Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
Toni Moana’s photostream has me convinced there is nothing this Second Life daredevil won’t do. It reminds me of my early days in SL, exploring adventurous sims. I got eaten by an alligator and sent home about twenty times before I crossed this river by jumping from rock to rock. I was a noob and still got stuck under stairwells and ran into doors, what was I thinking crossing a river. I hope she makes it from one side to the other, though most of the time when we fall in SL we just land in an ignominious heap and don’t die. I will take the heap any day of the week.
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“Surfing at Wahine Cay” is an exciting surfing picture. SL has a huge surfing subculture with great surfing sims that have marvelous waves created by residents. They always seek a more true-life appearance and experience. You don’t click on a wave and ride it, you sit on that board and your actions determine whether you ride the wave or achieve escape velocity as you are cast into the air.
“Good Vibes Only” has her riding another adventurous board, a skateboard down the highway of life. It’s a fun picture, the perspective shot from below makes her seem just a bit faster, perhaps a bit more dangerous. (Fittingly, her avatar's last name, Moana, is Hawaiian for "ocean".)
Toni wrote, “I consider Flickr a photo diary of my journey through Second Life, taking photos of my daily life doing things I truly enjoy.” That is exactly what it is, too. Full of fun, adventure, and SLURLS to take you to the many places where she is having a blast.
Toni Moana’s photostream is a reminder of what Second Life was like before it took so long to get dressed. Remember those days? Tossing on some clothes, never working about whether your feet match your hands and your hands match your body and your body matches your head and your head emotes like an adult human and not a guppy. Mesh is beautiful, but I loved the ease of the old ways.
All images copyright Toni Moana
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Cajsa Lilliehook is a sixteen year resident of Second Life, where she owned a photo studio, spent several years as a DJ at The Velvet, and for her first SL job, cleaned up prim trash. She co-founded and runs the It’s Only Fashion blog with her best friend Gidge Uriza. She also has a book review blog, Tonstant Weader Reviews and a cooking blog, Single Serving Recipes. She spends a lot of time researching and reporting on Republican sexual predators. In her first life, she is a retired grassroots leader who has worked for economic and social justice issues most of her life. She is also the minion of a cat named Nora.
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