Headdress: The Secret Store – Winter Headdress (Coming soon @TheArcade)
Collar: The Forge – Feather collar
Gown: Dead Dollz – Ozymandias
Sleeves: Peqe – Lady’s shrug
Skin: Glam Affair – December (Coming soon @Arcade)
Hair: Little bones – Snowspell II (Secret Affair)
*X*
Skin: Glam Affair – Penny (TSS)
Hair: Analog Dog – Joan
Hairsticks: CX – Autumn blooms
Lingerie: Dead Dollz – DeLACEous
Ropes: Haste – Kinbaku Rope harness
Arms + Ankles: Soedara – Bitch in ropes
Shoes: CX – Grungy Geta (TSS)
We’re going a little eastern today because I felt like Dead Dollz‘s new lingerie would make a perfect base for it! This lingerie was featured in the latest issue of Ferosh (which I was also a part of by the way!) and guess what? It’s Mesh project appliers!
When it comes to lingerie appliers for TMP body, they’re either stupidly blurry/misaligned or ridiculously expensive. But these appliers by Dead Dollz are well worth the money. Kiddo had made a few different designs for these and I’ve never seen lace look so crisp and clear in SL ever!
Thanks to Honshu for letting me borrow his legs~
*X*
Bonsai: CX – Autumn Bonsai
Table, Cushion + Mirror: Anc. – Japaneseroomdeco.
Box: Soul mates – Emakimono Yokubo (Gacha)
Left
Skin: Glam affair – Romy (Skin Fair)
Dress: Dead Dollz – Hasu (SAVIAD)
Necklace: Cae – Satine (Serafilms)
Eyeshadow: Zibska – Phine eyeshadow (Skin fair)
Lipstick: Buzzeri – Sweetheart lips (Skin fair)
Hooray! The SAVIAD Spring fair is open! If you like Haute Couture and florals then definitely check it out because it features a lot of SL’s incredible designers from Solidea Folies and Pure Poison to Les petites details and Dead Dollz. Speaking of Dead Dollz, these two gorgeously pastel dresses are available for the duration of the fair and are just perfect for your spring-time formal dos. Dead Dollz also has a super cute ‘hatrella’ (It’s an umbrella shaped like a hat!) gacha to match each dress, so you can step out without worrying about messing up your hair to those dastardly April showers!
I also thought this would be a great opportunity to show off some of the cosmetics you can grab from the skin fair (if you haven’t already spent all your money on skins right?). The blue eyeshadow on the left is Zibska’s Phine eyeshadow. You get all the colours you could ever want in the pack with Zibska cosmetics so you won’t be fumbling around in your inventory for an alternative because you forgot to buy a pink shade! The blue lipstick is Buzzeri’s Sweetheart lips in Oceana. With this pack, you get your chosen colour in multiple shades which will go with any skintone! The blush and shadow on the right is Zibska’s Luce blush and Enji eyeshadow and last but not least, the very diva-esque lipstick is from Nox and is, in fact, aptly named ‘drama lips’. Needless to say they do look very dramatic with the gold cupid’s bow!
Right
Hair: Tableau vivant – Snow queen
Eyeshadow: Zibska – Enji eyeshadow (Skin fair)
Blush: Zibska – Luce blush (Skin fair)
Lipstick: Nox – Drama lips (Skin fair)
Necklace: Cae – Perula (TLC)
Dress: Dead Dollz – Sakura (SAVIAD)
We also have two new releases from Cae here! On the left we have ‘Satine’ which is available at this round of Serafilms (kinda like the seraphim social except films instead of books!) and on the right we have Perula which is available at The Liaison Collaborative! Each set has matching earrings you can buy separately or with the necklace and all come with Cae’s signature colour-change HUD!
I reached another follower milestone the other day so that means it’s time for another tutorial! This time I’ll be going over the much-requested, ‘cloning’ your avatar! Thank you all for your undying support, I know I say this a lot but it really means so much to me!
*X*
Location: Paradiso
So the aim of this tutorial is to create an image where it appears to have two or more people in it without having to call a friend over or boot up an alt account. It’s great for those of you who don’t have a lot of time but want to show off a couple outfits in a creative way or if you’re like me, you have a really rubbish laptop that can barely handle two avatars in a room! Yes you could probably save time by taking the second photo on a green screen, but this might not always be practical especially if you have crazy camera-angles and shadows that cast through the environment.
Do you speak Portuguese? This tutorial was translated by Antonietta Canucci!
So to start off with, make sure you’ve saved an outfit for each look you want to be present in the photo, that way you can just replace the outfit, move a bit and snap another shot. You’ll also need to purchase Eve N Better’s Camera Assistant HUD this is an absolute necessity if you’re going to be taking photos in an area where you can’t rezz pose balls/pose stands (don’t worry, it’s only 10L$). This HUD will allow you to lock your camera in place so that you can move around and it won’t follow your avatar!
You’ve found where you want to take your photo, you’ve made your outfits and you have your camera lock HUD on! Now lets take some photos! Of course this requires a lot of forward-thinking such as how you can frame it to fit two avatars, which parts will be overlapping or behind the second avatar and so on.
