I'm back to sl, and tho I have already gotten the blogging bug for the other few blogs I post on, I hadn't had enough of it to come back to the fringe yet. I finally got enough creating in that I could spend the quality time needed for this blog.

I'm so glad to be back, and I hope you enjoy what is to come =)



This is my very first pic ever with shadow. It is far from the best out there, I know, but I am still very proud. I learned a lot doing this shoot. Like get your poses ready, because shifting through those while having shadows and everything on is not fun!

I could not resist trying to find myself a cemetery to pose in, or well near. I didn't manage to get in there, there was werewolves about!

The Location is part of a massive system of sims under the Lost City of Angels roleplay group. I use to RP on a sim with the same name, way back before I was a designer. I do not know if it is the same people, as that sim died due to lack of funding, or if this is a fanmade set of sims(there are so many!). Some of the things are very familiar, like wording, and ideas.

Lost City of Angels was the very first Dark Roleplay sim. It was in a winter setting, which was just lovely. They also welcomed demons, and not your typical demons, but also demons like me! They had a blast with my character. I could never do combat, my computer at the time was BAWLS! but I could RP like a bugger, so often got brought into the mix as a sort of scary referee. They let me eat whoever ran away, it was good times. I grew 8 pixel inches in those 6 months. I also ended up with spawn, what demon could ask for more?


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I love LOVE this tongue. This and the tattoo I'm wearing is what I based the whole outfit around. All my scripted demony tongues seem to have gone on the fritz. Not sure if scripting in sl changed drastically while I was gone, or what.

The eyes are new from my very favoritest eye goddess, Ruina. There are soooo many colours, and you know me with colours. If you are a eye whore like me, you will also enjoy the scalera colouring.

The skin is a gift from Hush. I went to the bloggers preview of the Skin Addiction event, which starts today. If you are a part of the group, you get this skin for free when you visit Hush's stall. Just wear your tag! The original makeup(I was a bad blogger and didn't take a sans makeup layer pic) is a lovely cateye lined look, with a nude lip that has a nice layer of gloss. The additional makeup layer is what created the double lined look.

The makeup is from an old fav stop of mine, Glamorize. There is a message in the creators profile that you just have to read. I agree with it wholeheartedly. I tinted this too, so my lips could be a nice cinnamon shade.
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I bought this tattoo at a Zombie Suicide. They are having this MASSIVE sale. 60% off or more on everything in the store. I love how vibrant it is, and the seam transition is well done.

I just had to see if one of my fav rock stores was still around, and it is! Strayer has some lovely colour combos, most of the items are for dudes, but that is okay, the dudes need stuffs.
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I bought this for myself at Fantasy Faire, tho it is instore now, from Material Squirrel. I really wanted it for my petite, since it came in both sizes. Obviously I was going to enjoy it on my biggie too! This is the black version, I tinted it to better match my horns. The tinting is sort of funky, as the mesh texture is more of a greyscale. You will just have to play with your own when you get it.

I am a part of a few different bloggers groups inworld, and the one we get review copies of stuffs in. I actually send packages out in that one myself, and am not obligated to blog anything, but these pants were instant love. I just thought they were the perfect solution for someone who sprouts tail often. Sure, half your ass is hanging out, but I've seen worse things inworld. The only trick was to find the perfect mature sim to shoot in, haha!
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I just wanted to show of these lovely horns a bit better. You can't get *THIS* exact colour, it is a special edition, but there are other lovely shades. Many MANY a colour for your matchy matchy needs!

These are classically shaped, and worked with many of my hair styles, so I'm sure they will work with many of those out on the grid too!
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The jewelry is a bit of a mashup. This is how I roll IRL. I pick elements of the outfit and wear matching things. Now not all elements are meant to work with each other specifically, just to work with the other main pieces. Like here, my right bracelet goes with my uggs, my left bracelet goes with my horns and nails, my nails goes with the pattern on my uggs, the necklace(not shown here) goes with the right bracelet, and the bellychain, well I just threw that on for funsies. People might look at it and think I'm a disaster, but there is a method.

Keeps me from looking like a barbie. Goddess forbid!

*does some sort of sloppy looking religious gesturing over her chest*




UGGS! I bought these sooooo long ago, but I love them! Who wouldn't want pirate ships on their feet? You iz crazy if you don't. Makes me want to make crazy stringery rainboots . . . Hmmmm.

Styling

Skin - [Hush] - Lily in Seduce Makeup/Vanilla Tone - FREE (Skin Addition Event-Wear Tag)

Hair - The Stringer Mausoleum - Sprung in Cognac - Not Released Yet (SOON!)

