World's End Garden

One of my most favorite places, World's End Garden.

Happy Easter Everyone

Mesh rabbit avatar free from Coco Designs. Location RMK Gothic. Top hat by Trifles (free on Marketplace).

The Arrival by Rose Borchovski at MIC Imaginarium

I just read about this on Ziki Questi's blog. Lots to see and you get a free bubble emitter. This piece tells the story of the arrival of a big fish every few years, at least that's one of the explanations on a notecard you can get about the exhibit. Really neat, worth a visit. Imaginarium, MIC

Machinima Open Studio Project

Chic Aeon opened the new MOSP Saturday. I was very excited that she had included one of my photos in the new gallery. Everything looks so great. It is a fantastic place for photography and machinima. You can read more about it at machinimasl.blogspot.com

Alice in RMK Gothic Bunny Hunt

A super fun hunt is at the RMK Gothic sim. Alice in Wonderland themed, you show up and after agreeing to the rules you meet Mr. Humpty Dumpty who gives you a random card costume to wear. Then you crawl through a little door and fall into the hunting field. You are looking for bunnys, which are super cute by the way. They lay tickets every once in a while. Take these tickets and exchange them for gifts at the stores listed on them, which are all located at the RMK Gothic sim. Lots of fun and really well decorated, have fun! It's until the last day of March!

Bunny Hunt Instructions

New Mesh Avatar Hybrid Nea

Have you seen the new mesh avatar hybrid named Nea by Shirousagi Noel that will be debuting at the 2013 Skin Fair beginning March 15th? It is quite remarkable with many skin and eye color options as well as a very simple yet powerful hud that lets you do many things with her face, even make her shed tears, which I think looks really awesome. I can imagine some will say that if everyone got this then they would all look the same, and while that may be true to some extent, I think the most awesome part of this is that it shows what the potential achievable in Second Life is and the promises of what more is yet to come.

Here is the YouTube video from the creator, I think the part at 4:04 where her eyes well up with tears and then stream down her face is particularly awesome. Also, the eye color and makeups are incredible. Well, I think all of it is.



The link to The Snow Rabbit blog is here, with links to the video and a Q&A page.

shirousaginoel.blogspot.com

Flying Rhinoceros

My submission for Single Frame Stories, flight.

This beautiful sculpted animal and many others are available at SVO. I pinned some wings and put a paper crown on him and now me and a Happy Mood birdie are encouraging him to fly :)

Paper Crown ~ 9V+ (Marketplace)

Pinky and the Brain

This was the Twisted Color Challenge from about two weeks ago, I just now got around to doing it because Brain insisted on trying to take over the world, just like he does every night.

Jeans ~ Clusterphuk
Blouse ~ Erratic
Heels ~ N-Core 
Skin ~ Al Vulo
Hair~ Exile
Bag ~ Mon Tissu

On Him:

Mouse ~ Wynxworks by Wynx Whiplash (Marketplace)
World ~ Mesh Mafia (free on Marketplace)

I Found This Humerus

A silly quote I saw online, this photo is my submission for last week's Single Frame Stories.

Hair ~ Truth
Skin ~ Al Vulo
Nails ~ Sexy Mamas
Shirt~ T Junction by Lauren Bisiani (Marketplace)
Birdies ~ Happy Mood
Skeleton ~ Glitterati (free on Marketplace)
Bird House ~ Cheeky Pea
Butterfly in Frame ~ Lisp
Mug ~ Emma's @ Blue Moose (free on Marketplace)

Whiskey Monday Interactive Art at The Viewing Room

Ziki Questi and Gogo both wrote about Whiskey Monday at The Viewing Room so I went and had a look. I love how 3D everything is. A gallery of photos, key elements of the pictures spill out into the room. This prop is actually interactive, as you can see. Fun.

Hair ~ Truth subscriber gift
Skin ~ Al Vulo group gift
Leggings ~ Coco group gift
Sweater ~ Sabbia group gift
Flats ~ IHS free

Tuxedo for Twisted Color

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Sookie Triellis has introduced a new weekly blogging event, the Twisted Color Challenge. Every week she will be posting a pair of colors from which to create a photo from. Last week's color was called The Tuxedo.

I had a lot of fun tracking down items that fit the color scheme and coming up with something I felt would fit the theme. Anyone is welcome to participate, and the styles are varied. You can check out the Flickr group here.

I love this gorgeous dress from ColdLogic, Manza in Ivory (Marketplace link). My heels were an easy match from G Field, Flower Pumps Eve in Cream.

Hair ~ Wasabi Pills - Veronica, Seafoam
Skin ~ Al Vulo - Polly, Natural Porcelain
Pose ~ Behavior Body Animation

On Him:

Hair ~ Redgrave - Tyler, Dark (Marketplace link)
Skin ~ Zues Deep Tan by Nany Merlin
Tuxedo ~ Lapointe and Bastchild - Modern, Slate
Dress Shoes ~ Lapointe and Bastchild - Couture, Snakeskin 2 Buckles
Gloves ~ Fatewear - Dexter, Void
Pose ~ Huggo Exonar (Marketplace)

Unplugged

This week's prompt for Single Frame Stories was Unplugged.

