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2023年10月03日

Gallery Closed

I closed my galleries that I kept all the time since I started SL. There were more than 50 events, including pictures of dance shows, or a joint exhibition with Mizuki, but recently I have not refreshed the pictures.




The building was not well-adopted to the environment, and recent exhibition was in bad taste, which may have caused the community problems. I tried to put a normal house, but still it looks strange?




This is a free house that I got many years ago, but could be made for an office with only two rooks. The back is a bedroom with animations, and some pictures of poor tase, but please forgive them as a private space.




There residents in this community like vehicles, so there are many kinds situated. I put chopper on the roof too. On the right there is Spruce Goose that I introduced before. In the harbor, there was a start/goal line for yacht races that made it possible to do a race in the public sea in front of it. The black roof behind the white cruiser is a public bath, and there is Kikyo Memorial in front of it, which is a famous club for 17 years ago. There is a regular meeting every Saturday. Please visit to meet some old friends!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Publius/46/111/22




It is a private matter; I have made six galleries till now. The biggest one was on a land with 2000 prims, together with private yacht harbor. This is the one before the last one, after quitting job, when moved to a small land for less money. Since there was nothing around it, I did not care for the appearance and made with a single cube consist of three prims.




The inside of the box above was like this, a trick using the law of perspective. I do not have an energy to engineer this structure anymore. But the effort did not pay off and the number of visitors was the least among the six galleries. A part of reason could be nothing around^-^




In the rather small box, there were 160 pictures. At that time, I was not using slide show, that I was using in the last one that exhibiting more than 200 pictures at the same time. But the exhibition had bad taste and only a few limited visitors were there. All the same, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you all who visited my gallery!





  

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2023年04月28日

Sexy Mermaid

Ran into a beautifl art SIM where I found a beautiful one, Sexy Mermaid Statue by YellowCatMiya. Sorry for the other artists but I erased other exiibitions.
Saturate: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Golden%20Horizon/6/156/21




This statue has a height of 25m, rather than sexy but like a monster in a fantasy world.




When measureing size in SL, I will stand at the end points and see the coordinates. This time I tried to stand on the head, but it was phantom and I dropped inside. So as usual, I did some bad taste. This is not a composite but a real shot where I was floating at the position with the pose. It was very hard to adjust the location. Sorry for the artists. But according to the notecard for these arts, the theme was “Saturation” and it says, “We are orchestrated into sides/teams by social media and media in general. You are part of a particular school of fish. Start your own rebellion. Fxxk what they think, fxxk what they want you to think.”




Aged Bronze Resin Nude Seductive Mermaid Statue 7.25 - Etsy UK 
Unfortunately, I was not able to contact the artist. I had meant to get approval together with some comments. But it seems that this art is based on the original below, so I hope that this could be the artist’s property or approved use in SL. The explanation for the original says. “This beautiful mermaid goddess is the aphrodite of the seas. She stuns all men that sees her and she traps them with a magic spell. She is the goddess ruler of the ocean and her utmost responsibility is to keep the Atlantis safe from human destruction.”





  

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2023年01月28日

Cyberpunk

Insilico would be a Cyberpunk world rather than a future city. I searched a future in SL but I was not able to find it. It might be difficult to image a real future, except a war.
I purchased this outfit but hardly had a chance to use, but it could somewhat fit this kind of atmosphere. The glasses look out of date but could be thought that the Rayban style is timeless. The cylinder in the back is the one I put Rei to sleep in the article “Farewell Rei”.




It seems that there are many pink and blue colors in the Cyberpunk in SL, maybe because those are not seen often in the real world?




Different clothing than the above, but looks good in a SF-like teleporter.




Wandering around the streets. My clothing is neither armor nor uniform, could be considered as a casual wear for habitants here.




As Insilico, Neo Shoda, or Edo, I might love chaos with a lot of elements. That could be the reason why I love wild flower spreading as far as my eye can see.
I cannot introduce the LMs here, but many places will hit by searching with “Cyber”.





  

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2022年05月28日

SFCON

SL Birthday Party is just around the corner. It will start on June 16. Antecedent to that (?) there was an advertisement from Linden for the SF Convention which I visited yesterday. The name is SF but not so Science Fiction like, there are many small booths as usual festival.
SciFiCON: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SciFi%20Con%2014/138/108/22




One of the SIMs was covered with the summer snow.




