Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
As if any of us needed another reason to be in awe of SL designer and RL artist Nylon Pinkney, but here's one more to add to the list. Nylon (whose fans include comedian Drew Carey) has recently been painting up a storm with a series of beautifully detailed digital avatar portraits, including the one above which you can see in full on Flickr.
Nylon's artistic talents are no mystery to those of us who follow her in SL, but if you're new to her work you may want to catch up...
For years now, Nylon Pinkney's handpainted style has been one of the most recognizable in Second Life fashion, and she's frequently incorporated her artwork into her virtual products, like the bug-girl plates she created for The Arcade earlier this year. That said, these portraits still stand out from much of her other Second Life work. Some of them are highly polished, some of them are a little silly, and some of them are stunningly stylized. All of them have some damn fine detailing though, like the glittery eyeshadow effect in the image above.
If you want more, there are a lot of places to get your Nylon Pinkney fix: You can check out all of Nylon's avatar portraits on her Flickr, visit her flagship brand Nylon Outfitters in-world or on the SL Marketplace, or even get some of her digital art for your RL collection through her Society6 and PrintAllOverMe storefronts. You may also want to follow her on Twitch where she occasionally livestreams her artwork, though unfortunately if you've missed past streams there are no archived videos to revisit.
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Nylon is amazing.
Posted by: Damien Fate | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 02:36 PM
A little pricey for the best quality ones but definitely worth it, and it makes sense dollar per hour-wise.
Posted by: Terry Shuriken | Friday, December 05, 2014 at 06:54 AM