Eclipse Magazine, August 2020: https://issuu.com/eclipsemagazinesl/docs/eclipse_magazine_august_2020
For this issue of the Eclipse Magazine I was thinking a long time what I could do. I wanted a challenge for myself and I wanted to show that I can do different genres, not just the scary and crazy stuff 😉
When I thought about what would be the most opposite thing for me to do, I came across ballet. Something graceful and beautiful. While I was doing some research about it, I came across contemporary ballet as well. That really caught my attention, because I found some very impressing as well as emotional pictures and videos. That formed an idea of having 2 different pictures for the magazine – classic and contemporary. In the classic ballet I found very strict rules for the look and even for the hairstyles, while contemporary ballet gives you more freedom in that.
I felt like I was entering a new world, even if ballet wasn’t completely new for me – as a kid I had to go through that kids ballet classes like so many of us. It didn’t last long as I had more fun with gymnastics, riding, swimming and playing volleyball and so those ballet classes stopped after at most a year I think. Being a punk and later a gothic girl in my teens and twens, ballet wasn’t a thing or an option at all *giggles*
Seeing all those pictures and videos, inspired me a lot and the idea for this month genre was made. While I was thinking, where I could find the clothing and accessories for my new idea, Salt & Pepper must have read my mind. She released a huge set of ballet collection at Equal 10 with her “Ballet Dancer Set”. That was the perfect outfit for my classic ballet dancer. I couldn’t even use all parts for my first picture, that means I will have to do another post to show the whole beauty and contents of that set.
For my second picture, I did remember a set, which I already showcased on my blog in the light version. Since I wanted the classic ballet to be in a light muted color, the contemporary ballet was meant to be darker and more ‘me’ and my personal thought of it and so the “Skye Dancer” gacha in black was the perfect choice for what I had in mind. I am really a lover of mix and match but sometimes, if you go for a certain look or genre, mixing too many things and overload the avatar can be contra-productive. That is why I nearly have no accessories or anything that could disturb from the essence of the picture, the emotions and the mood.
A huge thank you goes out to my sister Daffodil Crimson, who helped me with the amazing description for the magazine. English is not my native language, so I often hit her IM box, if it comes to “official” texts for magazines and such. Usually I do collect facts and free sources or try to write somethings on my own, if I am familiar with the theme. For the ballet one I only had a brief idea what I wanted to be written and that time Daffi jumped in and wrote everything on her own. When she came it to me to read it, I just was blown away! It was so very well written and had exactly in it what I was desiring for, but in words that described it so much better than anything I could have come up with. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for again saving my SL life like so often sis!!!
I hope you enjoyed my little ballet adventure – for the next issue of Eclipse Magazine I will have another “unusual” genre for me, which gives me quite a challenge but I am looking forward to the final frames 😉
Eclipse Magazine, August 2020: https://issuu.com/eclipsemagazinesl/docs/eclipse_magazine_august_2020
Style 1 (classic)
Clothing
Outfit & Shoes: Salt & Pepper (S&P) – “Ballet Dancer” (Maitreya)
Hair & Makeup
Hair: Ade – “Beatrix”
Head, Body & Tattoo
Face Skin: [Glam Affair] – “Ryn Layer [LeLutka] 002 D” (BoM)
Body: Maitreya – “Lara 5.2”
Body Skin: [Glam Affair] – “Body – Normal [ Maitreya ] 002” (BoM)
Poses, Props & Tools
Pose: Poseidon – “Ballet 6” (Bento)
Piano: Alouette – “Evelyn Piano – Word White Wood”
Backdrop: Foxcity – “Dance Hall”
Posetool: Anypose – “BVH HUD v1.82”
Face Expression Tool: LELUTKA – “Axis HUD Face 1.1”
Model & Stylist
Style 2 (contemporary)
Clothing
Outfit & Shoes: Enfant Terrible (.ET.) – “Skye Dancer” (Maitreya)
Hair & Makeup
Hair: .Shi – “Gavri’ela”
Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.0”
Ears: [CX] – “Ostium Impaler Ears”
Body: Maitreya – “Lara v5.2”
Poses, Props & Tools
Pose: Seline Fleury – “Ballet Trunk Pose” (Bento)
Petals 1: Foxcity – “Diagonal Flutter Petals (Black)” (from the Sweet Bento Pose Set)
Petals 2: Foxcity – “Trail Flutter Petals (Black)” (from the Sweet Bento Pose Set)
Backdrop: Foxcity – “Flutter (B&W)”
Posetool: Anypose – “BVH HUD v1.82”
Face Expression Tool: LELUTKA – “Axis HUD Face 1.1”