There was nobody, which was creating the cool atmosphere. By any chance, the SF means Snow Fantasy?




There was a cool head shape that could be one of SF characters that I do not know. The theme of SL19B this year is Steam Punk, one of the SF categories. I wonder why now? It might not have so much rooms for dream or expansibility. I will be looking for the many shops as usual ….






  

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2021年09月25日

SLEA 2/2

In the SLEA, there is another full-SIM art, a work by Johnas Merlin. Completely different from the art of SecondHand with abundant shapes and colors, there is no color in this art.
SLEA: http://temisirbu.slmame.com/e1715391.html




Around a giant sitting at the middle, a lot of pillars dropped and then scattered into a chaos. The small figure on the right below is me. Please image the size of this art.




There is a wide space around it as a sea covered with snow and ice.




Surface like a frozen sea, naturally I do not feel cold when entered.




When coming back home, the sea in front of my house was also frozen, that was returned soon by adjusting the environment.




A bird’s-eye view of the SIM. I thought that many same objects will make an art as they are, but this one could be a bit yucky depending on how one looks at it.




This is also a single SIM like the above, of my friends, Shambara and Evan, that I introduced several times as the place for Go game. Other than the Go, there are their cozy home, garden, beach, spa, lake, event stage, and beautiful walkways connecting them. There is no intention to be an art but pursuing comfort and peace. Some couples are visiting here to get a quiet time.
Kido Go Club:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Satori/229/158/27 



At UWA and LEA, there were projects to let a single artist use a full SIM. There are some arts with a single art covering one full SIM, or to establish one whole town in detail. In that context, this SIM can be considered an art. If I were given a SIM for free use, I would never be able to create such SIM like this. Thank all artists, for the beautiful SIMs!





  

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2021年09月21日

SLEA 1/2

Some of the exhibitions at SLEA (Second Life Endowment For the Arts) will be replaced as of September end, so I visited again. This is a permanent presentation, The SLEA Bridge Project. On the colorful bridge, there are many entrances to the multitude of art spaces in SL. By touching the signs, LM ad note card will be given.
SLEA: http://temisirbu.slmame.com/e1715391.html




In the SLEA presentation, there are some arts using one full SIM each. This is one of them by SecondHand Tutti, where many colorful arts are exhibited.




There was a person looking around the arts on horseback. But he talked in a very strange way so I was not able to communicate.




A corner named “Land of Gods and Monsters”, where I found that my dress did not have shade.




“Sakura Blossom”. The pink color looks often in good for SL arts, maybe because it is rare to see that color in volume at real life.  




This is a very nice formation of a hand. As I mentioned before, the hand is not only the symbol of SL but also one of the themes of SLEA. This is “Anointing”, may be a Christian ceremony. This looks like a bath and I took pictures going inside, but I will not use it here since it is too irreverent.




“Bunnyhenge”, as the Stonehenge? I wonder how artists find this kind of idea? The SecondHand’s SIM will continue to the next quarter, so I will come back again.



P.S. The last one, “SL University” was ranked as the 6th best article. There were not so many visitors and the theme was not so popular, I wonder why. How do they make the ranking? But thank you all readers of my blog! Unfortunately. the comment window has not been working since last year. I have made claims but no answer. If anyone knows the countermeasure, please teach me.

  

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2021年08月01日

SLEA

In the booths at SL18B, there were some introductions of active groups such as SL Wrestling Community or Flight School. This is for SLEA (Second Life Endowment for the Arts). I visited there accordingly.




There had been LEA, Linden Endoowment for the Arts, a big art program directly supported by Linden Lab. This new program SLEA is following the spirit of LEA and was started at January 2021. This is also suppoered by Linden, so the symbol is a hand following the Linden logo. The hand was created by Karra parker, the palette by Sacra Ellisin, and the cooridinater is Tensee, the chief of the volunteer group.




There are some arts with the hand image. This is an interesting work by Delain Cannuci that has stair way on the arm As usual, my photo is not for introduction of the art but a spontaneous picture using the arts. If you prefer original ones, please visit the site.




The symbol tower of SLEA. The ball caressed in the goddess or angel boy’s hands could be an egg of arts. Under the ceiling, there is a performing art center with one hundred seating capacity.




Felt a small happiness with sitting on the ball. Sorry Loki the artist, for my arbitrary image.




