At The Ark we have our Ryn Gloves. These full length gloves come in two varieties, clean and scales. Both versions are tipped with long nails and come with a HUD that offer you 13 colors and 7 metals. Ryn is designed to for Maitreya’s Lara and are Bento enabled.
Whether you are the sort of mermaid associated with perilous events or the sort that is benevolent and falls in love with humans, our Amatheia Claws are perfect for any fashion-forward Mer. They are designed to fit Maitreya’s Lara, are Bento enabled, and come with that HUD that offers you 10 colors for the wrist band, chains, shells, and claws.
Taxi: Mermaid Cove by Flair for Events
For this round of We♥RP we have a very special pair of gloves that we call Paxton. These gloves aren’t wrist length or even elbow length, they are ARM LENGTH! That’s right, they go all the way up to just under your shoulders. They do come in two parts, so if you really must have a short option you have one. Paxton comes with a HUD that offers 6 colors and a few metals choices for you to choose from. Paxton is made to fit only Maitreya’s Lara.
Taxi: We ♥ RP
I am not uberly religious, but some themes, which as well are shown in arts again and again, do catch my attention sometimes. I more believe in nature and the power of even that, instead of the church for example. Religion or the believe in god, spirits and ghosts are something very personal and we all have different experiences with that, so I would never ever try to convince anyone of my own opinions about that. I do believe in the thought, that energy never goes away completely (Conservation of Energy) and always gets transitioned into something else 😉
For me tings like the Wiccan cult – or some older forms of nature based believes – are way easier to believe in than god or even the church. There was a time, where I did believe in god and as well the church, but that did end with the death of my father when I was 7. He died because of stomach cancer and all I wanted to know – when I was 7 – was “Why?”. Why would that god, that I did believe in, allow that a disease would be able to take my father from me, when I still needed him so much. There was a group for kids at the church, which I was attending every week and after my father passed away I wanted answers. They had none besides the one the church always uses, if they can’t explain something – “The paths of God are inscrutable”. Tell that a 7 years old girl, which is kinda ripped apart – not really working out well. That was my first disruption I had with that. Later, when I did grow up and started to try to get to the bottom of everything I was told and what I learned, it became even worse… I questioned why god would let it happen, that in a war innocent babies get killed – after I they tried to convince me, that war is nothing god does, but the humans as all have their own ability to make decisions – babies who can’t even walk, talk, speak nor make any kind of deliberately decisions.
I read the bible – more than once, as I wanted answers and I wanted to understand – and the more I read, the more I again questioned so many things… for example, how can I believe in a god that breaks his own ten commandments in the bible? How can I believe in a god, that allows humans to murder in his name? I was taught god is good! I learned I never will get answers more than “God must have his plan” or like I said before “His ways are inscrutable”- which was not enough for me, as I always want to go to the bottom of things. Maybe that is the reason why I personally prefer science and nature over religion itself.
Like I stated at the beginning, for me it is way easier to believe in the power of nature. Nature is very rational and there are proves, that some things do happen as we see it everyday. There is stuff between heaven and earth, not all will notice – or not all will/want to understand. So everyone has the freedom to decide, what he or she wants to believe in Germany, which is something I highly value. I know it is not a matter of course everywhere in the world sadly.
What I had in mind for this pictures, was a modern version of Eve, paired with the believe in natural powers and the Wiccan doctrine – Something nature connected 🙂 (I still won’t believe, that the female should have been the only reason, that locked out the human species from paradise 😉 )
I LOVE the creativity of CURELESS [+] / CUREMORE, especially their gachas that contain those amazing, special and unusual/artistic torsos. This time it was the “Lost Paradise” gacha, which drew my attention. The gacha does not only contain wearable parts, but as well some cool creations for the scenery. The trees, which come with a HUD for the bones and the apples, the snakes in all colors and shapes and the apples on the ground are a perfect scenery. I wanted all kind of warm colors for the set and with the HUDs it was really easy to achieve 🙂 I added some other things to my look – you all know I really love mix and match. I had some amazing parts, which I could imagine would fit so well, like the hand branches from .Drastic. or the cool claws from E.A.Studio. Iam not a fan of ling empty legs – I stated that in past posts already – so I wanted something wrapped around my legs and certainly no high heels 😉 I wanted flat shoes… but I do not own many of those, as I rarely shop for flat shoes besides sneakers, heavy boots and those kind of style. So I was so happy, when I found the “Charro Flats” still sitting in my inventory. I know I got them at an event and then I never had the right look to use them – until today!
Again I was able to just play with stuff I got over the time and did not have to follow any deadlines. Sometimes I really do need that, as much as I enjoy blogging, sometimes I need my freedom. It is different, when you blog for a designer. where you have items you want to showcase in the focus in a very clear way, or if you just fool around with things. I really do enjoy both and I need both for my happiness 😉 It feels like 2 completely different challenges to me and I do enjoy both!
Torso: CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Eden Diorama” (Maitreya, Gacha, Rare)
Legs: Storybook – “Savage – Brown” (Maitreya)
Shoes: Eudora3D – “Charro Flats” (Maitreya)
Apple: CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Eve’s Apple” (Gacha, Rare)
Headpiece 1: CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Wreath (fire)” (Gacha)
Headpiece 2: La Biche – “Branch Horns (Toadstool)”
Choker: Moon Elixir – “Mushroom Thron Crown”
Hands & Rings: .Drastic. – “Walnut Hand Branches”(Maitreya, Bento)
Nails/Claws: E.A.Studio – “Obsess Claws” (Maitreya, Bento)
Hair: [KoKoLoReS] – “Leighton”
Makeup: Zibska – “Kane” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: Zibska – “Folia Lips” (LeLutka Applier)
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.0”
Body; Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Face: Izzie’s – “Pores & Blemishes” (LeLutka Applier)
Body Tattoo: Astralia – “Forest Tattoo” (Maitreya, Ivy Elf Gacha)
Poses:
Set:
CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Paradise Tree (Brown)” (Gacha)
CUREMORE -“Lost Paradise /Crawling Snake(Beige & Green)” (Gacha)
CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Crawling HeadUp Snake (Beige & Green)” (Gacha)
CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / TreeHanging Snake (Beige & Green)” (Gacha)
CUREMORE – “Lost Paradise / Forbidden fruits (Fire, Red, Yellow, Green)” (Gacha)
Moon_Sha – “Wall Ivy 1 & 2 – Summer 1”
Little Branch – “WildGrass*1Li{Green}”
Wicca’s Wardrobe (parcel beside the store)
Today I was not sure what I wanted to do, except playing with the combination of a strong color and black. Since I did that often enough with red, I wanted to do something with a more vibrant color and as well bring in my spring mood into it. That was why I chose to go with a light orange that kinda dips into yellow – or I had too much honey in my tea lately :p
I wanted to use one of the pose props that I got during the last Exposeur sale. ” The Minimalist” had such awesome poses to it and it did give me the possibility to play some more with projectors as well since the ball to pose on is surrounded by a black box where projectors, shadows and lights will work amazing.
Recently I found out, that you can have more than one shadow if you work with different projectors that have different colored lights. If you hit the right angle and play with your windlight you can produce amazing effects. This time I was aiming for one darker and one lighter shadow.
When I started to look for some yellow/orange things in my inventory I stumbled across the “Honey” makeup and eyes from Queen of Ink and when I saw that… I just had to fool with it. That probably was the moment when I was sold to the orange/yellow part of the pictures :p
I more and more love my unplanned shoots as it is like playing roulette.. you never know what it will be and it is somehow a challenge to bring all the parts you have together if you do not think about everything before you start 😉 Maybe I should think about color or theme challenges for myself and have one each month… I do have to think about that, that could be fun!
