't want that particular colour, style, or duplicate... Ugh I shouldn't rant, it makes me sound like a horrible person, but yeah... *pouts*..
Still for now I am going to just curl up and sleep with the collection I did manage to amass as I don't mind waiting to see if I can find either a Tinker or a Rosa... Anyone have one going spare?
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Meschell
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Eyelids: SLink - Mesh Lids and Lashes
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, AND, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Top: HR 2.0 (Possibly also known as HighRize)- Fang Bangers Crop in Blue
Shorts: LRH - Frayed Medium Denim Shorts
Tights: Sn@tch - Cheetah Tights in Purple
Plushies: Silent Sparrow - Pwnies (Available now at The Arcade)
Rug: KOSH - Suede Rug
Pose: PURPLE POSES - Pose 34
We've come to the final week, well technically it was last week and I am running a little late with it, but I am so sad to see the event end, that I really had to put it off... As with the Colours it feels like something is missing and not having a Disney Character to look forward to every week feels somewhat like there is an empty space that I need to fill again... I wonder if Natalee would mind if I carried on working on Disney Characters on my own? I know it was her idea, but I'm kinda hooked on creating them now LOL... Maybe I will I just won't list them by week LOL... Though I think out of respect for Natalee maybe I will talk to her first! I wouldn't have started it without her at all, so it feels like the right thing to do.
Anyway, on with my final week for this challenge...
Week 26 - Walt Disney
As Natalee says, this isn't a Disney Character, but then some might argue he is the most important Disney Character of all... Without the artistic mind, we might not have some of our - or should that be my - personal favourite characters in the way we do. OK sure, we would have the stories, but that classic Disney "true love conquers all" feel good factor I've always known and loved would be non-existent. These fairy tales that he has turned into classic Disney movies have in some cases horrible and depressing differences to the way Disney chose to portray them and I feel that my childhood would not have actually been the same without him. When I was little I used to watch the movies and dream of being the next little mermaid or princess being waltzed around ballroom, and as I've grown I've brought my love of Disney with me, so much so that - as happened with Natalee - something truly magical happened in the Euro Disney Park back in March! So I personally feel I have something to thank him for!!!
Anyway, my look for Walt I wanted to keep fairly simple, as he is usually seen in smart suits sporting a cool mustache... I wanted to put on a bit of facial hair but then I couldn't find the right facial fuzz buried in my hoard, I had to go for the clean shaven look lol... It's actually a lot more of a grown up look than I might normally reach for. I found these smart pants, that come complete with shoes from Mayden Couture, they were buried so deep in my hoard that I had forgotten they existed! I teamed them with a smart but Rudhish jacket from Milk Motion - it might look smart on the front but turn around and it is mostly cut out hehe...
I had to take my Walt look over to SL's own Disneyland - Magicland... From here I want to send some huge thanks to Disney's founding father, Walt Disney! Thank you for the magic! While I am at it I want to send thanks and hugs to Natalee... I've loved creating Disney every week! Shame it has to end!!!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Melissa Mesh Hair in Gingerbread (RARE) (Available now at The Arcade)
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Choker: Psycho.Byts - Black Choker + Studs
Top: Crazy - Thin Shirt in White
Jacket: Milk Motion - Cut-Out Blazer in Black
Pants: Mayden Couture - Marge Pants in Grey
Poses: Starry Heaven - Rika 2
So this week's Meme, Berry has asked us to recreate our favourite Memes... I wracked my brains trying to think of Memes that I would want to portray but only ONE came to mind... The LOLCats... OH MY GOSH they make me want to pee my pants laughing. I am not allowed to look at them when Hell is asleep simply because they make me crack up laughing so lard that it will, and has in the past, wake him up! I even have a folder on my PC filled with my favourite LOLCats, that I will open if I ever need something to cheer me up! There are so many other memes out there, but seriously for me the LOLCats are my ultimate favourites - I have even thought about trying to come up with some of my own for my RL dog Izzy LOL - but re-creating one in SL seems like such a good idea too!!
However, which particular one do I choose?! There are so many that I love...