Previous LEA had about 30 SIMs, 25 of them were dedicated for full-SIM arts by individual artists. It was a real spectacle to see some programs using 25 SIMs at the same time, where 25 artists made arts using full SIM each under the single theme. Ths time there are 9 SIMs including performoing arts, education, or intruduction, and some to be allotted to individual artist for free art. The presentation now will be kept until September end, so let us visit at leisure.
SLEA:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLEA7/186/72/23



Second Life Eye-in-Hand Logo means that the eye observes the world and the hand shapes it. The eye in hand symbol is embraced by many cultures as a representation of creation springing from knowledge. In Japan, there is a specter named “Eye-in-hand”, and was a cute character in a comic book by Yosuke Takahashi.




  

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2021年07月28日

SL18B 6

In a huge exposition, it is interesting to find out some secret, hidden corners. This is row houses imaging New Orleans by Guinverre Despresr.




Entered a small pass between buildings, there was a Japanese street by Umecha.




The house was a fancy Japanese restaurant with trees and stream inside. It was a joy as if I found a secret room. At the old Edo castle SIM, it was said that there was a secret room for Mah-Jongg game for staff members that I did not find.




It reminds me of the Geisha house Oumiya where I was visiting often at Edo. I missed the era when there were many guests and Geisha girls.




After sitting and talking politely, they stood up and start dancing at the last.




This is another spot, a Japanese house by Rapo Tone. This could be one of the hidden worlds. These houses might not be made solely for SL18B and could have been popular ones, but during the festial, there might be not so many people visited here, which is my small pleasure.




For a finale, here are some nostalgic pictures at the Geisha-house Oumiya at Edo. The party was just over and everyone stood up. The persons without the Oumiya tag are the guests.




Geisha of Oumiya appeared in full dress at an event in front of the Kanda Shrine. The only person I can see now is Apnea. Thank you for the cool event at the SL18B!






  

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2021年07月25日

SL18B 5

Another joy in SL is to be able to take a close look of various objects. This is a zoo by Valor.




Since there was nobody around, I entered in the cages, to play with a cub of lion, to talk with the father. The mother and son of Panda were so cute! But the skins of them keeps coming in and fading out, so I have to wait for some period to see their skins together. Not only the reading is slow but also some area blurs occasionally, so I felt frustrated while shooting.




Presentation of outdoor animals is by Krystal. Also, these textures were not shown at the same time. I finally took all animals anyway, but the rock on the left still has edges, and the glass on the right is blurred. The diagonal parting line can be seen.




It is a joy to watch a strange shape, A fish by Venessa Jane, which is cute although I cannot see the meaning. The figure floating in front of mouth is me, so please feel the size.




The snail with wing in front of colorful balls by Tinddlia Soothsayer is a free gift that can be worn.




A helicopter made with somewhat steampunk feel. There is a kind of ray gun. This might not be made for SL18B and brought from another project?




The most realistic instruments that I have ever seen in SL except HUD. As a machine in the steampunk world, there are gauges for water level, boiler temperature, and boiler pressure.



The fat leg is mine. Recently I got the Maitreya body, but it is hard to get my favorite shape. The hip is too large and the leg is like a bar and it is impossible to make muscular calf and fine ankle like an athlete. The only way would be to wait Autumn when I can use pants style that cover legs, to enjoy mesh clothing.


  

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2021年07月22日

SL18B 4

Mac Kanashimi is an artist who had made presentations using mathematical formula such as Dragon Curves or Mandelbrot Set. This is a large circle with ever changing color patterns.




It is a digital kaleidoscope? It is interesting to watch the ever-changing swirl which will not repeat the same pattern.




Colorful coffee cups by Solace Tigerpaw. Unfortunately, I was not able to find how to start.




Monotonous color rather provides phantastic look. Could this be the tea party at Alice In Wonderland?




A prim shot in the pink background. The GENUS head shows a bit different shape every log in.




The bath tub with color balloons is by Yingzi Xue. The behind site is introducing Japanese animesh, by Apnea.



 
“Let’s Dance with Cute animesh”. The avatar is Miku, which was popular in Japan several years ago. This could be an introduction of a hidden Japanese culture, that meets the SL18B theme.




May be due to the time difference, the audiences of the event were mainly from Japan. I wish there were a free gift of the Miku avatar. The changing texture of the room was nostalgic that was used in LEA or UWA farewell party too. Tuna Oddfellow is using this technique in his cool SIM even now.







  

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