It's a Wonderful Second Life

I'm more of a picture-taker than a 'fashionista'. I had a goal in mind to go to Crossing Currents and blog about my new mesh dress from Pixel Mode, but I wound up summoning thunderstorms instead. Most of this was done in photoshop, though I try to keep that second life snapshot rawness to it. Crossing Currents is really a beautiful place. All that ocean and sky...
Oh, and go to Pixel Mode. The doors have recently been opened to reveal a bunch of new outfits. I really, really love the long, flowy maxi dresses. 

52 Weeks of Color: Tea Green

I just love doing the 52 weeks of color. Anything that give me an excuse to go point and shoot I'm all over, really. How was I missing the first few weeks? Yikes! I think my friend Shayne and I look more minty than tea, but that's alright. We still look adorable.

Oh My Jeans!This post is for you, Dannika Dryke

I have a friend who I call my toast twin. She roleplays in the same SIM as I do, has red hair, wears Curio skin, and has blue eyes - so naturally, she's gorg. The two of us are fashion friends! So when I was telling her my woes of Mon Tissu's mesh jeans, she fixed me right up by dangling the ad for the Maitreya mesh jeans in front of my face. They came out today. I braved the lag to get there. Make sure you join the VIP group while it's still free and pick up the free mesh skirt! IT'S AMAZING!

Gloomy Sunday

Today I bought a table and chairs for my new Skyloft at a store called Post. Ever been? Wonderful store. Especially if you're Catholic or enjoy a somber, rustic din to your home. It's also raining there. Lovely place.

Fresh Mesh

Mesh is all the rage right now. I sort of wish I had been around the grid when sculpted prims invaded the grid so that I could have experienced that craze as well. Anyways, I have mixed thoughts on mesh right now. There's no denying that well done mesh clothing has amazing textures. Stores like Logic, Aura, and Maiteya has blown me away with some of their textures. Mon Tissu, too. I just don't want to acknowledge their terrible, terrible jeans - which aren't so terrible if you have that shape that looks live you've been plowed through the thighs and you suffer from Anorexia Nervosa...and yet your ass is wider than the state of Texas.

Yeah. Moving on. Behold! My first picture taken and edited in Photoshop CS5. I've been on Photoshop CS4 portable for the past year and have found it more than capable of making my snap shot dreams come true. I wasn't even going to upgrade UNTIL I learned of Content Aware. Content aware magically erases those futzy lines taken in hi-res snapshots. Interestingly enough, you can erase just about anything out of a photograph with this handy tool. I'm definitely going to have fun with that feature. I haven't watched any videos yet nor have I explored more options save my usual go-tos when editing a second life snap shot. However, it looks like I can make mesh and 3d sculpts with this new software upgrade. Um, can we say awesome? Yes! Will I venture into that? I don't know. I am kind of lazy.

So, mesh. Yeah, some of it I love. Some of it I don't. Here are two pieces that do I love. What's even better is that the top was free. The skirt? Close to free. I believe it was for $45.00L. If you love these items, then put on your hunting gear. And thank you, Xomar. For telling me about the shirt.

White Roses

I was so disappointed in Mon Tissu's latest release of mesh jeans - because not all avatars have the tiny, skinny legs, the squashed, tiny ass, and a set up hips that are so fucking wide...okay, sorry. I'm ranting. Mon Tissu, could you make a mesh for us regularly shaped avatars? Meanwhile, I've been working on my photo studio. Gathering textures here, making prims there. Finding suitable props. Messing with my poses. Then I came across the pose I got from Captivity Co. and I was inspired to do a little photo shoot. I don't have actual talender flowers, but I have these white roses. High res shots available in my Deviant Art.

Hunters of Gor 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

52 Weeks of Color this week gives a nod the true color of Ireland: Blue. Or rather, Saint Patrick's Day blue. I have to confess I love blue, but I had a hard time with this challenge. I'm not sure I am happy with my picture as an entry save for the fact that it's a great picture as it is. Many of the photographs I took today had super splotchy shadows. Sometimes Second Life does that to me and then sometimes not.