“Music was my first Love…”

A tribute to Victoria Frances – Created for E-Clipse Magazine April 2021 – https://issuu.com/eclipsemagazinesl/docs/eclipse_magazine_april_2021

TUNES

Music was my first love
And it’ll be my last
Music of the future
And music of the past.
To live without my music
Would be impossible to do
In this world of troubles
My music pulls me through

[- John Miles -]
Accessories

Headpiece: Moon Elixir – “Mushroom Thorn Crown” (Gacha, Common)

Horns: Storybook – “Curse – Aged”

Nails: [CX] – “Fallen Filth Claws” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No_Waste”

Face Art:  Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger” (BoM, Materials enabled)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – Erin 2.5″

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3” + “Lara Add-On “Petite” V1.1″

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo ( Dark ) Secrets” (BoM)

Freckles & Veins: Izzie’s – “Body Veeins & Cellulite 01 + Freckles” + “Neck Freckles 01 (warm)” (BoM)

Dirt: Izzie’s – “Dirt light” (BoM)

Ears: .:BoD:. – “Sasha Crosses”

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Vivien De’Lancoure

Backdrop: JACKALOPE – “The Witching Hour Backdrop”

Harp: DRD – ” Victorian Musicroom- Harp”

Models & Stylists

Vivien De’Lancoure & Wicca Merlin

Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“Loving the monsters always ends badly for the humans. It’s a rule.”

Made for Eclipse Magazine // January 2021 // https://issuu.com/eclipsemagazinesl/docs/eclipse_magazine_january_2021

“Loving the monsters always ends badly for the humans. It’s a rule.”

[- Laurell K. Hamilton -]

For the current issue of the Eclipse Magazine, again I was allowed to showcase a role play genre. My choice this time was Vampires. I wanted to cover the more traditional and vintage side of it as well as the modern one.

For the more traditional, Victorian one I had the great pleasure, to get some company from Vivien Delancoure. It is always fun to do picture with friends, but usually I just do not dare to ask, as sometimes I take ages until I have my final pose, shot and background. I hate to waste others peoples time. With Vivien it was different. She is a blogger as well, making wonderful pictures and creates most of her poses by herself – Just take a look at her Flickr HERE. So she knows how long it can take and that made me brave enough to ask her, if she would like to join me for a picture. Her style is usually goth-romantic or dark romantic, which already was perfect for what I was going for. She was so sweet and patient and made the whole shoot to a lot of fun combined with a lovely chitchat 😉 I have a feeling, that this will be not our last shoot together as it really was awesome to work with her.

Thank you Vivien, for your time, patience and a new growing friendship I do not want to miss again 😉

My style you can find – like usual – below this post. For Vivien’s look, just take a look at her blog HERE.

Clothing

Coat: Hotdog – “Bloodsucker Tailcoat” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Glasses: -SU!- – “Midnight Doll Sunglasses”

Rings & Nails: [CX] x BUENO – “Welded Eye – Gold” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Magika – “Irene”

Face Scars: . The Rotting Lab . – “Waster – Scar – Pale”(BoM)

Eye Art & Sclera: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger” (BoM, Materials enabled)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – Erin 2.5″

Ears: [CX] – “Ostium Impaler Ear”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Sarah Eyes”  (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: oOo – “Taste Two” (slightly edited)

Scenery: DRD – “Bloodcroft Castle” (Gacha)

Pose Tool: Anypose – “BVN HUD v1.82”

Face Animation Tool: LeLutka – “Axis HUD Face 1.1”

Models

Vivien Delancour & Wicca Merlin

Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“Incorrect. I am not an AI… I am a living, thinking entity that was created in the sea of information.”

Originally created for AUDAZ – https://audaz-sl.com/

“Life perpetuates itself through diversity, and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information. Only genes remain. Why continually repeat this cycle? Simply to survive by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system.”

