First and foremost I’d like to apologize for my lack of any blogging beyond “hey, come to LIX to get this for free!”. While I’m sure you guys don’t mind the freebies, I’m also fairly certain that my readers don’t subscribe to my blog for product announcements. Of course, I could always be wrong! I have been INCREDIBLY preoccupied for the last month or so with various enormous projects. But fear not… there is a skin review in the works… oh, yes. There will be reviewing. And I have a feeling that you guys will LOVE this skin… brand new designer, new skin line, and all! And believe me when I say it is FANTASTIC. I am so excited about it.
However, with all my busy-bee-ness, I did manage to stop long enough to make yet another holiday freebie… this time in the form of an Easter egg hunt!
There are six eggs hidden around my main (but currently under construction) store on the Bucuresti sim. Find them, buy them for $1L each and you will receive:
The eggs are rather small, so you will have to look hard! But rest assured there are six of them, each containing a gift! This hunt will only be taking place at the LIX Designs main store on Bucuresti, so stop by, and have fun!
PS: No, I will not tell you where the eggs are. Sorry. :P Happy hunting!
It’s your last chance to grab the Shamrock Patty jewelry set and the Patricia Casual Dress from LIX Designs (SLURL)!!! The gifts will be taken down this evening. Don’t miss out!
I have to say that this is my most favorite jewelry set to date. And my first dress (I made a maternity version for myself, so that I could actually wear it :P)! Grab both the dress and the jewelry set for $1L until March 18th, 2008.
Available only at the Redux SW location!
So I had a spark of inspiration tonight and decided that it might be fun to make a video of me working a picture up, a simple picture, from beginning to end. Be warned… it’s VERY fast, but pretty fun to watch! Interested in seeing it? Check out the video here… or watch it below!
I have been tagged by the lovely Lucille Morigi!!!
The Book Meme
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
Short and sweet, again…
The Book:
How to Cheat in Photoshop CS3: The Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages by Steve Caplin (No lie, this is the closest book to me… isn’t that sad?)
If you need to distort the perspective of a box so that the lid remains visible, you’ll find it hard to distort the lid itself accurately. A simple solution is to duplicate the lid to a new document and then use Perspective Crop to square it up. You can then bring it back and use Free Transform with ease, to move each corner to its correct location.
NOW…
I will be tagging: Tigerlily Koi, Ana Lutetia, Nexeus Fatale, Raul Crimson, and Melanie Kidd! Sorry, guys. :P LOL
LIX Designs (SLURL) has officially launched!
While the collection is currently fairly small, the anticipation for future releases is abundant. So many ideas, so much I want to do. Woo hoo, creation!
I’ll make this short and sweet. Below are a few pictures… both of the launch cheapies (2 at $10L each) and some pictures of a few available products. Currently my main location is in the Redux SW sim, but hopefully I will be able to retain the main store location in the future at the Bucuresti sim where it’s always been. Thankfully, my landlord has offered to work with me in being able to keep the main shop there, which makes me INCREDIBLE excited. So don’t update those landmarks just yet! Just know that for right now, the main location has changed — though quite possibly not permanently! And no worries… all items will be added to OnRez and SLEX just as soon as possible!
And so, without further ado… (click photos to visit their Flickr page):
I was incredibly surprised on my little shopping excursion today. So surprised and delighted in fact, that I had to hop onto my blog and tell everyone all about it. Are you ready? Here we go.So, my husband text messages me this morning asking me to find a grim reaper costume for a photo idea that he has. So naturally, my first stop is OnRez… a simple place to search for damn near anything you could ever hope for (along with SLExchange, but that’s a different story). I type in “grim reaper” and what comes up but one of the most perfect reaper scythes I’ve seen in game thus far. Of COURSE… I rush right out in-world to buy it (I don’t know why I do this… I much prefer to buy items in world than from OnRez… but OnRez is the perfect “searching” spot!). I was pleasantly surprised to behold the other treasures that tickled my fancy (or should that be “fantasy”?) when I popped into this charming little shop — Tekeli-li Dark Artistry (SLURL, OnRez).
Now, being an artist first and foremost, I was initially inspired to look around more by the fact that the store calls itself “dark artistry”. But what really caught my eye… was the fantasy hair-dos and SPECTACULARLY detailed jewelry collection available in this quaint little tucked-away store.
