New World Notes

Today's Flickr Pick: Virtual Fashion Shot With Fun, Fantasy & Elegance

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I think Shin Nayla’s “That Day” caught my eye because I just finished a chapter in Her Here where a woman, spending a month in a Thai monastery, is frustrated when her shower does not work, accidentally leaves the water on, and returns to a flooded house, but it’s the hot time of year so she decided to lay down in the water on the floor and sleep there. I’m not sure how this school room got flooded, but she seems to be enjoying it. I love how her hair curls underwater and can barely be distinguished from the grain of the wood. 

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Tuesday's Flickr Pick: Creative Tributes to Magic & Fashion in the COVID Age

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Alba Silverfall’s “Little Frozen Friend” is a fabulous and dramatic fantasy picture. The little details such as electricity lighting up her skin, the pose that holds that pose beautifully centered. It’s a fun display of lighting magic. 

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Today's Flickr Pick: Jules Verne's Nemo Cosplay, Human Chess & a French Tribute to American Friends by Seb

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Seb decided to shoot “The Untold Story of Captain Nemo” and it’s gorgeous. It’s untold because this scene is not in the book, but comes from Seb’s adventurous imagination.To make it even better, Ethan Lane, the person who posed as Captain Nemo, took his own snaps from his point-of-view:

Today's Flickr Pick: Amazingly Photos of Male Avatars, and a Powerful Image Inspired by a Banksy Quote -- And the Artist's Real Life Patients

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

“They say you die twice” is a picture by "Big D" that I almost missed. I stopped to look more closely because I recognized the quote and wanted to see how the picture illustrated. The full quote from Banksy is, “They say you die twice, Once when you stop breathing and again when your name is spoken for the last time.” D's idea is subtle but perfect as the avatar is erased in the diamonds of the fencing, disappearing bit by bit as people’s memories of him disappear.

In the description, he suggests the image is in honor of people he's helped as medical worker in real life: "This is my tribute to all my patients who have gone and those that are about to. They've all enriched my life in their own little ways and they will all live on in my heart." Great concept and done brilliantly. 

He also has some very slice-of-life pics like the next one, click here:

Today's Flickr Pick: Lula Yue Plays With Perspective & Light to Make SL Screenshots Magical

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Lula Yue just looks at the world a bit differently than most and that makes her photostream a delight. The title for this picture is a quote from Carl Sagan, “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” This picture is actually a fairly simple shot of her sneakers and the shadow she casts, but she turned it 90° and made it magical. 

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Friday Fashion Blog: Want Shopping Ideas? Look Inside Kirca's Disaster Case

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Disaster Case is Kirca Rowley’s fashion blog. I am drawn to her posts because she actually wears clothes, something that is always a plus with me. I can see myself wearing this. The sweater is long enough to tuck into the skirt. I’ve never understood cropped sweaters. We wear a sweater to be warmer, so we need the fabric! She also wears her hair short a lot and I have a preference for short hair, too. 

• tram K0216 hair @Uber  
• -Pixicat- Mina Top @Anthem
• 18 Ricielli - Alessia Gacha @The Arcade

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Today's Flickr Pick: Bria Nova Shoots Avatar Portraits With Great Brio

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I love this picture. It’s good to see more women in leadership, behind the lectern, even in Second Life. I also love how natural this looks, one hand resting on the mic while she makes her point. This would have been great for International Women’s Day, but she posted it last May. 

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I Love These Avatar Tributes to International Women's Day

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Monday was International Women’s Day and I checked to see if Second Lifers were honoring the day. Sure enough there are several women noting the day. I enjoyed Silivren Atheria’s “Just a (Not So) Simple Girl” to which she adds a little about herself in all her complexities and contradictions. It’s beautifully done with a simplicity that adds to its intensity. 

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Tuesday's Flickr Pick: Eyes Kirschtaria, Japanese SLer, Creates Pics Full of Character & Vitality

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Eyes Kirschtaria is new to me and I am excited by what I see. He creates scenes from Second Life that are rich in character and vitality. “Go Change Your Clothes” is a great example. There are the two men whose outfits are featured in the microblog in the Flickr description, but then there are the men in the background and the man walking into the frame. There are unmentioned bystanders in a story full of movement and energy. 

His take on New Year’s in Japan is next, click here:

These Urban Landscape Photos Are Actually Screenshots from Second Life

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Some people concentrate on shooting raw, unprocessed screencaptures in Second Life. There are groups that feature unprocessed photos, though I think in some of those groups, people misunderstand the meaning of “raw.” There is no such problem with SL Unedited where I discover Thierry Tillier’s lovely “Landscape.” For someone from farm country, that sky is a harbinger of disaster. With the bare trees it must be late fall so the fields should be ready to harvest and at the most vulnerable to hail storms. I am crossing my fingers the hail passes by. 

The next picture is literally named SL art, if you can’t resist that, click here: