Wednesday, 28 August 2013

The Fashion Fish : Loves Zibska!

Some truly cutting edge design comes from the imaginings of Zibska's creator so I jumped at the chance to get involved when Zibs Scaggs put a call out for photographers who blog on their Flickr.
I had already been making images with Zibska's designs incorporated and so was eager to try and convince them to "Pick me, pick me, pick me!"
Sound Flowers : Coco Doll with Doll Head V01 
posed with Zibska Ulani Collar and Hat (TGGS)
{anc} brain headphone RARE pink (The Thrift Shop)


From my series on Sound Flowers.

It gives me great pleasure to be able to say "Yay!"
Visit Zibska on Markeplace


Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Goodbye Ourfish... Hello Oddfish!

Ourfish (Our"ish) (?), a.
1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's chosen clique/friends/group; regarding its comfort, advantage, etc...
...

Originally, this blog started as a joint project though over the course of its span it has mostly been about my contributions to it. Just on a personal level - it became something of a wall for me to write with that mindset of being part of a non-functioning group of authors.

Life happens too and so a culmination of events has led to this poor cyber journal, languishing in its small corner of cyberspace.
Having found the time to tidy house so to speak; I've decided to reclaim this project as my own and to write in a more personable style instead of in third person reportage. I also wanted to keep aspects of the blog the same; being true to how it started - which was on account of someone inspiring and challenging me to do better.

A new definition :
Dita did a blog-over

Odd fish

noun someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group [syn: kook]


I have always been known as a bit of an odd fish and in fact - a lecturer at my University once described me as a genuine kook.  I thought it appropriate usage of the term for this new phase in the life cycle of a blog and my second life. 

I officially blog for World's End Garden and the wonderful creations by Lucia Genesis who has inspired many of my images on Flickr. It is genuinely a great match and I couldn't be happier!
A recent image I created with the use of WEG's Baroque Horns
Lucia's Flickr

WEG Stores : 

There is no getting  over the fact that whilst I will blog about fashion, art still remains my central passion. Having realised this - I feel that the content of this blog is more likely to lean on the side of being a compliment to my picture making endeavours; far more than it is likely to be about anything else.

I'd certainly like to blog for more creators whom I find inspiring in my picture making process and if my style of blogging fits in line with your aspirations as a designer in second life then I would be quite happy to hear from you.

Thank you very much for continuing to read OPO.
With <3
Dita.

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Artfish : On the baroque and tactile

Baroque Zombie



La Cage Aux Folles





The lazy wiki quote :
The Baroque (US /bəˈroʊk/ or UK /bəˈrɒk/) is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.[1]

These images came about from my desktop recovery -
Warning : Some geekery ahead

The scratch disk space on my HD is appalling and more so since my discovery of higher resolution screen captures that don't glitch on SL. That coupled with my RL hobby photos made my poor Mac groan in protest and I was forced to sort atleast some of my multitude of images from meanderings past.

I came across this :
Wall Texture from Malacca (circa 2012)
One of my old snaps and was inspired to incorporate it in the series exploring texture.
Baroque because the costumes and head-dresses used in these images are of a grandoise nature.

Credits as follow :
For La Cage Aux Folles

Zibska Hair Piece : Bibi
Likka House (Circa 2011- pre mesh! ) : Little Blackbird (Crenolines, Corset, Dress)
Mandala : Milky Way Nails (Lady Gaga)
Feather Collar : Part of Twighlight Muse darkened Victorian Dress Ensemble by Hollow Angel - Fatale (jude.fatale)
Valentina E. : Bloused Sleeve Jacket (Night)

For Baroque Zombie

The amazing horns in this picture was an opening gift by Lucia Genesis for Kowloon Sim. The hair is from Zibska and was available to buy at the Hair Fair 2013. The prim lashes were one of those tintable somethings I got free bundled with someotherthing I forgot and I just untinted it for white ;-) . The clothes were LWL's X'mas advent gift (Body Con) for group members. Oh.. and the collar is a TDR grab from Mimikri.


Friday, 2 August 2013

The Factual Fish (News) : SL to RL Transitions.

D's SL images are now being featured in a RL fashion consultancy website.

The Fashionfish : 1. Two looks for a hat
Rebelle + Charlot a fashion consultancy based in Canada had approached D to make a series of images for their website which is now up and running!