HAD TO BE INVISIBLE BICYCLE lol... Seriously funny, I love this Meme and no matter how sad I am, if someone shows me the invisible bicycle LOLCat Meme then it is guaranteed to crack a smile. So of course, I had to pull on some kitty ears and hop on my own invisible something... Unfortunately I couldn't find where I parked my invisible bike so I was instead forced to pull out my invisible pony lol...
I love being a little bit crazy sometimes and riding an invisible pony seems to be one of those times LOL...My outfit was just the look I was wearing the day I took the photo lol, nothing special but then at the same time still really awesome! It features one of the gorgeous new Tricos Necklaces that were released last Sunday for Lazy Sunday from KOSH - these necklaces are available in a few different colours each with menu controls for strap and metal colour changing, my favourite new boots from BAX - thank you Nick! - and a rather risque chain mail dress from SAKIDE for the Stalkerazzi. This dress comes in a few colours, and each colour has sheer and non-sheer versions - me being a bit of a noob at times didn't realise how sheer it was until I was out shopping and wondered how I could suddenly see crack LOL... You have been warned LOL...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Piper
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Piercings: (Forhead) Cute Poison - Stellar Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item)
Necklace: KOSH - Tricos Necklace (Past Lazy Sunday Item)
Dress: SAKIDE - Chainmail Dress Silver (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Boots: Bax - Regency Boots in Black Leather
Pose: STATUS - Invisible Horses 4
It seems a while since I've had the pleasure of talking about Total Anarchy in here, and the reason being isn't because I forgot about it - like I initially began to think myself - but they have changed up the Anarchaic formula and now the event only happens once every month... I will also admit that although I love blogging Total Anarchy, I had a bit of trouble this time around. There was a limit to the Anarchy that came out of some of these items, and you really needed to use your imagination to create anarchy with them. It was all nice stuff, but nothing too riotous, if you know what I mean?
Anyway, as always with me I like to take clothes and make them suit the look I am going for, not just fit the style that they seem to be, and some of the items available at the latest outing of Total Anarchy had me feeling like they worked perfectly...
This look all started with the skirt from The Creatures, for this month's Total Anarchy. This Amelie Skirt, with its red and white polka dot design, screamed at me of the vintage style Minnie Mouse and well then the whole outfit rolled on from there. I teamed it with a slinky black corset from Ruca Tease - one of the four colours available for Total Anarchy - and some long curly hair, and then it was on to the accessorising... My favourite part of any outfit that I am pulling together. I went for war style, heavy metal jewellery, a large chain and bullect casings around my neck, one of my gorgeous teddybears from yumyums - available at the Stalkerazzi - the Ilo Bear on my arm, and a cute barbed-wire donned helmet from Freaky Designs where my mouse ears should be. I also wanted make-up that would reflect my anarchaic Minnie status... I found just what I was looking for in the items from PixyStix... I've worn two different eye make-ups together - I LOVE that we can add things now for different looks like this - the red eyeshadow is one and the black dots is another, but I think together like this they look great too... I wanted to show them off a little more clearly so I took a close-up of my eyes to share with you!
Of course I needed somewhere particularly Minnie Mousey to take my photo for the look, and what could be better than one of my favourite places - shown in my Rudh Tour Guide for a Monday Meme recently - Magicworld, SL's very own version of Disneyland!
What is she wearing;
Helmet: Freaky Design - Mouse Helmet
Hair: Ploom - Shiloh
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Make-Up: (Red Shadow) PixyStix - Red With Envy (Available Now for Total Anarchy), AND, (Black Dots) PixyStix - No Fear (Available Now for Total Anarchy)
Face Wounds: Corvus - Cheek Scars
Piercings: (Forhead) Cute Poison - Stellar Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item)
Necklaces: (Chain) (flaunt) - Chained Rock (No Longer Available!), AND, (Bullet Casings) DECO - MESH Shells of War Necklace
Corset: Ruca Tease - Sexy and I know it Mesh Corset in Black (Available Now for Total Anarchy)
Skirt: The Creatures - Amelie Skirt (Available Now for Total Anarchy)
Ring: Sugar (Now yumyums) - White Mesh Glitter Gun Ring (Not sure if this is still available?)
