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Fantasy Faire 2021: You haven’t a preyer

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Aeon’s pose is Renny V from XPOSEure (Faire store in Peaville Goes Nuts)

I saw a girl, she reminded me of you
She did the things that a girl like you might do
Her body was green and she had two vicious jaws
She polished her mate as she kissed him with her claws

SOMETIMES you just find things that make you giggle so much that you can’t help it. I came across these amazing Bento Mantis Limbs from the amazing Idrial at -FAS-. My first thought was “OMG that’s hilarious but also EWW”… and then I thought about it a bit more. Hey, what if….


Aeon’s pose is Freyja 1 (M) from Astalianda (Faire store in Valhalla)

What if I paired those with the amazing Mantis Mask from Spyralle? I’d been wanting to find something to do with that ever since Kerryth brought it out? Now, as a quick note — Mantis Mask isn’t available at the Faire, you’ll have to visit Kerryth’s main store to pick that up, but do please visit her Faire store for other goodies!


Aeon’s pose is Katti 2 (M) from Astalianda (Faire store in Valhalla)

And put those together with the Pure Emerald skin from Fallen Gods? NOW you’ve got me sold. Finish it off with elements of the Bellatrix bodysuit from Aii.

I was giggling so much by the time I was done… well. Hopefully you’re as amused as I am. You really should stop in and check out these legs.. they have wonderful animations with them, and are completely creepy crawly wonderful.


Aeon’s pose is Fairy 3 from AZKPose (Fair Store in Yin Yang)

I’m still busy soaking up every minute of this wonderful Fantasy Faire. I hope that you are too! Aloha! A hui hou kākou!
I’ll see you around the Faire!

Pictures were taken at The Seventh Valley at Fantasy Faire 2021

•-FAS- — Mantis Limbs (Faire store in The Wandering Woods)
•Spyralle – Mantis Mask (leaf) (Faire store in The Wandering Woods)
•Fallen Gods — Pure (Emerald) skin (Faire store in Valhalla)
•Aii — elements from the Bellatrix outfit (Bodysuit, Sleeves, Pauldrons, Shoes, Leggings, Neckpiece) (Maitreya/Legacy) (Faire store in Valhalla)
•Magika — Energy hair
•Mayfly — Luminous Twilight Forest eyes
•[GA.EG] — Barbara mesh face
•Maitreya — Lara mesh body, hands and feet

A Masque for Life

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A mask protects, a mask hides… and a masque tantalises….


Aeon’s pose is Winter Spirit 02 from *Eternal Dream*

Aloha kākou!

I have a wonderful little couple of things to share with you today, a beautiful mask from Kerryth at Spyralle and a beautiful new updo from Magika.

The Masque of Summer is a wonderful mask, perfect for a midsummer’s… masque — for the ball, beautiful gowns swaying under the stars as the orchestra plays. Kerryth’s Masque of Summer is unrigged mesh: it can be resized and positioned for your face, and comes in six different lovely patterns. Each one has a HUD for choosing gem and metal colour to tailor it to your look. You can find it at We Love Role Play this month for another few days!


Aeon’s pose is Summer Breeze 5 (rev) from Stardust

I also get to share this quick pick-up — the Midnight updo from Magika. Magika is coming out with some new hairstyles with some very life-like texturing. I really love this one. I don’t have really close-up shots of it to share: Firestorm on a linux system has a known but that causes some triangular rendering errors in some meshes with alphas. I’ve got it on great authority (my assistant today who held the lights for me) that the triangles that I could see were completely invisible to her on her windows machine. It looks really wonderful, and I’m really excited for new styles from Magika soon!


Aeon’s pose is The Mirror Pose from Shi.S Poses

One last note, my wonderful friends. My friend, the beautiful and talented Kerryth, owner and creative force of Spyralle announced to her group that she is facing some rather serious health issues. Please keep her in your thoughts, your prayers if you have them. She has not shared prognosis, but keep her and her loved ones in your thoughts.

Mahalo nui kākou! A hui hou!

The Hyborian Age – Water E – morning windlight was used.

Pictures were taken in a custom-created skybox at Realm of Light

I am wearing:

•Spyralle – Masque of Summer currently at We Love Role Play
•Magika — Midnight hair
•Paris METRO Couture — Wild Bunch Flower mesh gown
•Luminesse — Mokolea (Lekika) Necklace and earrings set
•Spyralle – Summer Leaf  bracelets
•Barerose — Glass Fairy B-Wings (Green)
•DS’ELLES — Clemence (Ambre) skin
•Mayfly — Luminous Twilight Forest eyes
•[GA.EG] — Barbara mesh face
•[GA.EG] — Glamour Lashes
•Maitreya — Lara mesh body, hands and feet

Magic swirls like a wraith in the mist

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when the dark is all around, let the music fill you, let the dance find your light

Aloha kākou! Hello, my friends! Here is a little motion for your weekend. I was playing around with the Wraith from Spyralle. It’s a mesh add-on with an animated texture, a swirling foggy bit of magic to wrap around yourself.