The first thing I thought was, “Okay, how have I never heard of or seen this place before?” I’m really starting to think I don’t shop enough (but my inventory begs to differ). Le sigh. The second thing I thought was, “ZOMG, I must have those.” And so I quickly purchased the Oracle, Predator 2, Youkai 2, Medusa, Lovecraft, and Juno scripted styles.
I bought every hair style in the place (I think). Now, before I go into too much detail, I want to reiterate that this is a FANTASY shop… all of the hairstyles are fantasy related. While that remains true, I also want to stress that these styles (while the hair textures are lacking in some colors) are BEAUTIFULLY done, not to mention fantastically detailed and ornamented.
Because of my ridiculous art and photography addiction (haven’t you noticed yet?), I just had to have the hair — my favorite of which is, hands down, the beautiful Predator 2 style. And can I stress… EXCELLENT name for the style. Simply love it. And how very fitting *chuckles*.
Among other things, I also purchased 3 wonderfully detailed jewelry sets: Morgana, Hecate and Nereid. All of these sets run around $350L for eight pieces per set (with the exception of Nereid which is 6 pieces). I do have to say that the Nereid set is very well done… a compilation of sculptie seashells and starfish. Quite gorgeous. And get this…
As if the hair and jewelry detail and ornament wasn’t enough…
All of these pieces (hair included) are SCRIPTED. You have the options of buying the hair in individual colors (unscripted), or for a measly $300L you can buy a version that is scripted to change both the hair textures (32+ available colors), hair gems (30+ available colors) AND hair metals (7+ available colors), giving these hair styles an incredible diversity I have yet to see done in other hair shops.
And to top it all off, the owner of my new favorite fantasy shop is the sweet Tekelili Tantalus — and let me TELL you, customer service is definitely her forte’. I was an idiot earlier today while at her shop, and accidentally purchased 3 of the Medusa styles without realizing the diversity of the scripted version. After purchasing the scripted version, Tekelili took it upon herself to IM me, point out that I had purchased both the scripted and nonscripted versions of the Oracle hairstyle and promptly refunded $345L once she explained that I no longer needed the 3 colored versions I had purchased because the scripted version allows for all of those colors, and more! For that, Tekelili, I love love love you. You are my new favorite person. I shall sacrafice live Godiva chocolates in honor of your name.
So this is my shopping story!!! What started out as a hunt for the perfect Grim Reaper scythe, ended with a visit to a spectacular fantasy hair and jewelry store that I feel absolutely no shame in promoting to the fullest: check it out. You’ll love it. Tekeli-li Dark Artistry (SLURL, OnRez).
PS: A special thank you to you Tekelili, for giving me the perfect hair for my latest inspiration:
Due to the fact that I am “apparently” sick as a dog (in the physical sense, not the psychological one), I have decided to extend my 50% off sale and LIX Designs (CLOTHING, BABY!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAH!) launch until next Sunday, March 9th. If you haven’t hit the Beck’s Fine Jewelry 50% off sale, get yer booty there now! You’re missing out. From my first post, for those of you that want to catch up:
So, after some deliberation with my husband and close friends, I’ve decided that I don’t want to be restricted to creating ONLY “fine jewelry”. There are so many horizons I want to pursue, so many items I have in mind that I want to create… handbags, little decor items, shoes, hair, clothes… so much I want to do, that I can’t do under the name “Beck’s Fine Jewelry” (SLURL). So here’s the deal.
Everything at BFJ is currently marked down 50% off (even the gift cards, which *will* continue to be valid after the relaunch) and will remain that way until February 29th, 2008, unless otherwise noted. After that time, I will be retiring the Beck’s Fine Jewelry name, and relaunching (IN THE SAME LOCATION… store location’s not changin’, people!) under a new BRAND name that will allow me to release more than just “fine jewelry”.
Please note that some items in the current available jewelry stock WILL BE DISCONTINUED… so grab whatever you want while you can.
I am really excited about this new development, and I simply can’t wait to broaden my horizons like this. I look forward to presenting you all with a new brand name and new stock, and hopefully grow as a content creator and designer!
When I’m done being all plaguey, I promise to make an actual blog post. Perhaps even another tutorial? Who knows! :)
Love.
