Hey peeps,
Just a quick update:
I will be gone for a short time, spending the next two weeks in Bella Italia and gonna enjoy the sun there, something we haven't been seeing a lot over here lately! But stay tuned for when I return, I got some cute outfit son my mind!
And this is why I love italy:
See you soon again!
Arica :D
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
I run away from you...into your dreams
Hair: Burley (Bella Earst, New!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: actchio. (Silver Milneaux, Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipstick: Pink Fuel (Mochi Milena)
Henna: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Got Fur Outfit)
Top: Baiastice (Sissy Pessoa, @ The Dressing Room Blue! Mesh!!)
Skirt: Tres Blah (Julliette Westerburg, Mesh!! @ C88!!)
Sandals: Slink (Siddean Munro)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Ring: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky, Mesh!! @ Limited Bazaar)
Bracelet: EarthStones (Abraxxa Anatine)
Necklace: MG (Maxi Grossamer)
Headpiece: La Gyo (Gyorgyna Larnia, @ C88!!)
Location: Happy Mood Store (Non-Role-Play), Happy Mood
Thursday, July 19, 2012
I use my pretty face to find my way to him
Hair: Elikatira (Elikapeda Tiramisu, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Tunic: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Lupta Outfit, Mesh!!)
Blouse: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Pants: Sur+ (Sienia Trevellion)
Socks: Rebel Xtravaganza (Rouge Darcy)
Shoes: S@bbia (Jury Gothly, Mesh!!)
Bag: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, part of Lupta Outfit, Mesh!!)
Necklace: Concrete Flowers (Lynaja Bade)
Ring: Zaara (Zaara Kohime)
Bracelets: {me.} (Melody Dominquez, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Location: Dellhallow (Fantasy Medieval Role-Play), Fjallheim
Monday, July 16, 2012
Two can keep a secret, if one of them is dead
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!! Available at Hair Fair 2012!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for Sale)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Blush: Bella di Notte (jade Glazner)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Blouse: U.f.O (Charming Meiler)
Vest: LULA (etana Vella, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Skirt: Tres Blah (Julliette Westerburg, available at Collabor88!!)
Boots: Leverocci (Jin Elfan)
Gloves: Celoe (JadenArt Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Celoe (JadenArt Resident)
Bag: GSpot (Jalilah Jewell, Mesh!! Part of Lupta Outfit)
Necklace: Tea Time (Eloindir Davi)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler)
Earrings: Glow Studio (Linka Demina, available at The Dressing Room!!)
Hairpiece: Balderdash (Saiyge Lotus, available at ONE VOICE!!)
Location: Brundisium (Gorean Role-Play), Gorean Roleplay
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Hair Fair 2012 - A summary
Hellooo!
As we all know, the Hair Fair 2012, organized by Sasy Scarborough and her team, has opened to the public today. And oh wonder oh wonder - I made it in! Surprisingly quickly even, only cost me like 20 attempts per sim. :P So, here is a summary of my first impression and my favourite styles that I got. :)
Participants
There are many, many stores participating. I was especially happy to see some new stores on the horizon, such as LaViere, which is a bran of Azure Electricteeth from Tee*fy, known for her good taste and high quality designs. Then there is Götzsche. I have no clue who they are, but I do know that their style reminds me a lot of LeLutka, with a bit of Elikatira in it. I like it and that name makes me laugh, german girl that I am! ISON by Harry Hyx also has some nice hair, whcih unfortunately didn't really fit to my avi but is nice regardless. Illusory looked pretyt neat, too, though it simply doesn't fit my style. Anya OHMAI also released some really cute hairs. Prolly gonna buy them when I get back into the sim. :P
Of course there are also a TON of old dogs participating, in no particular order: LeLutka, Exile, Clawtooth, Lamb., Wasabi Pills, Analog Dog, D!va, Damselfly, Kik, Waka & Yuki and so many more.
However, I found it a bit sad that a couple of the largest stores (or at least ver ypopular stores) such as Truth, Maitreya and Burley don't seem to participate. Whatever their reasons, I would have loved to see them there as well!
Layout, setting and lag
The setting is pragmatic and plain, yet not unpretty. I liked the one from 2011 better though, it was more...eyecandy so to say. But then again, I go there to waste my money on pixelhair, not to admire the pretty setting. :D
The whole layout is really easy to navigate and despite the sims being full at all times, I experienced only a bit of lag. Instructions how to avoid lag can be found on the Hair Fair Blog.I highly recommend to read those. In short: No script, reduced draw distance, layer clothing or mesh clothing, no unecessary prims, no particles, reduce the number of avatars shown to you...and you shall be relatively fine.
Vendors
Overall most vendors worked just fine. It would have just been so much better if truly every designer had sent out the Demos in the respective group. Either SL isn't loading them, or there is a bunch missing. Because it is really anoying having to buy and try demos AT the fair. Please? :D
Also, if you really HAVE to pack your demos/hairs into a prim, make sure it delivers upon attaching it. Clicking it hardly ever worked for me, and people are impatient. :P
Quality of items
I must say, I am a tiny little bit disappointed. I have the feeling (MY opinion!!) that a lot of creators did not really release something new, but simply offered a hairstyle that was very similar to something they already have in their store. That's not necessarily bad, but not overly creative either.
Speaking of creativity: There are only so many over-the-shoulder-styles that I want to buy. I sometimes wished creators would look out what others make and try to be different instead of offering the 1000th version of the same updo or long hair. BUT: Admittedly, there are also only so many styles you can do. I am not sure, maybe my expectations are just too high.
Overall I think there were a lot of good items to be had, but a lot of poorly made ones as well. Trying the demos is absolutely a must!! There is a LOT of mesh-hair out there right now, so trying the demos really is important.
Now for the hairs!!
