New World Tableau: Jade Collins' "New Beginnings"

Intriguing on many levels, I found Jade's profile of an expectant couple on his Koinup profile.  A seasoned Second Life photographer, "I've had some couples come to me," explains Jade, asking him "to take a picture of them [where] the woman was pregnant."  He created poses for that purpose, and asked a couple of friends (the woman's avatar suitably adjusted to simulate pregnancy), to show them off in this image-- and also, "to show how much SL can be real."  After creating the screenshot, he added several layers of after-image effects, which he details here.

See more of Jade's photography featuring more couples on his Koinup profile; view the entire Tableau album here.  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.

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.

Comments

[Two Worlds]

If the Combine ever comes to Earth to decide whether mankind needs to be enslaved or simply annihilated, I'm showing them this picture.

[Anonymus-Not]

...and mankind thus mankind will be annihilated. i wonder if i can ar people wearing pregnancy hud @ my place for broadly offensive behaviour.

[Two Worlds]

It depends, would stupidity count as broadly offensive behavior? It offends me...

(Psst, a little Afro-wigged bird told me there's a way to modify the "baby messages" pregnancy hud for fun and games...pass it on)