Check it out! Linden Lab approves of your blue skin, if you want to wear it. In fact, they seem to be encouraging people to join to get a free AVATAR!
So for Lashy, and everybody else that wants to keep on wearing these, there you go.
I am for fan art <3
(picture of my friend Lashy)
Hello from the A Clockwork Spiral event sim!
This event opens on Monday, September 15th at noon SLT. I love the autumn decor this year, and it doesn’t feel like an ‘event’ but more like a small town with lots of cute spots for photos. If you’re into steampunk/diesel/and dark victoriana inspired things, check out this event!
*NOTE* I’m accidentally wearing my skirt in two different prints today LOL (oops….. blame SL). It sort of works?
What I’m Wearing:
Pink Fuel Skin
Truth – Bryn
The Secret Store – Annette Peplum Skirt & Lola Cropped Sweater (Mint)
If you’re tired of staring at my lovely face, check out Caduceus Loraket instead! He says he’s a terrible model, but I disagree. He was the perfect model, and patiently waited for me to flip through a gazillion poses to find the right ones.
What is Cad wearing? My guess is… Exile hair, and something from Fatewear. For the rest, you’ll have to stalk his blog to find out.
Hellooooooo! I’ve been cleaning my inventory a lot (~54K now) and I’ve found a couple of old favorite items that I forgot I had! I’m pretty sure I’ve only worn these Capira Jeans from LeLutka once, so I thought I would wear ’em again today with some Rose Lace Leggings from G-Field underneath. This is kind of a weird fashion choice, but I think it’s cute, so I’m going with it 😀
While mesh is taking over the grid, there are still sculpted prim cardigans that I think are too sexy to part with. I love the cleavage on this Early Morning Cardigan from Fishy Strawberry.
Have you revisited things in your inventory lately? I know I have tons of hidden treasures in here that I’ve never worn, or worn once!
What I’m Wearing:
Raw House – Lauren (LtBlonde 01)
Fishy Strawberry – Early Morning Cardigan (Eucalyptus)
LeLutka – Caprica Jeans (Base)
G-Field Rose Lace Leggings (Mid) White
Zaara – Kashiti Bobble Ring (Pearl) Gold
N-Core – Coquette Pumps
For some reason when I was dressing today, rather than throw sky blue heels to match my dress, I wore my UBU Drunks. They’re customizable, so I was able to match my dress pretty well. I like this look, it’s casual but cute. <3
UBU Drunks, so worth it.
And if you haven’t been to LeLutka hair, here are all the hairstyles that have been released. Right now is a great time for some lag free shopping.
LeLutka – Rio, Pompai
LeLutka – Lea1, Lea2, Lea3, Lea 4
I’m thrilled that my Windlight Settings have had 794 downloads so far! Thanks to everyone who left a comment on the post or IM’d me in-world to share your blog link. The settings were created for a plain background aka Studio use, but if you want to use them outdoors, just adjust the sky colors (really easy to do), cos some of them have really dark clouds!
I went through my old hair folder today, and stumbled upon this Maitreya hairstyle that I love! I wish they released more hairstyles, cos this Blonde color remains one of my favorites. I’ve also noticed that Maitreya was not at Hair Fair this year, along with some other big names!
My outfit today is from Mon Tissu, this is an adorable mesh dress, so delicate and pretty.
What I’m Wearing:
Maitreya – Nadja (Platinum)
LaGyo – Hop Bird headbend (Gold)
LaGyo – Laurel Earrings (Gold)
Mon Tissu – Lacey Dress (Belle)
Mon Tissu – Montsegur Pumps (White)
LeeZu released these amazing new Yve Pants that has a sculpted belt, and sculpted leg prims. I think these pants are nearly perfect, the leg prims & pants meets seamlessly, and they end right before the knee joint so it’s perfect for AOs & works with many different poses! I had to lower my hips saddle, and butt size just a tad to have a better fit, cos I wanted the belt to be snug around my avatar.
Although these are not board shorts, I paired it with a cute little bikini top from BOOM and and wore it to the beach! These are so many ways to style these pants, as they come in a variety of prints & solid colors.
What I’m Wearing:
Truth – Bethany (Swedish)
BOOM – Infinity Pin Stripe Bikini (White)
LeeZu – Yve Pants (Vintage Blue)
Elate – Theia Sandals (Ivory)
&
What Next – Surf’s Up Pose Set (Surfboard)
Omg I love those! And your soo totally right. A big part of Second Life is being who and what you want to be, which includes ‘inspired’ avatars. Nothing wrong with it and Lashy looks fantastic.
I think bc of the generic meaning of the word avatar, and you DO get a free “avatar” when you join, this may actually be legal and legitimate. LL is pushing the line with this one, but may not really have legally crossed it. If you look at the face of the avatar in the screen shot, she wearing a blue skin, with markings on it but they are not the same markings as the movie characters, and the face shape is not the same, therefor, one could argue, that is just a blue avatar with a weird nose and not an Avatar with a capital A.
As for the legality of selling full avatars that are intended to be exact replicas of the movie, that is a different story and whether you think it’s right or wrong is irrelevant. It’s a mater of law.
I commented in another blog that nothing is really new. Ears and tails, fantasy colored skin and outfits like this has been around in SL for years. And in various comics. Blue drows/nightelfs? Sure. Gorean panther girls? This outfit (pictured here)I know was on sale more that 6 months before the “Avatar” trailer came out. They yellow eyes I used for my fantasy avatar is from Miriel, a shop that closed in 2008 I think. Inspiration flows free and for all we know, James Cameron was inspired by something he read.
wants one so bad now but where would i wear it grrrr
Typical.. Just like IMVU both of these “tech” companies live off other peoples “CREATIVE CONTENT and IP” and use them without PAYING FOR IT, to promote their pyramid scheme web2.0. Maybe they, like a “MCDONALDS” COULD PAY for using the movie AVATAR to TRY to drive business to their stores./sites.
FAN art- fine….
Commercial usage of others IP– criminal.
lawsuits needed. ist the only way to create a new online economy for anyone NOT in this racket.
glad you liked that plurk… but i’m still waiting to see avatar linkshare banners on your site though, especially in light of your ardent support!
Wait they ban someone’s dress on Xstreet because it blows up like Marilyn Monroe’s did…
http://shoppingcartdisco.com/?p=6340
But having Navi style avatars to push their own platform is fine.
*Face Palms*
So Argyria is sexy now. You can has Argyria by drinking enough colloidal silver over time. Any takers?
When 20th Century Fox gets around to dealing with LL they and a number of residents are going to experience severe legal butt hurt. Just a matter of time. Unless Fox decides to ease up and publish some standards for fandom activities. Which would be an excellent thing for them to do IMHO. But if they don’t and people’s real lives are destroyed by lawsuits then they earned a stay in motel underpass and deserve no sympathy. IP infringement is what it is.
So before you create your next fab thing ask yourself this: Would you have created it had you not seen someone else’s hard, and in the case of Avatar movie infringements, a cost of a half billion dollars investment?
There is no “blue skinned denizen/native of Pandora “style”. It didn’t exist before the movie. Anything attempting to look like that is an infringement. This is not anything remotely like making jeans or shoes or hairstyles.
As for the LL ad… It won’t be around for long. That is simply evidence the LL right hand has no clue about what the left hand is doing. LL will change it.
Personally I think the fan art is a wonderful tribute and no one seems to mind all the Star Trekkies or Star Wars fans in SL, but in any case “Pandora” is a goddess from ancient greek mythology so Fox can’t claim to own that name, and blue skinned aliens have been around since at least the first series of Star Trek so Fox can’t own that idea either. They can however claim to own the word “Na’vi” so anyone using that could find themselves in trouble (and I heard that it happened to De la Fae).
and you might find this interesting too:
http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
If you liked the Pocahontas/Smith theory then you may love this one:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/12/10-possible-sources-of-avatar-in.html
Keeping in mind that Cameron initially thought this up back when he would probably have been reading some of the titles in that list and looking at them it starts to become clear.
But we are still stuck with the reality that if you make and sell fandom and get DMCA’d you may lose your right to be in the upcoming content seller program so it is rather risky to be playing in the fires of Pandora. (Isn’t Pandora a sim in SL anyway?)
Maybe people need to lean on 20th Century Fox for a commitment to fandom. Of course this would mean it is OK to make and give away Na’vi inspired content but not OK to sell it. And there is the crux of the matter. The selling part. There is simply no escape from the copyright factor. And I am waiting to see what happens in April when Disney (army of lawyers) does when they GOM Alice in Wonderland.
Actually, everything from the movie has been done before. Navi minus the ‘ is a town in Israel I believe.
Think the law suit is a free add campaign for both LL and James Cameron and we should sue both of them for using our tax payer dollars to puff up a movie and a video game.