Hair for Wet-heads June 26, 2009
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If you haven’t been to the 2009 Hair-Fair yet, do go this instant and head for Tekelili Tantalus’ booth. As usual, he has created a dazzling, detailed, and alternative collection of hair styles. What’s better, this year’s collection are all catered towards mer and aquatic humanoids.
If I could complain about anything concerning his work, it is a bit prim heavy, so if you’re into maintaining a low ARC you might have to do some balancing, but you’ll never find better detail. Go shop!
- SLURL: Tekelili’s shop @ Hair Fair 2009 (note, you can’t TP there directly, but this will put a marker on your map to walk to)
- SLURL: Tekelili in the Hollow Earth (main store)
The Wet Look November 30, 2008
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I’ve had a few comments and questions in the past few days about my ever-present shine. What’s the secret? Well, aside from daily kelp wraps and eel oil rubs, a friend showed me that an application of Nyoko’s body oil does wonders for the skin and scales. The oil is available in four levels of shine and comes with clothing for every body layer. There’s also body glitter available in a comparable spectrum of choices.
Because of layering, it doesn’t always work with every mermaid outfit on the market, but (shameless plug) It does work with mine! If you have any NiXiE tail kit, you can wear the body oil on the shirt and pants layers, and wear the scales on the underwear layers. You can even wear a scant tail color on the sock layer and have a two-color blend!
Now then, next time I see you, you’d best be looking wet, shiny, and sexy!
- Price: 375L$; Set of all grades $1,200
- SLURL: Nyoko’s Wears
Hidden Treasures: Sin Skins Etheria Collection & Etchd Tattoos October 25, 2008
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Let me, Azaiya Aeon, guide you towards the very best in mermaid items from across the grid.
As a mer, I’m known to be very blue. I’ve never quite understood why so many mers elect to wear human skin when there are so many more interesting choices available. Then again, I’ve never understood why so many people elect to be human in their Second Life when there are so many more interesting choices available. Anyway, as I’ve lived on a mermaid on the grid, I began with my regular human skin, but after a while started using colored skins. Colored skins are fun, exotic, and add another fun dimension to your avatar to play with. Show up to the beach with shimmering aqua skin and scales and you’re sure to turn a few heads. (more…)
Staying Afloat July 7, 2008
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I’m sure you’re all familiar with The Mermaid Problem, and for all its liberties of imagination, Second Life does present us sea-folk with a few “mermaid problems” of our own (one of which being The Problem proper, but we’ll discuss that another time). Any new mermaid will quickly observe that not many of SL’s waterways are merfolk friendly, and sometimes you want to swim near the surface of the water rather than comb the bottom of a sim. Obviously, the only way to do this is by flying (Dear Linden Lab: Why can’t there be an option for swimming? You’ve got animation states for it—animation states which I’ve never seen, because we can’t swim, mind you). But flying is exactly what one does, right out of the water on any extended stretch of swimming. Thus, the process of swimming is constant tedium; move, adjust depth (altitude), repeat.
To solve this SLMP™ (Second Life Mermaid Problem™), one needs to employ the use of a Swim Assist. The idea of the swim assist is simple: keep the mermaid in the water. The implementation itself is a bit trickier, though. In this article I’ll explain a few of the commercial solutions out there, and let you make the choice of which is best for you.
Hidden Treasures: Bare Rose Pisces Zodiac & Sirens Lounge June 29, 2008
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June Dion, unstoppable creating machine that she is, has started a new series of avatars based on the Zodiac. What’s her first release in the series? None other than Pisces!
Hidden Treasures: Tekelili’s Dark Horizons June 27, 2008
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It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with Tekelili Tantalus’ work, so when I found out that he had created a line of merfolk avatars, I had to dash over. Needless to say, I was quite dazzled in that I found not only some fantastic fins, but a pile of new Jewelry and accessories to boot.
Hidden Treasures: Safe Waters June 15, 2008
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I met Goldenstar Sands in Aquaria a few weeks ago and was introduced to her darling mertails based off of FL fish. The tails are all unisex and uni-age, as Goldenstar herself is a child, and the cover-ups for modest females are quite clever and well-intergrated into the design. If only my own tails could claim such versatility! (Though, I did see a merman wearing one the other day.)
Oh, and did I mention she makes glowing mer-raving attachments that leave particle light trails? Neat!
Tails are 150L$ There’s a fun arcade above her shop too!
The “Dramatic Sea” AO June 1, 2008
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A few months ago I tried to write a comprehensive AO guide in-world. I’ll probably revise it soon for this blog, but I was so excited about this I had to post now! A few months ago, a Japanese mermaid by the name of Kyota Spitteler (Kyota runs the Mermaid Temple in Gorlen Bay). Handed me an AO from a Japanese shop by the name of KAMI-HITOE as a gift. I was very impressed with the creativity and variety of its animations. I could tell that the creator, Sala Snook, really understood and thought carefully about how mermaids move.
Recently it seems Sala has created an even more robust AO, called the “Dramatic Sea” AO (sounds a bit odd of a name, but makes sense if you pay attention to Japanese product naming trends). It is stunning, and if you spend a lot of time as a mermaid you definitely want to look into purchasing it. It has 30 animations, each incredibly detailed and individual. She has created an animation for nearly every state your avatar is in, including multiple stands and special crouch swims. It’s a bit pricey at 500L$, but for the quality it is absolutely worth it. You’ll never need another AO.
Hidden Treasures: Mer Poses May 28, 2008
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There are more and more mer-malls rezzing up in SL. Still, there’s some great items to be found hiding in unexpected places on the grid. I’ll be making a few posts every so often dedicated to these “hidden treasures”.
A while ago I was looking for some mer poses for my NiXiE tails packaging, and I joking suggested that a friend make some via a comment on flickr, which she then did!
Anyway, Cole made a bunch of poses. 14 total. Good for photoshoots or poseballs. Go check them out!
35L$ per pose, or 300L$ for the whole set. Copy & Mod.
