Posted in Events, Second Life, Second Life Birthday, tagged 10th birthday, application form, community, community celebration, creativity, culture, Designers, Events, exhibitor, hurry, reminder, second life, Second Life 10th Birthday, Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebration, Secoond Life Birthday, SL10B, SL10B Community Celebration, SL10BCC, virtual worlds on May 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
SL10B Community Celebration logo
Just a quick reminder … today – Monday 20th May – is the LAST day to apply to be an exhibitor, a performer or a volunteer at the Community Celebration for Second Life’s 10th Birthday.
It’s going to be amazing – fill in the application form and join in!
Posted in Art, Cloud Party, Public spaces, Second Life, tagged Art, Artists, artwalk, Cloud Party, Designers, Designing Worlds, Raglan Shire, second life, tinies, virtual worlds on May 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Well, there’s always plenty of art projects going on in Second Life, but two have come to my attention recently.
Raglanshire ArtWalk
The Raglan Shire ArtWalk 2013 opened Sunday May 5th, and displays the works of over 130 artists over four sims in an outdoor setting. The show runs from May 5th through May 26th. Artists gridwide converge to exhibit their RL photography and art and SL photography and sculpture in this annual arts festival, hosted by the tiny community of the Raglan Shire sim cluster.
2D art of all kinds is exhibited along the hedgerows in the central area of Raglan Shire sim. Second Life sculptural works are exhibited among the trees and along the shores of the western half of Heron Forest in Heron Shire sim, in the parks on Morning Shire and Raglan Commons sim. TP kiosks to the display locations are throughout the grounds of the festival. It’s a little like the displays we get in my hometown or in London, where artists exhibit on park railings every Sunday (and sell their paintings too).
You don’t have to be a tiny to visit and enjoy Raglan Shire. Avatars of all shapes and sizes are welcome to visit the show during May and enjoy wandering these fun sims dedicated to tiny avatars. Be wary of riding the transport if you’re a biggie, though. It might (heh heh) bring you down to size.
For more information, contact Teal Freenote or Liandras Jameson, or visit the Raglan Shire website at http://raglanshire.com/
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Looking for Art in Cloud Party …
Meanwhile, Cloud Partty are celebrating their first Anniverary with an Art Contest, and a handsome $1,000.00 (USD) prize.
In collaboration with art critic Ben Davis, executive editor of Artinfo.com, Cloud Party are sponsoring an Art in Cloud Party contest with a first prize of $1,000.00(USD)! The Community Favorite prize, as voted by the community, takes home 2000CC(Cloud Coins virtual currency). And to make it easier for artists, entrants in the competitionwill be given free virtual studio space for a month to create their entry. The deadline for entries in June 12th.
The theme is “Monumental Work of Public Art” – so one suspects we’re not looking for small, intimate pictures of family life here.
The Cloud Party team say, “We’re looking for people who make truly use of Cloud Party’s tools to create the kinds of visionary artworks that have never been seen before.”
There’s already a taste of the possible in Cloud Party with Claudia222 Jewell’s work. The clarity of textures she achieves and the level of involvement suggests that Cloud Party has great potential for installation art – as you can see on the Designing Worlds show where we featured Cloud Party. It will be fascinating to see what is offered.
Art work by Claudia222 Jewell in Cloud Party – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont
Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
The rules for what you create are pretty wide open. It can be visual, interactive, collaborative – whatever you come up with that meets your definition of art and reflects our theme. Since this is a subjective topic the organisers say that they intend to be pretty open-minded, but do keep their Terms of Service in mind and that this is a 13+ website. More details (including entry forms) can be found here.
Posted in Designing Worlds, Second Life, treet.tv, TV, tagged Designers, Designing Worlds, linden, Linden Lab, project materials, second life, server side, special materials, treet, treet.tv, virtual worlds on May 18, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Now available on the web – our latest episode, as we are joined by Oz, Brooke, Troy and Nyx Linden to discuss the issues of Server Side Baking and materials.
