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Welcome! This is Trilby Minotaur's blog about art and fashion in the virtual world of Second Life.



Wednesday, March 28, 2018

My Favorite Things

Each time I change my sim around, there are certain things I use again and again. I wanted to show them off in this blog. People who know me well are often confounded because I change my house so often. I just love architecture and enjoy living in different style houses. The Paris House from Rebourne is my favorite. Pre-mesh, it's still the most beautifully textured house I've seen in SL.


It's mod, but I've left most of it alone, and I'm known for retexturing houses. I did unlink and copy, and made a veranda in back, complete with hanging wisteria.


I photographed the patio on ultra with shadows and made a texture out of it, so I can have shadows all the time, at any graphics setting.

The house is not huge, but has all the rooms I need to display my favorite things. In the living room, there's a vivarium with bees that fly around inside. It's very old, but I love it. The outside of the globe is clear and the inside is textured which gives it a magical look. The bees stay in with a script. It's the work of Mickey Heaney.



Notice the sunlight coming in through the windows in the Paris House. Nearby are some of the awards I've won while in SL. There's the Tournee d'Avatar with cavorite stone from the Caledon Olympics. It was a test of creativity and my competitors were very creative. I narrowly took the gold. Next is a lovely plaque made by Patty Poppy for an art show I was in. The large trophy was first place in the Steelhead Animal Races. I won it on my AKK Friesian, Virgil. To the far left is a dryad bonsai from Hextraordinary. They are sitting on a gothic table from DRD's Bloodcroft Manor gacha.


Also in the living room is a paintset that I made next to a pile of teacups from Kalopsia. I love the teacups and usually have them somewhere in my house.


Finally, I enjoy having musicians around to play for me. These are from House of Alisha. The piano plays music by Torley Linden, and is from Penn Euler. The scroll head harp is from DRD.


This is already pretty long, and I've only done one room! I'm going to take a break.

I'm not being paid to sell you these things. These are favorites from 2008-2018. My apologies if some of it is no longer available.

To be continued....

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Snokra Snake!

I saw someone wearing this snake avatar at a recent shopping event. To a long time fan of reptiles, that avi was more interesting than anything on sale, and I had to have one. To my delight, it's modifiable. The tail has a number of animations, as does the mouth/tongue. The shape can be changed, and the hands are bento.


My snake would of course be Victorian and sun herself on the veranda.


Perhaps she would be a snake in the grass.

Would Victorian conventions constrict her?


It's doubtful. After all, she's still a snake!

Credits:

Avatar: Snokra Snake
Hood piercing: {ii} Slithering spiral
Dress: Bare Rose - Flat IsaBat
Skin mod: Aten'Ka Winter
Arm warmers: [WS] Snokra warmers set