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

Monday, 16 January 2012

The Artfish : Good Morning .. or is it?

Good Morning - By Dita
Good Morning - by Dita
D of Ourfish is really having a creative spurt on Flickr and is still exploring the phenomena of pile ups as the digital equivalent of the found object as a medium. The original for this idea is by Carmy Mirabeau and can be found here

D always finds it slightly odd to talk about her own work and thinks that how an image is to be interpreted is something that should remain open. 
" In the broadest sense, I find it interesting to create work in a medium that is fickle and frivolous - Using that background as a canvas seems appropriate commentary for the age."

Some more distinct art references as follows :



Landscape_XV  -HR Giger

Painted Plaster Mask - Rene Magritte

Attribué à Pierre Gobert, Louise-Élisabeth de France et sa soeur jumelle Henriette de France (vers 1737)
Pierre Gobert [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons








Sunday, 15 January 2012

The Fashionfish : Two looks for one hat.

The Fashionfish : 1a. Two looks for a hat
1
The Fashionfish : 2a. Two looks for a hat
2



The Fashionfish : 1b. Two looks for a hat
1a
The Fashionfish : 2b.Two looks for a hat
2a



The Fashionfish : 1. Two looks for a hat
1b
The Fashionfish : 2. Two looks for a hat
2b


Styling notes :
1 is
Modal Shaped by Dita's Diabolique
[sYs] DOLL skin

2 is
Modal Shaped by Dita's Diabolique
Pulse VF #3-Skin-Blonde & Ash scalp/brows *

1
Wears
[[AV]] Dress Circle White by Awram Viie
JENNIFER Hat Pink by Donna Flora
B@R Toe Shoes by Bare Rose

2 
Wears
SILVANNA Blush by Donna Flora
JENNIFER Hat B/W by Donna Flora
::PG:: locked ankle boots by Party Girl

* is a library skin! (Just look for it in your library inventory as it's already there)

Saturday, 14 January 2012

The Kissingfish : Second Love

The Kissingfish : Second Love II
"Only girl"(in the world) - Rihanna
Is virtual love any less real?
The closing of the day marks the passage of exactly 365 days from when D met A and became digitally smitten.
D's never been comfortable with long treatises about her really personal feelings so there won't be any huge declarations or testaments here. Still, it seemed somehow appropriate for D to try and capture the ephemeral moment, if not in words then in the following and the borrowed words of some other:

The Kissingfish : Second Love I
"We found love" (in a hopeless place) - Rihanna

Yellow diamonds in the light 
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine 
What it takes to come alive


The Kissingfish : Second Love III
" You da one" - Rihanna


And Yes I'm kinda crazy, 
That's what happens baby, 
When you put it down 
You shouldn't give it to me 
Good like that, 
Shouldn't hit it like that, 
Had me yellin' like that 
Didn't know you would've had me coming back