Recently a lot of you have switched over to using Exodus Viewer and have been contacting me about a few things that you guys are all having problems with. I figured I’d cover them all here cuz it seems everyone is having the same issues.

1. Lines and/or glitches on your pictures: I did get that as well in the latest releases so I have actually gone back to Beta 5 which is available at this link: 11.10.31.1 That’s the release that is working best for me right now without any glitches or other issues. I will keep updating with every new release though and see if it works better for me.
2. New snapshot window: The new snapshot feature is actually part of SL Viewer 3 that Exodus has adapted. You will find the snapshot feature like this not only in Exodus but also in the official SL 3 viewers and any other viewer that has adapted the v3 UI. It’s a bit tricky to get used to but here are some screenshots of the steps you take to take a pic now:
   a. Click Save to Computer
   b. Click Resolution
   c. Choose your desired resolution and hit save
3. My resolution and graphics card: I shoot all of my pictures at 5760×3084 resolution and I have a gtx 560ti graphics card. All of the images you see on my blog are photoshopped (unless otherwise stated).

The tattoo I’m wearing is from Huz Tats. Huz Tats temporarily does not have an inworld location at the moment so if you’ve been looking to pick up some of the brilliant tattoos from there, you can try looking on marketplace or contacting Hunain Bellic inworld and he’ll be able to help you out.

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Linn Tan – D HB 09 by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: FASHISM ‘Sunrise’ Eyes – Pale Warm Silver (M) by Ikon Innovia
*Hair: Tameless Norine – All Colors by Nita Bracken
*Lingerie: [Ladies Who Lunch] Claire (Noir) by Faint Paulse
*Tattoo: [HUZ]-Oriental-Black-Faded-Tattoo Layer by7 Hunain Bellic (Marketplace)
Nails: [MANDALA]SINRA nails (hand size 20) CK black by kikunosuke.eel
*Ring: Zaara : Kashiti bobble ring *onyx* (silver) by Zaara Kohime
*Poses: Olive Juice by Isabellagrace Baroque
*Promotional Copies

Ryker Beck of Exodi released a pretty new skin today by the name of Sylvan. A teaser of Sylvan was out last week for 50L friday but to my understanding there have been some changes made for this final release. Sylvan is available in 5 skin tones and I am wearing the darkest tone. There are 3 options for brows – light, dark and red. Cleavage and freckles are also available as options. For more details about this skin release, check out the Exodi blog and then take the slurl for a demo.

Fashion for Life starts tomorrow and I am working on some more informative posts for it very soon. I’m wearing a recolor of the gorgeous Trishna print skirt by Zaara. This skirt and other Zaara creations will be available at Fashion for Life tomorrow.

I know I’ve told you before how much I LOVE the Pixel Bean sim but just look at my gorgeous raw shot here. I used my diamond windlight setting with a slight modification (I just reduced the distance multiplier slightly).

Also today I was invited to a new flickr group that caught my interest and I’m looking forward to seeing all the pictures that will be submitted to it. It is a new group dedicated to Bohemian, Ethnic and Hippie Styles in Second Life. So let’s all join and participate! :D

Credits:
*Skin: Exodi Sylvan Nuit by Ryker Beck
*Face Tattoo: elymode makeup – strawberry face tattoo by Elysium Eilde (Isn’t it adorable? :D)
*Hair: Exile Simone dusk by Kavar Cleanslate
*Clothing: Zaara by Zaara Kohime (for Fashion for Life)
*Jewelry & Shoes: Zaara by Zaara Kohime
*Poses: Olive Juice by Isabellagrace Baroque
*Promotional copies
Location: The Pixel Bean

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For my beloved Mr. Jefferson. <3

Credits:
*Hair: Truth
*Jeans: Kamikaze
*Tattoos: Huz Tats
Cactus: 10Lindens Cactus Bonsai (Thank you Mr. Jefferson, ily <3)
*Promotional copies

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)

PXL is about to release the 3rd generation of the Linda skin. Linda has always been my favorite and I am loving that it will be offered with so many options and tones. Here’s all the info:
- On Sunday, February 13th Linda will be released in 4 tones (Natural, Sunkissed, LightTan and Tan)
- On Sunday, February 20th Linda will be released in 2 more tones (Pale and Dark) at Skin Fair
- Each tone comes with 15 lip colors
- 15 options for eye makeup tattoos
- Each skin comes with cleavage and hairbase options
- A full body tattoo with freckles is also available

I am wearing the tan tone with dark lipstick and smokey eyes tattoo makeup.

