Showing posts with label Travelfish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travelfish. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 March 2014

The Travelfish : Back Soon

Away till end March.
On a blogging haitus due to travel and other such malarky. Will resume when I get back!
Meanwhile - rolls credits :

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 See you soon! Meanwhile :
Bunny-airy carries bunny clutch by Pure Poison and sports really cute H O S H I candy tail from Cubic Cherry (out exclusive at We love RP)

Whole bunch of goodies from past arcade and chapter four including grumpy cat ofcourse!

Ballet Heels from Azoury which actually almost fit doll coco feet! (piercing legs only)
anc brain headphones (one of my favourite things!)
Hair is a new release from Calico Hair - Rosalie (comes with rose hair accessories)
Pose ( Zibska Hedgewig) comes from Grafica by the talented Alyx Aerallo

Background airplane taken at maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tierra%20de%20Fuego/128/16... thanks to Cait's piccy on her cool stream See you all soon

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

The Travelfish : A Bugs Life

A Bugs Life - Exhibition at LEA17, Under the Sky by Yooma Mayo
D of Ourfish takes a snap while giant ants go about their business.

Second Life is, if you can suspend belief and immerse yourself into it, an amazing universe of worlds. It is a vehicle in which you can take a ride in the imaginations of others. As the plains of Second Life are not defined, they are vast and it's hard to navigate. 
SL Stock : A Bugs Life V
Under The Sky - by Yooma Mayo at LEA17

If you are an intrepid traveller and have no fear of creepy crawlies - then one place you may just like to visit is the exhibition by Yooma Mayo in LEA17. Titled " Under The Sky".

SL Stock : A Bugs Life VI

Here,  'Giant' opalescent insects inhabit the surrounds of a stalk of lilly that grows in the center of a shallow pool. The bugs fight over what one can only guess at as a colony of ants to's and fros around the landscape of this epic battle. 

SL Stock : A Bugs Life II

Some fall by the wayside whilst others soar into the sky ...

(Linden Endowment of the Arts)

Thursday, 19 January 2012

The Travelfish : A is for Aardvark

D thought it would be an interesting idea to explore ways of travelling in SL instead of going to the usual places - to try and find some of the paths less trodden. So to that end the alphabet challenge was devised. D would key in the first word from the picture dictionary into SL search and see what would come up. That would in theory be 26 new places that Ourfish might never have visited before… *Types in search* A search for Aardvark unfortunately yielded very few results for travelling purposes. *Sad face*
Screen capture of SL search © Linden Research, Inc. All rights reserved
This image is used for illustrative purposes*
And so Ourfish's next stop was Abacus.
Screen capture of SL search © Linden Research, Inc. All rights reserved
This image is used for illustrative purposes*





The Island of Abacus is currently home to [[ Blue Goose ] Designs
[Blue Goose ] Designs is the current occupant of Abacus Island.

A possibly interesting thing to know about this place is that it was formerly known as NLimbo.
This shop has a generous footage of space and a pleasant layout that's easy enough to navigate.
Through its central doors,you are greeted with a rather noisy reception area but the arrangement of goods is such that you are able to tell the departments straight off at a glance.
Blue Goose specialise in Poses, Skin, Tattoos and Clothing.

As it seemed rather rude to take photos of the poses within the store D did not, but there are some quite interesting ones and we purchased.

The store also has a loyalty program which enables you to gain up to 50% off on its goods
"For every purchase that you make with us starting on 6-5-11 (excluding single poses  purchased off pose stand however pose pack for the singles are included) you start earning credit to move up to your next discount break" and tabled by percentage it can come up to a good bit
amount spent          % of your discount

   2500                                      5%
   5000                                   10%
   7500                                   15%
 10000                                  20%
 12500                                   25%
 15000                                   30%
 17500                                   35%
 20000                                   40%
 22500                                    45%
 25000                                   50%

The skins and clothes are of a decent quality although somewhat templated.
The average price of a pose is $L250 which isn't horrific but not competitive as there are many decent pose makers out there offering similar goods.

In all, an interesting enough visit and worth a gander (pun intended)



 *Linden Lab Official : Snapshot and machinima policy

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

The Travelfish: Virtual Tourism in China. (Secondlife/China/107/124/1250)

China, China
D and F of Ourfish were remarking to ourselves how we wished there were more places like this in Second Life to visit. China is unique as a place to explore. It's a 3D world made from 2D forms and feels very much like a walk through into the masterful brushstrokes of an ancient calligrapher
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The mono-tonal hues, gestured mountains and broad-washed sky create an amazingly tranquil space. 

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China is quite an interesting place to photograph as you in-turn become a participant of the art, creating your own painting by gathering 'brush strokes' in a composition from your own perspective.
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Some angles might capture a feeling of desolation...

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Other angles create a different atmosphere within the "painting"
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Finally, after your exploration you can visit the gift shop and buy a souvenir.
For a donation to the sim this snow globe replica of China can be yours.

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

The Travelfish : Virtual Tourism & Feeling Winter in Alirium Gardens

" Baby it's cold outside..."

Alirium Gardens

There are many magical places to visit inside Second Life. If Linden Labs (LL) had a forestry commission marking spaces on the grid to be preserved for posterity ; then one of those spots must surely be Alirium Gardens which truly deserves to be notated as a place of outstanding artificial beauty.

It helps to think of Alirium Gardens as a virtual plant centre as that is its primary business. The flora and fauna available for purchase from this shop are really unique pieces of fantasy shrubbery that have often been used in other montages and landscape creations for precisely their dreamlike, surreal quality.

The gardens are seasonal, reflecting in the virtual - the times and climes of the real.

Ourfish visited the gardens again for perhaps the ninehundredthandbillionth, time taking along our virtual hasselblad for some clicks.
Photo Title : Monarch Of The Glen
Photo Title : Manga Midwinter
Photo Title : That Cottage In The Distance
Photo Title : Walking in a Whiteout Wonderland
More from this photoshoot in Ourfish's Art Aquarium