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Eyes
A few eyes for you to compare today.
From top to bottom:
Miriel Realistic Eyes in Muted Hazel are, unfortunately, no longer available in-world, but they remain favorites. The coloring on these is perfect, with just the right shade of green around the edges, with the heavy amber haloing around the pupil.
I love the size of the irises and pupils in Eponym Fallen Eyes in Chicory, and the shading around the edge of the iris. The hint of pink in the corners is nice, hinting at realism without getting too veiny.
Kunstkammer Surrealist Eyes in Olive Green really capture the detail of the human iris, with its weird structure, like transparent bits all layered over each other and jumbled a bit. The muted coloring is very natural.
SLink’s Eyescream Eyes in Flecked Forest are smouldering, with nice shading along the top of the whole eye, where the eyelid casts a shadow. I also like the soft blurred edge of the pupil.
Disclaimer: I’m acquainted with some of the designers shown here. However, I only blog things I like, regardless of affiliations or gifts.
Footwear Expo: SLink Bare Feet
I seriously love shoes; just ask my husband. You may have noticed I’ve blogged one or two pair of shoes for the Footwear Expo. It’s closed now, but all the footwear is available at the designers’ shops.
I’ve saved my favorite footwear grouping for last. The thing is, sometimes you don’t want to wear shoes. Sometimes it’s nice to be barefoot. Sometimes being barefoot is the best design decision, for a particular look. But, but, the system feet are so hideous! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen some very well-done skins, but skin creators don’t have a lot to work with, when it comes to our sad club feet.
Siddean Munro, creator behind SLink, has delivered us all from system feet. I’ve been enamored with her bare feet since they were released; they were my first adventure in prim feet (I fought them for so long!) For ladies, we have a choice of four foot silhouettes, from flat-footed to tiptoe, and the recently released extreme pointe foot. (Gentlemen also have a few barefoot options, so men, you’re not left out!)
Now, I’m still not as good as tinting the feet as I’d like to be, but practice will make perfect, and the tinting HUD is very easy to work with. The shading on the foot is incredibly detailed, with shadows between the toes, where light wouldn’t hit, and highlights indicating the underlying tendon structure. Delicate subtle veins trace the top of the foot. There are of course a variety of toenail options — both colored nail polish, and a range of natural nail shades to suit different skin tones. I adore these feet, and if you’ve even once considered going bare-foot in-world, I’d suggest you give these a try. Demos are free, after all.
Feet, left to right:
SLink- Jolie Pied Bare Feet, from left to right: Flat, Medium, Tiptoes, Extreme Pointe
En Scene Credits:
Hair: Tiny Bird – Precious Things – Stein Silver (tinted)
Skin: Imagen Skins – Irene 2.0 – Este – Natural (promotional sample)
Bubbles: Reasonable Desires Strippable Bubble Costume
Feet: SLink – Jolie Pied Bare Feet Tiptoes
Bathtub: The Loft – Oriana Bathtub
Disclaimer: Medium feet, Extreme Pointe feet, and Imagen skin are promotional samples. I’m acquainted with some of the designers shown here. However, I only blog things I like, regardless of affiliations or gifts.
Footwear Expo: Specialty Shoes
Clock’s a-tickin’, folks, Footwear Expo ends tonight!
There are several shoes styles that defy easy categorization, like these two. Sure, technically, they’re flats and boots, but really, their unique function means they don’t quite fit in. The pointe shoes on the left include prim feet, allowing the ribbons to really form to the foot. The shiny rubber rainboots had me itching to find a nice rainy sim to splash around in.
The three shoes above also don’t fit nicely into standard categories, but then, normal isn’t really › Continue reading
Footwear Expo: Overknee Boots
The clock is ticking! Hurry over to the Footwear Expo before it closes at the end of the day!
I’m not quite sure why we collectively equate shoes with sex, but we do. And no shoe screams sex more than an over-knee boot.
These are, of course, three examples of knee-high boots at the Footwear Expo. Structured, slouchy, or skin-tight, these boots will add sexiness to any look. You know you want some — over-knee boots, that is!
Credits:
Shoes, left to right:
SLink – Sydney Overknee Boot – 50L Friday Gold Edition
Coco KneeHigh Boots
J’s Thigh High Boots – Black
En Scene Photo Credits:
Hair: Truth - Marianne – Copper
Skin: Sn@tch – Plush Skin – Tone 2 – Babydoll Fr
Jacket: part of iBizarre Soraya Bolero Jumpsuit – Blue
Leotard: Elymode – bodysuit – wine/blue
Tights: Sn@tch – Cheetah Tights – Black
Boots: SLink - Sydney Overknee Boot – 50L Friday Gold Edition
Pose: Long Awkward Pose
Photographed at the Kyoot Mainstore
Disclaimer: Promotional samples: Coco and J’s boots, Sn@tch skin, Elymode bodysuit. I’m acquainted with some of the designers shown here. However, I only blog things I like, regardless of affiliations or gifts.
Footwear Expo: Sandals
Wheeeee! More footwear from the Footwear Expo! I was planning on saying something about wearing open-toed shoes in winter, since it’s a virtual world, and our toes don’t get cold or wet, etc. But, why do we always comment on the weather? Why do we do so more often in the winter? It’s funny how our physical worlds have such a strong influence on how we see our virtual worlds.
Ok, back to the shoes. Obviously, these are sandals, a selection from the Footwear Expo. All but the second pair in the first row have prim feet, so it was an adventure for me to learn all the different tinting HUDs. I’m still a bit of a noob when it comes to tinting feet, so please excuse any errors. What I find most interesting is that with the tinting HUD often do far more than just tinting. From resizing to toenail colors to recoloring individual parts of the shoe, these HUDs offer far more options than old-fashioned click-to-change-color shoes.
A few final notes › Continue reading
Mira mami mira!
So. Hair coloring awesomeness.
Kallisti Burns of Discord Designs has been making new color combos for her latest hairstyle, Mira, and they are awesome. What I love about these is that each coloring has a unique pattern in the hair, giving each a really unique personality. From the goth-y Noir to the beachy-surfer Sunkissed to the art-school-kid SarahTheRed, they all bring a very different feel to the avatar.
Frankenfeet
So, first things first. I strongly believe in protecting intellectual property rights. I’ve chosen to participate in Step Up and Achariya’s project.
Now, on to the blog post at hand. I was planning this outfit for Halloween, but computer problems prevented me from doing so. Fortunately, every day is Halloween in SL, where we don’t need an excuse to dress up in a costume.
This look started with the frankenfeet Siddean Munro of SLink sent to me. They’re absolutely hilarious, and the best part is that I don’t have to worry about matching the feet to my skin! I wasn’t sure what to do with them, until I remembered the Victorian Lace Nightgown from Studio Sidhe I’d seen on Plurk a while back. I shortened the skirt a bit to show off the feet, and it’s perfect, don’t you think? The detail on the bodice is really lovely, and the prim buttons are a nice touch.
Freckleface: A few more
A few more sumptuous freckles skins to look at today. I’m running a bit behind on these, but I hope you’ll forgive me. I’ve been out of town, and my internet access was inadequate at best. Anyway, let’s start by taking a look at the faces. As usual, all skins are shown on the same shape and brow shape, without prim eyelashes.
Each of these skins offers a different style of freckle, from the barely-there delicate dots to more full face coverage. More notable about these four skins, however, is the overall feel of the face. Some are more youthful, while others have a more mature look to them. Vulnerable, naive, confident, innocent, fresh-faced, exotic, old-fashioned — these adjectives might apply to one or a few of these skins, but not all, and that’s what I like about them. You have the opportunity to choose a skin that not only suits your shape and overall look, but even suits your particular mood at the moment.
Now, on to the bodywork. › Continue reading
Ruth Revisited.
What's going on here?
Total serendipity. I happened to be wearing a purple shirt when the notice from Long Awkward Poses came through, announcing the release of a new set of poses — Jazzhands. The notecard explains that this set is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek homage to all the early jazzhands freebie poses. These new poses are fun and adorable, with modern posing sophistication instead of the bone-breaking awkwardness of early poses. Anyway, the purple shirt reminded me of our painfully awkward outfit at rezzing, and I knew immediately that I wanted to give Ruth a modern makeover to show off the new posing fun.
No, it couldn't be!
If you were lucky or unlucky enough to be rezzed as Ruth, this look is immediately recognizable. It may inspire a bit of terror or revulsion, but look again. Little Ruthie actually looks cute now, with › Continue reading
Odds and Ends
I was looking at the mess of my inventory, thinking how woefully behind I am in sorting, when I had an idea. I decided to see if I could create a cohesive look, using only items from my unsorted inventory. So, I started with the first unsorted non-system folder, right below the trash, and worked my way down.
The process was oddly refeshing, allowing the look to develop organically and build upon itself. I can get caught up in trying to achieve a specific look, looking only at items that meet my predetermined visual expectations. Meanwhile, forgotten favorites moulder away in the inventory. So, this was fun — no prior expectations, and using awesome items before they disappear into the dark abyss of sorted inventory. Interestingly, the lovely Stacie Pryor of Sheek posted a similar concept just as I was editing my pics.
Now, while many of the items I’m wearing are previous group or hunt gifts, you may be able to find something similar in the creator’s store. In addition, there are a few items in particular I’d like to draw your attention to. › Continue reading
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