Grungy Neko

Posted by Fricka on April 30, 2008

I write a bit in my spare time… I know, it’s very hard to believe considering the “quality” of writing I put out here… not to mention my deplorable punctuation. But I digress, I was listening to some Wolf Parade and was inspired to write today and one bit about a torn shirt just kept nagging at my brain. I had to see it. I couldn’t just write it, I had to visualize it. So about eight uploads later I had my torn shirt. Clothing, omg, it’s enough to make me pull my prim hair out. Making seams match up, fabrics match up, blah blah blah.. it’s argh. I finally muddled through with some stripes, but it was all worth the frustration to see it in the virtual flesh and it helped me finish up my vignette. I actually had made it to be worn by a male character but after seeing it on my Fricka, well, she had to keep it. One of these days I’ll take my hubby’s toon around to get accessorized so he can be properly photographed. Until then, it’s Fricka! The group gifts from Atomic Kitty are still available at their store.. but the hunt gifts are no longer available so far as I know.

Hair – [Ashe by Deviant Kitties]
Eyes – [Bagheera by E’s Handpainted Fantasy Eyes]
Piercing – [Mouth rings & spikes by Deviant Kitties]
Skin – [Unreleased Neko by {Frick}]
Kitty Tail – [Atomic Neko Tail by Atomic Kitty]
Kitty Ears – [Punk Kitty by Dreamin’g Alice]
Scarf – [Atomic Scarf (Group Gift) by Atomic Kitty]
Crowbar – [Defiant Belted Crowbar by Atomic Kitty] (Hunt Gift – n/a)
Strap – [Defiant Strap by Atomic Kitty] (Hunt Gift – n/a)
Belt – [Vday Gift by Perturb/Ation] (formerly Kiki’s Closet)
Shirt – [Terribad Grungy Ripped up Mess by Me!]
Gauntlets – [Scorned Bracers by CatniP]
Jeans – [Petrol Woodstock Jeans by League]
Boots – [Mellogs Boots by Deviant Kitties] (Group Gift)
Poses – [ Various Poses by [LAP] & [::ANA_Mations::]

Happa Spirit Eyes

Posted by Fricka on April 26, 2008

So I have a thing for eyes…you know, in addition to my thing for hair and clothes. :P I’m fairly picky though when it comes to eyes because I have fairly large anime sized eyes in SL so most eyes tend to be on the itty bitty teeny weeny side so they look.. odd. I love my eyes from Glanz because they come in a large size but as gorgeous as they are, they don’t come in a wild array of colors so I’ve had to keep shopping around for weirder colors. I specifically had gone in search of some red eyes to use with my Drow skins so I hopped over to OnRez and did a bit of browsing. I came across these eyes from Happa and I have to say, they are lovely. I ended up going for the pack of 11 eyes for L$ 250 and I am very pleased. The price is right and the eyes are gorgeous. One thing I really liked about the eyes is that when your eyes inevitably roll back into your head these eyes are elongated so you don’t get a huge expanse of eye white. Each pair of eyes comes with 2 pupil sizes, large and normal. I opted for the large pupil size and I love the look. The individual colors are only available on OnRez but you can find the full pack as well as a demo in world. Yay for new eyes! Oh and view the picture large to really see it.

Eyes – [Spirit Eyes by Happa (in world or OnRez]
Dress – [Mourning Minnu Gown by Kyoot Army]
Hair – [Gwen by ETD]
Skin – [Seductress by {Frick}]
Ears – [Mystic Ear: Elfin/Drow by Illusions]
Piercing – [The Line by Deviant Kitties]

Rawr

Posted by Fricka on April 23, 2008

I’m so annoyed that I’m posting this twice. >.< Well I can’t stay logged into SL for more than a few seconds without crashing so I think I give up for today. At first it would just crash everytime I tried to edit my appearance. Then it started crashing just for pretty much standing around doing nothing. Rawr. I am a sad panda… guess I’ll have to go pwn some noobs in World of Warcraft. :P

Kyoot Army

Posted by Fricka on April 22, 2008

Ok, I jumped on the Kyoot Army sale bandwagon… so if you read the feeds, you probably don’t care about seeing this again lol. But I have to say, the outfits are gorgeous, beautifully textured, and how can you go wrong for L$ 100? In addition to The Last Mobstress, I also picked up Mourning Minnu Gown & Straight Jacket Surrealist. At any rate, hop on down, take a look and snatch up some beautiful goodies while they are priced unbelievably low.

Outfit – [The Last Mobstress – Kyoot Army]
Shoes – [Succubus Pumps by ::69::]
Hair – [Secret by TheAbyss]
Eyelashes – [Prim Lashes by Deviant Kitties]
Skin – [Glammy from {Frick}] (sending this out to my Update Group)
Eyes – [Iridescent Eyes from Revenait au Rivage set from PixelDolls]
Cigarette – [Long Stemmed Cigarette Holder from Little Bit of Midnight Dress set from Icing]
Pose – [Various Poses by [Long Awkward Pose]

Windlight Settings

Posted by Fricka on April 20, 2008

My trials with Windlight have been well documented here. I love it and I hate it. But after seeing this post by Caliah Lyon and downloading her Windlight setting I’m happier. The absolute best part is I really don’t need to wear a face lamp at all for most of my skins and that makes me super happy. I can also change up the color of the sky without really screwing up the lighting and that’s pretty neat too.

