There are a couple of things I wanted to cover today. First is that Mr. Revolution (btw, did you read his wonderful Garden City Relief post yesterday? I love the way he writes <3) got a new computer, so I had to get off my lazy arse and get my windlight settings all organized for him to use. When I did that, I decided I should finally share them with you guys as well, since I've been sitting on them for months. So what I've done now is gone ahead and made a WindLight Settings page which I will update periodically whenever I create more settings that I wish to share.

I hope you guys like them and find them useful. It’s always great to get feedback so feel free to email any comments or suggestions you may have for me.

The second thing I wanted to go over today is something I think I should have done a long time ago. LOL I keep getting IMs because my tutorial about enabling shadows for viewer 2.1 is not completely accurate anymore. In the latest viewers enabling shadows has been changed slightly. So here is an updated video and post for enabling shadows in Second Life Viewer 2.5.

You can also view it on my youtube page here.

I apologize but I just noticed that the top menu bar has been cutoff in some parts of the video, I guess that happened when I was processing it. I hope you are still able to figure out how to enable the shadows. If not, I am also typing out the process below:

1. Make sure your graphics settings are as close to ultra as possible. To get to the graphics settings: me > preferences > graphics
2. Activate the Develop menu by simultaneously clicking: ctrl-alt-q
3. In the Develop menu under rendering, make sure the following items have a checkmark beside them:
   Framebuffer objects
   Lighting and Shadows
   Shadows from Sun/Moon/Projectors
   SSAO and Shadow Smoothing
4. Choose a windlight setting that will let you see shadows, such as midday.

That about covers it. Just so y’all know, I use Kirstens Viewer for all my shadows and photo taking. It seems to work the best for me, but only if I use my alt which has a very low inventory count. My inventory on my main account prevents me from taking any decent high-res snapshots inworld in any viewer. So for those of you that are struggling with shadows and such, this might be something more to look into.

I hope you like my windlight settings! <3

» You can view all of my current tutorials on my tutorials page.

Credits for the picture:
*Skin: DNA Brady by Brox Riaxik (released last week)
*Hair: Plume (They now have hair for men, released this week) :D by Lulu Jameson
Watch: [CALYPSO GIANO] WATCH – Rock my Life by Calypso Giano
*Tattoo: Huz Tats by Hunain Bellic
*Jeans: Zaara by Zaara Kohime
*Pose: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel
*Promotional copies
Location: The Far Away by AM Radio
WindLight Setting Used: StrawberrySingh-Diamond (with slight modification and light photoshopping)

Bjorn is the latest male skin from Ispachi. It was released this past weekend and it’s specially designed for all you gingers out there. Bjorn comes with 5 skin tone options, 9 facial hair options, hairbase option and the best part of all – a penis is included! :P I of course didn’t try on the penis, I just didn’t want to risk another penis disaster like the one I mentioned in this plurk (stop laughing at me :P). But I do love this skin, it’s absolutely adorable, innit? :D

And I just noticed on flickr that Mr. Stephen Venkman created an AWESOME shape for this skin. He looks so HOT. Check out his flickr if you want to get the perfect shape for this skin too.

The hair I am wearing is from Anaphora and there is currently a flickr contest going on. You know I am a contest addict so of course I had to enter for fun and also wanted to tell you guys about it. There are only two days left to enter, it ends on the 24th. Join the contest flickr group here and check out all the rules on designer Nishant Zobovic’s flickr.

The poses are a new male release called Vitaly from Diesel Works. I do love it when Mr. Diesel does male poses, he just does them so well!

I’ll be blogging more male stuff very very soon….so stay tuned boys! <3

Credits:
*Skin: Ispachi Skin Bjorn Vanilla : Hair/Chin by Diarmuid Miklos
Hair + Hat: [Anaphora]_Fronz_Carnelian by Nishant Zobovic
Jeans: *Valiant* Dark Blue V001 Jeans – Straight & Comfort by Wavie Haller
Bracelet: { Kari } – Scribble bracelet (L) by Menno Ophelia
Shirt + Suspenders: Kari by Menno Ophelia (For 111 event, no longer available, sorry)
*Poses: Diesel Works Vitaly by Rogan Diesel
*Promotional copies

I think I need another vacation because I am beyond exhausted. These pictures are not photoshopped, aside from a little liquify on the elbow and such.

Don’t forget to check out the skin I am wearing at SkinFair. It starts today at 3pm slt, here’s the slurl and below is a list of all the designers participating along with a floorplan.

I hope you guys have a wonderful Sunday! <3

Credits:
*Skin: Tuli Zoe Tan 01 Bare by Tuli Asturias (Available at Skin Fair at 3pm slt today)
*Hair: elikatira Novel Brown 06 by Elikapeka Tiramisu
*Sweater: Ingenue – Nicole Sweater Berry by Betty Doyle
*Jewels: Kunglers Bambu Natural by Avagardner Kungler
*Pose: Exposeur by Rubystarlight Writer
*Promotional copies

Have you heard about the monthly “I AM” contest sponsored by Alexander Vargas and Scruplz Magazine? Every month there is a different theme in which you need to take a picture using Alexander Fine Jewelry. For the month of February, the theme is “I am sensual” and I couldn’t help but do a pic using the sexy new skin from Glam Affair. This skin is called Mary and will be released at Skin Fair on Sunday.

For more information about the “I AM” contest, join the flickr group and read all the rules.

For more information about Skin Fair and a list of participants with floor plan, check out the Modavia website.

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Mary Dark- E/BR/B 02 by Aida Ewing
*Hair: Maitreya Nadja – Bistre by Onyx LeShelle
Eyelashes: [LeLutka]-2011 lashes/curl/touch me by Thora Charron
*Eyes: – Glam Affair – Stella Eyes 03 by Aida Ewing
*Jewelry: Alexander Fine Jewelry – I Am Sensual set by Alexander Vargas
*Promotional copies

For today’s male fashion post, I managed to get Mr. Stephen Venkman to pose for me. Even though I warned him about my evilness towards my male fashion post victims from time to time, it didn’t affect him any and he was just like “bring it on” LOL.

But, I’ll be nice and I guess I’m just gonna go ahead and make an ass of myself by admitting that he is probably one of the biggest crushes I had when I first joined sl and started getting more involved in the sl flickr community. I was always in awe of his talent, his gracious nature and most of all his damn good looks. He, to me, is one of the top 5 most gorgeous male avatars I’ve seen on the grid. He is always stylishly dressed and if you check out his flickr gallery you’ll see how amazingly talented he really is.

But that’s not all. He is also a brilliant content creator. He creates some of the most unique male shapes on the grid. His store is called Body By Venk and you can check out his flickr set here for a detailed look. His shapes range from the ruggedly handsome and totally drool worthy to the adorably cute. So boys (and girls with male alts) if you are looking to spruce up your av, definitely check out Body By Venk.

Thank you so much Mr. Venkman for your patience and for gracing my blog with your presence. <3

What Mr. Venkman is wearing:
T-shirt [arnadi] -Tshirt Ramones white
Jean shirt: NINIKOBOY Denim shirt 02
Jeans : *Coonors* Hip-huggers Jeans Black for Men
Boots: DECO – Lumbermine Boot
Elbow Patches: Alphavillain – Elbow Patches (Red Flannel)
Hat: Kari Newsboy Cap Stiched. Retired.
Adjunct _ Delta Glasses

Location: 19 Motorcycle