Left: Lamb! /Middle: D!va / Right: Götzsche
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Lamb's hair is really cute imho. It looks soft and realistic, which I love. One thing that always bothers me are hairs that I would love to remake in rl, but everyone knows not even with ten bottles of hairspray that would ever work. One thing that I noticed is a 'break' in the texture on the strand on the right, the semi transparent one. Not sure why it does that, but it doesn't bother me enough to not like this hair a lot. :)
D!va has realsed some very, very cute styles for the Hair Fair. They are soft and sweet. However, and that is something that will forever bother me about D!Va: Making hair no mod is an absolute NO GO imho. Making your stuff no mod won't protect you from copybotters, so ...just let it be, please? I happen to know that D!va always fits to my head, but as you can see, their black isn't really black and more like...gray? I'd love to be able to tint this hair. But given how cute it is, I fear I will have to deal. :(
As I said before, I think Götzsche is like a mixture of Elikatira and LeLutka. Their textures are good and the mesh seems to work just fine with my shape in most animations. However, what I noticed after buying, is this strange stray strand on the very left. I am not sure why it is partially invisible from the front. From the very side, it looks normal. Does anyone know why that is the case?! I love it regardless.
Left: Elikatira / Middle: Exile /Right: LeLutka
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Elikatira's releases for the Hair Fair is found a bit disappointing...besides this one!! I am in love with it. It looks really soft and as always, the quality of both texture and primwork is awesome. Yes, primhair!! Not mesh. Usual sculpts. And it looks so cute! I also like that Elikatira offers a so called 'Essentials'-Pack with all basic colours in it for just 30L more than the regular price. :)
Exiles hair comes with or without feathers. I personally really like them. Without the feathers I thought the style looked pretty bland. I really like the texture as usually and the hair works well with my AO as well. I however wasn't too impressed with the other styles by Exile, but that is a matter of taste I guess. :)
LeLutka's hair has awesome textures and it fits SO well. The hair can be worn with or without attachment, which is a mesh-item. I personally love the very classy style of this hair and prefer it without the attachment. It does remind me of an old, old style from Lamb and finally it fits to my head, too! The other styles offered by LeLutka were pretty awesome as well, though didn't fit my personal style.
Left: Fasionably Dead /Middle: Fashionably Dead /Right: La Viere
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
I never really liked FD's hair..until Toast Bard, the creator, sent me a review copy today...in brunette!!! ARGH! That was evil, because I bet she knew I'd instantly love it and run to buy it in black. ;) J/k. I really like this new hair. It is mesh and I think both styles look really cute. I prefer the left one I guess. The only think that bothers me a bit is the shinyness/glitter on the texture. You can see it on top of the head. It didn't seem as bad on the brunette copies. I am not sure, but that does not seem to match the quality of the overall work on the hair. But..I still like it! :D
LaViere's demos did not contain the dark grayscales, so I was a bit disappointed when I saw this. While on the blondes and especially on those with neon tips or strands the textures seemed really, really nice, the textures on the darker hair seems a bit...blurry? I am not sure. It seems a lot less detailed. Might be due to the colour, but other creators pull off a good black, too! However, these are her first hairs and given the quality of her item swith Tee*fy, I am sure she'll improve. The style of the hair is REALLY cute tho! :)
So, that's it so far. Hope it helped you a bit and good luck getting into the sims. :)
The SLURLS are as following:
Hair Fair 1
Hair Fair 2
Hair Fair 3
Hair Fair 4
Have fun there!!
Arica. :D
PS: A correction on my part: LeLutka's vendors were set correctly, I was simply mislead to believe the scripts in it were to use the vendors as usual LeLutka vendors. My apologies! I got it all mixed up while shopping on two accounts. :(
As we all know, the Hair Fair 2012, organized by Sasy Scarborough and her team, has opened to the public today. And oh wonder oh wonder - I made it in! Surprisingly quickly even, only cost me like 20 attempts per sim. :P So, here is a summary of my first impression and my favourite styles that I got. :)
Participants
There are many, many stores participating. I was especially happy to see some new stores on the horizon, such as LaViere, which is a bran of Azure Electricteeth from Tee*fy, known for her good taste and high quality designs. Then there is Götzsche. I have no clue who they are, but I do know that their style reminds me a lot of LeLutka, with a bit of Elikatira in it. I like it and that name makes me laugh, german girl that I am! ISON by Harry Hyx also has some nice hair, whcih unfortunately didn't really fit to my avi but is nice regardless. Illusory looked pretyt neat, too, though it simply doesn't fit my style. Anya OHMAI also released some really cute hairs. Prolly gonna buy them when I get back into the sim. :P
Of course there are also a TON of old dogs participating, in no particular order: LeLutka, Exile, Clawtooth, Lamb., Wasabi Pills, Analog Dog, D!va, Damselfly, Kik, Waka & Yuki and so many more.
However, I found it a bit sad that a couple of the largest stores (or at least ver ypopular stores) such as Truth, Maitreya and Burley don't seem to participate. Whatever their reasons, I would have loved to see them there as well!
Layout, setting and lag
The setting is pragmatic and plain, yet not unpretty. I liked the one from 2011 better though, it was more...eyecandy so to say. But then again, I go there to waste my money on pixelhair, not to admire the pretty setting. :D
The whole layout is really easy to navigate and despite the sims being full at all times, I experienced only a bit of lag. Instructions how to avoid lag can be found on the Hair Fair Blog.I highly recommend to read those. In short: No script, reduced draw distance, layer clothing or mesh clothing, no unecessary prims, no particles, reduce the number of avatars shown to you...and you shall be relatively fine.
Vendors
Overall most vendors worked just fine. It would have just been so much better if truly every designer had sent out the Demos in the respective group. Either SL isn't loading them, or there is a bunch missing. Because it is really anoying having to buy and try demos AT the fair. Please? :D
Also, if you really HAVE to pack your demos/hairs into a prim, make sure it delivers upon attaching it. Clicking it hardly ever worked for me, and people are impatient. :P
Quality of items
I must say, I am a tiny little bit disappointed. I have the feeling (MY opinion!!) that a lot of creators did not really release something new, but simply offered a hairstyle that was very similar to something they already have in their store. That's not necessarily bad, but not overly creative either.
Speaking of creativity: There are only so many over-the-shoulder-styles that I want to buy. I sometimes wished creators would look out what others make and try to be different instead of offering the 1000th version of the same updo or long hair. BUT: Admittedly, there are also only so many styles you can do. I am not sure, maybe my expectations are just too high.
