The Art fish : Portraits

"Nouveau Scissors II"

Of late I have been creating my images based around the idea of a typical studio portraiture set up. Some cliches apply such as the signature abstract all purpose photographer's background; the "spot" light and fall off. What I find interesting about the idea of portraiture from an SL perspective is the shorthand in trying to capture the essence of a character in one frame.

"Surreal Sorbet"

Who are these characters that look back at you from the print frame? What are their stories and what was happening when the camera flashed...

"Theia"

Do we like our SL portraits to look hyper realistic?

Production Notes

"Nouveau Scissors II"

From Shiny Shabby

NOMAD Nouveau Scissors Set (Frame + Chair)

Essenz Missouri Boots (size S - still big on COCO FD)

Everythingelse

Outfit:

COCO RuffleSkirt (Lace-Black) + PDD Black Ballet Tutu (Flexi Prim Part) +

AZUL CHIC (from With <3) Sleeve Parts (L+R) + Zibska - LaVie En Deux Collar

+ DRD Chain Necklace (Mono)

Accessories :

Scrub - Like a nun collar (xxs)

Lark - Rose Veil Black

Swallow - Septum Ring (Copper)

Remarkable Oblivion - Scissorhand

Elua Hollis2 in OmbreA

"Surreal Sorbet"

From Shiny Shabby

Style:

Azoury Kate Cap

Elisa Collar

Coffera Ringset (For Maitreya)

Kibitz Renata Earrings

Claw Fringe Cuff (Metalic)

Body :

Clef de Peau - Astrid (for Lelutka)

White Widow - DeadMan Tattoo (Comes in Layers and Appliers for various mesh bodies including Lara)

Else:

ieQED Octobra

ieQED chanel pearl panties

Lelutka Aria 1.3 + Maitreya Lara (Full)

Genesis Lab Tongue

Dura 3rd Anniversary Hair (Free)

"Theia"

Theia by Calico Hair

together with partial from Lyrical B!zzare Templates (New Releases) Spanish III

The Fashion Fish : LOTD! <- wow rare thing!

Fashion is a dictatorship Part 1

Fashion is a dictatorship Part 2

Creds.

Fashflash :

SORGO Akira /Black (TMD - current)

COCO BandeauBikini (Mesh top/bottom) Group Gift)

Zenith Leather trapper hat (Black)(TMD past)

Azoury - Shiva Heels (Carmin)- just gorgeous

RO - Paragon Sash - Burning Red (TMD - current)

Props  :

[MA] Mp5 Machine gun (Mesh Addiction Free on Marketplace https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/154973)

[NikotiN] Cuba_ Premium (TMD past)

Avatar : 

JD MyFeet

Glam Affair Giselle Cosmetics Face Details (Light)

Glam Affair Luria Skin 03/Eyebrow Shape 04

Dead Apples Striking Eyes - Ice (TMD - current)

Hebenonstache S (Gift)

Boon Hairpiece JOPE57

Animation : 

Grafica Pose (Dita 04) Funnily! <3

Posertry Pose (Couture Crawl)

The Fashion Fish : The Men's Dept. (Feb)

 Once you go mesh...

With a 500px dimension , this is about as good a closeup as its going to get here in this blog.
Check out the full pic below for a higher resolution image!

Dog's best friend. - Notice how jarring this portrait now makes non-mesh?

Of particular note in this round's TMD is Labyrinth skin's Mesh Ryker Head. Curiosity got me gender bending to give this one a go.

Now having recently helped along another style disabled guy towards a more beautiful Second Life, I feel qualified enough to offer my humble 2p on the subject of male aesthetics.

Ryker is a pretty cool looking bloke and has plenty of bang for buck considering - ($L300 for mesh head plus skins in hairy, smooth and happy trail is a serious bargain!)
Fantastic details for the detail ho such as pores, that slightly gaped pout, old scars, laugh lines etc...
Whilst I couldn't locate the "Seduction HUD" that would enable a more fully featured experience (this was not available at the store when I visited), you can attain relatively instant hunkiness without too much fuss using this system of matching skins and heads.
Works great if you're not too fussed about having cookie cutter good looks.

Because mesh is just so much more of a HD experience than the rest of low fidelity SL, you definitely need to be wearing mesh eyes with it. As luck would have it, you can get some lovely ones by {S0NG} in this same round. Caveat Emptor - You really need to be able to know how to adjust, resize and tweak the textures to fit just over your system eyes. Definitely not a project for the perma-noobie.

Other details :

Argrace RYO (New)

Labyrinth - Ryker Mesh Head

Birdy Boston Buddy (Cuddle)

Zenith Love Heart leather Bracelet

DECO Fedora Coconut

OIII Jeans

[monso] My Neck Warmer - Black

{S0NG} Lovelee - Toad Eye

Website : http://themensdeptsl.wordpress.com/

Taxi : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Pea/126/64/23

The Fashion Fish : Goldfish are everywhere

Yulia by FINESMITH

Hedge Deux by Zibska

Flower head Goldfish by Half Deer
Lotus Flowers by Monger Yesterday


SLURLS:
Zibska @ Zenshi
FINESMITH
Half Deer (@Lantern Festival)
Monger (On Marketplace)