“And everywhere, just as there were animals on land, were the animals of the sea.
The tiniest fish made the largest schools- herring, anchovies, and baby mackerel sparkling and cavorting in the light like a million diamonds. They twirled into whirlpools and flowed over the sandy floor like one large, unlikely animal.
Slightly larger fish came in a rainbow, red and yellow and blue and orange and purple and green and particolored like clowns: dragonets and blennies and gobies and combers.
Hake, shad, char, whiting, cod, flounder, and mullet made the solid middle class.
The biggest loners, groupers and oarfish and dogfish and the major sharks and tuna that all grew to a large, ripe old age did so because they had figured out how to avoid human boats, nets, lines, and bait. The black-eyed predators were well aware they were top of the food chain only down deep, and somewhere beyond the surface there were things even more hungry and frightening than they.
Rounding out the population were the famous un-fish of the ocean: the octopus, flexing and swirling the ends of her tentacles; delicate jellyfish like fairies; lobsters and sea stars; urchins and nudibranchs… the funny, caterpillar-like creatures that flowed over the ocean floor wearing all kinds of colors and appendages.
All of these creatures woke, slept, played, swam about, and lived their whole lives under the sea, unconcerned with what went on above them.
But there were other animals in this land, strange ones, who spoke both sky and sea. Seals and dolphins and turtles and the rare fin whale would come down to hunt or talk for a bit and then vanish to that strange membrane that separated the ocean from everything else. Of course they were loved- but perhaps not quite entirely trusted.”
[Liz Braswell, Part of Your World]
As I promised before, with all the amazing designs at the Mermaid Cove event, done by Flair for Events, I could not resist and do a second post. This time it isn’t quite a Mermaid, more an underwater creature, as I did not want to post my favorite mermaid tale again, plus I wanted to showcase those amazing leg wraps, which I found at the Mermaid Cove as well 🙂
To do an underwater picture, but actually not being under water was quite a challenge I have to admit. I first tried to set up everything underwater, but with the windlight and lightning I wanted to have it did not really work out that well plus, I realized that underwater in SL… doesn’t look like it should anyways. So what I did was, I created a small set with rocks and some grass, which I tinted in blue, purple and white color and some underwater creatures beside my self. To get a little bit of an ambiance I used some designs from E.V.E Studio with inbuilt lights and some glitter. All the bubbles and plants I had to add in Photoshop afterwards, as I could not find any non-flexi plants, that did look right for what I had in mind.
It was something new and I even learned some new Photoshop tricks about fx styles, so it was a win-win situation to try something new and non familiar. I hope you enjoyed my underwater creature as much as I did and for now I do not have any plans for more mermaid or underwater styles 😉
I am happy with the result, even if it was a little bit of a rock road until it came together as I imagined it 😉
Clothing
Top: SynCo – “Mermaid Bralette” (Maitreya) – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Pants: -:zk:.- – “Bella Panty” (Maitreya)
Accessories
Head- & Shoulderpieces: Zibska – “Helmine”
Nails: Ama. – “Mermaid Claws” (Maitreya, Bento) – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Handjewelry: .Drastic. – “Tentacle Jewelry” (Maitreya, Bento)
Legwraps: *Merlific* – “Sea Stars Pearl” – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Toerings: Elle Boutique – “Talluah” (Maitreya, High Feet)
Feetchains: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Keisha” (Maitreya, High Feet)
Tentacles: – Fika – – ” Sirens Song – Hip” – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Collar: .Quirky. – “Scales Collar” – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Bracelets: E.V.E Studio – “Scorpion Spikes Bracelet” (Maitreya)
Hair & Makeup
Makeup: Zibska – “Araceli” (LeLutka Applier)
Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLutka – Simone 3.3″
Faceart: .Arise. – “Face Scales 3” (Omega Applier) – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Ears: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Meraxes”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 4.1”
Bodyscales: ~ Cynefin ~ – “Body Scales~Shades” (Maitreya Applier)
Poses & Props
Poses: Fashiowl – “Undersea – Pose Set” – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Set:
Rocks: Fashiowl – “Undersea – Pose Prop” – NEW @ Mermaid Cove
Grass: Little Branch – “WildGrass*1Li{Lavender}” & “Grass1l{Winter}” (partwise tinted)
Fish: 22769 ~ [bauwerk] – “Floating Fish Iron”
Jellyfishes: *HEXtraordinary* – “Jellyfish” (Gacha)
Ambience: E.V.E Studio – “Sunny Spells [M1] W/Tile”, “Dancing Bubbles {White}” & “Sunny Spells M02 – KOI Glitter”
Model & Photographer
Wicca Merlin