So once you have your first shot, lock your camera, change outfits and then move over to the position you want the second avatar to be at (it helps if you look for reference points). For example, I wanted the second avatar to hide that weird diamond poseball in the middle but also because it was nice and close to the first avatar. You want the only thing to change in this image is the position of the avatar and not the scene, others it’ll look messy when you stick them together and you’ll make more work for yourself (like I unfortunately did, oops!).
Once you have both of your images, it’s time to stick them together! Open up your favourite photo editing program, I’ll be using Photoshop CC for this tutorial but any program which will allow you to utilise layers will work too. Copy and paste the first image on top of the second image and lower the opacity of the top layer so that you can easily line them up. Don’t worry if you mess up the environment a little bit like I did, it’s still salvageable provided the images aren’t too far apart, but obviously you’ll have an easier time if your images are exactly the same.
Then just use the Square marquee tool to chop off the useless edges on the top image. Once you’ve done that you can start going in with the eraser tool and cutting out finer details such as where the avatars will overlap etc.
When that’s all done with, you should have one image where it appears there are two avatars present! Now you can just go on with your regular editing routine or leave it as-is if you like your raw shots!
This method doesn’t require you to purchase the Camera Lock HUD but it does require land you can rezz on. Rez as many pose balls or stands for how many avatars you want present, take a seat and then focus your camera on something in the background, do not focus your camera on your avatar or your camera will follow you when you stand. As long as you keep the camera focused on the background and you don’t touch the movement keys, you can stand up and sit on the next pose stand without disturbing the camera!
So whichever method works for you, I hope you can try it out and create some cool images with lots of avatars!
Here are a couple examples to inspire you! This one I did with 4 avatars using the pose ball method. This one is two avatars using the camera lock method (see what I mean when I said if you did this on a greenscreen you’d be sacrificing shadows?).
Hey Firestorm users! Did you know you can ‘save’ your camera position? My good friend Monroe Jigsaw on Plurk pointed out that if you press ctl + alt + C in Firestorm viewer, it will bring up the Cameratools window. Set up your angles and then press the button that looks like an eye with an arrow pointing down. This will save your current camera position so that when you press the button next to it (the eye with the arrow pointing up) it will restore the angle and position you camera was at when you pressed it.
This is good if you’re like me and you crash between taking photos because it will still remember the angle even after you log back in after a crash! Helpful little tip huh?
Left to Right
Lingerie: Dead Dollz – Notorious (KV Dream)
•
Lingerie: Dead Dollz – Marnie (KV dream)
•
Gown: Dead Dollz – Tainted love (KV dream)
•
Lingerie: Dead Dollz – The lady vanishes (KV dream)
•
Floor Petals: Stunned – Rose petals 3D (10L$)
Holdable rose: Cherished moments – Valentines day rose (Free)
Valentine’s day is slowly looming in. The prices of roses and chocolates have skyrocketed and the clothing stores are packed with ladies searching for that special outfit for a romantic dinner and the night to follow. It’s a good thing Dead Dollz has just released a bunch of pretty lingerie for you then! There’s something to suit any taste from classy to innocent to the downright saucy. The ‘Marnie’ lingerie set features a very cutesy and pretty pink ruffled babydoll dress, the ‘Notorious’ set includes a sexy belted red and black corset and stockings with appliers for slink feet, as does the ‘The lady vanishes’ set which comes with a flirty top for a beautifully simplistic look!
But that’s not all, check out the jaw-dropper of a gown! Rigged mesh with optional roses for the top and hip, this stunning gown is bound to get hearts racing at any event you visit! All these new releases will be available to purchase from the KV Dream fashion Agency sim for the duration of their Valentine’s event (1st-16th Feb). The best part? They’re all discounted and exclusive so get them while they’re hot! The KV Dream Valentine’s event is also having a grid-wide hunt. Visit the stall at the KV sim for one half of the prize and the designer’s mainstore for the other to create one whole item. Check out what’s up for grabs here. And to top it all off, there’s going to be a fashion show at 1pm SLT on February 12th. I actually went to the last KV show which was the Wonka-themed one and I was in awe. They always do a fabulous job creating the runway and the models were gorgeous as always, a KV show is definitely a sight to behold!
Left to right
Skin: Glam affair – Elvi
Hair: Lelutka – Kate
•
Skin: Birdy – Red (Enchantment)
Hair: Chemistry – Harlow
•
Skin: Birdy – Savannah
Hair: Truth – Mina
•
Skin: Atomic – Muse (New!)
Hair: Lelutka – Neu
Jewelry: Cae – Elusive (Fameshed)
I’m modelling a bunch of new skins for you here because not only is Birdy taking part in a lot of events, but also Atomic skins are back on the scene and have a brand spankin’ new release out already! The Muse skin by Atomic comes in skin tones to suit anyone’s tastes, various brow options, mono-lid and double -lid options which I’d never seen before! And every tone includes a loud mouth applier. Skin appliers for Slink, Tangos and Phat azz are available to buy separately along with a bunch of brow and lipstick add-ons! Birdy’s skin for Enchantment is an exclusive and will never be sold again so get it while it’s available. It comes in a few skin tones and even an added scar tattoo layer so little Red can be a big badass! Also from Birdy is Savannah here who was an exclusive at The Seasons Story but now that it’s over, she may soon come to the mainstore if you like the look of her!
