Friday, February 29, 2008

Unbuyable Revisited-Hand drawn Clothing Rack


This is hand drawn clothing rack.
How did I make it?
These are my notes just in case
my brain goes into lag and freeze
mode and I forget.
I am using terms that I can
remember it may be confusing
and unclear to anyone without
clear understand of layer effects.
So forgive me if I lose you
writing this.
The only step I am sure I did first
was number 1, memory is crashing
so it's all bit foggy at the moment.
Often I repeat and blurred the steps
but these are what I remember.
1) I drew it out in one layer in
black for first layer.
2) I used previous texture I had as second layer.
I had velvet clothing experiment
I had made few months back
I used over the dark lines.
3)Then I erased the areas around the clothes to make background
transparent.
4) Then with each following layer I added different color layers.
White for shininess. Often I had to repeat adding white
transparent layers to get the look right.
At first the white just
added new dimension to the fabric but after adding a new detail I would
go back and add another white layer experiment with what degree the transparency
needed to be.
Often I used the normal effect after deciding for this it was best looking
personally for what I was doing.
5)White ruffles I used several layers of white layer with desolve effect selected,
adjusting transparency to show the black.
Then with another white layer I selected
Bevel & Emboss to add another level.
6) Add new colors that with blend into the effect of clothing I want, experiment
more with layers effects and transparent levels to see what works best.
Add more white highlights, details as I go, explore what works.
Forgot to add new levels so I had to correct few things with more color.
7) The bra was combination of White. off-white, few other colors.
I used Bevel & Emboss there too. I had problems though with drawing
the corset strings right had to experiment to get at least close to effect
I wanted.
Realized Bra need bit more definition added black Desolve layer at very
low transparency
8) Buttons yellow with embossed too.
I hand painted on the layers adjusting the layers for different textured effects.
9)When I was done I used Grey Gradient with Bevel and
Emboss inside a square shape to create the rack.
What I couldn't create with preset
square shapes or circle cut outs I hand drew it.
**If I had to do it over I would have put in the clothing rack first and used more
layers.
Reminder to save more, do more layers
Hand draw better corset strings.
Most of all I just experimented, made sure I had many layers just in case
I made mistakes until I got the look I wanted.
So now the big question do these Clothes will they make my butt bigger.

Curtain Experiments:Adding shininess


WB suggested I
experiment with layer
effects so this
experiment I drew
in white lines over
the curtains.
Using layer effects
like Normal, Color Dodge,
Hard Mix and various
others with different
degree of transparency
to see what would happen.
Some of the curtains
appeared more like the shiny silk drapes I was going for then others.
Some of the curtains I need to add darker tones to highlight the curtain ties.
WB took a photo of the earlier yesterday texture experiments in WL.
Not to self link WB's flicker stream to here.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Diary of Creating stuff: TSO, Sims, Curtain Experiments


My boyfriend suggest I write down the steps for the things I make
so I can go back later but I often don't.
So here is attempt to explain. I hope to do more of this here.
I am no pro, I am just stumbler who likes creating.
I do layers often I experiment with darker gradients using Desolve
then on another layer in lighter tone I draw out the lines and
on following layers continue to do similar shading.
I tried to use a texture today from older texture experiment I had
tried but only some of it showed up.
One was flower pattern I had done months and the other was
pink wrinkled texture that I end up having to use smudge tool
I used to create some type of pattern that fit with the wrinkles.
The pattern I will post later for anyone to use.
I am contemplating rezzing FD Spark in TSO for little bit.
Years ago the sims was how I got started making art and creating.
I use to do custom builds for people in TSO.
The building tools are very simple there and often I felt very
limit in what I could do there.
TSO was sort of my first introduction to online worlds like SL but
I left do to burn out.
Footnote; I made FD Spark TSO account in frustration uninstalled
everything after five tries due to fact I couldn't get anything
to update right.
No thanks not interested in paying to be beta tester so I can
try to figure out how to bitmap chairs and few paintings
for a few simeoleans.
And my original account and cd is no more and I cannot retrieve it
because I gave it away the account threw the cd a way.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Baby FD, my first avatar bought


