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Fantasy Skins

03 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by riverpearl in Second Life, Virtual Worlds

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destinations, Fallen Gods Inc, fantasy skins, Photos

Outside the Fallen Gods Inc store.

Outside the Fallen Gods Inc store.

The Athan Selidor Archipelegos are one of my three favorite virtual places. Last night I teleported over to take some photos for one of my readers who isn’t in Second Life and I hope she sees these.

The sim is being rebuilt again by the creater, Alia Baroque as he is known in SL; he’s an artist in real life as well.

Wearing my flight feather to take this photo.

Wearing my flight feather to take this photo.

This photo doesn’t really show the amazing details of this area.

Fallen Gods Inc_3There are many kinds of fantasy skins available at Fallen Gods Inc as well as tattoo layers, accessories, builds and numerous other wonderful things.

Fallen Gods Inc_4Fallen Gods Inc_5Fallen Gods Inc_6And here is where I’m sitting as I write this post.

And This Is How It’s Been

01 Monday Apr 2013

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destinations, fashion, Onigashima, Photos

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Photos taken at Onigashima. This is how I’ve felt for almost a week, like I’m standing out in the open in a magical field, gazing off into the distance, feeling no pressure and pleased to be alive.

Maybe I have spring fever; I suspect part of it is from last week’s full moon. I’ve been adjusting to my latest superpower downloads and I’m ready to tend my blog again.

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Onigashima is a Japanese themed sim and has shops among many interesting little spots to explore. I went to visit after noticing a blog post about it and while there I discovered that they recently had a photo contest. Somewhere on Flickr I’m sure there are wonderful pictures. As usual, I’ve done no editing on these.   Onigashima_001 I really looked everywhere here, walking up and down hills like a mountain goat although there are many stone steps and also bridges to get around. There was a shop higher up that was under construction and I’d like to go back when it’s finished. Onigashima_003I couldn’t help but purchase a kimono. I’m not sure where I’ll use it but I’ve tried it on. The sim is unique and enjoyable even if you aren’t interested in shopping.

My Avatar Mix from the Meta_Body Project.

22 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by riverpearl in Second Life, Uncategorized, Virtual Worlds

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creativity, destinations, Meta_Body II, Photos

avi's_010There are only about six components from the first set of avatars here; I’ve not created any of them. It was a bit of luck and coincidence that I found this frame-like object to “sit in” and I’m really pleased with the look, although the photo could be cropped for better composition. As always, you can click on the photo to see it larger.

Metabird shape

Metabird shape

avi's_008Photos taken at Francesca.

This is on midnight setting. I had created a male alt to play with these since Pearl has been complaining about frequent costume changes for some time. The basic free male AO made for some odd poses.

with Framegirl shape

with Framegirl shape

The above photo is with the Framegirl shape which is a little more substantial but I like the Metabird shape for this avatar the best.

If anyone really wants my “recipe” for this avatar, let me know in the comments and I’ll look it up.

I’ve been stretching myself thin in both SL and real life lately. It was quite a help to take most of these photos within a few days time and schedule the posts in advance. This project is one of the most enjoyable and insightful that I’ve looked into in SL; I’m pleased I have a record of my experiences in these posts. I intend to return to mixing a few more components in the future.

Erato Fractal

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Erato Fractal by Fuschia Nightfire ~ Meta_Body II

Erato Fractal by Fuschia Nightfire ~ Meta_Body II

Photos taken at The Looking Glass

avatars_016avatars_019It’s almost 4:00 a.m. here as I edit this. I’ve just spent hours dancing and chatting with an old friend from my Legacies 1891 roleplay days. This is something I don’t do often anymore.

We were both procrastinating on projects we were working on, instead going to Midsomer Meadows wearing our totally different style outfits; I had bare feet and he wore heavy boots.

Our rp characters shouldn’t plausibly have been friends; his was quite dangerous but Pearl charmed him and so we ended up chatting OOC instead of Pearl getting murdered.

Tonight I also got a little tarot reading which was very illuminating; we had fun with no agenda, just two people behind avatars taking time for each other and chatting from different sides of the world.

MB2 Golden Brown

18 Monday Mar 2013

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Golden Brown by Cold Frog ~ Meta_Body II

Golden Brown by Cold Frog ~ Meta_Body II

Photos taken at Roche.