Outfit pieces by Graves
Television by Arduenn Schwartzman (Marketplace)
Skin ~ Al Vulo - Leilani, Milk
Location ~ Machinima Open Studio Project, LEA20 by Chic Aeon

Time for Single Frame Stories

This is my photo for this weeks Single Frame Stories. The subject was time and I got these Christmas Alarm Clocks from Tic Toc Clocks for free on the Marketplace. They tick so taking this photo made me want to smash them after awhile. I have always loved clocks but cannot stand hearing them tick. Anyways, they are no copy so I had to buy ten of them, I wish I could have just duplicated them and been in a sea of them, but this is good too. Just checked, you can turn the sound off, yay.

The Secret Store has an outfit on sale right now, this is the Crepe Skater Skirt in Charcoal and the Christmas Tights in Carbon from that sale. The Sweet Sheer blouse in Cognac is from The Secret Store as well. The skirt and blouse are both mesh and I really love the bow on the front of the blouse and that you cannot see any alpha layer. They of course have demos so you can try whatever you want on for free to make sure you are happy with it before you buy anything.

I found these super cute Bow Strap Shoes, Kate at G Field. I love that they are modify so that I was able to match them perfectly to my top. When I first put them on I was dismayed that I could see alpha prims, but then I clicked the shoes and realized I could turn them off by menu, as well as change the bow color!

Hair ~ Exile - Already Gone, Bleach
Skin ~ Al Vulo - Polly, Natural Porcelain
Hair Bow ~ Boon - Velvet Syuri
Texture ~ Paperwork - Quilt 4 (free on Marketplace)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Gacha from Coco Designs

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This is at CocoDoll. It appears that Dorothy will be both an avatar and a display model while the rest will be display models. This is Coco's blog post about it, Coming Soon! I think they look very interesting and unique. The Lion's huge rounded face, and the Tin Man's blockiness, the gangly Scarecrow and the detailed Wizard are really worth seeing.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/COCO%20DESIGNS/127/135/4015

52 Weeks is Ending

Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge Part Deux is in its final week. This will mark the end of a two year long tradition that many bloggers regularly took part in.

This was my submission for last week's challenge, Madder Lake Deep. It was my first time joining the challenge and I am sad to see it go.

The bench with pillows are available for free at Adorkable Poses. I really love the wood grain detail of the bench. The cushions I retextured for the challenge.

This super cute mesh bunny head is a modded version of SciLabs Free Mesh Bunny. The bunny comes in grey but I used Plast's Carrot Free Rabbit Mod to make it orange. The bunny blinks, twitches it ears and licks its nose. It also moves its mouth when chatting in local and I think over all it is a super cute bunny. I also added a pair of colorable whiskers from Epic.

Pants and Sweater ~ Cold Logic
Pumps ~ EC

Concrete Cube Light

This sim sized art piece at LEA17 is full of bright florescent colors against a concrete background. The use of bright colors against the dark background makes for a very interesting experience. I really liked the use of basic shapes like cubes and cylinders mixed with the organic feel of trees and grasses, all done in bright pinks, greens, yellows and blues.

This dress by Ingenue is at the December round of Collabor88 and I love it. No visible alpha and lovely attention to detail, it is available in several different colors.

Hairstyle is Already Gone from Exile. Thick, full and long, it moves perfectly and comes in many different colors, including fusions of two different colors. Do get a demo and try it out.

Heels are from G Field and have several options for straps or no straps and different sole and buckle colors. They are mod so you can adjust the tint to get a perfect match for your outfits.

Skin ~ Al Vulo

William Weaver at Crimarizon

In an amazing build by Scarlet Creative (Charlotte Bartlett), William Weaver is showing some of his amazing work at Crimarizon Pixel Panic Art Gallery.

Raw shots, his photographs capture unique perspectives through depth of field, interesting angles, and his own personal style. He is also the person who developed Phototools, available in the newest version of Firestorm (4.3.1.31155 Dec 03).

I was thrilled to be able to see his works in person again and love the fun way his photos are framed.

The build is to be offered by Scarlet Creative on Marketplace the 15th of December.

I do not know how long William's showing will be up, I highly recommend going to take a look, both for his work and Charlotte's fantastic mesh build.

Albert Lapin at Coco Designs

Back at Frosty Night with a friend, this mesh rabbit head is part of a mesh rabbit avatar available for free right now from Doll Coco at Coco Designs. My outfit is the newest mesh group gift from Coco, the Tuxedo Jacket with Sequin Dress. The group is free to join but you don't need to be part of the group to get the Albert Lapin mesh rabbit avatar for free, which also comes with a displayable version for decorating.

My heels are the hunt gift for the Silver Lining Hunt from Even.Flow which ends tomorrow.

Oh, and I found out there are 25 different snow globes available from Frosty Night as gifts just for being there, they are transferable so if you get duplicates you can gift them or trade with friends.

Jewelry ~ Chop Zuey
Hair ~ Exile

On Him:
Suit and Shoes ~ Hoorenbeek
Gloves ~ Fatewear