The hair I just got as a group gift from the elikatira vips group. This is another one of those groups that you definitely should join. The group got this new release in 5 colors.

The tattoo I’m wearing on my chest is a new unisex tat for Valentine’s from Huz Tats, available for only L$69 till the 15th of February.

Credits:
*Skin: PXL
Hair: elikatira (group gift)
*Piercings: Rozoregalia
*Tattoo: Huz Tats
*Promotional copies

“A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.”
Kahlil Gibran

Credits:
Skin: Belleza (group gifts)
*Hair: Exile
*Henna Tattoos: Huz Tats
*Pose: oOo Studio (coming soon)

*Promotional copies

Two new male skins from DNA Cloning Facilities, Axel and Damien. Damien is the more tall, dark and handsome type whereas Axel is cute, boyish, bratty and blond. I’m kinda really diggin Axel on man-berry. I think if I saw that walk past me down the road I would be like “helloooo.” Yeah so guys, definitely check out the new skins, they are delicious. Also take a look at my favorite male blogger’s Axel and Damien posts for more details on the skins.

Damien

When I got the skins and tried them on, I knew I just wanted to make them look a little badass and what makes you more badass than some awesome tattoos? I usually only wear tattoos from one place now, Huz Tats. That is my go to place for tattoos because he has a little bit of everything I would ever want. He’s got the best henna & kanji tattoos, funky colorful tattoos, horoscope tattoos and now he is even getting into face tats that are completely hand-drawn.

So after you get your new skins from DNA, make sure to stop by Huz to rock it out!

Credits:
*Skins: DNA Cloning Facility
Hair: Black Maria
*Tattoos: Huz Tats
*Jewels: Rozoregalia
*Poses: Long Awkward Pose

*Promotional copies

“One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.”
Alfred Hitchcock

Credits:
*Skin: :: DUTCH TOUCH ::JoSje:: Cocoa – Indi CL1 HBBrown by Iki Ikarus
*Hair: Exile Bianca/brownsugar by Kavar Cleanslate
*Top: .:LeeL:. Shirt “Vaka” – camouflage brown by Leeloo Graves
Shorts: Fishy Strawberry Billy Denim Shorts – Garage by Fae Eriksen
Dagger: Amber Prince Dagger – SPELL FIRE – AVEDON FORGE by Zalanna Avedon
Bucket of Body Parts: ::Yellow JesteR:: Bloody Bucket of Body Parts by Mefo Elcar
*Pose: Long Awkward Pose by Dove Swanson

Bloody Tattoos:
Overt by Cynara Wycliffe
{B} InstaVictim Blood by Tenshi Vielle (For L$1)
++ Randomocity ++ Bloody Hands by Bailey Serenity

Bloody Sofa: Inustu by Bronson Refenoir (Free in the Halloween Hunt for Autism)

*Promotional copies

“Pain removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul.”
C.S. Lewis

I think we all know that I’m a huge Huz Tats fan, but his latest release, D’jango has got to be one of my favorites. The white is amazing on darker skins!

Credits:
Skin: -Glam Affair – Sofia Dark – make up 3 by aida Ewing
Hair: Analog Dog – lua black by Queue Marlowe
*Tattoo: [HUZ TATS]-D’jango-White by Hunain Bellic
Dress: :bijou: prayer by Kotobuki Jewell
*Pose: BeScene by Shae Sixpence

*Promotional copies

I think I’ve found a new favorite dark skin (I know, I say that every few weeks LOL) but I’m actually really loving the Sophia skin from Adam n Eve.

The shoes are by the talented Marni Grut of Royal Blue, currently available at Shoe Fair. I still haven’t had a chance to visit and actually shop as of yet but looking at some of my favorite bloggers, I can see there’s lots of shopping that needs to be done. I might brave the lag tonight, wish me luck!

Credits:
*Skin: Adam n Eve Skin – Sophia t4 Natural by sachi Vixen
*Hair: [LeLutka]-DEJA VU AGAIN hair – AlmostGoth by Thora Charron
*Face Tattoo: [HUZ TATS]-Duality-Full-Black by Hunain Bellic
*Dress: {paper.doll} DefinitionMini-Independent by Zoey Gabardini
Bracelets: kraftika – Bracelet No 306 by Anuitka Barthelmess (LE.LOOK! Exclusive)
*Shoes: (Royal Blue) – Tough Love Boots by Marni Grut (Available at Shoe Fair)
*Pose: Just A Pose by Glamouramama Boa

*Promotional copies