The beautiful Lumina Eclipse skin was a gacha from Fallen Gods. It’s one of my favourite exotic skins. You can see a different view of it here.

Here’s a weekend wish to fill all your days with music. Aloha kākou! A hui hou!

Aeon’s pose is Ballet 8 from Poseidon Poses

Aeon is dancing with the Bellydance 9 dance from Abranimations
Music is Happy Returns by Steven Wilson, from the album Hand.Cannot.Erase.

Pictures were taken at a private skybox at Realm of Light

The Orac — Fog windlight windlight was used.

I am wearing:
•Spyralle —The Wraith
•Fallen Gods — Lumina Eclipse skin
•Magika —Shimmer hair
•Mayfly — Luminous Twilight Forest eyes
•[GA.EG] — Barbara mesh face
•[GA.EG] — Glamour Lashes
•Maitreya — Lara mesh body, hands and feet

Fantasy Faire 2019: Aetheria

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I hope you’re not tired of hearing about Fantasy Faire 2019 yet, because… it’s going to be a long two weeks here otherwise.

She walked to the edge of the pool, feeling the cool water over her tired feet, soaking the hem of her gown.  The responsibilities of the Court retreating for just a while as the peace of the pool soaks her soul.

Solas and Bee at Silvan Moon Designs present Aetheria, a beautifully detailed gown for Fantasy Faire.  It comes in fitmesh for Maitreya and SLink bodies, and is available in three colour choices.

AiShA offers these wonderful Kraken bracelet rings for the Faire.  I really love interesting arm and hand jewelry, and this suits just fine.  I suspect if you’re a Game of Thrones fan it might have other significance, but it would also look right at home for your mermaid to be wearing these lovely he’e.

There are so many wonderful things at Fantasy Faire, and every one helps contribute to the fight against cancer.  With 16 sims, you can always get in somewhere and have a look around.  Fantasy Faire 2019 is only here until May 5, and there is SO MUCH to see.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Fantasy Faire 2019: Violet Pixie

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Go big or stay home.

But it’s okay to feel small, too.

In fair warning, this is my full-sized avi with a Maitreya body, and the lovely Ademe Warrior outfit from Roped Passions is Maitreya fitmesh: it’s just the lovely scenery at Fantasy Faire 2019 that makes makes me teeny.

 

The Ethereal wings from Lunaria are unscripted, but have a gentle flexi-like motion as you move.  They’re not flight wings, but they’re great for wearing in high-lag areas… or anytime you just want to look wonderful.

I left off jewelry with this outfit, but augmented instead with the beautiful Hope tattoo from Stardust, exclusive for the Fantasy Faire: when the Faire is over, this lovely adornment will be gone!

There are so many wonderful things at Fantasy Faire, and every one helps contribute to the fight against cancer.  With 16 sims, you can always get in somewhere and have a look around.  Fantasy Faire 2019 is only here until May 5, and there is SO MUCH to see.

Mahalo!  A hui hou!

Eclipse

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I think that one of my favourite gifts of SL is that it lets me experiment with different personas.  It lets me explore different looks (what would I look like blond?  eeep no). But on the larger sense, what if you could put yourself in another’s skin?  (NO, NOT IN A CREEPY WAY! OMG)

I’ve always loved being a fae in the world… and more recently in the past year or two, a neko… and more recently playing with the most wonderful exotic skins from Fallen Gods.

Beyond the appreciation for a beautiful skin, what does it mean?  I think it’s a chance to see the parts of you that you keep inside, that you don’t let the outside world see… maybe the parts you don’t let yourself see.  The cracks, the breaks, the broken… and the brilliant.

  • Fallen Gods — Lumina Eclipse skin
  • Ally Adventure — Artemis Chain Mail skirt and top (black) (Freya/Isis/Venus/Maitreya/Physique/Hourglass/Standard fitmesh) (Marketplace Link)
  • Luanes World — Try to forget you pose

For all of this introspection, what have I learned?

I think a little bit back to the solar eclipse of 2017.  It was the first solar eclipse I’d seen, and I drove hours and hours to get to a place to see it.  I wasn’t disappointed.  A minute and a half of totality… and a lifetime shift in perspective.  All of a sudden… the world felt different… the view of the solar corona, the strange feel of a chill in the air on a humid hot summer day…. a world revealed in the dark.