Teddy: yumyums - War Ready Ilo Bear in Glamour (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Pose: elephante poses - Love is war pose 2
Sometimes when you pull on an outfit, it takes you a while to realise that you actually love the look you have seemingly thrown together... At least that is how it works for me...
This time I had been on a bit of a mini shopping spree at Death Row Designs. Now I hadn't been shopping here in a while, but when I saw the latest releases offered up by Jaimy Hancroft, the store's creative designer, I couldn't get down there fast enough....
The horns and the claw bracelet were what drew me in, but I came out with arm fulls of stuff - where are the big strong men when you need someone to carry your shopping, that's all I will say!
So yea, I was pulling things on and it just kept falling into place in exactly the right way, so that by the end of it I was in love with the outfit I created. The horns and the claw bracelet were my starting points, but then the hair just seemed to fit with it well, before I stumbled upon the wings released by Schadenfreude for yesterday's Fifty Linden Friday line-up. I initially wanted these wings for the rainbow version - you get 5 different colours in a simple to use HUD - but the grey looked perfect with my dark angel look. The final accessory that was needed fell into my lap from the newly re-branded store Sugar... Sugar has had a bit of a make over to become yumyums and boy is everything coming outta that place yummy... These ilo bears for example!
I initially fell in love with these bears when I first saw them many moons ago now, and now Iokko has updated them... SO CUTEEE!!! They are available at the Stalkerazzi Fair and come in 5 different colours, so I warn you now these will be on show a bit more lol...
For the location of this picture I wanted somewhere to show off the dark angel and the apocalyptic teddy, so when I suddenly remembered my friends back alley RP place - The District Red Warehouse - I knew it was just the place. If you want to get naughty, and need somewhere for some fun RP of the naughty kind, maybe you should check this place out... It's very well put together!
What is she wearing;
Horns: Death Row Designs - horns and chains in Black
Hair: Truth - Gattina
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Eyes: n-creation - Fantasy Eyes in Ghost Ice Eyes
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Piercings: Cute Poison - Disarray Piercing (Past Group Gift)
Choker: Pekka - Spiked Collar in Black/Copper Metal (Past Mes Brics a Bracs item)
Necklace: Cute Poison - Bitch Necklace
Wings: Schadenfreude - Mannequiel Wings (Past FLF Item)
Bracelets: (Left) Death Row Designs - Chrono Fangs in Steel, AND, (Right) KOSH - Epiphany Bracelet [inverted]
Ring: Maxi Gossamer - Gigi Shimmer Bow Large
Teddy: yumyums - War Ready Ilo Bear in White (Available now at Stalkerazzi)
Stomach Wound: REPULSE - Psycho Stomach Wound
Skirt: R3volt - Mika Mini in Black
Pose: PRETENSE - Good Girl
I've said it before and I will say it again, never in a million years did I ever think that I'd become a SL mum... I said it the last time that Hell inadvertently adopted us two daughters - to think they have been our kids for well over a year now... Look, See!!
I seriously wouldn't change them or go back on our accidental adoption, and although times have been difficult - we've all been busy and have been led off down very separate paths - these girls are like rocks to me... We admittedly don't see each other very often - although one invites herself over more than the other, and has a tendency to ignore me when out shopping - when they do come to talk or hang out it's like there has never been a distance.
Niki, our first though Shiny followed VERY close behind, was my co-blogger on the Seraphim, but things blossomed into much more than that... I'll warn you now, never make jokes about being someone's mum if they are shorter than you LOL DON'T DO IT!!!! This one is like a chameleon, forever changing her style, and fitting into a heap of different fashion types, from snow white ice maiden to last I heard native indian (I can never be sure LOL), Nik fashions herself as our "Good Daughter"...
Whereas Niki is our "Good Daughter", Shiny will tell you she's our "Favourite Daughter" - I say these things in quotation because nine times out of ten they can actually be heard saying so lol. Shiny is the bouncy bubble in the family, she's always full of energy and although recently she's been sick she always seems excited and happy to be around us.
Though a couple of days ago, THIS HAPPENED...
