Lyric's Desire: Erotic SL Machinima From Lyric Lundquist

There are many Second Life machinimas that aim to titillate with sexual imagery, but for my mojo, at least, few are actually sexy. Then there's "Sideways Time", the latest from Lyric Lundquist, whose expressionist machinima I've celebrated before, a geometric burst of sensual imagery. Possibly unsafe for work viewing, but more evocative, than explicit:

"Although there are sensual undertones in a lot of my machinima," Lyric tells me, "I really wanted to take it to another level with this video." She was inspired by the discovery of Igor Ballyhoo's latest creation [SLurl teleport link here]. "I was floored with how sensual and powerful it was. I was also hanging out a lot at Selavy Oh's installation while obsessively listening to the 'The White Flash' by Modeselektor." Both builds are featured in "Sideways Times", Ms. Lundquist's attempt "to create something that would evoke the viewer to feel the emotions that both installations made me feel."

To help her, she worked with her friend Del May, something of the project's art director. "I felt like her style choices and poses would gel nicely with the mood I was going for. The girl has taste. I also used some footage I had taken months ago at JoJo Runo's bathhouse installation from Poetik Velvets (her signature minimalist sultry style really appeals to me) to try to push the eroticism to another level without being tacky or over the top." [SLurl teleport link here] "Hopefully you were able to discern all different types of couples in the video! Girls with guys, girls with girls, guys with guys."

On a technical level, Lyric incorporated a few post-production enhancements: "I layered multiple clips (sometimes up to four or five) and added a strobe effect and sometimes a solarizing effect to one or two of the clips. Lately I've been gravitating toward striking reds and using it in some of my Photoshop projects, so that ended up crossing over into this video."

See much more of Lyric Lundquist's machinima here.

Comments

[Nyoko Salome]

;0 prrzzz... this is really awesome work. :)) i can't wait to explore her youtubez for more ;0...

[AnnOtooleInSL]

She needs to have a gallery showing irl of these works. Seriously.

[Lyric Lundquist]

thank you both for your sweet comments and for watching. it's much appreciated!

and ann -- thank you for your constant support, it makes me very happy.

xo

- L

[Skylar Smythe]

I am floored. Oh my God! Incredible machinima!