[- Puppet Master -]
Clothing

On Her

Top: [CX] – “Sticky Bits Top – Owned” (Maitreya)

Panty 1: [CX] – “Sticky Bits Bottom” (Maitreya)

Panty 2: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – “Crotch Guard (MID)” (Gacha, Rare)

On Him

Outfit: Gild – “Xanadu Gown (for male)” (Gianni)

Accessories

On Her

Face Art 1: Wicca’s Originals – “Edge Implant”

Face Art 2: Wicca’s Originals -Pathfinder Set”

Upper Harness: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – “Harness CM (Black)” (Gacha, Common)

Belly: :::SOLE::: – “SA – armor ST01 (Black EX – Sticker)” (Maitreya)

Back: :::SOLE::: – “SA – SG Pad (Black) Tail”

Upper Legs: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – CLeg (Black)” (Gacha, Common)

On Him

Glasses: Bauhaus – “8 Bits Cyber Shades”

Face Art: {PSYCHO:Byts} – “Cyber Implants”

Hair & Makeup

On Her

Hair: lock&tuft – “stranded (women fit 1)

Lipstick: NOX. – “Incomplete Lip” (Omega Applier)

On Him

Hair: A&Y – “Dext”

Head, Body & Tattoo

On Her

Head: LeLutka – “May 3.4”

Skin: YS&YS – “Pris ELF NOBROWS” (BoM)

Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”

Eye Left: [LB Eyes] – “Cybernetic Steel: 8 L Materials” (Mesh)

Eye Right: Madame Noir – [Black Eye R] (Group Gift)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: YS&YS – “Pris Machine Body Effect – Dark” (BoM)

Tattoo 2: ~JJ~ – “Speciality Tattoo (Gynoid/Anroid)” (BoM)

                        Arms: Wicca’s Originals – “Omega Arms” (Maitreya)

On Him

Head: Catwa – “Daniel”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Snake Eyes”

Body: Signature – “Gianni”

Arms: Wicca’s Originals – “Omega Arms” (Gianni)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: [InDiGo] – “Couple Pose – Follow Me” (Bento)

Background: PIRAYA&TROPIX – “Cyber City FATPACK”

Models

Redclaw Inshan & Wicca Merlin

Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“… yet Daylight put an End to all these Evils…”

Originally created for AUDAZ – https://audaz-sl.com/shades-of-bathory/

“ All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness; and though he had seen many spectres in his time, and been more than once beset by Satan in divers shapes, in his lonely pre-ambulations, yet daylight put an end to all these evils; and he would have passed a pleasent life of it, in despite of the devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was – a woman.”

[- Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -]
Clothing

Gown: CURELESS[+] – “Bathory’s Gown – BRIDAL” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Collar: Wicca’s Originals – “Lamia Collar [Bloody Edition]” (Maitreya)

Skeletons: CURELESS[+] – “Anatomical Venus /Mors Vincit Skeletons” (Gacha, Reward VIP)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: [KKLRS] – “Sybylla”

Eye Makeup: CURELESS[+] – “Undereye Lines & Liner /RED” (BoM)

Face Art: CURELESS[+] – “Psychopomp / Black / FADED” (BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Queen HD Eyes”

Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Arms & Shoulder Tattoo: Ghoul – “Hannya Demon Arms” (Maitreya)

Skin: 7 Deadly s[K]ins – “Well & Hallow – Hallow Skin Browless” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: Poseidon

Skulls: BellePoses – “Spookzilla Hunt 2 – Skull”

Weapon: [CX] – “Reforged Reaper”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged…”

Originally created for AUDAZ – https://audaz-sl.com/

“Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things—though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.”

[-Jess C Scott, The Other Side of Life -]
Clothing

Top 1: A&Y – “Raizer Top – multicolor” (Maitreya)

Top 2: A&Y – “Raizer Vest – multicolor” (Maitreya)

Pants: A&Y – “Phex Cyber Shorts – multicolor” (Maitreya)

Shoe Right: L’Emporio – “*Cryptor* Boots” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Arms: SEKA “Glitch Arms” (Maitreya

Nails & Rings: [CX] – “Conjuration Claws – Onyx” (Maitreya, Bento)

Leg Right: SEKA – “Glitch Legs” (Maitreya)

