Archive for the 'Portrait' category
SL Fashion alert : Demo is the new Bare Rose!
December 7, 2007 1:26 amReally, after seeing Andro like this on the A Different Light SL photography exhibition opening, I can’t help but think - and hope - that ‘Demo’ will become the next best fashion thing in Second Life.
Let’s throw out the skins that cost thousands of dollars, let’s celebrate badly done seaming, let’s dig into our inventories and wear stuff from when we were young, let’s go out shopping at discount. Because, hell, who needs perfection anyway as imperfection looks this neat!
VintFalken.com - Celebrating 2k comments
September 8, 2007 5:31 amI was one happy Second Life blogger when on August 21 2007 VintFalken.com reached 2000 comments when Shockwave Plasma hit the ’submit’ button on this post, pondering her return to Pownce. As I do not reach 2k comments each day - or week, or month as a matter of fact - it was worth doing something extra for this:
Now, originally this is a rather big file, so I do want to give Shockwave a real life print - if she is interested in having one, that is. But: this one is on me (on my google adsence revenue, actually ;)) and I don’t want her to feel obliged to give out her RL address / data to me. So I’m looking for:
- A good online photograph printing service
- that allows to give out gift certificates by e-mail or code number for an amount I choose
- and allows Shockwave to use that gift certificate for a photograph I upload
- and delivers to that part of Earth where Shockwave Plasma’s owner resides.
Suggestions, anybody? (Or any other solution, of course.)
PS. Next celebration of important milestone in my Second Web Life is 50k views - 44,778 as I type - on the Flickr stream. Codie is waiting for me to reach that as she promised me we’d celebrate ‘50k’ together in ‘Par Tay’ style. =)
SL4B: The Lindens (Paparazzi Style II)
August 21, 2007 3:31 pmStill wondering why it was that hard to catch a seat at the opening speech Philip Linden gave @ SL4B? Lots and lots of Lindens present. Now, you’d think, if they want to talk to Governor Phil, they can just email? Some I managed to snapshot before crashing:
Lotte Linden
She must be from Texas, aiwght?
PierreLuc Linden
I just knew some of them were taking their God status just to serious. Hun, giving the residents an open source viewer which is terribly buggy and has huge memory loss, still doesn’t get you this wings!
Mia Linden
Hmmm. Maybe that was fashionable four years ago, it isn’t anymore now. The balloons do get Mia some extra points for cuteness.
Kona Linden
Neat! No mean comments. *grins*
Lisa Linden
Hmm. Lady, you know, we have prims for a reason. Hair is one of those reasons. And did you paint your eyes with tip-ex again?!
Neuro Linden
The old man with glasses look makes me want to trust him. Really. I’d take a cookie from him anytime.
Myself and I, posing with the owner
August 19, 2007 12:49 am
This reminded me of Dandellion’s post on Immersionists vs. Augumentationists, where in the comments I decided my thought on this would be just as clear if I dropped the to many syllables terminology:
People making up their characters will always add ‘pieces’ of their first life selves, probably not even realising that. And people playing ‘themself’ will always play only how they perceive that themself being, not who they really are. Thus they both play (both) roles.
PS. I think I’m permanent black and white with spots now. No more human. I like my cute ears just to much. Now only find myself a winter skin. (Neko’s do have a winter fur and a summer fur, no?)
Second Life 4th Birthday: Paparazzi style
June 24, 2007 5:40 am
I’m not that good at sitting still during speeches (and TP’ing out did not work), so I’ve shot some Lindens. I figured I’d just read soon to be ex-governor of SL Phil’s speech in the chat logs. ;)
Does anybody have the link to the media file/video already? I was one of those persons not being able to access it for leave streaming.
PS. *hint* Voice is enabled on the SL4B sims and I’m running Firstlook Voice. *hint* (I still did not test it, as nobody seems to enable voice on their clients?)
Anyway, here goes the chat log:
Philip Linden: Hi All
Philip Linden: Happy happy birthday everyone!
Philip Linden: So many people.
Philip Linden: Who here was there that night?
Philip Linden: When we had the ball drop.