Overall I think there were a lot of good items to be had, but a lot of poorly made ones as well. Trying the demos is absolutely a must!! There is a LOT of mesh-hair out there right now, so trying the demos really is important.
Now for the hairs!!
Left: Lamb! /Middle: D!va / Right: Götzsche
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Lamb's hair is really cute imho. It looks soft and realistic, which I love. One thing that always bothers me are hairs that I would love to remake in rl, but everyone knows not even with ten bottles of hairspray that would ever work. One thing that I noticed is a 'break' in the texture on the strand on the right, the semi transparent one. Not sure why it does that, but it doesn't bother me enough to not like this hair a lot. :)
D!va has realsed some very, very cute styles for the Hair Fair. They are soft and sweet. However, and that is something that will forever bother me about D!Va: Making hair no mod is an absolute NO GO imho. Making your stuff no mod won't protect you from copybotters, so ...just let it be, please? I happen to know that D!va always fits to my head, but as you can see, their black isn't really black and more like...gray? I'd love to be able to tint this hair. But given how cute it is, I fear I will have to deal. :(
As I said before, I think Götzsche is like a mixture of Elikatira and LeLutka. Their textures are good and the mesh seems to work just fine with my shape in most animations. However, what I noticed after buying, is this strange stray strand on the very left. I am not sure why it is partially invisible from the front. From the very side, it looks normal. Does anyone know why that is the case?! I love it regardless.
Left: Elikatira / Middle: Exile /Right: LeLutka
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
Elikatira's releases for the Hair Fair is found a bit disappointing...besides this one!! I am in love with it. It looks really soft and as always, the quality of both texture and primwork is awesome. Yes, primhair!! Not mesh. Usual sculpts. And it looks so cute! I also like that Elikatira offers a so called 'Essentials'-Pack with all basic colours in it for just 30L more than the regular price. :)
Exiles hair comes with or without feathers. I personally really like them. Without the feathers I thought the style looked pretty bland. I really like the texture as usually and the hair works well with my AO as well. I however wasn't too impressed with the other styles by Exile, but that is a matter of taste I guess. :)
LeLutka's hair has awesome textures and it fits SO well. The hair can be worn with or without attachment, which is a mesh-item. I personally love the very classy style of this hair and prefer it without the attachment. It does remind me of an old, old style from Lamb and finally it fits to my head, too! The other styles offered by LeLutka were pretty awesome as well, though didn't fit my personal style.
Left: Fasionably Dead /Middle: Fashionably Dead /Right: La Viere
Click on the pic first to view it in its larger version.
I never really liked FD's hair..until Toast Bard, the creator, sent me a review copy today...in brunette!!! ARGH! That was evil, because I bet she knew I'd instantly love it and run to buy it in black. ;) J/k. I really like this new hair. It is mesh and I think both styles look really cute. I prefer the left one I guess. The only think that bothers me a bit is the shinyness/glitter on the texture. You can see it on top of the head. It didn't seem as bad on the brunette copies. I am not sure, but that does not seem to match the quality of the overall work on the hair. But..I still like it! :D
LaViere's demos did not contain the dark grayscales, so I was a bit disappointed when I saw this. While on the blondes and especially on those with neon tips or strands the textures seemed really, really nice, the textures on the darker hair seems a bit...blurry? I am not sure. It seems a lot less detailed. Might be due to the colour, but other creators pull off a good black, too! However, these are her first hairs and given the quality of her item swith Tee*fy, I am sure she'll improve. The style of the hair is REALLY cute tho! :)
So, that's it so far. Hope it helped you a bit and good luck getting into the sims. :)
The SLURLS are as following:
Hair Fair 1
Hair Fair 2
Hair Fair 3
Hair Fair 4
Have fun there!!
Arica. :D
PS: A correction on my part: LeLutka's vendors were set correctly, I was simply mislead to believe the scripts in it were to use the vendors as usual LeLutka vendors. My apologies! I got it all mixed up while shopping on two accounts. :(
Thursday, July 12, 2012
You'll be scared when we're alone
Hair: Burley (Bella Earst, NEW!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Facial Sunburn: BOOM (Aranel Ah)
Tattoo: La Malvada Mujer (faina Cortes, freebie!!)
Shirt: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg, Collabor 88!! Mesh!!)
Bodice: DCNS (Devin Klaber, available on Marketplace)
Pants: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident)
Boots: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Belt (hip): Bukka (yano Hyun)
Slingbelt: Deco (Veluu Faulds)
Hat: Deco (GutterBlood Spoonhammer)
Necklace: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, The Dressing Room Blue!!)
Bracers: Rochambeau (Leviathan Flux, part of Valmeyjar)
Dagger on Arm: Innocuous (Circuitous Resident)
Location: Ark 13 (Postapocalyptic Role-Play), Sunny Side
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
REVIEW: INNOCUOUS
Today I am reviewing the released items of a new store: INNOCUOUS. It is my first real review-post so be patient. :) The pants have been released now, too!
Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.
Colours and textures
These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.
I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth... it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.
Shape and fitting
All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.
In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi's right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring. :)
Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed: For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she'll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.
The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that's how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.
There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don't go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I'll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too! ;)
I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.
So, what's the result?
I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. :) I am always open for helpful advices.
Arica. :D
Below you can see my avatar in their items, in several variations of colours. The creator of these items wants them to be versatile and combineable. First and foremost, they are geared towards role-players, but honestly I do not think that people who only wear casual clothes should shun these. The pants I would totally wear in rl as well, same with the bolero. They are super cute.
Colours and textures
These are only a few colours of those offered. Corset, cowl and bolero come in five different colours, the pants come in eight colours. I really like them, very classy and even fitting for role-play without looking boring. The textures are highly detailed and unique. I love the shading on both the pants and the bolero.
I am especially happy that the fabrics of these items are fitting for roleplay. Linen, leather, cloth... it is perfect. If you have a closer look, you will see that the buttons, lacings and pockets on the bolero, corset and pants are not drawn onto the texture, but rather little mesh-items themselves which gives them a real 3D look. I think the wrinkles on the pants look especially realistic. Overall, I am really happy with the attention to details the creator has shown.
