The weather's getting warmer, the snow is gone, and birdsong is in the air, which means Fantasy Faire is finally here. One of the biggest user run events on Second Life, it's full of exquisitely crafted sims and gorgeous works of user created art, and I'm excited to once again be a part of it.
This year it was very satisfying to put a year's worth of releases up on the walls of my little shop. I have more recent work now to show than I have for almost a decade, but I set an additional goal for myself. I wanted earrings or something to wear with the elf ears that was PBR enabled, rigged, and HUD scripted. Real life has been very demanding this past month, so I ended up running out of time to be ambitious. Instead, I was able to whip together something out of some old favorite pieces.
The Barocco ear accessories are rigged to my new generation of EvoX ears, and are made out of the same pieces that adorn my Barocco masks. It's so they match! Yeah! Not because using pre-existing pieces was easier or faster or anything... So far they are only fit for the Elfin style of ears, but I will be working on them to support more of my current ear styles. They are indeed HUD scripted, and I was able to convert the existing textures I had to something I was happy with. You can still use the existing textures if you're one of the 20% or so of users still on a pre-PBR viewer, but I think they do look very nice with the new metal effects.
This year Illusions can be found on the Gwath sim, though I have decided I'm moving into the Galerie Gaillard and declaring squatter's rights if anyone tries to tell me it's time to go. I'm not surprised I wasn't able to get a spot there, as Walton's sims are incredible and it wouldn't have surprised me if everyone put it as their first choice. It would have been painfully perfect for my store's aesthetic but I am trying not to be too sore about it. I did make myself cozy where I ended up though, and am quite pleased with how my stall turned out. There are many incredibly sims to see, so do visit it and the other Fantasy Faire sims from now until May 4th.
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