Julia

A couple of years ago, whilst Harry Potter's effect was in a cooldown, I was just walking around a bookshop when a cover of a new release went off in my peripheral sight. It was The Magicians by Lev Grossman - or a "Harry Potter for Grownups" that made me stop and take it home with me. Impressive story that even sponsored a wet and salty face here during the ending. Lovely though.
Then it's funny how things are made up by ourselves along our choices, which for some would be the so-called-destiny. Sometimes coincidences are not enough to explain me the way the course of actions that had driven me into such situation. And there I was at with a friend from work talking about the time when the X-Men were only comics: Rogue was just a rabid evil being, Madelyne Pryor was a Jean Grey's clone (and that time this word clone had a so futuristic sound!) during Inferno crossover. This story happened long before I was a teenager, so it was for my friend, although both had experienced the amusement of that insane turmoil ravaging the lives of those uncanny mutants.

No, sharing some personal point of view among the unending faces of our semiosphere  and at this level? No, it was too much! It seems that the signs, as an actor or just a patient in this hunter-and-bait-and-prey game, along the voracious wheel of semiosis simply manipulates me as if I were just a Kafkanian character. And the girl I was thinking this time has never been in the X-Men roster: the image was there, even the outfit, although it has been taking ages for me to read it, slowly degluting and perhaps following the same pace the story is delivered in The Magicians Kings (it's a sequel of the one mentioned above), I finally met the truth behind Julia, and I've been waiting for it so much. I just had to summon some signs and the whole pool of meanings would drown me in, as "...pretty soon he was going to figure out that she wasn't role-playing a sexy depressed goth chick, she had actually become a sexy depressed goth chick. / And she was enjoying it. She was dipping a toe in the pool of bad behavior and finding the temperature was just right". I finally made it, now I can rest in peace (for a while). See you!

Headdress - gilded:
Make up - Lovely Mi!
Necklace - Shade Throne
Shoulders and tails - TAD / Achilles
Trousers - Miamai
Boots - Neurolab Inc.

hunting you

Hunting you by Atlas Pastorelli on flickr.

Egoisme has release these two outfits called Z-Hunter. It's quite nice for zombie hunting, role playing, but also to use everywhere. There's a gun (yeah! it comes within the pack) very funcional, you can draw it or rest it on your backs - it even launchs granades! If you check the whole thing, it's a very versatile outfit, as you can use its parts mixing with any other stuff. If you just wear off-the-rack them, I find the one with net-shirt sexier, of course, so it's also good to bright on the dancefloor as well. lol

Going back to the viewers point (like I talked about here), I used both: Official Viewer Beta (I always use beta) and Nirans. Unfortunately the official one crashed many times while Nirans handled the environment beautifuly, quite slick viewer in my opinion. The pictures above were taken on Nirans, everything set as maximum/high/ultra (as the official one only crashed) I'm not earning anything by spreading their name, but it's so kewl for pictures that I'm tossing here their website once again: http://sourceforge.net/projects/niransviewer/

Styling card? Well, besides the skin, shape and hair, the whole thing is by Egoisme as it was said above. ;)

home & garden

home & garden, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

these are lazy days of mine. as i'm not good enough at props (i should be as teoretically i "know" how to create them), there's not such a paradise out there than a furniture/props shop which is things are outdoor lol.

picture taken at the beautiful shop called {what next}

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/102/114/31

they also sell via marketplace ==> https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/28052

there's also this new hair by Dura, very fluid and alive! you should see it by yourself. lovely though.

hair - dura - dura-boy 37 - blonde

shirt - baiastice - open shirt ice

shorts - house of europe - dolor (the attachments are not on | beads are not included)

sandals - cheerno - lourensso brown

poses by morphine (except the bench one, which is in the prop itself)

the red racer

Ah, a studio picture? Yeap, unfortunately many sims I've been to have no shadows enabled on their props. And instead of trying to create something I admit I'm not that good at - LOL - I'd rather go back to studio and take this picture in there.

Reading this blogs comments, I've saw this one: "But how can I get this outfit?".

So, before anything else, let me help those who don't understand the meaning of a styling card - it's usually like this: on SL I noticed we tend to start from the head down to the feet, ending sometimes with the pose you're in. Then the props/items are described as  <body part> + <shop name> + <item name usually goes with the colour/id numer or whatever to identify it>. Then if I want to own such item, what should I do? Go to SL search (inworld) and put the name of the shop, in the shop you'll have to look for them, can ask the info to the manager or anyone who's working there (it might help reading the owners profile, they usually describe who's there to give you a help).