Shape and fitting
All items (besides the daggers) come in the usual five standard sizes: XXS, XS, S, M and L. In my case, my avi almost always fits in either size S or M. On the pictures I wear the pants in size S and the corset and bolero in size M. If you want to layer meshitems, you obviously will have to choose bigger sizes for the items you wear OVER other items.
In this case, the pants, as you can see on the photo, stick a bit through the corset on my avi's right hip. While moving, that happened a lot. However, this has more to do with me than with the creator: I refused to wear XXS pants to prevent the corset/pants from sticking trhough, or I could have worn the corset in one size larger, but I refused to make my boobs bigger to adjust to that. So, I went with a bit of clashing mesh which, in my case, will be hidden under a belt anyway. I just think outfits with no belt usually look boring. :)
Overall I must say the items fit really well. Only some minor things that I noticed: For the cowl I needed to wear an alphalayer from one of my LeLutka hairs, otherwise it would have shown on top. But I told the creator about that little problem and she said she'll add alphas to the cowl-vendors, too.
The corset will at times stick through your boobs or not work well with crazy animation, but that's how it goes with pretty much every underbust-corset that I own. I think it is more of a general rigging-problem than a problem this specific item has.
There is also a little gap showing between my legs. Not invisible-ponyrider-worthy, but it is there. Honestly, I have that with pretty much every single meshpants out there and if I want to have it less, I just wear the pants in size M and it looks better already, but then I have to hide that part under the belt, because pants size M and corset size M don't go well together on my shape. I do think that my shape is partially at fault as well, because my elf has a big bum, so well, I'll deal with a small gap. And those pants look really hot from behind, too! ;)
I am especially happy about the length of the pants: perfect for boots. Finally I have mesh-pants than I can wear with boots, woohoo.
So, what's the result?
I think as a summary I can say that despite some minor things that more than liekly will eb ironed out soon, these items REALLY impress me and I hoped this review was helpful for you. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. :) I am always open for helpful advices.
Arica. :D
If you let me go I'm running fast
Hello everyone,
time for a new post. Lately I was asked again and again if I could do a review on some items, usually though, I refused, for two reasons: Most clothing is after all a matter of taste, so my opinion is just that...my opinion and 2. I quite simply don't have the time to do a lot of reviews. But, I decided, every now and then I will. Think it is a good idea? I am not sure yet, some feedback would be awesome.
So here we go, with a usual post first and later on one with a review. :) You'll notice the outfit is a bit similar to the last, but I simply had to blog this stuff once more, this time with the soon to be released pants. :) Promise the next one will be different again!
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Bolero: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Blouse: Hal*Hina (Hinano Runo)
Corset: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Pants: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Realeased NOW!! Mesh!!)
Underpants: Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca)
Boots: mon tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Celoe (Jadenart Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg)
Ring: EarthStones (Abraxxas Anatine)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaudrak)
Dagger on Tigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Location: The Desolate Swamplands (Gorean Role-Play), Skerry of Einar
time for a new post. Lately I was asked again and again if I could do a review on some items, usually though, I refused, for two reasons: Most clothing is after all a matter of taste, so my opinion is just that...my opinion and 2. I quite simply don't have the time to do a lot of reviews. But, I decided, every now and then I will. Think it is a good idea? I am not sure yet, some feedback would be awesome.
So here we go, with a usual post first and later on one with a review. :) You'll notice the outfit is a bit similar to the last, but I simply had to blog this stuff once more, this time with the soon to be released pants. :) Promise the next one will be different again!
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Bolero: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Blouse: Hal*Hina (Hinano Runo)
Corset: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Pants: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Realeased NOW!! Mesh!!)
Underpants: Zenith (Miffyhoi Rosca)
Boots: mon tissu (Elie Spot, Mesh!!)
Gloves: Celoe (Jadenart Resident, Mesh!!)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Tres Blah (Juliette Westerburg)
Ring: EarthStones (Abraxxas Anatine)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Kendra Zaudrak)
Dagger on Tigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident, Mesh!! NEW!!)
Location: The Desolate Swamplands (Gorean Role-Play), Skerry of Einar
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It is me again! - The pony-riding Chipmunk!
Hellos everyone! :)
I have summer-vacations since yesterday and I loooove it. But it always gives plenty of time to 1. do things I procrastinated the entire time 2. chill and hang with friends 3. prepare our holidays and 4. blog a lot!
Ohai! It is me the chipmunk again!
Once again, a disclaimer: I bought the items in this picture, which means I LIKE them. But since I did not want to wear nothing at all and go with a newbskin, I had to pick something. If anything, this picture shows that even good, high quality items can look bad on a bad shape.
Not too long ago, I wrote a post about the rather - in my humble opinion - fugly looking shapes that seem to dominate the blogs and feeds lately. You can find it here: Old Post. Miefi Willis, a fellow german blogger, wrote something rather similar: Momo's Blog.
I believe our opinions on these wonderful beauty ideals of SL are pretty clear: Fugly, fuglier, chipmunkfaces.
So, what constitutes these shapes in general?
As I said, to create this shape I needed ~ 2-3 minutes. The mandatory characteristics are:
1. Set your hips as widely as possible.
2. Make your lips HUGE and PUFFY and turn down the mouthcorner-sliders a LOT.
3. Both the eyesize and the eyeopening should be close to zero.
4. Set eyes so far apart that Admiral Ackbar would be jealous of your pretty features.
5. Tippy-toe-feet are mandatory.
6. The slider that affects the width of your upper nose-bridge: Set it to WIDE, very wide.
7. The rest of the nose has to be Michael Jackson-Style.
8. Bunnyteeth are mandatory. It adds to your sexappeal.
9. Do not forget to set your boobs to ~ 90 at least. They are, of course!!!, not affected by gravity.
10. Add piercings and, if you have it, slutwear. I don't really sport that in my inventory.
11. Angry or sad-panda eyebrows are welcome, too!
Summary: Just exaggerate with every slider and set them to the extremes. The outcome is what would happen if Leia decided to have kids with Ackbar.