For now I hope you liked my color and shadow play as much as I did 😉
Outfit & Accessories:
Outfit: [sYs] – “Anann” (Maitreya)
Shoes: Salt & Pepper – “Keisha” (Maitreya)
Gloves: Jian – “Sanderson’s Gloves”
Hair & Makeup:
Hair: Zibska – “Kiki” (color modified)
Makeup: Izzie’s – “Aegyo Sal” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: Zibska – “Sorcha” (LeLutka Applier)
Tears: Queen of Ink – “Honey” (LeLutka Applier)
Body & Tattoo:
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 3.0”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Face: Izzie’s – “Pores & Blemishes” (LeLutka Applier)
Eyebrows: Nanika – “Serena 2 Gold” (LeLutka Applier)
Eyes: Queen of Ink – “Honey – Gold Eyes” (LeLutka Applier)
Poses & Props:
{.:exposeur:.} – “The Minimalist” (color modified)
Model & Photographer:
Sometimes, you see an outfit and immediately have an idea what you would like to do with it.
Exactly that happened with the “Siran” outfit from Zibska. In general with Zibska I have never a hard time when I am wearing one of her outfits, as I love er artistic view on clothing and design.
It was one of that days.. I stood around going through my inventory – telling myself I need to sort and clean that mess – and fooling around with unboxing and trying several things, when I found the “Siran” outfit from Zibska, which I got a while ago. When I put it on, the black and white caught my heart on the first sight. Yes – I have a weakness for black & white stuffs 😉
The asymmetric design with the huge black body attachment and the black butterflies on the right side and the more filigree white one on the left perfectly match the 2 colored body suit. The bodysuit as well is unsymmetrical with a long black arm on the right and short white one on the left.
Since I had butterflies already I felt the need for more butterflies and added some in the background that I got ages ago from Tableau Vivant.
The amazing hand piercings and claws are from MEVA… I know I had them showcased already a few times but they are just so amazing that I can’t take them off :p
The mask and the cute little key in my mouth, I found in a folder that I got longer ago :p It was made by Bauhaus Movement and originally there is as well a clown collar coming with it, which I did not use for todays look.
I really do enjoy black & white themes so I kept the background as well very simple. I hope you enjoyed the Black & White as much as I did 😉
Details
Outfit: Zibska – “Siran” (Maitreya)
Shoes: Legal Insanity – “Aria” (Maitreya)
Mask & Key: Bauhaus Movement – “Lethargica”
Hair: KoKoLoReS – “Oakes”
Claws: MEVA – “Bento Claws Dark”
Makeup: Zibska – “Folia Makeup” (LeLutka Applier)
Lipstick: Zibska – “Folia Lips” (LeLutka Applier)
Wall Decor: Tableau Vivant – “Needful Things ~ Butteflies”
Basics:
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 2.7”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara V4.1”
Eyes: IKON – “Hope Eyes”
Shape: Selfmade
Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin
I can feel you here, watchin’ me
Whispers that I hear are haunting me
I can feel you here, watchin’ me
Whispers that I hear are haunting me
Feel it in the air…
[Lowkey]
Today I have an awesome gacha outfit from Salt & Pepper for you. The “Like a Prayer” gacha is available at the actual round of ROMP.
The gacha comes with so many different itmes and colors, I really had a hard time choosing the parts and colors for today’s look.