As if by magic there was a poof of glitter and the roar of a motorbike, and another daughter landed in our laps LOL... OK maybe it wasn't quite like that, Hell took some persuading but how could we pass up this lovely little ball of crazy. She's been part of the family for about a week now - though she hasn't met her sisters yet - and she is definitely making an impact. Already stealing the title of "Bad Daughter" for herself and threatening to teach her new sisters her tricks in being bad, she is also the only person I've ever come close to that can be truthful when saying my favourite hillbilly comment "I had sex with ma cousin" - lol I dunno where it came from but Kenz can say it and mean it since Julz adopted her boyfriend Frankie LOL...
All three of our girls get their love of dressing up, their gorgeous looks and their senses of humour and creativity from me, from HellBone they might possibly get an allowance but I wouldn't get my hopes up on it, oh and an over-protective daddy lol...
What is she wearing;
(I can try to find out from the others what they are wearing if you want to know but I can list my own things below)...
Look 1:
Hair: Magika - Blame
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Earrings: Cute Poison - Melting Earrings in Silver (Past SL Fashion Week Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars Piercings: Cute Poison - Disarray Piercing (August Group Gift)
Necklaces: (Upper) CELTIC MYST JEWELRY - Wolf Moon Necklace, (Middle) KOSH - Epiphany [inverted], AND, (Lower) KOSH - Sanctuary [inverted]
Shirt: Only available by joining the Gators MC
Bra: Bounce - Valentine Lingerie in Leopard (No longer available!)
Bracelets: (Upper) Cute Poison - Dee in Gold, AND, (Lower) Cute Poison - Lucky Star Bracelet in Gold
Skirt: R3volt - Mika Mini in Black
Boots: Bax - Regency Boots in Black Leather
Look 2:
Hair: Truth - Arianna in Red
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars Piercings: (Forhead) Cute Poison - Stellar Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item), AND, (Lip) Cute Poison - Disarray Piercing (Past Group Gift)
Choker: Pekka - Spiked Collar in Black/Copper Metal (Past Mes Brics a Bracs item)
Top: Cain - Pentagram Wings Shirt (Past Horror Haute Item)
There are a number of stores in SL that I get overly excited about, and most of those are too cute for word plushies stores - D-LAB, Intrigue Co, MishMish and Silent Sparrow, if you must know are my absolute favourites - I feel the SL world would be a sad place without the uber-cute, and if you've ever been to my little corner of the garden then you would see I fully embrace that theory lol...
As soon as any of these places release something cute and cuddly I have this issue about not having rockets attached to my feet that will get me there faster LOL, I can't wait around I am drawn to them like a moth to a flame and if I don't get one I will be a sad little Rudh till I do... Sound like such a spoilt brat don't I really? LOL...
Anyway, this time it was Silent Sparrow's turn - I am not even going to talk about the Pwnies they released for the Arcade, I haven't been able to get anywhere near that place yet, let alone into it to shop lol... No No today I am here to talk of Dinosaurs!
Not the big scary toothy kind like you might find in Jurassic Park, but the kind of soft looking cute cuddly friend that you could tell all your secrets too. I am a huge fan of the plushies that come out of the mind of Silent Sparrow's owner - Hyacinth Tiramisu - and as soon as I saw these Dinosaurs, I grabbed some and took them for a walk around the swamp. It seems like perfect dinosaur habitat really!
For the price you pay you get a lot of Dino for your Linden Dollar... There are 6 different colour sets available and each set comes with two sets of dinosaurs, with or without spots, and 5 different dinos in various poses... These cute little dinos will be decorating my home very soon but I couldn't resist wandering through this Jurassic Park landscape and finding myself a baby dinosaur on the way.. Least there is plenty of shrubbery for it to eat in my garden huh?!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Kumi
Skin: Sugar - Emily in DB and Clear
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Piercings: (Forhead) Cute Poison - Stellar Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item), AND, (Lip) Cute Poison - Disarray Piercing (Past Group Gift)
Collarbone Piercing: Cute Poison - Quixotic Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item)
Necklace: Cute Poison - Bitch Necklace
Bracelets: (Upper) Cute Poison - Dee in Gold, AND, (Lower) Cute Poison - Lucky Star Bracelet in Gold
Rings: (LEFT) Mandala - Motsumame in Black/Silver, AND, (RIGHT) Remarkable Oblivion - FAMOUS Ring in Silver
Dress: KOSH - Leather Zipper Dress in Black
Dinosaur: Silent Sparrow - Dinny Mesh Felty Plush Dino Friends in Sky
Pose: Starry Heaven - Satomi 4
Last week we went touring around the grid with our very own personal tour guides to share our favourite places, and this week Berry asks us about our lighting... Wind-lighting that is... Ever since I first started using wind-light, I have been addicted - admittedly I was a late starter as my PC wasn't up to running it and everything else at the time - but now there is no way back and I actually occasionally feel somewhat affronted if people around me wear face lights LOL...