Eyes - {Rue} - Grimalkin Eyes in Leviathan

Makeup - Glamorize - Dance Combo(Lips/Eyes)

Lashes - Crimson & Clover - Blind Mag Lashes - NLA (all hair is L$50 though)

Tongue - [ni.Ju] - Creepy Creature Tongue in Bloo

Horns - {Rue} - Ranchero Horns in Cinnabar Ridged

Tail - Material Squirrel - 3 Pronged Devil's Tail in Black

Tattoo - Zombie Suicide - Side Flower Tattoo - 60% off or more Sale

Tanktop - Strayer - Bra Blue

Pants - WoW Skins - Pants from the Denim Summer Set 2

Boots - NSD - Rock'n'Rolla Ugg's

Nails - Glamorize - Metallic Nails in Gold

Right Bracelet - Hermony - Wristband in Black - FREE

Left Bracelet - FuLo - "Savitri" jeweled bangle in Saffron

Necklace - [b.nuts] - Acc Cross Necklace - L$1

Belly Chain - Unique Needs - Skully Belly Chain

Pose - Exposeur - from the FREE Top Model Meow Set - 50% off Sale going on

Location - Lost Wastelands

Pose: "Tymps", Hair: "Theater"

So ... I went to Pose Fair last week and had the pleasure of discovering a new-to-me pose maker: Olive Juice. Her poses where so energetic and full of personality that I fell in love almost immediately and bought up a whole bunch. And also determined that I *must* show them off to you, dear readers.

Pose: "Dangerous Curves Ahead", Hair: "Sunrise Gamma"

Then, last night, as I was running through the Crazy Arse Hair Hunt, I stopped dead at a shop called "griddie". This is a place of truly creative hair. I'm kind of crazy for non-normal hair, so this stuff totally made me squee and then I had to buy a bunch. And then put a lock on my wallet.

Pose: "Monster", Hair: "Rainy Day"

In order to bring these delightful things to your attention, I had to dress for the occasion. Cue Bare Rose and their "Bone Rider Lady". I've had this outfit for quite a while, but Bare Rose has a knack for never getting old. It was perfect for this too - rather strange, but not so gaudy as to take away from the things I wanted to show.

Pose: "Red Red Red", Hair: "Pipe"

The other trick up my sleeve are these neat shoes that can be found inside the (antiHero) sets from Pixel Dolls. The system shoe part has a texture, but they're copy and mod, so it was an easy thing to make a copy and throw on a clear texture, making it essentially a foot-shaper for the prim soles. Why is this so cool? When you have outfits like this from Bare Rose, with kickass socks that you really don't want to cover up, you can throw these little suckers on and voila! You've made your neato socks into shoes! The best part? The (antiHero) sets are in Pixel Dolls' sale room for very very cheap. I'd suggest picking one or both up before the designer decides to be done with them and retires them forever.

Pose: "Rock Band", Hair: "Curtain Tau"

The skin, face-horns, and eyes are mine, soonish to be released at House of Ruin. I guess that means I should get busy, no?

Pose: "Sea Hag", Hair: "Butterfly Omega"

<3 Rue

I LOVE FLICKR!

I really do.

I saw this post this morning, and it's not the first time this sort of thing has been brought up. Dove from [LAP] even made a free bloggers package for both boys and girls, the only stipulation was that you did in fact credit the Poses in your posts. I then saw this from Plastic Swords, Pose Designer of the store Dismorph.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/welcometovipercity/4489618838/

I can admit that I have never credited poses, unless I've specifically reviewed them for the post itself.

So tho I don't intend to credit every pose, for me it's be way too hard to keep track, I do over 50 shots per post using different angles on different poses. Trying to remember if that was in fact the "City Girl version 87" or if it was 78? is just too much for me. I'm not making excuses. Simply saying how it is and will be.

What I am willing to do for you all is credit the Designers/Stores themselves here, in one post. As I use the same stores over and over, but have 100's of poses from their collections, it'll be way easier for me, with the type of blogging I do.

*Please note, you'll have to use the search function to find the stores inworld. This way I don't have to post and keep updated slurls.*

Most Commonly Used:

Dove Swanson of the Pose Store [LAP]
Karla Scorbal of the Pose Store KS2Cool

Sometimes Use:

Toko Voom of the Pose Store Vain
Kaethe Dyrssen of the Pose Store Leafy
moddishh GossipGirl of Modd.G(Clothing designer that does occational poses)
Cicciuzzo Gausman of Pose Store MrG(Clothing Designer with a pose side project)