Roawenwood: Design & Craft

Snowy weather has struck much of the grid from what I’ve seen and there’s a few out there who like to live amongst the northern climbs.  For you I have something a little different to set up and have some relaxing fun in the snow.

Ice Fishing.

A small sculptured pond with room for up to four people to set around the edge at a time.  Two relaxing spots, and two fishing spots each with a different fishing animation.  Embedded and adjustable so there are no poseballs but no loss of functionality.

It is small enough and light enough in prims so that most can use it without any problems.  An included bucket of fish is separate so you can decide to use it or not.  Right click to sit, then click for the menu to choose which spot you want to sit on… click the stump to receive one of two fishing poles, one for one fishing anim…. the second for the other.

Have a good one.

Woot!  Friday.  It’s here!

I always try to have a few releases around friday and this week is no different.  This one is a bit out of my norm, a prefab.  I don’t do these very often but I got into this kick, making gardens and things this past month…. so I came up with a walled garden.  It’s really quite pretty,  I called it “Tranquility Walled Garden”.

It is copy/modify so you can alter, have more than one, expand or even take away pieces.  I tried to set the linksets to make for easy customization whether you want to save prims or just have it different than I set up.  The lanterns, fountains, trees, flooring, fencing/walls, and gates are all done separately so you can pull them not using them at all… or alter to suit.

It’s about 25×25, decent sized and weighs in at 155 prims total for all of it.  The trees have texture change, each have 17 different leaf textures so you can have it switch with you during the seasons.  Autumn colors or spring or summer.  The fountains are very pretty I think and the whole thing just feels peaceful.  I have a tp to where it is rezzed down at the landing point at the moment… it’s tucked alongside the furniture buildings and will probably stay there for now at least.

I released the lanterns that are on the side as a separate set too because I just really like them.  They’re 6 prims apiece, look like a lot more and have smooth sculptured lines.  Distressed a bit, a lil rusty… gives a very nice atmosphere to a space… soft glowing light, and the flame can be turned off with a click.  Very simple but classic I think.  They are available on Xstreet too.

I have a couple sets of work or role play sets coming out real soon.  I have to work on getting the posters done.  I also have a few sets of clothes coming out.  My Naughty Bits camisk reloaded so to speak, another camisk set that is shaping up nicely… and I have a winter thing I’m working on.  Of course, I do have something that is rolling around in my head.  I want to do something fancy for the holidays.  I’m not sure what’s going to shape up but I’m thinking something delicate.  I haven’t done anything really delicate in awhile so perhaps I’m due.

There’s going to be a fun holiday outfit set that I’m going to roll out just for something different.  Not really Gorean but that’s ok… not everything has to be right?  *winks*

Whew.  You know reading all that, I’m tired already.  I just can’t seem to sit still for very long.

Take care and talk soon!

The end of summer is tickling at me and I’ve had lots of plans in real life lately.  Family coming to visit, going to visit family… this weekend I’ll be pretty busy too but I haven’t forgotten ya’ll and have had a couple releases that have been let go quietly without group updates.  I’ll probably make a group update and highlight some things soon but at the moment I’m just leaving a few notes here.

First I made up a couple of fun pieces.  The Back Alley Bar set; a set of barrels, crates, grain sacks and other pieces to create a role play area for the downtrodden, along docks, in an alley somewhere, I’m sure there’s no limit besides your imagination.  It comes with 5 different spots for ya’ll to hang out.  3 lounging animations to drape yourself along the crates… and 2 drinking animations, you wear the bottle and sway… singing, arm raised in drunken revelry.  I had fun creating it and while it isn’t for everyone I think it could be a lot of fun for you too.  I also made up a bottle and tankard avatar attachment to go along with it, wear it and sing along sitting nearby.

This week sees also the release of a couple of pieces in my landscaping department.  1 prim sculptured ground cover.  At the moment available in two different colors it covers a 10×10 area using just one prim.  Bright red and purple blossoms with lush green foliage.  I have them out against some of the textures that I got for my sim from Botanical.  They look really good, fit in nice.  You can see them not too awful far from the landing point at my main store.

For all you workers out there I made up a new “chore” though this isn’t a chore outright I wouldn’t think.  It’s stone chiseling and set up for the guys.  I haven’t done a female counterpart though I could I suppose, it seems most work sets for role play are geared towards the kajira, or female.  Sweeping, mopping, sewing, knitting, etc.  So on occasion I think it only appropriate that we should get some work outta the guys too!  Besides… this is something that is considered a craft.  Stone masons hard at work creating sculptures or stone for building, a great accessory I would think for a lot of folks.

