Summertime blues mean happy times ahead for tinies! A stylin’ sarong style bikini, with an over-one-shoulder sheer wrap, includes a big straw hat with sculpted bow and a sculpted straw beach bag. There is also a pair of shades and I plan on sandals. Time for some fun in the sun!
~elfa and namaste
Archive for June, 2008
Someone made a suggestion that we should make a rickshaw and night before last, I decided to try to put one together. Then I had to decide how it would be utilized. Could it be worn or should it be a vehicle. It would need a passenger, so as Fox and I discussed it, we both came to the logical conclusion that it would need to be a vehicle. I had gotten Jeffrey Heaton’s book, Scripting Recipes for Second Life (plus his other on LSL Scripting) in my attempt to learn more about how scripting works in SL. I often find that I can come up with some cool products only to come to full stop because I don’t have a script to accomplish what I need. Heaton provided some great examples and, even better, some physical examples at his sim in SL. Such was the case with his car scripts. However, mine wasn’t a car; mine was a rickshaw. The driver would actually be running and pulling the rickshaw. To the rescue, my friend, Pandora Wrigglesworth, gave me the capacity to put in the animations I needed and the llSleep in the right place to assist in making it “just right” for a tiny.
Vehicles must be 30 prims or under (the avatar being the 31st)…so…29 if you want two avatars on it. This is the rule with things that are physical which a vehicle becomes upon your sitting in it. I had to jiggle speed to slow down for an avatar running, who would be slower than a car. Physical things have some interesting things that can happen. At one point, when trying to set the sit target for the driver, I found myself catapulted with the rickshaw right off my work platform. Once it was working, sometimes it is difficult to get the vehicle to go over to high a step, a steep hill and fell over backwards as I learned how the vehicle worked.
Finally it did! I had found a really cute running animation which is a little more crazy hop like run that is hilarious to watch in action. Next, come races! I’m going to check about the possibility of it being utilized for some of the Tiny Olympics coming up. That would be fun! Will let everyone know.
In addition, Fox and I have put a new location for Tiny TAMA in the Raglan Shire Tree City Forest. We’re right on the way down to Extrovirtual.
~elfa and namaste
Big 5th Birthday Bash! Five years for Second Life! Many sims, many exhibitions, so little time!
I was really lucky. Fox and I had so many events going on, almost simultaneously, that I forgot to get my application in for the SL5B. Thank goodness for the kindnesses of strangers and quick-thinking friends and I had a plot given me late Friday. All great and good, but Fox and I had the one-year anniversary of the Shaolin Temple and a day of events, plus the Elven Lands RFL Fashion Show, and Cypress Rosewood’s Summer Solstice concert. Whew! As a friend said, you need to breathe and I replied, “nuh uh, it’s not on my TO DO list.”
I’m showing both my Second Life work with my sculpts, including a new one (still in progress) named, Native Warrior. I’m also showing my work from Real Life as Cris Palomino..digital paintings done primarily with Corel Painter. Included is my work with one of my creative partners, MAB/Venovara Ivory, with whom I have made numerous beautiful trees and mushrooms and other things.
Please come by for a visit and say hi. There are a veritable TON of exhibits and most will be there for two weeks. There are a few different tinies represented there including Raglan Shire. Check the SL5B Wiki for more coverage on the events and exhibits.
~elfa and namaste
19
Jun
08
from out of the darkness…
New at Tiny TAMA!: a kimono and hakama mini wardrobe with just a click on each outfit. These two clothing outfits are scripted to completely retexture into three different designs by clicking and choosing from the blue dialog box which pops up.
Also in the store is our first introduction to our landscaping line. We get many requests for low-prim things which is why we will be, later, be presenting a low-prim line of furniture. First, however, I’ve been playing with creating rock landscaping pieces that are as low prim as possible. One of the first things I tried was to create a walkway that could be done with just one sculpted prim and have any real texture detail. The result is a double row of walkway stones to edge the side of a walkway. The stones come as modify/copy to place anywhere you need them.
During the grand opening of our store, we gave all those who came by a copy of our Opening Day Kimono and Hakama. Both of these outfits will be available for purchase in the next day or so.
For those in our “Eggrollment”, a newsletter is going out and, along with the 4-seat Chinese Junk Sail-er, will come a new gift for our members,a tiny sculpted kimono on its own stand. If you’d like to be eligible for our gifts and receive our newsletter, just drop by Tiny TAMA and click on the small eggroll in the chinese delivery box, or IM Eleanora Newell or Fox Obviate and ask to be added. This group doesn’t require an SL group slot.
~elfa and namaste
15
Jun
08
pandas!
Pandas are beautiful animals that make most of issue a very heartfelt “awwwwww!” The recent earthquake in China had it’s epicenter in Chengdu where the revered Pandas are actively being protected, researched and bred in captivity to get the numbers up from their remaining 1600. At first, all the pandas were all thought to be safe, but two were found missing, although one has been spotted heading back home. (Part of NPR’s coverage on the quake.)
This past week, we, at Tiny TAMA hosted a fundraiser for Pandas International where we raised approximately 20,000L, with about half of that from the Tiny TAMA portion of the event.
I had sculpted a mother and baby in Modo and painted them using a combination of photographs and hand painting to give them a very realistic look. The sculpture stands some 3 meters in height and contains 17 prims (two are regular prims with all the textures involved to preload the sculpties and color maps and rez faster). This sculpture is sold, with mod and transfer perms, for 1000L and 50% of the purchase price is given to Pandas International.
I also sculpted a tiny panda pet that can be worn on the head (for tinies) or shoulder (for humans). This little guy features a sculpty which animates and changes textures to emulate the head moving and the eyes blinking. The whole thing has 2 prims (one of which is for the preload). You can obtain your own pet for 500L. Both of these are available at our Tiny TAMA store.
Oh, and one last note of pride on my part: the Panda mama and baby took first place at the Lummerland Show and Tell today!
~Elfa and namaste
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