Head, Body & Tattoos

Head: HARO – “Cyhead+Neck” (Maitreya)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Spine: Wicca’s Originals – “Cryo Chest” (Maitreya)

Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Conductor (Silver)” (Maitreya Applier, Materials)

Leg Left: Skellybones – “Cyberposh Legs – Lfet” (Maitreya)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: Foxcity

Orb: Poseidon – “Glowing Orb L1 Green” (color modified) (Part of Enchantress Pack 1)

Backdrop: Paparazzi – “Backdrop – Cyberpunk Vault Door – Blue”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

You’re Forgiven not Forgotten…

TUNES

All alone, staring on
Watching her life go by
When her days are gray and her nights are black
Different shades of mundane

And the one favorite toy that lies upon the bed
Has often heard her cry
And heard her whisper out a name long forgiven
But not forgotten

A bleeding heart torn apart
Left on an icy grave
In the room where they once lay, face to face
Nothing could get in their way

But now the memories of the man are haunting her days
And the craving never fades
She’s still dreaming of a man long forgiven
But not forgotten

Still alone, staring on
Wishing her life goodbye
As she goes searching for the man long forgiven
But not forgotten

You’re forgiven not forgotten
You’re not forgotten
No, you’re not forgotten

[- The Corrs -]
Clothing

Outfit & Headpiece: :Moon Amore: – “Misanthropic Veil – Tight” (Maitreya)

Poses & Props

Pose: Foxcity – “Devilish-6m” (Bento)

Set:

DRD – “Forgotten Guestroom Bed – Grey (PG)” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // October 2020

DRD – “Forgotten Guestroom – Side table” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // October 2020

DRD – “Forest Ritual Site – Tree Trunk”

DRD – “Forest Ritual Site – Treestump”

DRD – “Agony Statue Collection – Confrontation”

DRD – “Asylum – Papers A” (Gacha, Common)”

DRD – “Old Gazebo Bench – Post apoc”

DRD – “Halloween Collection – Halloween Bottles”

DRD – “The Cemetery – Ground Roots – Large”

DRD – “The Cemetery – Ground Roots – Small”

22769 – “House of Lost Souls – Stepstones” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “House of Lost Souls – Broken Fence” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “House of Lost Souls – Fence” (Gacha, Common)

LAQ Decor – “Mossy Stonewall”

LB – “GiantCedar{Animated}*Seasons”

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“Just a whisper. I hear it in my ghost.”

Originally created for AUDAZ – https://audaz-sl.com/

When I float weightless back to the surface, I’m imagining I’m becoming someone else.”

[- Motoko Kusanagi -]

Clothing

Collar: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – Charged Collar (White)” (Gacha, Ultra Rare)

Shoulder Harness: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – Harness EX (White)” (Gacha, Common)

Bra: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – “NCore (White)” (Gacha, Rare)

Belly Plate: :::SOLE::: – “SA – armor STC01 (White)” (Maitreya)

Belt: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – Riv Belt (White)” (Gacha, Common)

Panty: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – Crotchguard (White)” (Gacha, Rare)

Arm Bands: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – CArm (White)” (Gacha, Common)

Leg Bands: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – CLeg – Lara Base (White)” (Gacha, Common)

Accessories

Headset: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – “Headset (White)” (Gacha, Commoin)

Glasses: :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – “Visor (White)” (Gacha, Common)

Rings & Nails: [CX] – “Shredder Claws” (Maitreya, Bento)

Tail: :::SOLE::: – “SA – SG Pad (White) Tail”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: adoness – “beanie”

Face Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Snow Shaman” (BoM, Hunt Prize)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Skin: YS&YS – “Immortal NO Brows” (BoM)

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.0”

Ears: [Cubic Cherry] – “{Altered} Ear”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Shape: Denver’s Shapes – “Amy for LeLutka Erin head”

Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Empowerment (Mana)” (BoM)

Right Arms: SPARROW – “hand / chloe [anim] #42” (Gacha, Common)

Legs: SPARROW – “feet / chloe [anim] #30” (Gacha, Common)

Poses & Props

Pose: SAPA – “Cyber 2020 – 72.7” (Bento)

Backdrop: The Bearded Guy – “Prodigy – Jack Back”

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“They create the spaces within which we live our lives…”

Originally created for AUDAZ – https://audaz-sl.com/

“They create the spaces within which we live our lives, moulding us to fit into the places they define—public or private, park or car park. We are created and re-created by our spaces. It’s a constant feedback loop. Space shapes behaviour—what you can do in it, what you can’t. It’s identity. Here, we can exist, in a space not fully imaged, but once their minds return to this place, we will be gone.”