Usually a nun seems something well behaved and shiny, so I wanted to drag it over to something dark, since I am on a dark and scary mood at the moment*giggles*
I love how the habit moves with the poses and animations and with all the options you really can create looks from totally nice and proper to something uber sexy if you only use the harness for the body…
For the set, what else I could use as the “Abandoned Asylum” gacha from 22769. I do LOVE their creativity and love for the detail in all of their items. The gacha comes with so many different furniture and deco parts.. you can just decorate away with all of them and since they are usually modifiable, you can even reuse them in different sizes! The amazing spooky mannequins as well are a gacha but from Remarkable Oblivion. That was the most funniest gacha play I ever had. When I saw those mannequins on the Ironwood Hills sim, I instantly knew – I want them! So I went to the event where they were and was doing a happy dance when I saw they are all common items. Usually I am not a lucky person with gachas, that is one of the reasons I stopped playing most of the time. So I started to gamble aways after setting myself a limit and the first 3 pulls already all were 3 rares and I was like “What the hell??? Once I seriously want the commons – really???” No that I did not like the rares, they are amazing, but… seriously?!? – Just on a side note, I never ever was that lucky at any other gacha*laughs*
Thank god I found the missing mannequins for a reasonable price on marketplace, to complete my Spook Show :p
I do not wanna forget to mention, that all the amazing poses I used are from Poseidon.
I still have so many poses and props he made, that I would love to showcase, but that crazy genius guy seems to be on a release flood! Just kidding but it is really hard to follow up with the speed of his releases.. I sometimes really wonder if he ever sleeps*grins* But for this post they were just perfect again. Using his poses seems to me like getting a picture alive. They are so very well thought trough from the fingernails down to the toenails every limb does exactly what it has to, to create the perfect illusion of a movement in just one pose!
It was really great fun to do those pictures and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do 🙂
Details
Outfit (Incl necklace): Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Like a Prayer” (Maitreya, Gacha) @ ROMP
Boots: BAX – “Regency Boots” (Maitreya)
Bra & Stockings: Blacklace – “Vivian” (Omega Applier)
Gloves: L’Emporio – “Lace Gloves” (Maitreya Applier)
Claws: MEVA – “Bento Claw” (Maitreya)
Makeup: Slackgirl – “RoseGem Shadow” (Omega Applier)
Lipstick: je suis… – “LeLutka Lips no. 005[greys]” (LeLutka Applier)
Poses: Poseidon
Set: 22769 – “Abandoned Asylum” (Gacha) & RO – “Spook Show” (Gacha)
Basics:
Head: LeLutka – “Simone 2.7”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara V4.1”
Eyes: IKON – “Hope Eyes”
Shape: Selfmade
Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin
(some when in the future round about the year 2525 maybe….)
Be aware of the life on Avantasia before you venture into this world in the climax of war and anarchy, their enemies, the sirens of Venus who else. The Avantasians are a complex race but by no means should they be underestimated, from their flexibility to the swifness of their long sharp talons, their catlike movements ooze in deadly elegance and subtle seduction as they prowl their world in search for the ultimate in style to seduce their next victim…I mean mate.
Sometimes you just need 2 to 3 pictures and you end up with 9 and cannot decide which ones to use. That happened to me when I made my pictures for the actual THEMA Magazine (http://issuu.com/themapublications/docs/thema_terraefirma)
The theme was Terrae Firma, and we was asked to create pictures about a new race of the existing planets or a new planet. When Tayler told me, I was immediately sure I wanted to create a new planet with a new race.
I wanted to do something still fashion related and human but to the same time, futuristic and apocalyptic. I love apocalyptic movies and art and so I watched a few of my favourite movies while I was styling.
The first piece that came to my mind was the “Lucian Hat Nox” hat from Machoire. An incredible headpiece made of so many filigree parts and textured with such a great feeling for materials.
This amazing art piece is available in different colors, wich you all can see at the Machoire main store or at their website (http://machoire.blogspot.fr/)
Now I had to find something what kinda showed evolution for the future but still has a human aspect for the whole look.
The head-piece gave a rough idea for the general colors, back and some kind of metal should be the basic.
So started with a super old but still amazing top from Muhi. One of the brands I really miss in SL as they always were up to date and very fashion forward.
