Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Question Time!

  No pictures today, just chatting.
  I am sitting here all bummed out because I feel so self-conscious about my blogging skills.  I know I will feel better soon enough but I get into my moods.  Anyway, it got me wondering if I am the only one who feels this way.  Anyone else?  Like I look at the feeds and some people are so awesome with their photograph taking skills, their graphics are amazing, and/or they are great at Photoshop.  So jealous!  I'm not asking for compliments or critique or anything, I am just chatting about feelings like an emo gal right now. xD
  In sort of the same subject, how do you feel about Photoshopping pictures?  Do you love it, hate it, or are in between?  Do you use post-processing on your photos, if you are a blogger or photographer in SL?
  What makes a good photo to you?  What do you think you can improve on?
  That's a million questions, sorry. LOL.  If you want to comment you can post replies here or write about it on your own blog and link below.  :D  I'm curious to see what people have to say!

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Team Free Will- Gender Swap Style

  "Dad's on a hunting trip and he hasn't been home in a few days."  That line is the beginning of the very wild ride that is Supernatural.  Once that line is spoken it all begins.  Thinking back on it after all the seasons so far almost gives me the chills.  The show really impressed me from the very beginning, that line hooking me, and I haven't been able to get away from it yet.
   When I really love something like a show, a movie, a song, a book, I always want to incorporate it somehow into my daily life, to enjoy it on a different level.  My thirtieth birthday party was Harry Potter themed, for example.  For Supernatural I wondered what it would be like if the main characters were female, rather than male, and an idea formed.
  I thought it might be fun to get my pal Alice Demonia together to do a photo as a female Castiel with me, while I did a female Dean Winchester.  Then I thought it would be fun to do a Sam.  Then, hey, how about more?  Gwin LeShelle, Helena Stringer, and Arora Zanzibar joined in on the fun.  Arora, who made a look for Bobby, was unable to do the shoot with us but I am hoping she will join me for a separate post since her look is so good!!
  The photo below was taken by Gwin.  I messed with it in Gimp a little but you can see the original on her blog, which will be linked below.  The original is probably a lot better but I am always messing with things in Gimp, I can't help it. LOL.
 The photo below was taken by Helena Stringer, who has recently joined me as co-owner of the Free*Style blog.  It's a different angle so you can see more of the looks.  It ended up downloading really small for me so argh but even at the size I can tell I am super jealous of her computer's graphics.  D:
  I had a ton of fun doing this shoot and I hope we can do more photos together in the future, and maybe even get some more folks in on the action.  I'm so excited!!!
  With my look I thought a while about what a female Dean might wear.  I decided to keep the basic fashion style the same, utilitarian but classic, rough, cool.  I decided that a female version would still be slightly vain and would want cute hair, even if it had to be pulled back some in case of fighting and such.  I wasn't able to find a good replica of his necklace but I found something close enough and tinted it slightly more gold.  I finished it off with a sawed off shotgun, probably filled with silver bullets or rock salt or something, and a clean and fresh, but slightly flushed, skin from Birdy.  Slurls and all details below!
  You can find all the details of Gwin's Sam look HERE and Helena's Rufus  look HERE.  I'll try to bother Alice for the details of her Castiel look at some point too. :P  If they haven't done the posts by the time I post this please check their blogs later.  I will update with direct links as soon as I can.
Worn:
Jacket/Shirt Combo.: Kal Rau
Jeans: Razorblade Jacket
Hair: Ison (I may have to double check that slurls when I next log in, eep.)
Skin: Birdy, 1L group gift, blogged in more detail HERE.
Gun: Silver Hawk Company
Necklace: Kosh 
Boots: Gas
Pose: Marukin (I think...I lost track!  The other pose I am doing is from the gun hold.)
UPDATE:  See Arora's Bobby Singer look HERE.
UPDATE #2: See Gwin's details and other group photos HERE.
UPDATE #3: See Helena's details HERE.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Random HF Shots

