Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Return of the Decomposition Notebook

True to her word, Jupiter has reworked the zombie skins and they will be available for the Twisted Hunt, starting tomorrow, the hunt itself starting here.
As you can see, Lludmila is really happy about that.  But even happier that the prize box contains not just the doll skins, the key, and 3 lovely green zombie skins ...
... but the zombie skins are named after her!  Yay!  I feel so - so validated!  Oooo, lookit the nice lip color!  There's a bright red evening lip, this lighter (perhaps coral) color, and the pale lips as in the photo at top.


The super-stuffed Absentia Twisted Hunt prize will be hidden somewhere near here.  Bwah-ha-haaa!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Taking a Back Seat

Friday must've been Bumday on the hunts.  There I am, minding my own bidness and ... there they are.
Hanging out of their pants and sticking out of their prim skirts.  Our default view of ourselves is from behind - how can they (a) like that view and (b) not notice?
You can put together a lovely (?) outfit, but how can you tell if your bum's too big?  Check out your AO.  Do your hands embed themselves in your cheeks?  I know there are animations for avs with "larger features" - I've seen them.  Invest in some realism.
OMG, it just didn't stop!  And what's the point of teensy hands hanging next to that huge caboose?  "Ladies,"* please get a sense of proportion.

*I always suspect a guy behind the big behinds, but I could be wrong.

Pick and Choose

I have nothing but the greatest love for Heartsick skins.  They are utterly gorgeous.  Oh, I might grumble a bit about the shading under the lower lip which seems slightly excessive and the eye make-up here on the Platinum Hunt prize might be leaning a bit towards raccoon, at least in my opinion - but check out that cleavage!  Is that not convincing?  The lip coloring is pretty and not garish, the face seems to glow.  What's not to love?  I do however remember grousing while I was searching for the prize that searching for something and then paying for it is actually called "shopping."  It seemed like damned cheek that I'm paying 10L (what is that in RM, not even 3 cents?) and I have to look for it.  At least that was until I found the box.  When I found it, with the several skin tones and bewb options, I nearly hugged it. 

I liked the hair prize from Exile - which reminds me of a style that could be nicknamed "Matron on Drugs," but in a good way.  But I liked this one.  No, really.  I went looking for it especially.  Maybe the  pearl set makes it look matronly.
Heartsick skin, Exile hair from the Platinum Hunt - 10L per prize.

Same skin, different hair - and isn't she a cheeky thing, peeking out from under that bang!
ploom hair, also the Platinum Hunt.

Lludmila is ever so grateful when some version of white is included in some fatpack of hair colors.  There were at least two in the Exile and ploom offerings.  I've tried other colors on her little head, but they just don't look right.
Thank you, designers who contribute freebies and even the low-cost prizes to hunts.  I don't really begrudge you the 10L - I'm just short of Ls lately.

Shapes: I create my own shapes; I just tinker until it looks like something natural and attractive to me.  The Zombie skin is from Absentia.  Eyes by Perefim Cao from the old [OMFG].