New World Tableau: Gabrielle Sinatra's "Thief"

A personal taste for women in men's clothes inspired Gabrielle's heart-throttling image, first spotted in her Koinup portfolio.

"It's very sensual," she says. "Probably more than lingerie." (Click for full effect.)

Creating it took more than a little post-production work, beginning with Photoshop's Liquefy and Smudge tools to clean it up. "Edges are ugly on SL," Gabriel explains. "I try to round and smooth them as much as I can. Then I adjust the colors, the contrast, the brightness, and I reduce noises on some parts... I wasn't against a wall so I adjusted the lighting with the lights effects tool and I did the shadow on the wall and on the avatar with the Burn tool. I added noise and here we are!" 

See much more on Gabrielle's great Koinup profile. Check out the entire New World Tableau album here, and read on for guidelines to submitting one of your own.

Submitting to New World Tableau:

New World Tableau is an ongoing album featuring Residents who've turned SL screenshots into a new art form, vividly conveying emotions, stories, and entire cultures in a single image.

- If you come across a picture or image stream that deserves a place here, please IM (Hamlet Au) or e-mail ([email protected]) me the link.   Please e-mail me the image as a file link, or attached as an .jpeg or .gif, as long as it's under a meg in size.
- Submission tip: I regularly check the SL screenshot stream of New World Notes partner Koinup, an MMO social network-- consider creating an account there.   
- Submitting as an in-world texture not recommended, as they often come out distorted and not high res.
- Feel free to describe what the image says to you, or if you're the creator, what inspired you to make it.
- Whenever possible, name the Residents pictured, and include a SLURL to the location (when appropriate.) 
- Moderately Photoshopped images are OK, just mention if this is the case, and what effects were added.  (On rare occasions when the post-production adds a special element, heavily Photoshopped images are also appropriate.)
- If you submit an image to NWT, it's assumed I have permission to run it, either as the owner, or because it's been appropriately CC licensed.  The original creator retains all their rights to it, in any case.

Update, 9:50pm: Fixed Gabrielle's name.

Submitting to New World Tableau:

New World Tableau is an ongoing album featuring Residents who've turned SL screenshots into a new art form, vividly conveying emotions, stories, and entire cultures in a single image.

- If you come across a picture or image stream that deserves a place here, please IM (Hamlet Au) or e-mail ([email protected]) me the link.   Please e-mail me the image as a file link, or attached as an .jpeg or .gif, as long as it's under a meg in size.
- Submission tip: I regularly check the SL screenshot stream of New World Notes partner Koinup, an MMO social network-- consider creating an account there.   
- Submitting as an in-world texture not recommended, as they often come out distorted and not high res.
- Feel free to describe what the image says to you, or if you're the creator, what inspired you to make it.
- Whenever possible, name the Residents pictured, and include a SLURL to the location (when appropriate.) 
- Moderately Photoshopped images are OK, just mention if this is the case, and what effects were added.  (On rare occasions when the post-production adds a special element, heavily Photoshopped images are also appropriate.)
- If you submit an image to NWT, it's assumed I have permission to run it, either as the owner, or because it's been appropriately CC licensed.  The original creator retains all their rights to it, in any case.

Update, 9:50pm: Fixed Gabrielle's name.

Comments

[qarl]

HELP HELP! the realism in this picture is causing me sensory overload!

[Kelli]

"Edges are ugly on SL," Gabriel explains. "I try to round and smooth them as much as I can. Then I adjust the colors, the contrast, the brightness, and I reduce noises on some parts... I wasn't against a wall so I adjusted the lighting with the lights effects tool and I did the shadow on the wall and on the avatar with the Burn tool. I added noise and here we are!"
Wow, so it's a screenshot. Ahh, I see it now.