But what did the POLL say??!
Here is a screen I gyazoed of the results.
Surprise, surprise! An overwhelming majority does NOT like the frowny ponyriders. Why am I so not surprised at all? So why on earth do we still SEE them everywhere? Yes, I noticed the trend is somewhat declining lately, but still they hurt my eyes. :( Of course, everything is a matter of taste and people can look however they want. I agree. That does however not mean that I will not voice my opinion on certain looks.
In summary, I can only hope that these ...creatures...vanish sooner or later.
But wait! The chipmunk-faces aren't the worst on the grid!
Revelation: The Psychotic Barbie!!!
Amd I not pretty? Well, I'd say while this trend luckily has faded some, there are still many, many around of these. Pretty ladies with legs so long that Linda Evangelista would faint at sight, eyes so big that Sailor Moon would die of jealousy, titties so big Lolo Ferrari pales next to them and très chic flexihair that was way cool in 2007 (yes, this is my hair, too. I liked it a lot way back.). Usually they wear flexi miniskirts and a whole lot of...bling bling bling. And ripped Redgrave skins from 2007. And looks how lovely she smiles! Jo-Jo-Jokerface!
These two do have something in common however, besides being out of porportion and generally being pretty ugly, imho: Tippytoe-feet!
In my opinion, neutral expressions win!
We do not run around the entire day smiling as if we are on drugs, nor do we look 24/7 as if our favourite teddybear has been stolen from us. I think a neutral expression is the best. SURE, you can emphasize the character of your avatar soemwhat by giving it a slight smile or a slight frown (I think I even have the latter?), but there if a fine line between looking good and looking ridiculous.
Gogo once wrote a good article about it with some examples of what I personally find to be pretty okayish. You can find it HERE: Juicybomb.
So, what do YOU guys think? What is worse? Psychotic Barbie versus Chipmunks!
[polldaddy poll=6380627]
Vote, vote, vote!
Yours, always ranting,
Arica. :P
I have summer-vacations since yesterday and I loooove it. But it always gives plenty of time to 1. do things I procrastinated the entire time 2. chill and hang with friends 3. prepare our holidays and 4. blog a lot!
Ohai! It is me the chipmunk again!
Once again, a disclaimer: I bought the items in this picture, which means I LIKE them. But since I did not want to wear nothing at all and go with a newbskin, I had to pick something. If anything, this picture shows that even good, high quality items can look bad on a bad shape.
Not too long ago, I wrote a post about the rather - in my humble opinion - fugly looking shapes that seem to dominate the blogs and feeds lately. You can find it here: Old Post. Miefi Willis, a fellow german blogger, wrote something rather similar: Momo's Blog.
I believe our opinions on these wonderful beauty ideals of SL are pretty clear: Fugly, fuglier, chipmunkfaces.
So, what constitutes these shapes in general?
As I said, to create this shape I needed ~ 2-3 minutes. The mandatory characteristics are:
1. Set your hips as widely as possible.
2. Make your lips HUGE and PUFFY and turn down the mouthcorner-sliders a LOT.
3. Both the eyesize and the eyeopening should be close to zero.
4. Set eyes so far apart that Admiral Ackbar would be jealous of your pretty features.
5. Tippy-toe-feet are mandatory.
6. The slider that affects the width of your upper nose-bridge: Set it to WIDE, very wide.
7. The rest of the nose has to be Michael Jackson-Style.
8. Bunnyteeth are mandatory. It adds to your sexappeal.
9. Do not forget to set your boobs to ~ 90 at least. They are, of course!!!, not affected by gravity.
10. Add piercings and, if you have it, slutwear. I don't really sport that in my inventory.
11. Angry or sad-panda eyebrows are welcome, too!
Summary: Just exaggerate with every slider and set them to the extremes. The outcome is what would happen if Leia decided to have kids with Ackbar.
But what did the POLL say??!
Here is a screen I gyazoed of the results.
Surprise, surprise! An overwhelming majority does NOT like the frowny ponyriders. Why am I so not surprised at all? So why on earth do we still SEE them everywhere? Yes, I noticed the trend is somewhat declining lately, but still they hurt my eyes. :( Of course, everything is a matter of taste and people can look however they want. I agree. That does however not mean that I will not voice my opinion on certain looks.
In summary, I can only hope that these ...creatures...vanish sooner or later.
But wait! The chipmunk-faces aren't the worst on the grid!
Revelation: The Psychotic Barbie!!!
Amd I not pretty? Well, I'd say while this trend luckily has faded some, there are still many, many around of these. Pretty ladies with legs so long that Linda Evangelista would faint at sight, eyes so big that Sailor Moon would die of jealousy, titties so big Lolo Ferrari pales next to them and très chic flexihair that was way cool in 2007 (yes, this is my hair, too. I liked it a lot way back.). Usually they wear flexi miniskirts and a whole lot of...bling bling bling. And ripped Redgrave skins from 2007. And looks how lovely she smiles! Jo-Jo-Jokerface!
These two do have something in common however, besides being out of porportion and generally being pretty ugly, imho: Tippytoe-feet!
In my opinion, neutral expressions win!
We do not run around the entire day smiling as if we are on drugs, nor do we look 24/7 as if our favourite teddybear has been stolen from us. I think a neutral expression is the best. SURE, you can emphasize the character of your avatar soemwhat by giving it a slight smile or a slight frown (I think I even have the latter?), but there if a fine line between looking good and looking ridiculous.
Gogo once wrote a good article about it with some examples of what I personally find to be pretty okayish. You can find it HERE: Juicybomb.
So, what do YOU guys think? What is worse? Psychotic Barbie versus Chipmunks!
[polldaddy poll=6380627]
Vote, vote, vote!
Yours, always ranting,
Arica. :P
Monday, July 9, 2012
New Store for Role-Play Gear!! - INNOCUOUS
Hellos peeps!
I have some AWESOME news for you: A friend of mine has opened a new store geared towards role-players. Usually involved with making awesome, highquality stuff for the casual SL 'fashionindustry' she now makes stuff for US! WOOOHOO! And I tell you, the stuff is impeccable: Awesome, unique and high quality mesh items with unique textures. Everything is selfmade, too. No templates. You won't see every dummy and their grandma wearing this stuff. I am in love with these things, she constantly showed me the process on the items and I couldn't wait for them to be released. :)
You guys know me, I'd not blog this if I wasn't convinced it is pretty awesome. So I am happy to introduce:
Innocuous will bring you versatile, combineable and high quality clothing and accessories to make your role-play-life a little bit more perfect. Each item comes with a demo to make sure it fits your avatar. So far there are only few items, but I do know for sure she is working on belts, pants, boots and lots of other things, so stay tuned! :) Every item will also be available in different colours.
The mainstore you can visit here: INNOCUOUS MAINSTORE
So here are some pics featuring the new items. :)
She's good at martial arts, too!
Sneaking up to the throneroom...
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Boleros: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Corsets: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Short: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Bronte Dress)
Skirt: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Soft Holiday Minidress)
Pants: Zenith (Miffyhoy Rosca)
Boots: LightStar (Krystal Silverweb)
Gloves: Severed Garden (Berta Avro, part of Berit Outfit)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Maxi Grossamer (Maxi Grossamer)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, TDRB Item!!)
Posture-Collar: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko)
Daggers 1: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr)
Dagger on Thigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Centipedeweapons Resident/Kendra Zaudrak)
Poses: wetcat (wetcat Flux), Olive Juice (IsabellaGrace Baroque), Bent! (Catherine Fairport)
Location: The High Kingdom of Arerin (Medieval Fantasy Role-Play), Navagrod
Here a Gallery with all items so far available, more to come VERY SOON!
[gallery]
I have some AWESOME news for you: A friend of mine has opened a new store geared towards role-players. Usually involved with making awesome, highquality stuff for the casual SL 'fashionindustry' she now makes stuff for US! WOOOHOO! And I tell you, the stuff is impeccable: Awesome, unique and high quality mesh items with unique textures. Everything is selfmade, too. No templates. You won't see every dummy and their grandma wearing this stuff. I am in love with these things, she constantly showed me the process on the items and I couldn't wait for them to be released. :)
You guys know me, I'd not blog this if I wasn't convinced it is pretty awesome. So I am happy to introduce:
Innocuous will bring you versatile, combineable and high quality clothing and accessories to make your role-play-life a little bit more perfect. Each item comes with a demo to make sure it fits your avatar. So far there are only few items, but I do know for sure she is working on belts, pants, boots and lots of other things, so stay tuned! :) Every item will also be available in different colours.
The mainstore you can visit here: INNOCUOUS MAINSTORE
So here are some pics featuring the new items. :)
She's good at martial arts, too!
Sneaking up to the throneroom...
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, partial Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Boleros: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Corsets: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Short: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Bronte Dress)
Skirt: Kyoot (Saeya Nyanda, part of Soft Holiday Minidress)
Pants: Zenith (Miffyhoy Rosca)
Boots: LightStar (Krystal Silverweb)
Gloves: Severed Garden (Berta Avro, part of Berit Outfit)
Belt: Mandala (kikunosuke Eel)
Necklace: Maxi Grossamer (Maxi Grossamer)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, TDRB Item!!)
Posture-Collar: The Plastik (Aikea Rieko)
Daggers 1: Losthaven (Lucia Cyr)
Dagger on Thigh: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Dagger on Arm: INNOCUOUS (Circuitous Resident)
Bow: Centipede Weapons (Centipedeweapons Resident/Kendra Zaudrak)
Poses: wetcat (wetcat Flux), Olive Juice (IsabellaGrace Baroque), Bent! (Catherine Fairport)
Location: The High Kingdom of Arerin (Medieval Fantasy Role-Play), Navagrod
Here a Gallery with all items so far available, more to come VERY SOON!
[gallery]
Sunday, July 8, 2012
One Voice for Gala Phoenix Part 2
Hey peeps,
some more outfits from the rather awesome event ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER for GALA PHOENIX. 50% or 100% of all items go to the fund for Gala to cover her legal fees. The event officially starts at midnight SLT. All items displayed besides the skin from Curio (Gala Phoenix) lashes, ears and eyes are available here:
ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER
These pictures do not necessarilreflect my taste but I did it for a good cause, so screw my personal opinions when it comes to clothes this time. Pretty in Pink, yay!
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Dress: Indyra's Originals (Indyra Seigo)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bangles: Indyra's Originals (Indyra Seigo)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Top: Medley (Arriah Fiertze)
Pants: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Necklace: Sax Sheperd Designs (Sax Sheperd)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
Hair + Base: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Doves and Crows (Hottest Resident)
Shirt: This is a Fawn (OMGWTF Barbecue)
Jeans: AngelRED Couture (Lexi Zelin)
Shoes: Milady (Ju Weissnicht)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Lipstick: CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Sweater: AngelRED Couture (Lexi Zelin)
Shirt: Fri.day (Darling Monday)
Skirt: Doves and Crows (Hottest Resident)
Shoes: Milady (Ju Weissnicht)
Necklace: Sax Sheperd Designs (Sax Sheperd)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
some more outfits from the rather awesome event ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER for GALA PHOENIX. 50% or 100% of all items go to the fund for Gala to cover her legal fees. The event officially starts at midnight SLT. All items displayed besides the skin from Curio (Gala Phoenix) lashes, ears and eyes are available here:
ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER
These pictures do not necessarilreflect my taste but I did it for a good cause, so screw my personal opinions when it comes to clothes this time. Pretty in Pink, yay!