So for the photo I went somewhat Au-natural lol - if you ignore the fact my outfit is a little bonkers of course and the shadow of a border that I put int there - I may well edit this photo too because I like the randomness of it, but I took the photo in a very simple, basic but with shadows Wind-light setting, that came from the mind of Miss Luna Jubilee. This was the first wind-light that I ever used when I could finally see shadows, so it has always been somewhat of a fall back starting point for me when I have no idea where to start LOL...
So anyway, Berry wants to know about our Wind-light likes, dislikes and settings, I can't say that my answers to this are very interesting so if you are easily bored look away now LOL...
Do you use wind-light while taking pictures? If not, why not? Yeah I do, I will dammit that I was a bit slow to get them to be something I used on a daily basis when they first appeared. My PC wasn't good enough to take it, then I got a new PC and I didn't look back. Not only for taking pictures, I love having control of the lighting in whatever setting I am in!
When taking a closeup snapshot for a profile picture, which windlight preset do you use most often? This REALLY depends on the look of the photo that I want to create, and my looks vary so much that one day I could be dark and scary looking and the next day I could be rainbow coloured and hippy, so it will really depend on my mood... Plus I don't tend to think about pictures being specifically for my profile until I actually finish them and think oh that's cute!
Which windlight presets do you use for full body portraits? This will vary for me too, depending on the mood and the look I want to create. I will admit though that I do use wind-light settings created by Luna Jubilee, as well as the Places wind-lights, those are my usual go-to.
If you do landscape photography, which wind-lights do you use for that most often? I don’t do landscape photography all that often, I am a little bit scared of it as I always think that my photos aren't very good. When I do try I will usually at least check to see what the region default settings are. A lot of places when they are being created use special settings to match their space so a lot of places seem to be best viewed in the chosen wind-light settings of the creators who are sharing their artistic vision... I think anyway?!
Do you have any tricks or tips that you could share for using Wind-light effectively? For me it's all about trial and error... Spend time playing around with things and click that camera button regularly to make sure you never miss that perfect moment. One thing that I always forget though is that sometimes, no matter how hard I try, things will always look different when they are stored on my hard drive. They never seem to look the same out of SL lol... What am I doing wrong?
Have you created any wind-lights that you would be willing to share with us? I created one to make things look brighter way back when I was working for Seraphim, and it is the one that I use as my main setting the vast majority of the time now because everything looks bright and clear. At the moment I haven't gotten it uploaded anywhere but if you want it I will be more than willing to share it with you.
In the process of working on this photo, I decided that I WOULD edit it LOL... boy did I fluff the heck out of it LOL... See...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Discord Designs - Codie in Rainbow (Past Gacha Prize)
Skin: Magic Burst - Roseberry Glitters Skin
Eyes: Body Couture - Beastial in Demon (No Longer Available!)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, AND, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars
Piercings: (Forhead) Cute Poison - Stellar Piercing (Past SL Fashion Week Item), AND, (Lip) Cute Poison - Disarray Piercing (Past Group Gift)
Choker: Sweet Leonard - Curvy Choker
Dress: Rotten Defiance - Hi Tech Dress in White
Piercing: Motivaction - Usb & Plug Piercing Female
Bracelets: (Upper) Cute Poison - Dee in Gold, AND, (Lower) Cute Poison - Lucky Star Bracelet in Silver
Poses: Pretense - Ticky Tacky 5