Last saturday we had a burlesque show by Models in Motion/Opium Evolution, and I had an act in there with Veracity Afterthought. I guess I never saw such a thing in world. And boy, that was nice. Unfortunaly I didn't take any picture, but pictures wouldn't be enough - perhaps a video would be a blast! The acts I like best were by Anastacia, World Undercroft and - if she reads this I change it, I swear - the venue owner whose name I don't remember right now. They had astonishing scenarios, creative dances and a very smart use of particles I've rarely seen inworld. I'm very glad I was part of it, although in my case it was just a tiny part lol.

Whatelse? Erm... besides I'm STILL playing loads of League of Legends (I'm improving in there) I received some new releases, and decided to style it. As I said, I really really tried an inworld full of shadows picture, but the result was like... erm... nevermind.

Coming back to the outfit: Egoism has release three new mesh jackets. I picked the red one for it looks perfect for a daredevil racer, it fits into cars as well as for bikes. I tried black trousers and so, but the red was screaming - not actually negative - and I was like "Why not having red bottom as well?" I remembered then of a pair of trousers the were never used (sometimes we have so many stuff in our inventories that we forget what we have, even when they're very organized, which is shamely not my case lol). A hairdo here, props there, and the whole thing was done. Many people do like red, but if to you it's too much, just put a light coloured t-shirt on and some jeans would look perfect as well.

As this blog is not only about styling cards/clothes - no it is not! :P I downloaded Nirans viewer and found it classy to take pictures with. Although it's not that easier to use for beginners, it handles shadows nicely. The teleport screen is so... smooth and different! You really should give it a go. I recommend it (the same way as it was recommended to me lol). The link follows here http://sourceforge.net/projects/niransviewer/ . Have fun ;)

And if you got what I said about styling cards, let's check:

Hair - Uw.st - Uw.7R Ash hair
Eyeware - Tokugawa heavy industries - Optical Shades
Jacket - Egoism - Red biker
T-shirt - Ramp design - X-men t-shirt
Gloves - Tres Beau - Driving gloves (if I'm not wrong it's a gift)
Trousers - TheAbyss - Chaos leather pants red

witches forest park

witches forest park, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

some nice spots in this sim, i like it, so check it out when you're able to.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Witches%20Forest/79/58/24

in this post, about the outfit, there are two mesh pieces, the hair and the trousers. i really like them, although the picture is a bit dark, i was like "if i have it lighter, it'll lose it's atmosphere", then i left the way it was. this is an outfit for day by day, if you're good in mix and match, there are unendless possibilities, as the trousers also have different textures (different products though), and the hair, although it's mesh you can resize it! :D

hair - salon de glow - cm-01 (mesh)
necklace - barerose - lost kittens necklace
cardigan - prodigal - tight cardigan white 3 (gift)
trouseres - egoism - ego blue jeans (mesh)
shoes - fir & mna - the citizen boots rose mens
pose by agapee

playing to kill

playing to kill, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

Yeah, I came back to SL, although I have to share my time nowadays with another game, actually a MMO, name is League of Legends. At first I was like "blah", but a friend insisted that I should give it a go, now am so addicted to it. haha So, after killing many minions in there, I guess I got some inspiration to build this outfit, very urban and street, perfect for playing RPG in world like those police and bandit games, and also for clubbing and so. Imho it's still a bit sexy for the low rise camo shorts. No more words now, going straight to the styling card.

Hairbase - Madesigns tintable hairbase
Hair - Burley - Carlo platinum 03
Dogtag - Rok-Nav Dog-Tag
Jacket - 4mc Jacket1 (mesh)
Undies and shorts - Legal Insanity - baggy pants urban camo (there are a gun and some bullets attached to it, see why its also nice for urban rpg?)