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avatars_023Who knew I’d like hats so much? I like them better than the shoes in SL.

 

Smoke and Shiverdoll

14 Thursday Mar 2013

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Meta_Body II ~ Smoke by Ursula Floresby

Meta_Body II ~ Smoke by Ursula Floresby

 Meta_Body II ~ Shiverdoll by Elia Magnolia

Meta_Body II ~ Shiverdoll by Elia Magnolia

Photos taken at The Looking Glass.

Steamboy Meta_Body

13 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Steamboy Meta_Body by Ggabriel Madruga

Steamboy Meta_Body by Ggabriel Madruga

avi's_004It wa raining at Nostos Deer but it didn’t harm Steamboy.

Gorgonia

12 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Gorgonia by Moki Yuitza ~ Meta_Body II

Gorgonia by Moki Yuitza ~ Meta_Body II

Photos taken at Raven Lake Fathoms.

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I spent a lot of time walking around underwater here; it was the first time I’d been to this build. With this avatar, it felt quite natural and peaceful exploring.avatars_026

avatars_027I also flew around the build; there’s a house and old truck nearby as well as this beautiful building. I really like the crows that are here.

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Ballet Pixelle ~ “En Passant” Performance

09 Saturday Mar 2013

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Wednesday afternoon, Ballet Pixelle performed “En Passant” and it was my first experience of attending ballet in Second Life. I arrived early, wearing a top, wrap skirt and boots. This photo was taken a while before the performance because I wanted to relax and not disturb anyone. More than half the audience were dressed formally and it was quite nice to see the men dressed so.

It was recommended to set the sun to sunset and to hide our display names and  tags, something I had no idea could be done. It was easily edited in preferences, a place I don’t really know my way around. I plan to do this in the future at events, I think.

A playbill was given as a hud to wear; pages could be turned. I haven’t looked through it yet but we were told it can be placed on a book shelf in our home and I think that’s really cool.  For the enjoyment of all, these instructions were given:

“IMPORTANT!

Before the performance begins, we ask that all patrons remove or detach facelights, AOs, bling and scripts which might chatter or otherwise disturb other audience members.

During the performance, please use IMs for conversations. We thank you for this courtesy.”

The performance went really well. I know almost nothing about chess, yet it made enough sense to me because of the information in chat. The ballet is in three acts and you’ll be prompted to restart your music stream at the beginning of each act to sync with it. The music is lovely, composed and played by a Japanese resident for this ballet.

There were a few of those unique SL moments; a lady sat on my head for several seconds and a resident who was one day old was asking in chat “but how do you sit?????????”.  Later that resident tried to walk onto the stage during the performance but there was some kind of invisible barrier and everything went on in a good way.

On the stage with the dancers.

On the stage with the dancers, by invitation after the performance.

Afterwards, the audience was invited to see the stage and meet the dancers. I was intrigued by what they were saying about getting “autographs”. You click on the autograph pad the resident is holding–that brown thing the avatar on the left has–and it gives you a texture with the dancer’s photo, which is autographed and dated with the month and year.

When I inquired about it, I was told it was made for them by Mo Hax. Then Tik Merlin, one of the dancers, customized the script for them.

This is their sixteenth ballet and I wish I could have seen previous ones but I simply had no idea this sort of thing happened until recently. I am in awe that people from all over the world work together to create something like this and I hope they have some idea how greatly it’s appreciated.

I was walking over to the area to sign up for a subscription when I sunk through the floor and was trapped to such a degree that I had to teleport home. But I’ll be back.

The next performance is on Sunday, March 10 in the afternoon.    

Gulf of Lune

08 Friday Mar 2013

Posted by riverpearl in Second Life, Uncategorized, Virtual Worlds

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Calas Galadhon, destinations, Gulf of Lune, Photos

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Gulf of Lune_004Wednesday evening I had an opportunity to hear live music at The Dolphin Cafe again. Chapman Zane played the first set; Reggie Sunset played the second. It was a pleasant way to wind down the day.

Then I went to one of my favorite places, The Gulf of Lune, where these photos were taken. I’ve done nothing to edit them, as usual.

The Dolphin Cafe and The Gulf of Lune are part of the Calas Galadhon Park sims.

 

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