[ – T.R. Napper, Neon Leviathan – ]
Clothing

Outfit: [[Masoom]] – “Callista” (Maitreya)

Shoes: ::Static:: – “Nightfire Boots” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Head Piece: >UNGOD – “Cyber Neural Halo Clean”

Eyepatch: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Chiba Patch Sci-fi Girl (R)”

Chin: [Cubic Cherry] – “{Moren} jawbone LIGHT”

Arm Cables: .Inkhole. – “USB Set – White” (Maitreya)

Leg Band (left): :::SOLE::: – “GRPE – Cleg (White)”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Ade – “Cyber Hairstyle”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.0”

Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”

Left Eye: Madame Noir – “Eye Neon L”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Shape: Denver’s Shapes – “Amy for LeLutka Erin Head”

Skin: ~JJ~ – Mannequin Base Skin ~ Female/White” (BoM)

Tattoo: ~JJ~ – “Specialty Tattoo (Gynoid/Android)” (BoM)

Left Arm: +Radix+ – “Cable Cyber Arm – White” (Maitreya)

Right Hand: Wicca’s Originals – “Nyx Hands” (Maitreya)

Ear Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “[CX] Sceleratis Warrior HUD”

Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Mutation” (Maitreya Applier, Materials)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: Foxcity

Backdrop: The Bearded Guy – “La Matriz – Far Horizons”

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

 

 

 

Sympathy for the Devil

TUNES

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

[-The Rolling Stones-]

This time of the year usually feels the best to me. I can be me without getting asked if I am ok or if something bad happened *giggles* The season allows all the dark fantasies, creepy imaginations and scary moments with Halloween coming closer and closer.

I have so many ideas in mind i really have to channel them and thin about what I want to post next. I know I still want to showcase some of the amazing designs of the Engine Room while it still is running but I had to bring todays pictures first as it was itching so bad in my fingers. I made this pictures already a few weeks ago for an amazing exhibit at the L’autre Oeil Gallery and it already was hard to wait until the gallery opened *grins*

It is not a secret that I do have an addiction for the more darker side of fantasy. Recently a few people asked me why I am always wearing black or dark colors. They tried to challenge or even tease me, that it would not be difficult to create dark images with dark colors, while it would be way more difficult to manage that with light or pastel colors. Now since I have an super cute evil Kawaii doll daughter, who does really scary but pastel colored art work and pictures, I thought I would take n that challenge and chose to do the color I usually avoid the most to create some dark fantasy – PINK!

CURELESS has a perfect gacha released not too long ago, which was perfect for that project – The “Moirai Sisters” gacha. I took the amazing torso as base for my look and mixed and matched other designs with it. Since I thought it is kinda a sick idea, I used the super amazing “Welcome Home – Asylum Photo Scene” as background and decorated it with several items from DRD, CerberusXing and Remarkable Oblivion.

For the pose, I went to Le Poppycock. I did remember, that she released a gachas with that amazing skeletons. When I arrived there, I discovered she did not only have one! With the “Nyctophilia” gacha I found the perfect poses/props for my idea.