I think, for me, that every avatar, every look…  is a little slice of what’s inside.  Dark, hopeful, despairing, joyful, twisted, flirty, cross… shining.  Every bit is a part of me, and every bit celebrated.

Even the pain-in-the-butt bits.  (NO, NOT THAT WAY, OMG!)

Happy Aloha Friday, my lovely ones.  For all the pain and hardship, you are beautiful.  I believe in you.

Mahalo!  A hui hou kākou!

Mix and Match – Kawaii Edition

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I have a soft spot for cute… and then I just go nuts and keep tossing things at an outfit to make it cuter, lol

So here I’ve done my usual thing and just gone totally to town with everything except the kitchen sink. This first one is my unicorn look, with three major pieces from three vendors with three different unicorn patterns.

The Hawt jacket from Promagic comes in 30 prints, as singles and a fatpack, and is just for Maitreya mesh. I added some cute lace cuffs from Sweet Thing to it. The jacket fits just right to be worn without a bra or shirt underneath, if you are so inclined (as I am). The skirt is Brianna from CandyDoll, available in fatpacks of 10 solid light colors, 10 solid dark colors, and 30 patterns; or as singles, for all the major mesh bodies. It has a nice cut up one side with a long mesh tie. The shoes/socks are the Smexy Babydoll Heels by Candy Kitten, in fatpacks for 12 solids, and 12 patterns, for all major mesh bodies.

Now if you want silly cute, I got that too! The basis for this one is the Crazy Kawaii outfit from Envious. It is old school, for system bodies, but hey does that stop me? Not on your life! I use all the mesh bits and then add my own mesh top and skirt and there you go, one super silly (but cute) outfit.

The mesh bits of Crazy Kawaii come in five sizes and include the winged headband, arm and leg warmers, hoove boots, and backpack. I supplemented these with an applier top from Butterfly Design’s Pauline outfit; and my fave full perm skirt, Angel from Gunshot. For the latter, I textured it to match the knit pattern of the Pauline top.

To round out this round, here is a sweet-but-not-too-sweet ensemble built around the Celebrity Rebel leather jacket by Dirty Princess. This features exquisite detailing all around, and a proudly open front to display… whatever bra or shirt you might choose to wear. Or not. In this case I chose to wear (barely) one of my full perm bras from Cool Big Bird along with the Angel skirt from Gunshot which I textured to match the jacket’s color and patterns. The shoes are Candy Kitten’s Fairy Princess Heels that include the garters.

The jacket features a texture HUD of 20 pastel colors and a metal changer of silver and gold; it comes for Maitreya, Slink, and TMP mesh bodies. The shoes come with 14 styles in a HUD and are for all the major mesh bodies.

Who’s ready to come do some cute Kawaii-style shopping with me? Cheers!

Happy Yule!

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Merry Solstice and Happy Yule, my wonderful friends!  It’s a season of joy and light, and magic surrounding all of us.  Kerryth at Spyralle has the most wonderful gown for the season, Coelis North Pole at the Mieville North Pole Event!

Another happy little treasure: I fell in love with EarthStones’ Poinsetta ‘n Bells necklace and earrings.  They’re just right for the season, and fit the Coelis gown perfectly.  Can you hear the soft tinkling of the bells as you dance?

There truly is magic all around, at Mieville North Pole Event and everywhere else.  Peace and joy to you all, my wonderful friends!  I wish you the very happiest of the season.  Hau`oli Lā Hānau!

Mahalo!  A hui hou kākou!

Baby It’s Cold Outside!

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It’s that time of year! Time for warm sweaters and hot cocoa and chestnuts roasting and all that! So let’s do some sweaters, shall we?

Speaking of cold outside… brrrr! That igloo was chilly on the bum! But inside it looks nice and warm. My top here is the Annie Ugly Sweater by Pink Cream Pie, which is available in 12 color/silly saying patterns, as well as a fatpack, for all the major mesh bodies. Both individual color/patterns and the fatback also have 24 colors for the collar and cuffs.

Sometimes you have to really get into the Christmas spirit and just get lit! So I did! Hopefully there is a wall socket nearby, ’cause I really got a charge out of this get up. My sweater is the Mesh Hipster Turtleneck by Addams, available in 21 colors (26 when purchased as a fat pack), along with 18 colors for the neck and 18 for the wrists. It is available for all the major mesh bodies.

