New World Notes

We Love These SL Fashion Photos Cleverly Incorporated Into Classic Magazine Covers

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Morgan Incognito has a fascinating photostream full of various projects. One of them is creating fun magazine covers featuring friends and models. I love the humor. She does a good mix with the model and the magazine. Esquire loves the suave metrosexual look and Hethwen Collinwood delivers. I love the surreal jacket design. 

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Cajsa is Seriously Injured IRL and Needs Our Help With L$ Donations & Medical Supply Purchases

Above: Casja's home in SL and donation-collecting dog -- click here to teleport.

Cajsa Lilliehook's long-running and much-loved New World Notes' column did not run today -- because today, Cajsa was at her nearby wound clinic, undergoing debridement.

She has, as Cajsa puts it to me, "an infection in my leg, complicated by an impaired immune system. It's shallow but very broad, so quite painful."

Retired in real life, this condition requires medical supplies that aren't covered by her insurance.

If you want to help Cajsa with these supplies, you can go here to her Amazon wish list.

Or if you prefer, you can visit her lovely home by the water in Second Life, and click the dog by her door, which accepts Linden Dollar donations -- click here to teleport.

Cajsa's Choices: Incredible Avatar Action Imagery by Kou

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We are on the wrong side of Kou’s weapon in 234. She numbers the pictures she uses for her microblog, using the Twitter description space for credits. I love her use of the CMYK colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)  used in printing. They are such bold colors and from those four come all the glorious colors seen in magazine and color photographs. I love how she presents as a threat with a smile on her face. The contrasts are delicious. 

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Cajsa's Choices: This Artist Beautifully Captures Blurred Avatars in Motion

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Sophia Reynolds brilliantly portrays the athleticism of dance in A Deal with God, a composite of four ballet positions. While her leotard is barely there, the shadows from the window framing is so solid it seems to clothe her more than her clothes. I love how some of the positions are more out of focus than the others, suggesting movement as well as signalling where her eyes are focused. I love the energy and the commitment she throws into her dance. 

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Cajsa's Choices: SL Community Celebrates Real Spring in the Virtual World

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Damatjo Magic created this for Lawrence D. Pryce’s Bloom of Spring: Humanity’s Hope Challenge. [Details of the Challenge here.] In addition to their pictures, people were asked to add some words of encouragement and inspiration. Damatjo added a link to Michael Jackson’s “Heal the World” [click here] which I cannot remember ever hearing before. I expected to see a lot of sunflowers and people did not disappoint. Damatjo wrote, “Where flowers bloom, so does hope. Let's hope that the war, that's going on now, will end and that we can all live in peace again. My heart and prayers are with the people.”

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Fashion Friday Blog: Incredibly Kawaii Looks from Sparkly Fly

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Sparkly Fly or “A Dream in a Dream” is the cutest blog I cannot read. It’s a blog created by Andie {Andyylee] in Tumbler and is so very kawaii. Sadly for me, however, pale pink on white text is just not readable, but I do love the pictures. Anyway, with Playing with Fire, her avatar captured my attention so completely it was only on the third pass that I noticed the fire. I think it was the way she looks straight at me. Now if she only mentioned who makes that great hair. 

• Skin: ~Little Foxy B.~ TrIck Skin Blogger (LeL EvoX) @Hongdae
• Clothes: REKT_Fresh Outfit Fp @Hongdae
• Shoes: Deadly Pixels: Yuta Net Platforms [FATPACK] @Hongdae 
• Accessories: QUIXE - JKook Earring @Hongdae

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Today's SL Flickr Pick: Stunning & Sensual Images by Shiloh Lyric

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The title of this brilliant picture is clever, but sad. “I was your favorite toy before you broke me.” But who quits playing with their favorite toy just because it lost a wheel, or an arm? Nonetheless, this image is striking and stopped my browsing while I thought about it. That is a common effect with Shiloh Lyric’s pictures.There is so much to love in this picture, but my absolute favorite is easily missed. I just love the way the ribbon trails back so far it fades into the shadows. 

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Today's SL Flickr Pick: Every Image on Aeon Jiminy's Feed is Stunning

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Aeon Jiminy’s picture title is a quote, “Tu comprends pas tout, tout est trop flou, comme si t’avais bu la tasse, noyé comme tous ces idiots.” which Google tells me means, “You don't understand everything, everything is too vague, as if you had drunk the cup, drowned like all these idiots.” It seemed so specific, I assumed it must come from somewhere and it does, from this song. [L’Imperatrice-Peur des filles] I had to check it out and it is hilarious. [Click here for the song.]

I fell in love with every picture in his stream and messaged Hamlet that I want to include everything, but that would be silly. So, I noticed he likes to shoot toward the sun which can create long shadows when shot from an angle as in this picture, or if the angle is low, it can blow out the detail into a white halo, or if shot full on create a silhouette. The angle with which you approach the sun can make dramatic changes. 

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Today's Flickr Pick: Stunning Shots of Second Life Homes

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Kiki Jonston loves to shoot pictures, particularly of buildings. I love how “A Tiny Voyage” features this little boat wandering down the stream. In the picture, if you imagine a line along the bridge and the building, they form a triangle and then there's the little boat which is a triangle as well. There’s a lot of interesting geometry. I imagine in real life that little cabin would be incredibly hot in the sun, but I sure do love it. 

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Virtual Decor & Interior Design Ideas from Pretty Things, Nice Life

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Pretty Things, Nice Life is a striking decor and fashion blog by Victoria K. James. I really like her most recent post Crane & Koi which she admits is a much more saturated color than her usual. I love that tub and the birds! 

• KOPFKINO  – Tranquility Water Garden Tub – Copper
• TLC Animals 
• TLC Gold fish pond with Waterfall Set
• TLC Goldfish
• TLC Red-crowned Crane

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