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Dress: Indyra's Originals (Indyra Seigo)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bangles: Indyra's Originals (Indyra Seigo)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Top: Medley (Arriah Fiertze)
Pants: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Necklace: Sax Sheperd Designs (Sax Sheperd)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
Hair + Base: Wasabi Pills (MissAllSunday Lemon)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Doves and Crows (Hottest Resident)
Shirt: This is a Fawn (OMGWTF Barbecue)
Jeans: AngelRED Couture (Lexi Zelin)
Shoes: Milady (Ju Weissnicht)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Curio (Gala Phoenix)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Lipstick: CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Sweater: AngelRED Couture (Lexi Zelin)
Shirt: Fri.day (Darling Monday)
Skirt: Doves and Crows (Hottest Resident)
Shoes: Milady (Ju Weissnicht)
Necklace: Sax Sheperd Designs (Sax Sheperd)
Bracelet: Handverk (Daphne Klossovsky)
Pose: Bent (Catherine Fairport)
One Voice for Gala Phoenix
This fashionpost will be a bit different. Usually I take pictures at locations that I love, this time, the backround will be less...colourful. And, it will be modern stuff. And...I will only credit items from the event (which are pretty much all). Every single one displayed AND credited on the following pictures can be bought here as soon as the event opens its doors at midnight SLT:
ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER
Remember, all designers donate either 100% or 50% of the price to the fund. :)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Lara Hurley Skins (Lara Hurley)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Shirt: SAKIDE (Kinu Mayako)
Skirt: Ingenue (Betty Doyle)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Bag: Chandelle (Chandelle Resident)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Wasabi Pills (missAllSunday Lemon)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Top: Mon Cheri (Freya Olivieri)
Shorts: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Mina (Mina Nakamura)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Lipstick: CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Top: Razorblade Jacket (Kehl Razor)
Pants: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
And last but not least:
Me protesting! ;)
ONE VOICE FUNDRAISER
Remember, all designers donate either 100% or 50% of the price to the fund. :)
Hair: Exile (Kavar Cleanslate)
Skin: Lara Hurley Skins (Lara Hurley)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Shirt: SAKIDE (Kinu Mayako)
Skirt: Ingenue (Betty Doyle)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Bag: Chandelle (Chandelle Resident)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Wasabi Pills (missAllSunday Lemon)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette)
Top: Mon Cheri (Freya Olivieri)
Shorts: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
Hair: Mina (Mina Nakamura)
Skin: Al Vulo! (Hlin Bluebird)
Lipstick: CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Make Up: Chelle (Aemeth Lysette), CENSORED (Cindy Oysternatz)
Top: Razorblade Jacket (Kehl Razor)
Pants: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Shoes: NCore (Claire Messenger/Nuria Augapfel)
Bracelets: Handverk (Daphne KLossovsky)
Pose: wetcat (wetcat Flux)
And last but not least:
Me protesting! ;)
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Don't waste your time, or time will waste you
Hair: Maitreya (Onyx LeShelle, NEW!! Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade (not for sale)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Lashes: LeLutka (Thora Charron)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Make Up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Blouse: Leverocci (Leverocci Resident, Mesh!!)
Short Skirt: The Sea Hole (Drinkinstein Sorbet)
Long Skirt: oyakin (kinbo Akina, tinted!!)
Socks: Modd.G (moddishh GossipGirl, old Gift)
Shoes: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Scarf: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, The Dressing Room Blue item!! Mesh!!)
Bag: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Belt: Surf Couture (Emma Gilmour)
Necklace: Tokidoki (Maya Levane)
Ring: Kunglers (AvaGardner Kungler, The Dressing Room Blue Item!!)
Location: Arynfell (Adult Fantasy Role-Play), The Lost Realm
Friday, July 6, 2012
One Voice Fundraiser for Gala Phoenix
Hey peeps,
so, after Gala's official statement, things have been moving forward rapidly.
“Standing together to support the rights of legitimate content creators.” is the group charter for One Voice, a group organized by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow who are hosting a fundraising event to help support Gala Phoenix.
Following the call by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow, the designers of Truth District have agreed upon helping with the fundraiser for Gala to help covering her legal fees to battle Hush Darkrose's false claims. Gala Phoenix is indeed involved in a legal battle over all this now, which is pretty damn upsetting imho. After so many designers have agreed to participate, the event will NOT be held at Truth District, but rather at a new location: One Voice Fundraiser
The event will be going from 9th of July to 16th of July and the following creators of Secondlife are definitely participating:
League, GoS, Belleza, Glam Affair, Adam and Eve, SLink, One Bad Pixel, Exile, HoD, Laqroki, Aura, Bare Rose and many others will be there and offering items at either 50% of 100% donation.
So watch out for when it opens and make sure to visit and spend your Lindens there. It really is for a good cause in my opinion, because what happened to Gala, could as well happen to any other designer out there.
Arica. <3
PS. I am working on new outfits, too, so don't worry! I won't be just raging on Curio vs. Hush. :P
so, after Gala's official statement, things have been moving forward rapidly.
“Standing together to support the rights of legitimate content creators.” is the group charter for One Voice, a group organized by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow who are hosting a fundraising event to help support Gala Phoenix.
Following the call by Vivienne Graves and Sophia Harlow, the designers of Truth District have agreed upon helping with the fundraiser for Gala to help covering her legal fees to battle Hush Darkrose's false claims. Gala Phoenix is indeed involved in a legal battle over all this now, which is pretty damn upsetting imho. After so many designers have agreed to participate, the event will NOT be held at Truth District, but rather at a new location: One Voice Fundraiser
The event will be going from 9th of July to 16th of July and the following creators of Secondlife are definitely participating:
League, GoS, Belleza, Glam Affair, Adam and Eve, SLink, One Bad Pixel, Exile, HoD, Laqroki, Aura, Bare Rose and many others will be there and offering items at either 50% of 100% donation.
So watch out for when it opens and make sure to visit and spend your Lindens there. It really is for a good cause in my opinion, because what happened to Gala, could as well happen to any other designer out there.
Arica. <3
PS. I am working on new outfits, too, so don't worry! I won't be just raging on Curio vs. Hush. :P
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Curio Statement by Gala Phoenix
Hey peeps,
there has been an update on the status of the problem regarding the Curio vs. Hush case, so read this and consider helping to raise funds:
To my loyal customers, friends, and supporters,
In March, I realized that Hush Darkrose was selling skins that looked very similar to mine. I often have to deal with skins that look a little too similar to mine; it’s part of protecting my copyright. I filed a DMCA takedown notice, but when Hush filed a counter-notice, I didn’t do anything.
