New World Notes

Look at These Marvelously Meta Pics of Avatars from Second Life Using Computers to... Log Into Second Life

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“Figures laying on a giant computer keyboard…l” from Torley is almost nine years old but still captures the feeling of despair when our electronic companions are being repaired. 

This was me since last Thursday waiting for my laptop to be repaired. My warranty expires in nineteen days and cannot be extended, so at least the timing was good. But still, I was a regular fretnik. Which made me think about folks and their computers and what Second Life artists had to say. 

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Pumpkin Spice Fashion Photos for Friday from... Squibby Von Beipi!

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Squibby Von Beipi is a Flickr microblogger. She recently posted “Pumpkin Spice Season.” I confess I have never tasted a Pumpkin Spice drink and I hope I never will, but it does seem to have become the modern harbinger of fall taking over the internal calendar spot once held by the raucous honks of geese flying south. I love the color story in this picture and that sweater is to die for. 

Four of the items in this post are at Equal 10. I just wish she had credited that pumpkin spice latte, not that I would drink it! However, searching for it, I think I found it or something close enough, the MVT Pumpkin Spice Drink Set which is a gacha being resold. It’s likely she didn’t credit it because it’s not on sale except by resellers. It’s from MOVEMENTT who specializes in holdables and you probably could find something similar. Teleport to store, here. 

Equal 10 Items - Main Sim TP (Ends October 5th) 

•  DOUX - Light hairstyle
• .miss chelsea. Rene - Sweater + Jumpsuit.
• Ladybird. // Mahina (Chest)
• Ladybird. // Stelle (Forehead)

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There's a Large Flickr Group Devoted to Photos of Virtual Pianos in Second Life With Fantastic Ivory Tickling Images

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This photo by Ethan Lane just took my breath away. It sets the mood so well. Though candlelight is yellow the score is blue from the moonlight shining down from above. He is rapt, studying the score, marking it up with his notes. See the pencil in his mouth. And of course, it is called “Moonlight Sonata.” 

I found this picture with many other fantastic pictures featuring piano in Ticklin’ the Ivories of Second Life, a group nearly 500 strong who’ve posted roughly 2000 images featuring the pianos throughout the virtual world. 

I was listening to one of my favorite pianists when it occurred to me there might be a group devoted to piano pictures. It was a good bet, there’s a Second Life Flickr group devoted to just about everything. 

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Amazing Group Photo of Second Life Supervillain Cosplay -- Shot in Five Very Amazing & Unique Variations!

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Loute Diesel is a great virtual photographer who has organized collaborations of French photogs in Second Life, giving us definitive evidence of how very individual virtual world photography is. Here you have the same group and yet every picture is wildly different. I love it. Her picture has much sharper color contrast than others in the collaboration. It’s a brighter picture overall, but the colors are all richly saturated. 

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Today's Second Life Flickr Pick: Western Roleplay Imagery to Rival Red Dead Redemption

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Fingol Greyhaven has found his niche and he’s not just sticking with it, he’s taking it to a whole new level.  Take “Here’s Hoping There’ll Always Be a Cowboy.” What can you say but wow and how did he do that. It looks like a screen shot from a game like “Red Dead Redemption.” It’s amazing. Usually, folks like to show the subject walking into the frame, not out. But walking out of the frame is what a cowboy does, “living on the road my friend.” The title comes from a different song, one by George Fox, “Here’s Hoping (There’ll Always Be a Cowboy.)”

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This Large Flickr Group is Devoted to Screenshots Featuring Reflections of the Second Life Water

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Magical SL Reflections is exactly what it sounds like -- a Flickr group devoted to pictures of reflections in Second Life. Over 1000 members strong, there are lots of people gazing into the water and boats' rippled reflections. Some are truly magical, like this one from Ice Rock called “The Lighthouse.” The moon is spectacular and its reflection even more so. The way the lighthouse flashes completely captured me. This is what I was looking for. 

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This Artist Uses Layered Second Life Images & Wireframe Screenshots to Create Breathtaking Works of Abstract Expressionism

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

Thus Yootz’ “Exodus to Air” is exquisite. There are multiple shots that have been layered to produce this otherworldly scene. It’s a distortion of reality that expresses emotion which suggests abstract expressionism. After all, it’s just some trees with clouds scudding in the distance. Add some screened flowers and some text in a different alphabet and all sorts of context becomes possible. 

Is it a parallel multiverse or a dystopian future here with black chlorophyll and a red, red sun, or is it a mood? She chose “The Ballad of John Henry” by Joe Bonamassa to accompany the picture, a connection I don’t see, but I enjoy Bonamassa any day of the week. Unlike an ordinary landscape, this picture is not just beautiful, but also confounding. What does it mean? 

The original screenshot was taken at The White Armory and Sylvan Moon Designs.

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Friday Fashion Finds for Anime Avatars by Alma Berta

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Alma Berta is a Flickr microblogger whose anime characters are having fun. I am particularly fond of “Special Heart” because she is wearing the right-sized garters and not those too-tight-thigh-squeezing-circulation-stopping monstrosities with red and irritated skin. These garters fit. They also won’t cause blood clots or compartment syndrome. Click through for more detailed credits. 

• Insomnia Angel . Ellis hime sleeves at Mainstore
• Insomnia Angel . Lize strap leg garter available at Dubai Event until Sept 15th

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These Second Life Screenshots by Carey Chenault Look Like Landscape Paintings

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Carey Chenault is a landscape photographer and a very good one. I love how she has framed this serene with the magnolia and cherry blossoms. The landscaper also did a wonderful job. Look how the line of the rocks in the forefront follow the curving lines of the horizon. I love how the reflections are only slightly shifted by the movement of the water which is not perfectly still. The shadow from the rock behind the rowboat looks like a sail at first glance. A bit of serendipity in the reflection. 

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Today's Second Life Flickr Pick: "EPIPHAINEIN" Creates Incredibly Creative & Zany Riffs on Biden, Edward Hopper’s "Nighthawks" & Beyond!

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EPIPHAINEIN has the best photostream, I haven’t a clue where to start, he is so inventive. 

Here is detail from “Sunday Funnies with Joe” -- see the whole amazing thing here.

And he delivers, not just with his persuasive pics, but the dialog even sounds like President Biden. I want more comics.

EPIPHAINEIN explains his name on his Flickr profile: “The word ‘epiphany’ comes from the Greek word ‘epiphainein’, which means ‘to make known’, ‘to manifest’, or ‘to shine upon’.” Well, he manifests humor, an appreciation for art, and a love of movies. And that’s not all

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