*X*
Skin: Glam affair – Elvi
Hair: Tableau vivant – Snow queen
Mask: Attic – Baroque Masquerade mask (Kustom9)
Lipstick applier: Buzzeri – Enchantress
Pose: Apple spice – Red carpet pose
So who else is excited for a brand new round of Collabor88? Because after seeing the theme and getting a few sneaky peeks at some of the items, the 8th couldn’t come soon enough!
Junbug was invited to be a guest designer this round and has made a set of these slinky satin dresses in a variety of different colours. I’m in absolute awe because not only is this incredibly realistic and well-made, it’s going to be on sale for only 188L$ for the duration of C88. Pick your jaw up off the floor though, because Juno has also made a set of beautifully princessy clutches and snuggly fur wraps for only 88L$ each! You’ll be able to grab these amazing bargains and more at Collabor88 starting tomorrow!
Necklace: Lassitude & ennui – Signature necklace (Free)
Stole: Dead Dollz – New year’s eve (Group gift)
Dress: Junbug – Instant crush (C88)
Pose: Apple Spice – Sweet pose
Now onto some freebies huh? If you know Dead Dollz, you’ll know that they’re very high fashion and make some incredible gowns, but did you also know they have a group gift out? If you join the Dead Dollz VIP group, you can get your hands on this beautiful rigged mesh fur stole as part of a New Year’s lingerie set. Unfortunately, the group isn’t free to join but you’d be making an incredible investment! Kiddo puts out new gifts quite regularly and all of them are as stunning as her regular releases so be sure to have a look for yourself.
Finally, my pretty little necklace is actually one of the freebies from the Free*style HQ! I hadn’t paid them a visit in a while and found that Lassitude & Ennui, a very beautiful jewelry and shoe store, had left out this signature necklace in both silver and gold for free! Nothing is above 50L$ at the Free*style HQ so you’re bound to if you’ve just been on a shopping spree and your wallet is hurting a little then be sure to stop by and take a gander at their 2 floors of free and cheap goodness!
*X*
Skin: Glam affair – Elvi
Dress: Dead Dollz – Frozen
Hat: LPD – Dida hat (Group gift)
In order to get into the spirit of Christmas, I went to see the new movie ‘Frozen’ yesterday. I was so in love with the style and the colours and the songs I decided to put together this Frozen inspired outfit! This gorgeous gown is a new release from Dead Dollz, originally created for Miss V Norway 2014, Misoindite Romano. It’s now available in more beautiful colour combinations like warm chocolates and sweet berries as well as the frosty rendition you see pictured. The entire dress is mesh with meticulous details along the skirt and the bust, optional bow on the back and fur stole in multiple sizes to fit any body shape. Fit for a frosty princess don’t you think?
Hair: Truth – Felicity
Jewelry: Lassitude & Ennui – Dewdrop jewelry
Nail appliers: Boom – Winter nail set
Les Petits Details has been generous enough to give group members a special little gift this Christmas. The cute hat featured in the top photo is just one of three colours the gift comes in, the other two being a toasty brown and a versatile black. Take this hat from winter to spring and back again with snuggly coats or summer dresses! The LPD group is free to join and there are lots of other group gifts for you outside of the store as well as a few freebies in the skin area!
*X*
Location: Jasmine’s Hollow
Skin: Glam affair – Elvi
Brows, Shadow, Lipstick: Buzzeri – Frost angel makeup (Winter event)
Hair: Truth– Fernanda (Group gift)
There’s still time for you to stop by the Atooly winter event and pick up this frosty makeup set from Buzzeri! The frost angel pack will only be available for a limited amount of time! So swing by and grab your pretty tintable brows, icy lipsticks and snowy shadows! Also available at the event are these beautiful horns from Uncertain smile. Want to know the best part? They’re absolutely free. The amount of detail in these horns is impeccable and is definitely a gorgeous freebie you’d regret missing out on!
Horns: Uncertain smile – This winter (Free)
Dress: Dead Dollz – Cosette pure
Collar: Finesmith – Snow lady
Pose: Imeka – Rose (Kustom 9)
I bought this beautiful gown from Dead Dollz the other day because I thought it just screamed ‘Snow Queen’ with it’s pretty lace hem and regal neck-ruff. I was also very impressed with how realistic the textures were! The dress is available in a few other colours including a sweet blush and a vibrant turquoise and you get 5% store credit with your purchase (10% for VIP group members)! It makes use of both mesh (for the skirt and collar) and clothing layers (for the top) so it’ll fit any body type and the ruff is optional so you don’t have to wear it if you don’t want to. All for only 450L$, it’s a show-stopper of a gown or makes for an edgy but elegant bridal gown when paired with the right accessories.
*X*
Location: Imaginaria
Xantheanne's 2nd Life 