Surrealism Challenge
This week’s Monday Meme was inspired by the Designers United Event.
Meme instructions: Create an image in Second Life that has a surreal feel to you. Don’t forget to share your link in the comments and add your picture to the Blog Memes flickr group.
Surrealism is a literary and cultural movement that originated in the 1920s. When I think of surrealism, the first thing that pops into my head is the work of Salvador Dali. Surrealism to me is a hyper realistic blending of dream and reality. Second Life is the perfect playground to push that balance from dream to virtual reality. For a detailed explanation of Surrealism, you can check out the wikipedia page.
I had fun letting my mind wander and the first image in this post is what came out of it. The majority of the items I’ve used are from the Designers United event, but that’s not a must for this meme. You can use anything within Second Life to create your surreal image. I’m looking forward to seeing your creativity!
Please remember that you can participate in any of the memes/challenges at any time. You’ll find them all under my Blog Challenges category along with other memes and challenges I’ve done over the years.
I also quickly wanted to talk about the second image in this post. The skin and accessories I’m wearing in this post are from Glam Affair. Glam Affair has recently renovated their whole sim and now it is all mesh! It’s definitely a sim to visit. I have plans to take some awesome pictures of it very soon. Along with the sim renovation they have a plethora of new releases including multiple new skins, hairs and accessories. Check out their latest blog post for all the details and then take the SLurl and head on over.
Credits:
*Skin: –Glam Affair – Angelica – America 02 D by Aida Ewing
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Desert Dawn, w4) by Arkesh Baral
*Hair: (Fashionably Dead) Swept Away Hair – Brunette 2 by Toast Bard (@ Designers United)
*Dress: (Fashionably Dead) Swept Away Dress – Cream S by Toast Bard (@ Designers United)
*Necklace: (Fashionably Dead) Swept Away Necklace – Silver by Toast Bard (@ Designers United)
*Hair Flowers: Glam Affair – My Cute Roses Yellow by Aida Ewing
*Glasses: Glam Affair – Baroque Frame Glasses Chic by Aida Ewing
*Mesh Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
*Stilts: Maitreya * Hera by Onyx LeShelle (@ Designers United)
*White Chairs: Seven Emporium – Chair Pile! by Agustkov (@ Designers United)
*Black Chair: {vespertine- high tea vintage chair – dali elephant} by Amelie Knelstrom (@ Designers United)
Balloons: {what next} Balloons by Winter Thorn
*Pose: Diesel Works Fly by Rogan Diesel
I think this is one of my favorites of anything I’ve done recently, and I hope you like it too.
http://primdolls.blogspot.com/2013/09/meme-monday-surrealism-challenge.html
This was so much fun! Love your pics!
Here is mine: http://www.lilmissfashioncupcake.com/2013/09/inside-my-dream-world.html
<3 Maci
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Can I be a brat and put 10 images, instead of one? 😀 –> http://wp.me/p3Fa2M-ha
This was fun, Berry!
And here is my early morning walk in the snow
http://chicatphilsplace.blogspot.com/2013/09/birds-in-snow.html
I’m a HUGE fan of surrealism since my teen years so this shopping event was especially thrilling for me. I decided to do a homage to my favorite painter, Rene Magritte. And although I’m not technically a blogger, I thought you’d like seeing the result.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elora_lunasea/9775105655/
Here is mine, i enjoyed doing it 🙂
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9775762542/
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I’m here too 🙂 http://slwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/wake-up-this-is-not-a-dream/
Here’s mines 😀
http://blankwhitelies.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/surrealism-challenge-meme/
My very first time! It’s great to become a part of this amazing community! http://diegoerelebt.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/surrealism-challenge-berrys-meme/ Thanks for the marvelous stimulus, Berry!
Holy Crud that was a hard assignment, but if you check my blog (http://poultryreport.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-is-so-real-about-surreal-world.html) you’ll see that I cleverly avoided it almost in it’s entirety!
This was tough! I love surrealist art but I rarely try to make it myself. Had to give it a try though 😀 http://chaoticvirtuality.com/2013/09/16/dreams-of-flying/
This was really fun to do. Thank you:)
http://yourockthemoon.blogspot.com/2013/09/fantasy-in-spacemonday-meme.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ispachi/9781526171/
My contribution 🙂
This was the bestest ever Berry.
http://chalicecarling.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/hey-dude-get-surreal.html
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I love the challenge and your picture for it, Berry, is wonderful! Here’s mine: http://aylaanddolly.blogspot.com/2013/09/surrealism-and-second-life.html
Not sure this one meets the vivid light/brightness of true Surrealism, but:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/isfullofcrap/9784746655/
thanks,
-ls/cm
I’m so in love with this theme and look. When I went to the Essences sale, my head was in the ceiling. LOL
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Def a Challege
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This one was fun going to step out of my box more often from now on
http://pixelstyles.blogspot.nl/2013/09/surrealism-challenge.html
Hey Strawberry…. this is my take. http://behindemerald.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/surreal-challenge/
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Thank you Strawberry once again!!
so fun <3
http://aiubreysnoodle.blogspot.com/2013/09/surrealism.html
can’t resist the Surrelism themed meme, here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosannaewing/9798807294/
This was a GARGANTUAN meme for me! But still fun
http://dreamer-adiaryofmysecondlife.blogspot.ca/2013/09/surrealism-brought-chaos-to-me.html
Took part of the challenge! http://theimperfectavatar.com/2013/09/18/teardrop/ <33
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Yes, I know I’m late. I got stuck in a Dali painting and just found my way out!
(that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it)
http://picsbypeep.com/2013/09/19/surrealism-challenge-meta-meadow-inventory/
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I joined in on the fun! <3
http://www.sweetsexycrazy.com/may-tomorrow-be-another-sunny-day/
Love your post and pics! Beautiful! ♥
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I’ve been following Monday Meme for quite some time and always plan to jump in and play….. well you got me at “surreal.” LOL
Although this was not exactly what I had envisioned I am nervously going to share it here 😛
Thanks Berry!
xxxooo
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Hi guys, I was so blown away by all your pictures, they were absolutely beautiful an creative. Thank you so much for participating. I have posted two new challenges since this one, hope you guys can participate. Details in my blog challenges category: https://strawberrysingh.com/category/berrys-blogger-challenge
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