This was a really fascinating show as not only did our guests from Linden Lab explain what these major changes to Second Life would entail, but we also went to Hippotopolis for a fascinating demonstration.
Join us as we explore the effects of specular mapping
You can go there and check this out for yourselves but if you want to see the items properly displayed, you’ll need to download the special Materials Viewer (it doesn’t overwrite the main Linden Lab viewer).
Nyx, Troy, Oz and Brooke Linden explain the changes coming
If you’re wondering what server side baking and specular materials are and how they might affect your Second Life, this show should explain it.
In addition, Inara Pey has published a transcript of the first half of the discussion on her blog, which you may find useful too!
Posted in Business issues, Designing Worlds, Machinima, Media, Second Life, treet.tv, TV, tagged community, Designers, Designing Worlds, Events, garden of dreams, second life, tony dyson, treet, treet.tv, virtual worlds on May 14, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Designing Worlds studio
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Tuesday 14th May, for a special live recording of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we are joined by Chantal Harvey, the weel-know machinamatographer and Tony Dyson, the designer who created R2D2, who will be joining us to talk about their fascinating new project – the Bobbekins – which utilises Second Life as a part of a wider project to create interactive electronic materials for children.
Bobbekins eBook
Chantal and Tony will be talking not only about their project (currently online as an Indiegogo project), but also about their work and careers.
And there will be the opportunity for our audience to ask them questions too!
As this is a recording of a show to be shown at a later date, we will be starting the filming at 1pm, and you will not be able to see all the inserts we will be discussing (although we will supply web addresses so the audience can take a look!). But it will be a chance to find out more about Tony, Chantal and their fascinating project!
Posted in Designing Worlds, Non-profit, Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life, Second Life, treet.tv, TV, tagged community, creativity, culture, Designers, Designing Worlds, Events, Fantasy Faire, Fantasy Faire 2013, Relay For Life, RFL, RFLSL, second life, treet, treet.tv, virtual worlds on May 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Now available on the web – our latest episode, the second of our two visits to the amazing Fantasy Faire.
Saffia talked to designers Kayle Matzerath and Marcus Inkpen about the regions that they created, while Elrik learned about the amazing Fantasy Faire radio (and its rather unusual studio) from Zander Greene, and then had an escorted tour of the famed (notorious?) Explorers’ Club (Oriental Branch) by Martini Discovalante.
Lotus Valley Dream, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont
And then there are more regions to explore before we said farewell to Fantasy Faire … for this year.
Posted in Games, Happy Hunting!, Hunts, Prizes!, Second Life, treet.tv, TV, tagged creativity, Designers, Events, games, gaming, Happy Hunting!, hunts, second life, treet, treet.tv, virtual worlds on May 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Hunting has another great show – with a review of some of the amazing gifts available at Mad Pea’s latest Hunt – Lost Treasure of the Inca Warrior.
Rosamoo, of Hunt SL, has found six more amazing hunts and items this week – including the wonderful gifts that are your reward for completing Mad Pea’s latest Hunt – Lost Treasure of the Inca Warrior! And you can find the details of all the hunts discussed right here.
Some of the amazing things you can hunt for at the moment!
And after that, instead of an interview, there’s some special hunt tips as we take a light-hearted look at how NOT to dress to go hunting – and how to do it properly!
Plus there’s news from Rosamoo of exciting hunts that lie ahead!
Posted in About the Magazine, Business issues, Designers, Events, Expo, Furniture, Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life, Second Life, tagged Designers, Events, Home and Garden Expo, Prim Perfect, Relay For Life, RFL, RFLSL, second life, virtual worlds on May 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Sign up for our talks!
Following the success of our discussion / interview programmes at the Home and Garden Expos for 2011 and 2012, and the Christmas Expos and the Birthdays … well, you get the picture! At the 6th Home and Garden Expo, running from May 24th to June 3rd, we are planning a further series of talks with designers and breedable creators.