So I’ll leave you for now, I have much to do and probably not enough time to do it all like usual.  The Gorean Grid Wide Hunt is wrapping up this weekend so if  you haven’t gotten your lil package from my place you have until Monday morning.  I’m going to leave it out through the weekend for all those last minute hunters who might be interested in picking it up.

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

~Martin Luther

Last evening I planted my apple trees… well, sort of.  I have always loved trees and whenever I build my private home or have some land to play with one thing that tends to be rather integral is the landscaping.  I’m very particular, I don’t like flat and I don’t like cartoony unless I’m in a specific mood.  Generally I like having different kinds of ‘areas’ or spots to recline or spend time in whether alone or with the few friends that I have.  Tonight I released a set of apple or larma, if you’re so inclined, trees for landscaping and one that is a ‘chore’ I suppose.  A couple 1 prim sculptured apple trees that are copy/modify/no transfer so you can fill up your space and not look too crappy… building an orchard.  Then a 14 prim fuller tree which honestly… looks really good in my opinion for having so few prims.  It’s modify/transfer so you can make it bigger or smaller even.

Apple/Larma Picking Chore Set

The chore tree is a little smaller… 23 prims, it has a bushel set atop some crates at the base.  One thing that makes this apple/larma picking chore a little different than most that I have seen is that it has a few more options.  Along with the picking animation I embedded three lounging animations where you can sit on the crates kicked back beneath the tree.  So not only does it function as a work area… it also has the delightful option of being a lazy day relaxing area where you can sit.  I have been considering embedding another set of sits so more than one person can sit at it but I haven’t decided or gotten that far yet.  It can be purchased through Xstreet or at my store.  I also added a lil wheelbarrow with some sacks and a bushel of apples that you can pick up just for decor.  I really like it, and I hope ya’ll do too.

Other updates?  Ohhh… more grid hunts.  I have the Gorean Grid Hunt starting this weekend, and I have the Through the Looking Glass hunt on the 25th.  To be honest… *whispers real low*  I don’t have anything made for either of them yet.   *coughs and raises her voice again* The idea that I had for the TTLG hunt someone else is doing and I don’t want to be too similiar, so I’m a little unsure what to do for that one anyhow… but that one is further off, so I don’t feel that much pressure.  The Gorean hunt I’m sure I can whip something together.  I’d like to have something unique and not just something from my store in it but I might toss a few things in there.

I’m also involved in an event with the people who do the Lucky Chair stuff.  Shep has something new coming out and I’ve been selected to be in the first wave of testing for it.  Very cool, but that means I need to come up with a prize for that by friday too!  No rest for the wicked… or so I hear and damn it seems like it’s true enough for me.

So tons of freebies and things coming out this month for ya’ll who are interested between the three different hunts and such.

I finished the Kirtle/Camisk set too…. buuuuuuuuut I’m being naughty and holding onto that release for a wee bit while I work on the new store build!  I know, I’m terrible but I want a few new things for the opening, and yanno something… I fought with the textures for this outfit so badly that I am not in a huge rush at the moment.  I have all the ads and pics done, the outfit…. so that will be coming out SOON!

Until I get a bit of time to write again, I gotta get back to work!!  Be safe and have a lovely week.

I love, simply adore, decorating and landscaping in Second Life.  It is one reason why I like building things for other people to be able to do so.  Making plants is always a little bit of a pain.  Just how many prims are you willing to waste on a tree, or some grass, or a flower?  Especially when you usually need quite a few to make it look decent, and prims are so very precious.  Hard to come by and let’s face it.  Most people aren’t going to want to buy more land just for some prims.

When the 1 prim sculptured alternative came around instead of the 3+ prims needed for most flowers and things I was ecstatic!  What a great thing!  I loved it and ached to be able to do the same thing.  I fumbled around in programs trying to make a sculpt map for it but to no avail so I wasn’t able to.

Until now!!  Oohhh I finally got them!  I’m soooooooo excited!  I have in the past day or so converted most of my holiday trees (even the blinkie ones) so that they are now only 1 PRIM!  I also have added new rows of flowers in the landscaping area, as well as a brand new set of herb plants!  I figured they’d be great for gardeners, role players, or for someone who wants something a little different than their neighbor.  Available on Xstreet in no copy, and at my main store in both copiable and no copy versions.

I have lots more coming soon and I’ll be converting my other trees to the 1 prim sculptured too.