I know some people are against wearing old stuff and tell always to delete older things, but I am going more with my belly feeling and keep old things which I really like to combine them with new things. That sometimes can make a look very unique, as long as you keep the general style up to date and modern. Certainly some things are outdated some when, like the super old skins or hair, wich automatically let you look like 2007 :p , but for some clothing pieces and accessories that might not be the case 😉 . As well I would say there is a difference in wearing old things for a picture or on the runway as some of the older things just react weird with movement, especially if they have huge static prims or sculpties, wich can look better with a nowadays mesh prim that actually moves with your properly.
To add a modern touch I put on my “Lavinia Leggins” in anthracite, which I made for my store Wicca’s Wardrobe. With the leathern garter belt over the leggings – one piece to wear – it got a strong and powerful look but as well some sexy attitude.
To finish the basic human look I added hells from Death Row Designs with some heavy chains and a huge plateau heel.
Now the challenge started to develop the human race forward to fit in the futuristic and apocalyptic environment, that I had in my mind for the new planet and race.
The first idea was the “Demonhands” from Death Row Designs. The sharp claws are important to fight and survive on the new planets face.
I so many apocalyptic movies females wear corsets in some style and this made me add one corset of Trilobite over the “Asymetrical Bodysuit” from Muhi. And what should not miss? Some weapon looking accessories. Those I found as well at Death Row Designs.. I bet you can tell I love this store really a lot 😉 .
The finish was the “Centipede” spine attachment, that comes with a wonderful tattoo layer. The tattoo makes the spine look like, as it would grow out directly off your back.
All the poses used in this post are from Del May, one of my favourite pose makers beside PosESioN or Corpus to just name a few.
And like I said in the beginning, It was so hard to decide between all the pictures I made, that this post is a little bit picture heavy 😉
I would like to thank Taylor Wassep for this amazing opportunity and the great inspiration of her theme. The THEMA Magazine is for me really kinda an art exhibition with amazing stylists and photographers and I am feeling very honored that I was allowed to be part again 🙂
Details
Top: Muhi – “Asymetrical Bodysuit” (store not any longer existing)
Corset: Trilobite – “Latex Underbust – Coal” (store not any longer existing)
Pants: Wicca’s Wardrobe – “Lavinia Leggings” (for slink mesh high feet)
Shoes: DRD – “Whoreheels” (for slink mesh high feet)
Head Piece: Machoire – “Lusian Hat Nox”
Arms: DRD – “Demonhands”
Arm Accessories: DRD – “Armor Female”
Spine Attachment: DRD – “Centipede”
Hair: Baiastice – “Agnes”
Skin: [sys] – “Eva 02”
Makeup: Nuuna – “Zion 2 Black”
Lipstick: Oceane – “Jade Lips Black Silver Stripe”
Poses: Del May
Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin
The question that matters.
Sirena was a young woman leading a carefree life. She had a good job, no worries and the men courted her, though she did not really care for them. All in all, she did not really care for anyone but herself, using the same excuses we all tend to use. “That is none if my business.” “What can I do about it?” or “I don’t want to interfere.”
She lived close to the graveyard and when the weather was fine, she took a shortcut there from the bus home. One evening, she saw a woman on a bench, crying bitter tears. The woman looked at her, but Serena quickly looked away. When she was about to leave the graveyard an old witch – by the looks of her – stepped into Serena’s way and asked straight away “Why didn’t you ask the woman why she cried?” Serena was a little scared and mumbled, I thought she was mourning, this is a graveyard after all. What can I do about her grief?”
The old witch looked at her sadly and shook her head. “Dear girl, you need a lesson in compassion. I hex you not to be able to leave the graveyard until someone shows you the sympathy you denied that woman.”
Serena did not know if to laugh or to be scared, the old woman had disappeared as sudden as she showed up. Serena headed for the exit but ran into an invisible wall. She tried to get out at another spot, but to no avail.
Whenever she tried to talk to someone, they ignored her. After a while the place took its tribute, her eyes burnt out from crying over her own sad fate, her nails grew into claws, in short, she became a fearful sight. People started to run away from her thinking her a demon of some sort.