Philip Linden: Love that old map
Philip Linden: Reminds me of June 22, midnight, 2003
Philip Linden: I’m not using the voice client right now.
Philip Linden: How is everyone?
Philip Linden: Feeling good myself. Nice to be in-world.
Philip Linden: So many new faces.
Philip Linden: And a few old ones too…. hiya Yadni.
Philip Linden: We’ve got some old lastnames out there…
Philip Linden: Nomad
Philip Linden: Zugzwang
Philip Linden shouts: Does anyone remember how many times we used to let last names be used?
Philip Linden shouts: Yep, the original goal was 150
Philip Linden shouts: But even back then, we still sometimes let it go to that.
Philip Linden: This is an amazing event and set of builds.
Philip Linden: OK that sounds like fun.
Philip Linden: Let’s start with a Linden bear… I guess that is a crazy idea.
Philip Linden: OK next person to buy for zero gets it.
Philip Linden: That was sorta fun.
Philip Linden: How about another one?
Philip Linden: Hope we don’t crash the sim :)
Philip Linden: OK let me get closer.
Philip Linden: Can everyone hear me?
And then, then Phil’s Big Speech:
Well… let me just start by saying thank you…. For being a part of this big dream coming alive. People often ask me these days if I felt at the start like SL would work. And what I answer is that I always knew that SL would work,But that I dodn’t know exactly when. So thank you all for being the ‘when’ For those who haven’t heard me speak before, And I guess there are a few here! I was dreaming about SL since I was a kid. I felt sure that a whole world could be simulated on computers. and watching it all happen. We used to talk at work about a giant forest… full of evolving plants and things… a place you could wander around in forever, which noone had ever seen. and not see the same thing twice… and know that there were places in there you would happen upon, That was how I can remember thinking about SL at the start. It is also interesting to note, There are really a lot of ways in which it also hasn’t changed. that while SL has grown so much over these last 4 years, As we grow, it is easy to worry that the magic of this place will somehow go away. But looking at the world today, it is just as magical, only bigger. The things that make SL special are coded into it at the lowest level: Those are things that are enabled by the basic technology here. That is what makes me happiest today, and keeps me loving my job! I hope this day and event are fun… a way to see SL through time. Thanks for being here! I’ll hang around to chat, but let me wrap up so that we can all wander around and enjoy the day. I’m gonna logoff and get the voice viewer so I can chat a bit!! Back in a few.
Philip did not return, though:
Daedalus Young: I warned Philip he wouldn’t be able to get back in :P
And Iridium Linden:
Vint vs. First Life skin vs. Flickr censorship
June 22, 2007 5:26 amThe first (and probably only) picture using the real life skin I’ve gotten from CyberExtruder. *grins* (And I’ve corrected the neck line on that one as that was way to dark to match with any skin.)
Vanny and Lisa exported to RL (in photoprint)
June 19, 2007 1:44 pmA while ago I metioned - rather proudly - that Vanny and Lisa would also look fine on print. Now behold:
Put on my laptop for size comparison. It’s 30cm by 20cm (12 by 8 inches). *grins*
You can still vote for my picture here, just choose ‘foto 4 : SL Attitude - Vint Falken’. Ty! ;)
Ardra Ah, Head Nurse
June 4, 2007 8:45 am
SL Lighthouse
June 3, 2007 4:42 am
Vanny Richez & Lisa Takao
May 28, 2007 6:33 am
We all know Myg has not been herself lately, yet she still succeeded at supprising me.
At first I though she was just fooling around when she forced me down to the ground.
Only seconds later - by then she had her foot on my back and a gun against my head - I realised she wasn’t kidding about this.
‘I love these two girls. I want to show that to them by getting them the nicest portrait texture possible for their new home. Do not fuck this up! I know where to find you.‘
Although holding the drawing tablet’s pen when you’re trembling with fear all over, isn’t the easiest thing to do, I tried my best.
And I hope Vanny and Lisa are happy with the results. So Myg will be happy too. Because then, she might let me live my meta-life in peace. *considers hiring Agent Paine for protection* *and I need a safe house too*
The final file is A4, 300dpi resolution so I couldn’t help myself showing off some of the… euhm… details too… *gniffels*