Sunday, 21 July 2013

The Fashionfish : More free days... + Dogs and Dresses

D has been pretty distracted with other things in both SL and RL that has meant blogging here had to take a back seat. However her flickr is still up and well. Now that things have settled hopefully D will be able to post more and to start it all off

walkdog2 : He was just here...
Le chic Madamemoiselle

Dog Walking III : Twighlight at Leroy
At Twighlight

Passing Shower : Dog Walking Part II
Passing Shower


This collection of images were inspired by WEG's Belle Du Jour Dress that include a special edition made for The Gallery Gift Shop Taxi for TCGS: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zapico/46/230/777 WEG Stores : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Worlds%20End%20Garden/128/... maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kowloon/184/94/26 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RMK%20Gothic/191/51/30
Other Notes - Rain Brush : elestrial.deviantart.com/art/Rain-35960575

Style Notes 

(Le chic Madamemoiselle)
Features WEG Belle Du Jour Dress Black Polka Dots

The pooch is an amazing steal from AMU (All Meshed Up) at only 9L from marketplace at marketplace.secondlife.com/p/AMU-Guard-Doggy-1p/4613098
 Other credits : Vela Hat from LPD is an Avenue Zenshi gift from the incredible Nevery Lorakeet. Check it out here : www.flickr.com/photos/neverylorakeet/9261480768/ S
hoes are Absinthe from Nardcotix
Kidskin Gloves come from Indrya Originals
Lelutka Lillian Hair works brilliantly with the hat just as an aside.
The pose and leash were made by Dita

(Twighlight)
Features WEG Belle Du Jour Dress - Alice Blue

(Passing Shower)
Features WEG Belle Du Jour Dress - Stripe

Laced Boots from G Field
Hair by Clawtooth Sunnies by Rolf Optic
Nails by CPD Bow scarf from Marketplace by Jellyroll Resident marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Bowtique-Sash-Accessory-Jewe...
 Chihuahua Tote from Tutys (Mesh) is a Freebie on Marketplace marketplace.secondlife.com/p/TuTys-FREE-Mesh-Pet-Carrier-...


Monday, 11 March 2013

The Fashion Fish : Fashion For Life

The Fashion community on Second Life takes it upon itself to organise an annual event known as FLF or Fashion For Life , in aid of the American Cancer Society. Taking part in it this year is World's End Garden by Lucia Genesis who is offering the following three creations exclusively for the special vendors set up for this event.

:::WEG::: Precious:::WEG::: Odile:::WEG::: Odette

Which has inspired me to create images with styling of my own as follows :

Odette & Odile
Odette & Odile

Precious
Precious

wegodette_002
Odette : Test Shot

The Soothsayer
The Soothsayer
FASHION FOR LIFE 2013 runs from noon March 9th, 2013 to noon March 17th, 2013(SLT)
Taxi : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mausoleum%20at%20Halicarna...


Style Notes :

Clothier  World's End Garden

Accessories
(Precious + Soothsayer)
Bare Rose  - Scarred Kasa Black

Body
Skin - Mynerva Plain Jane Porcelain
Hair - MRS Exotic

Makeup
Pekka Vintage Deep Red lips + Cat Eyeliner (Precious + Soothsayer)
[Ni.ju] Red Panda (Black) and Red Panda (Snow) (Odette & Odile)

Pose
(Odette & Odile) Twin pose freebie from IOS marketplace.secondlife.com/p/IOS-Twins-Pose-gift/2756705


 

World's End Garden
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Worlds%20End%20Garden/128/...

World's End Garden@RMK GOTHIC MALL 
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RMK%20Gothic/191/51/30
World's End Garden@KOWLOON
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kowloon/186/90/26

World's End Garden@Afternoon Tea
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Afternoon%20Tea/65/41/21

Friday, 8 March 2013

The Fashion Freebie Fish : +Alice RMK Gothic SIM Bunny Hunt

Nostalgia : Toe Dipping
Nostalgia : Toe Dipping
Lucia Genesis has created a collection of Alice Dresses as part of her spring Primavera collection 
I got a sneak preview of the prize for the Bunny Hunt. Can you believe it's almost Easter again?
Check out this awesome mesh goodie from World's End Garden and bunny-hunt.blogspot.jp for more information!

Dita wears  :

Apparel
:::WEG::: Alice Another (Mesh Dress from Bunny Hunt Prize)
:::WEG::: Le Jardin de la fille (Sleeve parts)
*League* Double Stranded Soft Pearl Necklace

Aesthetics
[Gos] Barefoot -flat-
D!va Hair  "Diva2" (Moon stone)

World's End Garden by Lucia Genesis
World's End Garden
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Worlds%20End%20Garden/128/...

World's End Garden@RMK GOTHIC MALL 
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RMK%20Gothic/191/51/30
World's End Garden@KOWLOON
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kowloon/186/90/26

World's End Garden@Afternoon Tea
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Afternoon%20Tea/65/41/21