This is my first avatar skin
I ever bought I dragged it out today.
I have had lot of adventures this week
but too sleepy to share them now.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Will Doodle for Uploads

Seven uploads latter I got
the cabinet way I like.
One image is the png file
and the other is image of
snap shot in world in gallery
in Faeria Village in Huin.
I have no clue why I am
doing these displays
but it was fun experiment.

Monday, February 18, 2008

FD tries to pee


After a fail attempts
at setting up a
display I decided
my avatar really
needs to pee more.
Alpha helped me
with the pose.
I need to figure
it out bit more though
by myself eventually.
I downloaded Qavimator
and I need to review the guide.
http://wiki.qavimator.org/index.php/Beginner%27s_Guide

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Faces & Wheel chair Races














After apply ice wrap prims on Twinkle's sore knee, adjusting
Doctor FD's Cheerfully Misalligned Granny Walker and watching
Master Primologist, Nurse Alpha make prim crutches
I was given a really cool freebiea Wheel Chair Car.
I immediately began to race around Nakji.
The speed and movement of the wheel chair open entire new
world I hadn't know was possible since often I am hobbling
a long in most places in SL.
I didn't believe this fun device was dangerous when Twinkle
told me so.
The wheel chair zooms around very fast and I lost my wheel chair in
another sim literally stuck.
I had to relog but got distracted by left over piece of chicken by time
I returned Twinkle had hobbled to bed.
I raced around Nakji, zooming in and out all Alpha's and other people's
creations including Jewel's Greenhouse, Moondust's chair, Alpha's
various cool prim creations.
It was so fun. No wonder why people wish there were roads and places
they can travel on prims through out SL.
I never really got it until now.
Earlier I had made some faces for baby dolls. I
like how they turned out except
for the speckles of pixels not sure how that happen.
The faces look bit too mature and I need to re-think the design.
I will have to fix it soon.

FD & His first big comfy wingchair

Top chair
is better texture
and bit more
tweaking.
I didn't make
the texture
felt to lazy.
It is 11 prims
and was based
on image
I found on
the web and
my friend
choose to make
the dragonfly chair
and I choose this one.
The bottom images
is when it was first made the seat cushions are bit crooked.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

FD jr swims with the fishies


























Today FD jr, Mykyl, Twinkle and I went exploring I had been at this plash
called Splash Aquatics. I wanted to pick up some turtles.
I got briefly lost and Twinkle tp-ed me and I ended
up in the water. FD jr need a change of blanket and Landy was coming over
so I had to go change his wet blanket and go off visit Landy.
Lots of fun was had by all.

Baby Swaddled Faeries need homes




Faerie Stork has arrived
here is preview of
adoptable free 2 to
3 prim babies.
The photos
need some work
and I need to do
some tweeking
I think.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Hunger has limits

New Blog's Purpose

This blog will be for sharing my images and things of those I have created and
those who I have invited who are close to me to share their art. images.
It won't have the depth or intensity of my other blogs.
It will have filtered words seen in many blogs, nothing personal, nothing too deep.
It will not have me emoting all over place like my other
blogs in past.
I will not bore you with tales of woe or struggles I am having.
I will be strictly for sharing images of things I have created, nothing more, nothing less.
Images will be of things I don't mind sharing but I ask very kindly if you use any of the images
you ask first and do not use for commercial purposes.
If you see things you really like and would like to donate for my upload cost in Second life.
If you want to a custom texture or you see something you want use for personal use you can do so providing you don't claim them as your own and give me credit for the design but please ask before snatching images.
You are free to contact me within Second Life or here.
I have decided to use this blog on focusing on the things that make me happy.
Creating and doing Art makes me happy.