These talks will take place outside our very special Greek taverna on the Prim Perfect sponsored region. But we’ll be telling you more about that later!
We’re planning to host events at 3pm every day. If you would really LOVE to give a presentation, but can’t make that time, contact us and we will see if we can fit you in.
We are happy to host talks, presentations, interviews, question and answer sessions. It’s an opportunity for designers to share ideas, for people to meet their favourite creators, for communities to come together and talk about their culture and ideas. We’re very open to hosting what YOU want to tell us about!
If you would like to be a part of our programme at the Expo, please complete this form with your topic and preferred dates and times. We will try to fit in as many people as we can!
Posted in Events, Games, Hunts, Jigsaw, Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life, Second Life, Treasure Hunt, tagged community, creativity, culture, Designers, Fantasy Faire, Fantasy Faire 2013, games, gaming, hunts, jigsaw, jigsaws, Prim Perfect, Relay For Life, RFL, RFLSL, second life, treet, treet.tv, virtual worlds on May 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The Streets of Lumenaria
I have a few last lovely pictures of the Fantasy Faire to post – like this view of Lumenaria. We saw a dragon boat flying over it yesterday … today we have a view from the ground.
Although most of those beautiful regions have gone now, swept away by the sand of time (and Linden Lab), one remains – and that is the Valley of Ish’nar where the Hunt is taking place!
If you were able to complete Part 1, wear the Hud you used then. The treasure chest icon on your Part 1 HUD must be open to get a free Part 2 HUD.
If you missed Part 1, you can purchase a Part 2 HUD with a donation to RFL of at least 150L And the organisers are stressing that you should please READ your local chat when you attach the Part 2 HUD for instructions to activate it.
The Hunt was designed by Mad Pea, the story written by David Abbot, and the region itself was designed by Ryn Verwood – all three huge recommendations!
But first, let’s do a jigsaw!
The Strreets of Lumenaria, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont
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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).
If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.
Posted in Events, Games, Jigsaw, Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life, Second Life, tagged charity, community, culture, Designers, Fantasy Faire, Fantasy Faire 2013, games, gaming, jigsaw, jigsaws, Prim Perfect, Relay For Life, RFL, RFLSL, second life, virtual worlds on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Dragon boat over Lumenaria
Many people who visited Fantasy Faire enjoyed the stream that was playing. Some of the time this was DJs of course, and live musicians. But aside from that, there was a wonderfully evocative stream created by Zander Greene. And it was all broadcast from this beautiful dragon boat by Rynn Verwood.
The Faire has finished now – and it was heartbreaking watching the regions being taken down last night. But it will, of course, live on in part when the second part of the Hunt opens (later today, hopefully), and in the stories that people are writing for the Fantasy Faire/Prim Perfect Shot Story Competition. Why don’t you have a go yourself? There are pictures on Flickr to remind – and inspire you!
But, in the mean-time, let’s do a jigsaw.
Dragon Boat over Lumenaria, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont
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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).
If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.
Posted in About the Magazine, tagged community, Designers, Prim Perfect, second life, virtual worlds on May 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
News story submission form
This is your chance to submit news for Prim Perfect’s special gardens issue which will be out shortly – and at the moment we are looking for news stories to feature in our popular News from the Grid feature.
If you have a news story to share about your store or your sim, you can use the special Prim Perfect news service, to submit your news story directly to the magazine.
All you have to do is to go to www.primperfect.net/news_form.html and complete the simple form. If you want an image included, send it to primperfect@gmail.com.
To appear in our next edition, we must receive your news story by 12 noon SLT, Saturday 4th May, 2013.
The news story might also appear on this blog, especially if the story concerns, for example, the kind of time-defined event we like to cover – a special store promotion, or a charity concert.
So what are you waiting for? Send your news to us – and see it in print very soon!
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