Strawberry Singh has been a resident of the virtual world Second Life™ since May 2007. She is a blogger, photographer and a social media enthusiast. Website:http://StrawberrySingh.com
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I was waiting for some mesh swimwear. Mesh bikinis and one-piece bathing suits are available at Baiastice now, with demos! I cannot stress how important it is to have demos for all your mesh items. So a big thank you to the designers that take the time to provide demos! <3
Recently Miss RubyStarlight Writer of Exposeur has released some great summery poses. In the first picture you see here I'm using her beachball prop+pose. You can check out more of her poses on her flickr.
I was messing about on PicMonkey.com again and ended up trying out this neat polaroid frame. I’ve been really enjoying using it at times for some of my images, y’all should check it out too!
Credits:
*Skins: Glam Affair & PXL
*Hair: Truth & Discord Designs
Bikinis: Baiastice Mesh Bikinis by Sissy Pessoa
Shades: Gos by Gospel Voom
Feet: Slink Mesh Feet by Siddean Munro
1st Pose: Exposeur by RubyStarlight Writer
Location: Crossing Currents
I recently did some photography for Damien Fate, this image was one of the ones I did for him. As soon as he saw it, he said it reminded him of LazyTown. I had to laugh because I honestly wasn’t aiming for that, but once he said it, I totally saw it too.
A few years ago when my nieces were younger I used to sit there and watch LazyTown with them all the time. I have to admit, I had a bit of a crush on Robbie Rotten. What can I say, I like bad boys. :P
While we’re on the topic of being lazy, just wanted to let y’all know that starting from today till June 15th I have some stuff going on in RL so I won’t be around as much. I’ll still try to login from time to time when I get the chance and perhaps do a blog post or such, but my schedule will be a bit crazy so will not be booking any photography clients till after this month is over. You can still find me rambling about on twitter or plurk though. :P
Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair Amelie by Aida Ewing
*Hair: Wasabi Pills Cookie by MissAllSunday Lemon (MESH)
*Eyes: FATEeyes by Damien Fate (MESH)
*Top: coldLogic (MESH)
Before I get into talking about what I’m wearing, I wanted to quickly talk about two recent discussions I’ve had in the past several weeks with two individuals who have a completely different viewpoint regarding the marketplace and I found it to be quite interesting.
The first individual told me that they feel the marketplace is slowly going to kill the SL economy and Second Life itself. This person has noticed that ever since the onset of the marketplace, the traffic at their mainstore has decreased significantly. Their mainstore used to always have amazing traffic, I recall myself every time I went there it was always packed. Now, not so much. They still have great sales on the marketplace, but of course the Lab is taking a big chunk of each sale. They feel more and more people are shopping on marketplace and not many are visiting the stores anymore bringing traffic down for sims that need it. Places like clubs and other venues used the rent money from stores to pay for tier, etc.. and now a lot of them are not able to meet that and the situation will just get worse. People will have less to do inworld and will eventually just stop logging in.
The other person I spoke to says that they don’t see it that way. They feel the marketplace will assist in getting more sales for designers, especially the smaller designers that may not be able to afford a sim/mainstore inworld. They also feel that people will still login and hopefully with less people wanting to buy/rent sims, sim/land/rental prices may go down and then artists can afford to pick these up for doing art installations and such, bringing more creativity to the grid.
I’m not sure if I agree with every single thing either of them have said, but I do know that the marketplace does assist me in locating items I am looking for. Yesterday I was looking for a catwoman outfit, I searched and a bunch came up. After purchasing four different kinds, I settled on this one from Graves because it was the best quality. I know without the marketplace I would not have been able to find this as Graves is not a store I frequent.
So how do you feel about this topic? Do you think the marketplace is hurting the economy and will have detrimental effects on Second Life in the future?
Now on to what I’m wearing. A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with someone about Catwoman costumes and I was saying how I wish someone would make a really amazing and sleek mesh Catwoman avatar and/or costume. I’ve owned a Catwoman costume in the past but the quality was always lacking. For about a year I searched for a good quality one but then gave up. Since getting the FATEeyes I have been itching to dress up as Catwoman again so I decided to start my search again and hit up marketplace. I ended up purchasing four different ones and I was just blown away by this one from Graves. It’s not mesh, but it’s amazing quality and even comes with a whip. The only thing that I wish it also had was a tail.
Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Amelie Light – Bl 08 by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: FATEeyes by Damien Fate
Outfit: GRAVES The Cat – leather latex costume by Jackie Graves
*Shoes: [LWL] Laurella Leather Pants with Platform (Jet Black) by Faint Paulse (MESH) (To be released on Saturday)
*Poses: Catwoman poses by Creamy Cooljoke (not available)
Location: Old New York
FATEeyes are a new revolution of eye customization coming from Damien fate and will be hitting the grid tomorrow. FATEeyes are mesh and can be worn by avatars of any size because they are easily resizeable. They are customizable in 5 different areas: the iris, pupil, sclera, veins and shine effect. But, what I really love about these eyes are the pupils, they dilate at random intervals, just like real eyes. Each part of each eye can be separately tinted and textured, and you can create and save your own presets.
I went ahead and created a video that shows me playing around with the eyes a bit and going in depth into the hud, etc… I thought it would be fun to do since it’s impossible to capture the awesomeness of these eyes with just one image. So check out the video at this link and I’m also embedding it below: http://youtu.be/EEwpLouLZIA
The eyes are being released on Sunday, May 13th. So make sure to drop by and pick up a demo. Keep an eye on DamienFate.com for more details and release info.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! <3
May 9th, 2012 is my 5th rezday. Five years ago today I found Second Life® and signed up whilst eating a bowl of strawberries, hence the name (yes, I am just that creative lol). It’s been quite a journey for me as I’ve learned a lot about myself. I’ve gained and lost many friends and loved ones these past five years and each one of them has left an imprint on my heart. A lot of people call this place just a game, but it’s so much more than that. The people I’ve gotten to know, the photography you see on this blog and all the writing and rambling I do here, has changed me and my life…forever.
I was only a few months old in SL when a friend introduced me to the sl flickr community and I fell in love with all of the creativity. So I signed up and since August of 2007 I have been documenting my SLife on my flickr. As of this moment, I have almost 2500 images uploaded on my flickr. Sometimes I go back and look through them from the starting and it brings tears to my eyes. I’ll cherish every single one of those memories.
Although I don’t update them as often as I would like, I love creating sets and collections in flickr so I can navigate through my images with more ease. I’d like to share two of those sets with you guys today.
First is a slideshow of a set called “Headshots” these are closeup images of my face over the years and how it’s changed. The majority of these images are photoshopped, a program I didn’t know anything about until just a couple of years ago. Now I can’t seem to live without it. Headshots set slideshow:
Another set I’ve created on flickr is called “my favs” most of the time after posting an image on flickr, I usually hate it within thirty minutes. All of the flaws and errors and silly things I missed while processing all of a sudden just jump out at me and I can’t stand the thought of even looking at the picture anymore. Anyhow, that happens most of the time, however there are some pictures that resonate with me and mean a lot to me. It could be because of the way I was feeling when I created them or the way I feel about the people that are in them, whatever the reason is, these are the ones that I still look back on and smile (or sometimes cry). I’m not going to do a slideshow of this one, but you can view them on my flickr if you like.
Flickr is definitely one of my favorite places I share information about my Second Life. Another place that is slowly becoming a favorite and I’m really enjoying sharing things on there now is my Facebook Page. I am loving interacting with the SL facebook community. I’ve been slowly adding some of my favorite headshots in an album on there, you can check those out at this link if you’re on facebook.
Looking at all of these images I am reminded of why I love Second Life so much. I love being able to be whatever or whomever I want to be that day. I can be a blond, a brunette or a redhead. I can be a fairy, a mermaid, an angel or a scary monster if I want to. The possibilities are endless.
The past five years have been fun and enlightening. I just hope for many more. Thank you for being a part of my Second Life. <3
What does Second Life mean to you? Why do you keep logging in?
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