Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
Armor doesn't get enough love in Second Life fashion circles, which makes it stand out even more when those elusive, perfect shots finally do surface. This week virtual world artist and blogger Jordan Giant captured a series of images of a gleaming, detailed suit of her own, and they look so good that when I first caught sight of them in my Flickr dashboard I mistook them for the jawdropping work of my favorite Skyrim screenshotter, Jay Faircloth.
But they're not; these pics weren't captured in a heavily modded version of Skyrim running on a lightning fast computer at all. They were captured in Second Life, taking advantage of a dramatic and skillful use of in-game lighting options -- and probably more than a little bit of Photoshop, to be fair. Suffice it to say that the full set, including the image embedded above, are a breathtaking change of pace from the usual Second Life fashion snaps you'll come across.
Check out the full series on Jordan's blog, or swing by her Flickr gallery for more of her intense and compelling work.
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