A week before Halloween and still so many creepy ideas left… lets see what else I can come up with 😉

Clothing
Outfi: CURELESS [+] – “Moirai Sisters / M / Moirai Torso” (Gacha, Rare)
Collar: CURELESS [+] – “Moirai Sisters / M / Moirai Collar” (Gacha, Rare)
Tights: CURELESS [+] – “Anatomic Doll /Dolly Tights / PINK” (Gacha, Common)
Accessories
Septum: Madame Noir – “Insect Septum” (Group Gift)
Piercing 1: LeLUTKA – “Lake.Piercing.Lip.Ashley/Laubert” (part of the Lake head)
Piercing 2: LeLUTKA – “Lake.Piercing.Lips.Frenulum/Tongue” (part of the Lake head)
Piercing 3: LeLUTKA – “Lake.Piercing.Nose.3rdEye/Bridge” (part of the Lake head)
Feet Accessory: [CX] – “Ankle Bellets – White/Silver” (Maitreya, color modified)
Hair & Makeup
Hair: [KKLRS] Hair – “Sybylla”
Eyeshadow: CAZIMI – “Foxy HD Eyeshadow” (LeLUTKA Evo HD Applier)
Lipstick: CAZIMI – “Trending HD Lips Set04 Sizzling” (LeLUTKA Evo HD Applier)
Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Lake 2.0”
Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”
Ears Add-On: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Sceleratis Drip Augment” (Applier)
Body: Maitreya – “Lara v5.3”
Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Falow your Dreams” (BoM)
Hands: CURELESS [+] – “Anatomic Doll /Dolly Hands / PINK” (Gacha, Common)
Feet: CURELESS [+] – “Anatomic Doll /Dolly Feet / PINK” (Gacha, Common)
Poses, Props & Tools
Pose 1: Le Poppycock – “*Nyctophilia* Beautiful Bones” (Gacha, Common, Bento)
Pose 2: Le Poppycock – “*Nyctophilia* Blind Date” (Gacha, Common, Bento)
Pose 3: Le Poppycock – “*Nyctophilia* Deliverance” (Gacha, Common, Bento)
Backdrop: Ex Machina – “Welcome Home – Asylum Photo Scene”
Mannequin 1: RO – “Spook Show – Fancy Nancy Mannequin”
Mannequin 2: RO – “Spook Show – Gail Veil Mannequin”
Mannequin 3: RO – “Spook Show – Freida Freak Mannequin”
Door: [CX] x Insomnia Angel – “Deadly End Door”
Trap: [CX] – “Bloody Bear Trap”
Skeleton Ground: Bad Katz – “Mesh Floor Skeleton”
Shelf: DRD – “Deadmore Mortuary – Embalming Cart”
Bandages: DRD – “TRH – Dr Steins Bandages”
Wall Art: [CX] – “Cerb’s Trophy Board”
Model & Photographer

Come inside, don’t be afraid, I’ll keep you safe…

TUNES

Hey there, little girl
Come inside I’ve got some sweet things
Put your hair in curls
Paint you up just like a drag queen

I don’t mind decay?
‘Cause you are the night that saves my day

[-Pretty Reckless-]

Today I have a picture for you, which I created for my exhibition at the L’autre Oeil Gallery. They asked me to create 3 pictures for a special exhibition called “Halloween & Goth”. When I saw the Incredible “Plague Skeleton Creature” mask and hands from DRD, released at The Warehouse Sale, it was a must to use them for the picture idea that I had! The hands even come with a BoM layer to make a smooth seam between the hands and arms. While I was styling, I realized that CerberusXing just released new horns at Necrosis another cool event for this season you should not miss out!

The cool tattoo, which perfectly matched the look, I found at Nefekalum Tattoos and the awesome, filigree outfit was made by ERSCH.

This time of the year is like my personal Christmas season. I do love all the dark, mystic and scary things – I know… no news so far – and I can promise, that I already have a few more ideas in mind in that kind of style, for my next few blog posts 😉

Clothing

Outfit: ERSCH – “Vena” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Horns: [CX] – Apis Horns” – NEW @ Necrosis

Mask & Hands: DRD – “Plague Skeleton Creature” (Hands: Maitreya, Bento) – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale

Hair & Makeup

Hair: MINA Hair – “Karen”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Body: Maitreya – “Lara v5.3”

Tattoo: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Icarus Brans” (Maitreya Applier, Materials Enabled)

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: Poseidon

Lamp: DRD – “Voodoo Shoppe – Spirit Lamp – Long”

Mobile: DRD – “Voodoo Shoppe – Bone Mobile – Long”

Gallery Location

L’autre Oeil Gallery

Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin