RMK Gothic

There's an event going on at RMK Gothic right now, you do tasks and get coins to play a gacha for prizes.  You are an apprentice magician, and you have to learn how to do magic stuff!  One of the prizes is a witchy lil vouboo from me:

(You can see all the prizes at the official blog.)

Many people have been confused by how to do it, as RMK Gothic is a Japanese sim- there are some English instructions but you may not find them clear.  So I'm going to try to tell you what to do.

Miami Electric

In the 80s, I was into neon.  In a bit of a huge way- while most of my clothes were black (gee, how times have changed...), I had this weird horrible affection for don't-look-directly-at-it-or-you'll-go-blind neon pieces to go with that.  (Yeah...times really haven't changed THAT much.  I still have a few of those things...but not as many, and I don't wear them as much.)  This month's Collabor88 theme was all about that blinding neon in the 80s, though with more of a Miami angle (I never cared for Miami Vice, I preferred my cop shows to have talking cars and no actual cops).  I used it as an excuse to FINALLY finish something that's been pretty much done for years, but I didn't want to do the very last boring steps of to release: seamless fishnets. These come in leggings and gloves format, with Slink Physique appliers included for those of you mesh body addicts (and Slink hand appliers for the gloves, of course)- leggings means no fighting with your feet and having to stumble around in inventory finding the stocking HUD, though you're still stuck with fumbling for the HUD to show your gloves.

on pink: hair by lamb, necklaces and earrings by Yummy (one necklace and earrings for this round of collab), bracelets by Maxi Gossamer, dress by Nylon Outfitters (this round of collab), shoes/ears/makeup by Schadenfreude, pose by Label Motion
on blue: hair by Clawtooth (this round of collab), necklace by Maxi Gossamer, shoes/ears/makeup by Schadenfreude, pose by Imperial Elegance
bed by Art Dummy, table by Trompe Loeil, phone by floorplan, purse by Baiastice, shirt with belt and organizer on wall by Lark (for this round of collab), notebook clutter by flowey, desk clutter/other floor clutter (which is mostly offscreen)/bookcase (also mostly offscreen) by Second Spaces, lamp by Schadenfreude

To go with, there are also a selection of fun bright eyeshadows in the colours of this round.

white boots from Fashionably Dead; jewelry not already credited in the previous picture on flickr from Yummy, Maxi Gossamer, and Schadenfreude; clothing not previously credited from The Secret Store, Pixicat, and Baistice; fuzzballs from MishMish

Fishnets in your choice of 6 colours and 8 packs of eye shadows in 4 colours at Collabor88 this month!

The Forest Masquerade at The Arcade

Mask for The Arcade
Hair, Clawtooth by Clawtooth
Tattoos, ~silentsparrow~
Makeup, Schadenfreude
Kimono, Pixicat
Bracelets, lassitude&ennui
Shoes and Wings, Schadenfreude
Pose, flowey. (from chapter two: possessed pose prop)

The Arcade is running this month, and I made 9 masks to win for it.  Masks can be worn or hung on the wall as display.  Each display mask is 1LI, and when rezzed on the ground will have a hanger, hanging ribbons, and shadow prim.  Touch for options to hide hangers and ribbons, as well as changing ribbon colours from the ones I chose to match each mask.  Worn masks are just masks- there are ribbons to tie around your head available as a gift at the venue (plus some extra makeup bits and nose alphas).

hair by lamb, skin by fashionably dead

Each mask is texture change with 12 mask texture options (because 9x12 is toooo many for a gacha!)

wolf plushies from ~silentsparrow~, book stacks on table from vespertine, book on top of pig chair from Intrigue Co. from ~silentsparrow~&Schadenfreude, pigpunzel chairs and teacup piglet from Ohmai, coaster from MudHoney (yes, I'm one of THOSE people, don't mess up my nice wood table with your water rings!), table from RazzBerry Inc.

At The Arcade this month!

Beware the Sirens

"First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them. If any one unwarily draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble him to death with the sweetness of their song. There is a great heap of dead men's bones lying all around, with the flesh still rotting off them."

-Homer's Odyssey, book XII

Blue siren's tattoos by ~silentsparrow~, lips and brows by Buzzeri, hair by little bones, earrings by adoness, bracelets by Yummy and LOULOU&CO, hair feather by Scribble (unavailable), necklace/ears/gloves by Schadenfreude
Dark siren's skin by tres blah, tattoos by ~silentsparrow~, lipstick by Nylon Outfitters for Collabor88, necklace by Yummy for Collabor88, hair by Scribble (unavailable), bracelet by Schadenfreude
poses by marukin and Luth (I think Luth is closed now)

This month, Collabor88 is an extra big birthday round: all the guests from the past year have been invited back, and we are holding it in the larger venue from last year.  There's a lot to see!  The birthday theme is Homer's Odyssey, and I drew my inspiration from the Sirens who lure sailors to death with their songs.  While they've become equated with mermaids, the Sirens were actually bird women, not fish women, companions of Persephone who failed to save her from abduction by Hades.  Their song is their lament at their loss of her, achingly beautiful but full of terrible longing that breaks the hearts of all who hear it.

From Collabor88: hair by lamb; short necklace by Cae; makeup and dress by Schadenfreude
skin by tres blah; long necklace and bracelets by lassitude&ennui; pose by Imeka

From Collabor88: hair by Nylon Outfitters; skin by Glam Affair; necklace, earrings, and tiara by Yummy; makeup and dress by Schadenfreude
bracelets by lassitude&ennui; pose by ~N~ (no longer available)

Feathers hint at scales in a mermaid skirt style, referencing both their avian and aquatic natures.  The dresses are materials enabled and come in 9 colours for the event: the 6 solids of the colour palette and 3 colour combinations, each named after a goddess with a connection to the three patron gods of this round- Athena, goddess of wisdom and daughter of the god of the heavens, Zeus; Amphitrite, goddess of the saltwater seas and wife of the god of the waters, Poseidon; and Persephone, goddess of the death and rebirth cycle of nature, and the Queen of the god of the underworld, Hades.  They come in the 5 Standard Sizes for women, and also include VERY EXPERIMENTAL Fitted Mesh versions for men and women.  Fitted mesh is VERY picky around certain areas where this dress is cut (it may move and resize...but not in the direction or to the same degree as the avatar), so it will not fit properly unless you adjust yourself to suit it in those areas!  Gentlemen, I imagine you're used to nipping and tucking as if your life depending upon it if you want to fit into a dress as it is, but these are more for the Milk than for the Divine.

  (left skin by Belleza, middle skin by Tres Blah, right skin by Birdy,
layered hairbases by Ohmai and Nylon Outfitters)
  (left skin by Belleza, middle skin by Tres Blah, right skin by Birdy,
layered hairbases by Ohmai and Nylon Outfitters)
 

(left skin by Belleza, middle skin by Tres Blah, right skin by Birdy,
layered hairbases by Ohmai and Nylon Outfitters)

From Collabor88: hair by Olive; horns by Half-Deer; tiara and necklace by Yummy; dress and makeup by Schadenfreude; pose by Kirin
bracelets by Balderdash

To go with the dresses this round are tattoo layer makeup in a matching colour palette, named after the sorceress Circe, who turned Odysseus' crew into swine upon their visit to his island.  Each makeup pack contains three colours- one each of the solids to represent that realm in the palette of the round, and one to match the goddess chosen for it.  All come with and without forehead and cheek contouring (the forehead and cheek contouring also come separate for more laying options), and with and without strong flat black brows.

All to be found at Collabor88 this month.

Wombats!

skin and boots (with socks) from Fashionably Dead; hair by Ohmai!; dress by katat0nik; jewelry by ~silentsparrow~/~silentsparrow~ and Schadenfreude

Received Items is holding a Where the Wild Things Are gacha event that I am a part of- I made animated wombat pets for it.  They are along the same lines as the piggies: wear and they will hang out with you and follow you as you walk around, rez then and you can pick to have them stand around or wander in a set area.  The Magic wombat matches hya's roo rats for the same event (no great surprise: we are next to each other at the venue), as does the flightless wom-bat a little bit (the wings are just for show, he doesn't fly, like a kiwi!)  Rosa, of course, uses hya's hand-drawn floral fabric and matches the other critters in the Rosa pattern from hyasynth and myself.  You can find a key of the gachas at the event at the Received Items page.

The wombats can be found at Where the Wild Things Are until August 10!

Atelier Kreslo Donut Festival

Like the Cupcake Festival, the Atelier Kreslo Donut Festival is a bake sale with "art food" that will only be available for the duration of the event.  A bunch of people applied to make donuts for it, so there are lots of fun baked goods to be had!  I made stacked and decorated donuts inspired by matryoshkas, Russian nesting dolls.  You can also see hya's donuts here, with birdy donut holes!

The Atelier Kreslo Donut Festival runs from July 13 to July 27, after which all the donuts will be gone forever.

WildThing Satchels

This round of Collabor88 is "safari" with a bunch of browns (I'm not into brown, sorry.  I've tried, it's just not my thing).  I had a bunch of competing ideas (...as always) but this won out- well, I just wanted to do it because it was more FUN.  Though I'm laughing a little bit about all the "obvious" ideas that I avoided expecting multiple people to do them...and no one did!

(on Zebra: hair and mask by Nylon Outfitters for Collabor88, dress by katat0nik, jewelry by lassitude&ennui, tattoos by ~silentsparrow~, stockings by Schadenfreude, pose by !bang
on Tiger: mask by Nylon Outfitters for Collabor88, hair by Milk, shirt by C'est la vie!, skirt by ISON, necklace by adoness, tattoos by ~silentsparrow~, tights by Atomic, pose by PURPLE POSES for Collabor88
curtain by Relic [closed], chairs by Trompe Loeil for Collabor88, deer skull and painting by Scribble [closed], suitcase with books by vespertine, steer skull by TESLA [free amazing gift even!], boxes by barnesworth anubis, table and lamp by Schadenfreude [not currently available])

Anyway.  Bags!  Stuffed animals fashioned after big cats, made of hand dyed fake fur to bring out the character of the inspiration.  There are three: a golden leopard, an orange tiger, and a black panther.

The bags are rigged with fitted mesh, in versions to fit the male and female base avatars (the boob slider works impressively well!), and there are also two modify enabled unrigged versions for more adjustment.

wall hanging and map with binnoculars (and compass) from floorplan&theosophy, mirror from tarte., mask from Nylon Outfitters, chair and trunk table from Trompe Loeil, table and lamp and bag from Schadenfreude)

At Collabor88 this month!