I had pandas on the brain today… I don’t know how they got there.

Meh

Posted by Fricka on April 19, 2008

Ok, 3rd edit on my pity party post.. and I’ve decided, eff it, I like my skins and I like wearing my skins and for now, that’s enough. ^^

Drowiness

Posted by Fricka on April 19, 2008

Drowiness.. not to be confused with drowsiness.. which I am suffering from right now. I found out just how difficult it is to capture a Drow with Windlight. Most settings were way way too dark and you could barely see her.. throw a face lamp on and ugh, washed out and fake. It was hard finding a middle ground while snapping these shots and since they still looked like crap I Photoshopped the heck out of them and now they are passable. I’m not usually a silks kinda person but I wanted a kinda skimpy something for my Drow to wear that wasn’t a bikini or typical lingerie and silks kinda tread the fantasy line just enough to be usable outside of fetish wear. At any rate, the Drows have arrived and I worked on snapping the ad pics tonight so hopefully I can get those squared away to release soon.. not too soon though as I’ll have to do a major rearrange of my shop to fit them in.. so much so that I may have to close for a day or two to get them into action. Anyways, onto the pics before I fall asleep… and no slurls ’cause I already logged out.. maybe tomorrow.

oOOOooh! I must squeal uncontrollably at the lovely jewelry from Illusions. Siyu Suen released a set of jewelry to go along with the Elven ears and OMG, they are just stunning. I’m only wearing the necklace in most of the pics, but I splurged for the fat pack and hope to work the other pieces into my looks on a regular basis. The pieces are truly works of art. ^^

Ears & Jewelry by Illusions
Silks by Analise
Hair by ETD
Eyes by Pixel Dolls
Shoes by Shiny Things
Skin by {Frick} – will be released soon

Atomic Kitty Panda Hunt

Posted by Fricka on April 17, 2008

Panda Hunt at Atomic Kitty ends at Midnight SL Time 4/17!! So hurry!! There are 5 pandas to find and the goodies are awesome as everything from Atomic Kitty is! ^^ Here’s a random pic of me cam snooping from my perch on the roof. I swear, I’m not really being 100% anti-social.. just kinda anti-social. I’m a terrible avatar driver and smash through people like a bull in a china shop.. it’s for your protection that I sit myself down and cam around. :P

Hat!

Posted by Fricka on April 16, 2008

I saw a picture on AlterEgo Trip Svenska’s Flickr stream about wanting a goblin hat in SL and I knew somewhere in the depths of my inventory I had a hat that kinda was like that.. and sure enough I found a Knitted Hat from Onigiri (formerly Inspired.) It’s sooooo cute! I love how the little ears on top of the hat are flexi so they kinda flap about as I move, adorable! But omg, what a pain trying to fit hair under there lol. That’s a problem with any hat that doesn’t have the hair built in but on the same token, it gives the wearer the flexibility to pick their own hair to wear. I butchered this hair from ETD to cram it under there lol. Yay for copy permissions. And a little spot of shameless self promotion, I now have a subscriber kiosk right outside my main store in Blackmount! And best of all, joining my group won’t count against your 25! Woot!

I can’t log into SL for some unknown and very obnoxious reason so no slurls here.. and I can’t remember where the pants are from so as soon as I am able to get on, I’ll post that as well.

Hat from Onigiri
Jacket from *BP
Hair from ETD
Skin from {Frick}
Piercings from Deviant Kitties
Boots from 69
Tank top from Last Call
Kitty Tail from Hybrid

Fun with Windlight

Posted by Fricka on April 11, 2008

Since I couldn’t TP anywhere.. or change clothes… or build anything.. or anything.. I decided to play with Windlight. I was stuck wearing my ultra bright radioactive facelamp instead of my more subtle one so you can definitely see how a bright lamp can blow out your face. Most of these settings are Torley Linden presets. If I hadn’t been so super lazy, I would have labeled them… but I really am super lazy. Anyways, onto the pics.. click them to go to my Flickr page to view the extra huge version.

Hair – [Micky Dango by *BP]
Skin – [Unreleased Neko Skin by {Frick}]
Eyes – [Transparency Shine Eyes by Glanz]
Eyelashes – [Prim Lashes by Deviant Kitties]
Piercing – [The Line by Deviant Kitties]
Kitty Tail – [Atomic Neko Tail by Atomic Kitty]
Kitty Ears – [Wicked by SkinPop]
Necklace – [Mechanica Necklace by Shiny Things]
Skirt – [Rece Mini by DP]
Sweater – [Sweater Grey Uni by Dutch Touch] (Group Gift)
Leggings – [Polka Dot Leggings in Sky by Honey Kitty]
Shoes – [Brawler Boots by Darkstar Designs]
Gloves – [Handwarmers by UnTone Quilt]

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