In April, Hush registered copyright of her skins in Canada. In May, she filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Canadian court against me, and then filed a DMCA takedown notice with Linden Labs. She also sent LL the notice of court action (the complaint).
Most of us only know a little bit about the DMCA. We know how the takedown and counter-notice procedures work. What I didn’t know was that if the person who filed a takedown notice sends Linden Labs a notice of court action, you can’t continue to sell your content, even if you send a counter-notice. This is why I got temporarily banned at the beginning of June: I left my skins up for sale after the counter-notice, not realizing there was a problem.
In May, right after she sent the takedown notice, Hush put up a blog post. In it, she accused me of copyright infringement and claimed that a court had “reviewed the evidence” and determined her claim was valid. She even included some language she took from the complaint, rewrote it, and made it sound like the court had granted her an injunction.
There is no injunction. No court has reviewed any evidence. Her blog post was complete fiction.
I’ll say that again, because I want to be clear: there is no injunction against me. No court has reviewed any evidence. There has been no court decision against me. I am not guilty of copyright infringement. Hush’s blog post was not true. My skins are only offline because of the way the DMCA works.
From July 9 – July 16, 2012, a number of extremely generous content creators will be holding a fundraiser in-world at Truth District on my behalf. I cannot express the depth of my gratitude for them, and for any SLers who come out and donate to my fight. I will also be putting up an IndieGoGo campaign to raise some money.
I know I’m asking a lot. $20,000 is a massive amount of money. But even a little bit helps, and maybe we can stand up against someone who is abusing a system that is supposed to protect us all.
there has been an update on the status of the problem regarding the Curio vs. Hush case, so read this and consider helping to raise funds:
Curio Statement by Gala Phoenix
To my loyal customers, friends, and supporters,
I wrote to you last month to thank you so much for all of your support during this very frustrating time. It means so much to me, and has sustained me more than I can say. However, as time has gone on with little explanation from me, you’ve had more questions, and that is understandable. I’d like to tell you what I’ve been going through, and ask you again for your support.
In March, I realized that Hush Darkrose was selling skins that looked very similar to mine. I often have to deal with skins that look a little too similar to mine; it’s part of protecting my copyright. I filed a DMCA takedown notice, but when Hush filed a counter-notice, I didn’t do anything.
In April, Hush registered copyright of her skins in Canada. In May, she filed a copyright infringement complaint in a Canadian court against me, and then filed a DMCA takedown notice with Linden Labs. She also sent LL the notice of court action (the complaint).
Most of us only know a little bit about the DMCA. We know how the takedown and counter-notice procedures work. What I didn’t know was that if the person who filed a takedown notice sends Linden Labs a notice of court action, you can’t continue to sell your content, even if you send a counter-notice. This is why I got temporarily banned at the beginning of June: I left my skins up for sale after the counter-notice, not realizing there was a problem.
In May, right after she sent the takedown notice, Hush put up a blog post. In it, she accused me of copyright infringement and claimed that a court had “reviewed the evidence” and determined her claim was valid. She even included some language she took from the complaint, rewrote it, and made it sound like the court had granted her an injunction.
There is no injunction. No court has reviewed any evidence. Her blog post was complete fiction.
I’ll say that again, because I want to be clear: there is no injunction against me. No court has reviewed any evidence. There has been no court decision against me. I am not guilty of copyright infringement. Hush’s blog post was not true. My skins are only offline because of the way the DMCA works.
Because there is already a case in court, I will probably have to go to court to clear my name and get my business back. Copyright litigation is very expensive, though. Just a small copyright case like this costs around $20,000 to see through, and most of that is court fees, which can’t be waived even if I found an attorney in Canada who’d take the case pro bono (I have an attorney here in America).
Curio is my primary source of income, and without it, I’m barely able to get by, much less afford $20,000 for a court case in another country. However, Curio is also a labor of love, and I will not just sit back and let a competitor’s lies and malice rob me of it.
From July 9 – July 16, 2012, a number of extremely generous content creators will be holding a fundraiser in-world at Truth District on my behalf. I cannot express the depth of my gratitude for them, and for any SLers who come out and donate to my fight. I will also be putting up an IndieGoGo campaign to raise some money.
I know I’m asking a lot. $20,000 is a massive amount of money. But even a little bit helps, and maybe we can stand up against someone who is abusing a system that is supposed to protect us all.
Gala
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A million miles from home, I'm walking ahead
Hair: LeLutka (Thora Charron, Mesh!!)
Skin: League (Nena Janus)
Shape: selfmade
Eyes: Mayfly (Arkesh Baral)
Horns: Rue (Ruina Kessel)
Ears: Illusory (Crushed Clarity, currently not for sale)
Lipgloss: Dead Apples (Soleil Reid)
Make up: Kosh (Lynaja Bade)
Blush: Bella di Notte (Jade Glazner)
Dirt all over: Vigo (Vilandra Miles)
Tattoo: La Malvada Mujer (Faina Cortes, Dollarbie!!)
Vest: Tokddoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!!)
Shirt: Tokidoki (Maya Levane, Mesh!!)
Pants: Rochambeau (Leviathan Flux, Mesh!!)
Boots: COCO (cocoro Lemon, Mesh!! Gift!!)
Mouthie: Something in your Mouth (Aletta Milena)
Scarf: Miel (Mika Nieuport)
Slingbelt: DECO (Veluu Faulds)
Pile of Branches: Tee*fy (Azure Electricteeth, Epoch Legend Event Item, not available)
Bracelets: League (Nena Janus)
Weapon: LR Weapons (Larion Rhode)
Location: Pixel Mode and T Town (Non-Role-Play), Pixel Dreams
Monday, July 2, 2012
ATTN: Designers and Bloggers -- GALA Fundraiser
I just read this...and I think it is a good idea to support original content creators in SL. However, always be careful about who you give your money to. On SL, you can NEVER be completely sure, but I guess, given the names on the list, this is pretty safe. ;) If you are uncertain, contact the creators of the listed brands and ask them about it. :)
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