There were a lot of adorable booths this year at Hair Fair and I know everyone will be focusing on the actual products, and probably too lagged out to see the booths, but I wanted to show some anyway.  Why?  Well, because...I don't know, I feel like it I guess. xD  Anyway, here they go!
 Xplosion Hair Fair booth
Rosy Mood Hair Fair booth
L + N Hair Fair booth
 Pr!tty Hair Fair booth
Random cool Lego-esque boat

Here is a giant list of slurls and stuff.  Enjoy:




Hair Fair 1 - Cloud




Argrace

Bliensen + MaiTai

Cheerno

Decoy

Discord Designs

EMO-tions

Enigma Hair

Exile

Kik

KMADD

LaLa Moon

Ladies Who Lunch

LeLutka

L+N Signature

Loovus Dzevavor

Mina Hair

OhMai

Olive

Rosy Mood

Sugarsmack

The Stringer Mausoleum

Xplosion


Hair Fair 4 Harbour




Alice Project

Analog Dog

Atro Patena

Auxiliary

Baiastice

Bandana Booth

Clawtooth by Clawtooth

Eaters Coma

Exxess

Gauze

Heartless

Ink

Ison

Mr & Miss C

Red Mint

SyS

Tableau Vivant

Tameless

Unorthodox




Hair Fair 4 - Brickness




Ayashi

Bandana Booth

Calico Ingmann Creations

Colors

Curio Obscura

Damselfly Salon

Eep

Eskimo

Faenzo/Goucci

Hairoin

Hair Studio One

Iconic

Lamb

LaViere/Tee*fy

MiaMai

Mint

Mons

Nikita Fride

Slink

Tram

Vanity Hair

Wasabi Pills






Hair Fair 2 - Port






Adoness

Alli & Ali

Amacci

Bandana Booth

Bizarre Hair

Blush

Cheveux

ChiChickie

Curious Kitties

Deco

Diva

Due

Fashionably Dead

Iren

LollipopZ

LoQ

Mystic Tiger

Pr!tty

Ploom

Sparkle Skye

Zibska

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Poses?

  I think I might start showing poses specifically in posts, instead of occasionally crediting them as part of a whole look like I normally do.  So, I am going to have a go at it.
  These sets are from Pretense, a new name for the designs from Gidge Uriza, formerly of Status Poses.  I took these photos bare bones, completely unedited (aside from the combining the photos in Gimp.)  all the jagged bits are there.  I wore simple bodysuits to show how the avatar looks when it moves.  I wore a long, mesh, hair so you could see how the poses looks with that too.
  I know the pictures aren't fancy but since a pose is the base of every fashion post I thought I should show it at the complete basics, without being totally bald and nude.  
  OK, additional information and such below.  Enjoy!
Worn:
All Photos:
Hair: Alice Project
Skin and Feet Appliers: Essences
Feet: SLink
Poses: Status*
Green Bodysuit: Titzuki
Cream Lingerie: Ooh La La
*Some of the poses are in the main store and some are at events.  I am in a hurry today and can't check everything but please check the store for more information.  Bag and phone come with the pose sets shown with them.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Hopping For Nails

  Next nail post!!!  This time I want to show some things from Hopscotch.  These are just a few of the nails.  All of her nails are adorable and most are themed in some sort of cute way.  There are several colors/styles in each set.  These are for the SLink Avatar Enhancement version nails *only* so keep that in mind.  Here we go!
   Check out the Hopscotch marketplace shop HERE or the in world store HERE.  There are lots more styles to see!

Nail-splosion- Matte

  It's an explosion of nails!!  I want to show some nails for the SLink Avatar Enhancement versions of the rigged mesh hands and nails from some brands I have a lot of stuff from.  That's poor grammar, I know.  Just like...deal with it.  Haha!
  The first brand I am showing today is Matte by Cora Pomilio.  Have a peek!  (Prepare for picture spam-ishness.  I put a cut in the middle that will hopefully prevent this from exploding the feeds.)


 More below the cut.

 

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