Ah I seldom say the eyes when they're not Ibanez, but why not giving you the secret tonite? Alright, they're Lelutka pierce eyes. For the next posts I'm about blogging some gift skins I got, just need to try them and see if they fall well on me. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is it. See ya.

i-mesh

i-mesh, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

With some tiny modifications in my shape, these mesh stuff imho fell very nice on me.

hairbase - madesigns hair - tintable hair
hair - raw house - khaos white 05
eyes - ibanez tranquil eyes - platinum
earrings - razorblade jacket
watch - 2real tokyoflash (it's free in the shop)
tank - public enemy - 440 volts (mesh)
shorts - epic - chino shorts (mesh)
boots - deco - combatboots canvaswhite (mesh)

pimp me up (almost for free)

pimp me up, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

before going for a shopping spree, i decided to look what i have in my wardrobe. some items are free, others are not. but you'll be surprised by the quality of those gifts.

check the styling card ===>

Nexus Prime

Nexus Prime, a photo by Atlas Pastorelli on Flickr.

I'd really, really like to recommend a visit to this beautiful and futuristic sim.

All about games, synthesis and the like ;)

Nexus Prime Bonifacio limo ==> http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bonifacio/186/16/24

Some of the wearables:
[ CheerNo hair | LWL "Jacket" | Miamai trousers ]

Pose by Del May.

The fall - alien and evil

For some reason this month I'm very interested in alien outfits, different structures. Sometimes looking angelic while other looking evil, not exactly demonic. I invite you all to keep reading: in this post - Neurolabs, Tableau Vivant, Ladies Who Lunch and much more.

Future of Denim

Well, after reading some trends about fashion I got inspired to create a casual outfit with simple things. As many spring 2012 collections are increasing the use of denim, I thought "why not applying some leather and denim in a way it doesn't hurt our eyes?"
"Why?", would someone say in a reply to my question. It's quite simple, over SL it's hard seeing leather and denim used as a daily outfit, instead it's much easier seeing master and slaves wearing sexy leather-ish stuff much more than in our RL. Browsing on market place I didn't find any good shorts/bermuda in leather, for instance. Not any type I could match with a blazer... perhaps I didn't search enough, and then might be wrong, or perhaps the only options are meant for the satisfaction of sexual pleasures?

Eisbrecher

Incredible visor/display/shades from Fairlight Industries

For this post not too much words. I've just noticed on how I've been focusing on white clothes and backgrounds. Perhaps it's a contrast for what I see inworld. Everybody is dark skinned and brunette. Why is this so? Loads of tattoos, strips of cloths, post-emo-but-still black emo hairs. Perhaps I'm just tired? Or perhaps I just don't want to think about anything? Or perhaps I'm in love? Oops, saying too much... LoL

What do we have in here to be so called an icebreaker... Let's see: Akeruka, GRAVES, some heavy industries (Tokugawa and Fairlight) and a part of a roleplay kit?

After the blizzard

Well, it seems the worst has already passed: the blizzard of stress that caused a turmoil in the fashion scene and the grid itself. Now it's time to slow down a little bit and start planning for the coming year or at least trying to find our path after the hell got frozen. What are you going to do? A list of dos and don'ts really helps? I'm not a very fan of enlisting goals, but perhaps those that require just a few baby steps are easier to lift up our confidence than dreaming about moving mountains or even continents.

What about wearing at least something comfortable and resistant enough to give us some base for the new upcoming? There are some new releases to fuel our endurance, just click on "read more". ;)

How to turn a prince into a (cyber) punk!

Yeah! This is the first post about cyber fashion. Do you really think that in order to have a nice look you're going to find stuff only at known cyber shops? The answer is yes and no. Yes, because there you can find complete outfits, great apparel, body enhancements and the like. No, for it's quite possible mix things from "average" shops into a cyberlook. One just need to have a good eye and choose wisely which items are going to the mixer.
I was supposed to take the pictures at INSILICO, but unfortunately the sim doesn't have good shadows on the ground. And then I've just found another sim which I will have to explore soon: name is Cybercity.

Versailles Times, by Atlas Pastorelli

OMG! A picture I made has been featured! I feel very honoured.
Versailles Times, by Atlas Pastorelli

:D

Urban Samurai

I was a little bit bored when suddenly a group notice arrived and caught my attention. Dura has moved its shop to a new sim and in order to celebrate the new shop Chiaki Xue (Dura owner/designer) has released a fantastic brand new hair. I felt so excited that I needed to post this new hair. It's also available there [click here for the new main shop].

First Post - LL Viewer 3 BETA | Starter Avatars Review

Alright, this is the first post. Not my first RL nor SL blog, which doesn't mean I'm a pro when it comes to blogging. I hope you like it. And, then, going straight to the point, the focus is on how Linden Labs is preparing new grounds for brand new residents. People whose skill about viewers is close to null.