Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
Warm colors, cool tiles, a cat stretching lazily, shoes kicked off and feet dangling. The scene that Boudicca Amat's Second Life piece titled "The Music Lesson" seems to only get deeper (and more inviting) the closer you look. Maybe it's that depth and subtlety that make it so very entrancing, even without the piles of post-processing work many of us have come to expect in SL artwork.
Although the actual inspiration for this virtual world tableau came a few centuries too late, it still seems to offer a very faint, ever so distant taste of Italian renaissance paintings. At least, that's the feeling I get. Either way, it's classically-inspired roots are very apparent, and something I know I'd love to see more of.
Visit Boudicca's Flickr gallery (mildly NSFW) for more of her stunning Second Life artwork, including my two personal favorites "Sweet Pea" and "Eliza".
(Hat tip: Xantheanne)
Iris Ophelia (@bleatingheart, Janine Hawkins IRL) has been featured in the New York Times, and has spoken about SL-based design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan and with pop culture/fashion maven Johanna Blakley.
I have only just this minute seen this article
............. to say I am overwhelmed is putting it mildly.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful critique. wow.
Posted by: Boudicca | Wednesday, July 09, 2014 at 05:54 AM