Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
Rimgal Kirax came back to Second Life last year after a thirteen-year hiatus. He blogs on Flickr with complete credits and SLurls. However his blog is not the ordinary kind of Flickr microblog. As he wrote on his About page, “There is no limit to creation on SL, and it's so sad just taking model pics while all our dreams can come true on SL.”
And so he creates scenes that will make you smile, perhaps even laugh out loud, perhaps guffaw with pleasure. I mean, take a look at “Old Bathroom Full of Life” with the somewhat decrepit fixtures, the COVID-sized pile of toilet tissue, and a room full of critters. I mean, look at that cat fascinated by the scale, probably watching the numbers go back and forth before settling. Rimgal is fishing in a tub full of ducks - live ducks. It’s all so much fun.
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“Chased by the Police” is another fun story picture from Rimgal. Yes, he is being chased, but considering he’s driving a forklift, I think the helicopter is overkill. Of course, he was moving an entire pallet of cannabis. And if you’ve ever wanted a forklift, he tells you where to find one in the credits.
“Feel the Power” is just such a lovely picture. His facial expression says it all, he seems fascinated and a bit awestruck as he gazes at the orb. I love how the orb lends such a delicate blue tint to his face. That kind of verisimilitude just enhances the magic where we can do anything.
Rimgal Kirax is setting out to prove we can do anything in SL. And you know, if you follow his Flickr stream, you probably will be convinced. I mean, sometimes he’s a frog, sometimes he’s driving a car and getting flagged down by squirrels, sometimes he fights dragons, sometimes he paints flowers, literally. He is game for anything and has a quirky, delightful imagination. Rimgal is having fun in Second Life and it shows. And frankly, if there were more blogs like his, fashion blogging would be interesting again.
All images copyright Rimgal Kirax
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Cajsa’s Choices is devoted to unique, artistic, and innovative virtual world-based images and screenshots that showcase the medium as an art form and Second Life as a creative platform. (Generally not images that fit on this Bingo card.)
Cajsa Lilliehook is a seventeen 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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