One day, when she was sitting numbly on a gravestone mulling over her fate and feeling the pain of being ignored, she finally learned her lesson. For the first time, she did not cry out of self-pity, but for shame and pity for all the people she had ignored all her life.
Suddenly she heard a warm male voice behind her. “Excuse me, can I do anything for you?” She felt the curse break and when she turned round she saw a man, just like herself smiling at her. “I think you can go home now.” He said.
Details
Wicca
Outfit (incl hat): [AD] Creations – “Maria” (mesh, FFL 2013 item)
Skin: Silken Moon – “Wicca Morbida”
Makeup (with eyes): Silken Moon – “Conceptual Makeup The Lost” – NEW
Socks: :::insanya::: – “3 Socks A n.4”
Gloves: Miamai – “Inferna” (mesh)
Shoes: [GOS] – “Triumph” (mesh)
Hair: DeLa – “Julia II” (mesh)
Dahriel
http://dahrielfashionsl.wordpress.com/
Poses: *PosESion*
Story: Malicia Python
Models: Dahriel & Wicca
Photographer: Dahriel
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For today’s styling … I do not even know what I was doing.. I looked through my inventory and kinda sorted it. For me that means, I wear some parts, if I cannot remember what it was and then I rename the folders before I sort them in, so I can operate my inventory a bit easier 🙂 .
While I was wearing certain stuff, attaching and detaching I always left some parts on. Suddenly my sweet brother Dahriel IMed me telling me that he created new lashes and sent them to me. I unpacked them to look and attached them to the stuff I still had left on. All of a sudden by caming around I saw my whole look and loved it *giggles*.
So the last folders I looked through must have been mainly Miamai as I am wearing different parts of the new “Unfold” collection. The mesh head-piece is called “Corelia” and with the wonderful ornament on the top it gives the whole look of a cool high fashion style for me. The collar part is connected to the headpiece so you have no trouble wearing both to the same time 🙂 The wonderful “Inferna” mesh gloves with the long sharp nails are as well from Miamai. The mesh combination of skirt, pants and boots is a wonderful possibility to wear all 3 parts to the same time without disturbing each other. The whole ensemble of this 3 is called “Quee” and is available in 2 different colors.
Now back to the lashes from Dahriel, owner and designer of PosESioN. He made the “Liceo” lashes paired with the “Liceo” mask that makes that wonderful spiky head attachment. I liked the combination of the long black spiky swirls and the decorations of the “Corelia” headpiece.
Since I did not wanna add a top to the whole styling, I searched for a solution to hide my private bits. I did not wanna go with boring nipple tapes so I thought about what I could do. I remembered that Belle Roussel, owner and designer of Chop Zuey, had some wonderful “Nose Diamonds” in her christmas gifts. I quickly reattached them to my chest and made them a bit bigger to cover all that was needed ;).
Last but not least I would like to get the view on the skin. This skin is the actual groupgift of Silken Moon. Malicia Python released her new skin line and she was so generous to make a special makeup and put it out as a gift in her group. The group joining is 100L$ but if you see what you get and just imagine what you will get in the future it is really worth it. The “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” skin has a light tone paired with deep red lips and a fantastic eyeliner. The body is so delicious made that it really is tempting to have as much skin shown as you can :p . So run and grab that wonderful Happy New Year gift of Silken Moon before it is gone 😉 .
Details
Headpiece: Miamai – “Corelia” – NEW (mesh)
Gloves with nails: Miamai – “Inferna” – NEW (mesh)
Skirt, Pants & Boots: Miamai – “Quee” – NEW (mesh)
Lashes: PosESioN – “Liceo” – NEW
Skin: Silken Moon – “SM Eclipse Bisque Happy New Year” – NEW (group gift January 2013)
Pasties: Chop Zuey – “Noe Diamond” – NEW (christmas gift 2012)
Poses by PoSEsioN
Model & Photographer: Wicca Merlin
