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Bye
For the first time in years, I have no SL home!! I sold my home sim last night, and now I just have my pose stand parked over a friend’s sim. I already miss my lil tropical island so much.
Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere though! I still have 3 sims in SL.
I went to look at some tropical land last night from some of the big estates in SL, and the tier prices were alright. Some of these estates are beautifully landscaped with a strict covenant. The only two things I’ve noticed that I did not like was 1) some estates uses UGLY terrain textures (your sand should not be that Yellow) and 2) requiring a “purchase” price. I will never pay to buy land on a privately owned sim, unless it was credited back as rent (which is what I do on my own sims).
I wish more of my friends were into sandy beaches, so we could all share a sim together!
New Beach Towel & Parasol by What Next
Emotes & Slow Motion Animation
Cajsa asked me to contribute my Emotes & Slow Motion Animation tutorial for the Blogger Carnival at SL9B exhibit, so I’ve decided to update the images, but the instructions are all the same. In the original tutorial from 2008, I used another HUD to create the emotes but this year, I have a new favorite! I have mentioned the AnyPose Expression HUD before, and it works beautifully to create facial expressions and also, can control eyes position and hands!
How to create facial expressions using Emotes & Slow Motion Animation:
- Press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+D, to bring up the Advanced client menu
- Go to Advanced -> Character -> Slow Motion Animations and click to enable it (Slow Motion Animations is a feature that slows down animations on your client only, so others will not see this but it is useful when trying to capture dances, emotes, poses, etc.)*note: Don’t forget to uncheck Slow Motion Animations once you’re done using it, otherwise animations will look too slow on your client.)
- Play with the random expressions on the Emoter and snap away!!
To make the facial expression above, I used a combination of “Open Mouth” and “Tongue” with Slow Motion Animations enabled. There’s two ways to do this — snap a dozen images and pick the one that you like best, or focus on just the eyes and snap an image, then focus on the mouth area — and combine two that you like best in Photoshop (or any graphics program of your choice). For this image, I have decided not to use PS, and waited patiently to get a combination that I liked. I’m also wearing tattoo lashes, so I don’t have to go without lashes or bother with adjusting prim lashes.
Here are tutorials from a few other SL residents on emotes that I really like:
Ophelia’s Gaze: How To Use Lip Sync To Make Second Life Avatar Screenshots Come Alive
Grid Expectations: subtle facial expressionsBe sure to visit Blogger Carnival at SL9B exhibit, and explore all the birthday sims!
Exile + Elymode
Exile has just released 3 sassy new hairstyles, and I am loving it in my favorite Harlow Blonde!! I'm wearing the new Traci, Cherry, and Sally and with newly released items from Elymode.
Did you know that in addition to being a fantastic fashion photographer and blogger, Elysium Eilde also has a hidden clothes-making talent? I didn't!! And she's launching her own Elymode brand today with a range of items that cute & colorful, like her images.
For some reason, the Traci hair reminds me a bad girl, so I'm wearing it here with Elymode's Heart Cami & heart Shorties in Pink, and a ciggie!!
Here are the rest of Elymode's releases!! These items all mix-and-match really well, as you can see below:
Tp to Elymode @ Crush Row
What I'm Wearing:
Exile – Traci (Harlow)
Elymode – Heat Cami & heart Shorties (Blue)
Elymode – Heart Cami & heart Shorties (Pink)
Exile – Sally (Harlow)
Exile – Cherry (Harlow)
Elymode – Leafy Skirt (mint) & Leafy Tank (Blue/Mint) & Leafy Open Cardi (Mint)
Elymode – Leafy skirt (Mint) & Leafy Tank (Blue/Mint)
AddiCt – Swack! TattooThis is a Fawn
This is a Fawn is a new shop in SL that has just released a bunch of really cute items for your shopping pleasure. I am wearing the Hax dress in Blue, Grey and Coral ~ the skirt shape is darling and oh so round on these. I've paired it with the 69 – Fishbone 02 + Beret hair and a Biong Fromage Big Cheese Necklace. I feel like a French girl now, ooh la la.
Also wearing the Hound Skirt in Marigold color. These come in a bunch of colors, but only Marigold matched my cheese & beret perfectly.
Tp to This is a Fawn for the entire collection!
What I'm Wearing:
Gala Phoenix – Petal [Dark] April-Redbud 1
69 – Fishbone hair + beret (Pearlbrown)
This is a Fawn – Hax Dress (Blue, Grey, Coral)
This is a Fawn – Hound Skirt (marigold)
Cupcakes – Ruffles Long Tanks (White)
BF – Promo Big Cheese Necklace
G Field – Rosette (brown) shoesWindows Ate My Pictures!
Okay so…the other day I managed to take a whole batch of photos including the one you see here with Elle in her New Years Eve outfit she had been styling for weeks! Well not exactly weeks, and maybe actually, just a couple of hours – but that’s beside the point, LOL. But as luck would have it (or more than likely an ID10T error on Elle’s typist’s part) windows ate them all! Elle was traumatized and so beside herself, she just couldn’t push herself to try to take the photo again. Oddly enough, one was still in my recently viewed cached items, although, the file itself was gone! So what’s a disappointed and lazy fashion blogger to do? Use Snipit and take a photo of a photo woot!
Anyway, I had tons of fun with this photo – from styling Elle to building the little set. There are so many wonderful little knickknacks in SL now that I think building sets might be a thing for me going forward. Details on the items used in this photo along with Elle’s outfit can be found below. For now…I am out peeps – so in the meantime, take care my friends and have a great Second Life!
Hair: *barberyumyum*85(LC)
CATWA HEAD Catya
Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.5
Glam Affair – Sarah Applier ( Catwa ) Asia – LIMIT8(fd) Fashionably Dead Special Day Dress – Teal LARA @ Collabor88
fri.day – Sugar.Platforms (Coal) @ Collabor88Set Items
Soy. Vanity Set
tarte. holiday twig vase @ Collabor88
Apple Fall Annan Reclaimed Frame
{vespertine}– my quirky corner / bird trinket boxHouse – L2 Studio Shoreline MINI
Gorgeous in Decentraland
Can you believe it’s been four years since I joined Decentraland? Yesterday, I tried to log into Decentraland using my Dapper wallet, but I couldn’t. It turns out the Dapper wallet isn’t supported there anymore. So, I had to find a way to move my username, Gorgeous, from the Dapper wallet to something that still works, like MetaMask.
If you started using Decentraland when it first came out, you might have also used the Dapper wallet. Let me warn you, transferring your assets can be really annoying. Honestly, if you don’t have something unique like a rare NFT or a special username, you might be better off just starting fresh with a new account.
For anyone who needs to switch from Dapper wallet to MetaMask, here’s how to do it.
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