Thank you SL, for crashing today!

Cuz it gave me time to pay attention to a photo project I'd set aside during the move of the Main Store and getting out new releases and stuff LOL.


First of all, I was really excited to have a good reason to FINALLY get to be creative in PhotoShop again for something other than a product ad (not that I don't enjoy doing those, but the artsy stuff affords me some more freedom hehehe). The pic below is one that I took of my friend Thumper while we were working on her profile pic (which you can see here on my flckr site). While she was searching for the right look, and we were gabbing, she popped these horns on. They were too cool, I HAD to take some pics of her wearing them! They totally inspired that minimalist thing in me.

So, that's what I did today while I couldn't log in to SL LOL.

Once I was able to log back in, FINALLY released my newest choker, "High Maintenance" which I've made available in a silver and gold version. I've been making quite a few men's/unisex pieces lately, so kinda wanted to call back to my girly side a bit with this piece. Sculpty details include a mini bottle of nail polish, makeup brush, and a pendant that reads "High Maintenance" with little Amethyst hearts to dot the "i"s hehehehe. The leather band part of the choker is texture change by menu, and is LOADED UP with 14 texture options!


FINALLY, (OMG there's so much going on aaaa!) wanted to remind everyone of the Photo Contest we have going on right now. I will prolly blog about that seperately tomorrow so that it gets its own space and isn't getting lost at the bottom of this blog post hehehehe.

*phew* Ther'es more coming up, so be sure to stay tuned all!!!

Gotta love SL

Pffft, well was trying to hang out in SL but it's having a bad day so I guess it's trying to tell me I should update muh blog LOL.

Nothing new really product-wise, other than that the SIITA hunt is coming to a close, and the SL Discovery hunt will be starting up right on its heels. I'm working on some more piercings, some with no teeth, and have a couple of ideas for tails that I'll be working on as well. I'm a slow worker, so it'll be a bit before I have those out, hahaha.

In the meantime, I've been bopping around SL trying to find some pretty and interesting places. Just last night actually my friends Tango and Zanne TP'ed me to where they were, a light and music show. It was AMAZING. Here's a pic of one of the shots I took, and yes, it's been photoshopped a bit for effect and fun:



I've uploaded a few more photos to my flickr, check them out! If you have the chance, I DEFINITELY recommend checking it out. The creators of this show put on a fantastic event. The particle effects are better than fireworks, and they are coordinated with music. The effect on the senses is really beautiful and can't fully be reproduced in the pictures ... at least not by me lol.

I tried to tp to the location today, but SL was acting up on me so I'll try to edit that into this post at a later date. In the meantime, enjoy the pics, and look for the event in search on the SL web site. If you search "Swan Lake" you might be able to find it.

EDITED TO ADD: That this is a great event to attend in couples. I enjoyed it just great being one of a handful of non-couples, but you have to be pretty secure in that I think *LOL* Definitely a very romantic event that you want to share with someone you care about. Like I said, I enjoyed it GREAT on my own, but I encourage you to share the exprience if you can!

Classes, woot!

As if it weren't enough that I teach in RL and therefore spend all my RL time in a classroom, I'm also taking a class in SL. The real irony of this is that I'm celebrating not having to EVER take classes again as I got done with my MA last summer. And now, I'm voluntarily taking a class in SL. What is wrong with me? LOL

So, the class I'm taking is at The Photo Institute, and I'm taking a class in composition with Kee Lewellyn. The first class was last week, and it was so informative. Kee went through some of the basic principles in photographic composition. Some of it was review for me as I was a studio art major (as well as a French major) in college, but there were definitely a few points I didn't remember learning as a painting/drawing student.

I didn't want to keep getting by on "natural ability" like I had been, so when I came across this school, I jumped at it. So glad!

We even had homework! And um, yeah, having homework is not usually anything to celebrate, but I love having an excuse to "have to" take pictures, play in photoshop and all that. Part of what I want to do with this blog and my flickr site is show what is out there to be discovered in SL beyond just shopping and clubbing. I LOVE to do both, don't get me wrong, but there's some amazing stuff out there that really deserves to be seen.

soooo, all that having been said, follow the link to my flickr site where I've posted my first pics for my homework assignments. There's one pic of a place called Templum Obscurum, which my friend Freshy showed me, and the rest are of Memorial Beach at Memorial Gardens. Hoping what you see here will prompt you to check out those places too.

And yes I still shoot photos! AND update on tails!

LOL omg with all this building and taking care of my shops, I swear I'm worried I'll lose sight of the real reason I started all of this -- To get me some more opportunities to shoot photos in SL.

Sooo, while building tails, piercings, updating shops, blogs, DJing AND god forbit hanging out with friends, I also managed to squeeze in some time for some portraits! Yay!

I shot some pics of my good friends, Trixie and Ten and their family, as well as my new friend Freshy's bitchin' car. You can see them all here on my flickr. Kinda annoyed at the family pic, as for some reason I couldn't manage to find the ACTUAL final version I did up ... sans poseball in Laura's head. Still wanted to show what I managed anyway, so you'll have to imagine that portrait without the poseball. Yikes.

Next items on my To-Do list are starting to change over my land to summer mode, working on some more piercings, including some without teeth for you non-neko and non-vampires ;) Gotta get a new hunt gift done up (more on the next hunt soon!) and also have some ideas on the next line of tails. *PHEW*

As I change over the land to summer mode, trying to think of ways to get everyone involved in my flickr group ... I'll think on that some more, and if you have ideas, shoot 'em my way please!

TAIL UPDATE: Someone asked me if there was any way to turn the particle OFF. I did figure out a way to accomplish that, as you may not *always* want a picture or particle hovering above your butt LOL So, all the tail vendors now have a notecard called "Fix" in them, which includes a texture called "totally clear." If you follow the instructions for loading your own image onto the notecard in the tail, you can copy the Asset UUID for the "totally clear" texture, and you won't see a particle there at all. Fixed! :))) enjoy!

OK, I think that's it for now. *wipes brow*

A worthy cause

Well I'm up until 10:30 p.m. despite needing to go to bed so I can get up at 5 a.m. for work, LOL. Was really feeling the need to finish doing these photos for a photo contest I wanted to enter. You can se the pics below that I submitted.

Ultimately though, this SL event is truly a worthy cause, and if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, you really should.

It's called the Relay For Life Clothing Fair. I've spent a LOT of money there, LMFAO, because there are some great RFL-related clothing made by some of my own personal favorite designers. They are all nice things. I believe they said there are 4 sims worth of vendors supporting the fair, and they each have a purple and white RFL vendor at their shop. All the money that goes to purchasing the clothes in those purple and white vendors goes to raising money for Relay For Life -- a really great, important cause.

As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, and someone who has to -- at the ripe old age of 35 -- get a colonoscopy every few years because of family history, this is a cause I truly believe in. My submissions are below. I'm proudest of the "Cancer Canceled" piece, it's the one that I put together while I was thinking of my mother, my grandmother, my friends, and all of those I know who have fought cancer, successfully or not.

It's hard to believe that each and every one of us CAN'T say that we don't know someone who has or has had cancer. If you can, do go out and support the fair. You won't be sorry.