  • Top: Mesh Hipster Turtleneck by Addams
  • Pants: Lila – Rolled Cuff Jeans by Blueberry
  • Boots: Faith Boots by Mesh Agency
  • Gloves: Winter Gloves by Foxii Fashions
  • Hair: Farryn by Truth Hair
  • Accessories: Santa’s lil’Ho Ho Ho Antlers w/Lights by Danika; *NJoy* Christmas string; Christmas Lights String Necklace; Rhosyn Pink and White Wreath by Hatpins (Marketplace link)
  • Pose: Next to the wall~ Poses 1 – 3 by K&S

And how about some pink floof ball? Gotta have floof balls in wintertime! Don’t you think this will keep me warm? For a little bum-warming in your snow tent, the Snowball Bodysuit and Leggings from V-Tech / Valentine Technologies has you covered… er, uncovered? They are available in five separate colors, and six color fat pack. The bodysuit is available in Maitreya and boi chest size, and the leggings for Maitreya as well.

Time for warm winter snuggles in fuzzy sweaters! Come join me? Cheers!

Do It Yourself Part 1

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Lately I have taken an interest in doing clothes texturing, using purchased full perm models that allow one to selectively edit texture faces. While I have pondered selling some of these, which is what most people do who work with the full perm models, so far I have just been tinkering for myself, in order to get unique looks and/or make outfits that reflect ‘me.’  The full perm models are not inexpensive, being in the range of 500L to 1500L typically, as the expectation is that one is selling your new creations and thus eventually recoup your expenditure. However, if the cost does not deter you… follow me on a little path to see what you can do 🙂

For this first installment I will focus on something simple (and very small!). The common component in all of these outfits below is the Angel skirt by Gunshot, which is also a very reasonable 250L. This is a teeny-tiny skirt that really doesn’t cover much at all (which… frankly, was my goal). 😀 Now most people would supplement this with a pair of panties but I chose not to.

The skirt contains three material faces that can each be textured in different ways. They can also be different between front and back but the design of the skirt tends more toward it being the same all the way around front to back. The Gunshot package for the skirt contains models for all of the major mesh bodies as well as four sample textures, a shadow map, and a UV map. All of these latter items can be used in an external graphics program to create your own textures, which can then be uploaded to SL and applied to the mesh model.

In this first outfit, I textured the skirt with an opaque white band around the top, and the two main layers all in lace, to match the lace top and the lace cuffs on the sleeves. This is an example of where I mixed and matched a ton of things, along with the custom pieces, to get just the look I was after, an innocent snowflake faerie (okay, maybe just snowflake faerie…)

For this one I wanted to match the skirt to the top, which is also a full perm model. Before I found the original model, I had purchased a version of it from a vendor who had made her own texture for it. As I liked that shade of blue I wanted to match everything to it, which I did with the Angel skirt and the full perm sleeves from another full perm creator. In this case the top two bands of the skirt are solid, and the small band along the bottom is a lace pattern that matches the lace along the bottom hem of the top.

Another vendor who took the Gunshot Baude top and created a nice texture for it is ArisArisB&W, who applied a pretty denim pattern. I created a matching version for the skirt across all three texture bands.

  • Top: Nicety top by ArisArisB&W (the model is the same Gunshot Baude top as I used in the Snowflake image above)
  • Skirt: Angel Skirt by Gunshot
  • Boots: Tessa Denim Boots by M&M; stockings from applier for Mishell outfit by Brii
  • Hair: Cheri by Dela
  • Accessories: Dragonfly necklace by Pixel Box; Elaine Belt and Garter by Nanika; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena  (Marketplace store);
    Arm Harness by L’Emporio
  • Pose: THR33 Classics Pose 4 by Lumipro

And finally, back to lace, this time with a rose tint and a slightly Victorian look (is not sure the Queen would approve). Here I used the actual Gunshot Baude top with the Angel skirt, modifying the lace pattern from Snowflake to be a little softer in color (as well as a bit more see through… blushes!).

  • Top: Baude Top by Gunshot
  • Skirt: Angel Skirt by Gunshot
  • G-String: 5K Thong by DB Cultura
  • Boots: Winter Lolita Boots with Socks by Zenith
  • Hair: Heloisa and Bangs Set by Truth Hair
  • Accessories: Jabot collar by Cog & Fleur; Lolita Lace Cuffs by Sweet Thing; Armour Waist Chain and Seacrest Waist Chain by La Sirena  (Marketplace store)
  • Pose: The Irie Series – Four (m) by an lar (closed)

While these examples of re-texturing have been pretty simple, they’ve been fun in allowing me to make things that are just right for what I want. 🙂 In future installments of Do It Yourself I hope to show you some more complex examples.

Back to Photoshop! More lacy and frilly things await! Cheers!