Faun School Ghoul ~

 

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I've been going through my massive inventory lately, trying to reduce by tossing old, outdated items, items rigged for defunct bodies I never did or will ever own, mesh additions and their appliers such as Wowmeh, NyamNyam, Lola's etc., unreasonably high-complexity or outdated looking hair, jewelry, accessories, and old mesh heads I did love at the time, but haven't touched in YEARS, all while better organizing the keepers.

I started at about 380K items (I blogged for 8 years and have constantly shopped since 2007, so even with deleting along the way, this isn't too surprising.)

I noticed my Alts who have less than 30K load much faster and travel inworld more smoothly, so while I'll probably never be able to reduce my Main's inventory to that degree, (there's just too much good stuff because I have loads of decor, vehicles, and pets & dolls, on top of all the clothing, skin and makeups,) I'm aiming for under 200K. I've made a lot of progress and I'm currently around 213K.

Going through and trying on almost everything has allowed me to rediscover some fantastic creations I'd forgotten about. I found that even things like Slink unrigged shoes and certain styles of clothes will fit on Maitreya and even Legacy bodies.

I was lucky enough to blog for some of the most unique, creative, and respected designers and events in Second Life - for which I'm forever grateful. Many of these are still active.

If you're interested, here's a list of all my former sponsors here: https://neonspiderfoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/sponsors.html

and all my former events here: https://neonspiderfoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/events.html

Here's a little "Alternative Faun" look I put together years ago, (originally on a system body,) that I've recently updated:

Faun Set: Titanias-Faun-Horns, Legs, Hooves, Tail

Hair: !lamb. Whoop Dee Doo - Ink

Mesh Head: The Sugar Garden "TSG" Spoiled Vampire Princess BJD Head (I have a few of these Ball Jointed Doll heads and they're SO pretty and cute - the eyes even blink! The Sugar Garden was one of my all-time favorite stores and I miss it so much. I still wear a lot of their stuff to this day. Their mesh and BOM eyes are especially beautiful, and some can be found on the Marketplace.

Ears: "TSG" BJD Nymph Ear Addons Pale

Skin: "TSG" Anatomically Correct Skin/Fair/NoBust/NoJoints

Arm Fades: [ni.Ju] Tintable Fades 02(med) for claws (this claw set was made for system hands so I only kept the lovely skin fades part.)

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.3

Shape: Self-Made Shape

Dress: katat0nik (evil / S) School Ghoul Uniform

Bracelet: katat0nik (white) School Ghoul Skull Cuff

Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shadows/109/143/23 I found this sim while going to purchase a pair of earrings on a weekend sale, and the lighting was so pretty I just had to snap a pic. I upped saturation, clone-stamped out some hair clipping, and blurred a bit in Photoshop, but that's about it.

Nice & Light

My computer decided to die on Halloween, so I have been relegated to my old, laggy laptop or borrowing my boyfriend's desktop while I slave-drive him to fix mine. I had some grand plans to make a few Dia de los Muertos outfits, but since I wasn't able to get on Second Life until today, I just decided to photograph a look I made a few days ago. I got this lace dress at The Dressing Room for 70 Linden. It's from Mimikri and I have purchased from them before but I was a little disappointed with the neckline on this dress. (Click the link to their blog. As you can see in the ad, the upper neck is obscured by the models long hair, so I had no idea what it looked like until I bought it.) The arm seams are a little visible and the upper neckline seemed a bit "unfinished," (in my opinion,) so I covered it up with a scarf  and brooch. I really liked the soft taupe color and honestly it looks pretty cute here in this picture, in the context of the whole look, but I was just a little disappointed when I first bought it. If it were my creation, I would have probably included a prim, (similar to the arm bands and waist,) for the upper neckline, but I am not a builder so what can you do. Anyway, maybe I will be able to put together some of those Dia de los Muertos looks a little later tonight ~ better late than never I suppose!

Forgotten Fauns

Here are some pictures I took last month, but with moving into my new house and all the stress associated with that, I simply forgot to post them. There's still a lot of unpacking and organizing to be done, but the house is beautiful and the secure feeling of being a homeowner is unmatched. My boyfriend, Me and and even our cat are really loving it! ~Now onto the pictures: No, the pictures themselves aren't fancy and my lack of photoshop skills is pretty evident here, but I was of proud of the looks I came up with and had a lot of fun putting them together using many old and new items from my inventory. I think they are kind of perfect for Halloween, at any rate! Enjoy~

Titania's Court Faun Legs & Horns
Boon Hair (top look only)
Acid & Mala My Fav Bracelet Black  (The black pearl bracelets)
Cobrahive Wrapped Bracelets 10 L
LOULOU&CO Garter (resize script added)
[Love Zombie] Scripture Tattoo (very old item)
Horns with silver cuff  and Skin on Second Look - Monsoon (store Closed)
Zenith Fishbone Necklace (Came with an entire outfit, not pictured.)
.::]HTxDZ[::. (Dark Mother of Pearl Lala Demon Claws- Made by Taki Kujisawa and inspired by me! :) )
White and Black Eyes from Negaposi
*Les Petites Details* Eyelashes and Prim Eyeliner
Twiggy Eyelashes by Redgrave
Feather eyelashes from Glow Studio
Katy Perry ET Makeup - Marketplace (No longer found.)
[XYR] FREE Veronica Doll skin  (Seen in first look - heavily covered with tattoos and freckles)
Cross Mouth Pierce
Dresses from Rotten Toe, Bare Rose (wings also,) and Violent Seduction  (Last skin/ears also.)
Corsets from Silent Sparrow and Heartsick

Punky Heart

My friend Kiba Tachikawa, the owner of Actuate Eden, made this cute outfit a while back and I always wanted to get it, so I finally did! It's called Punky Heart and is inspired by the video from LM.C. It comes with cool legwarmers but I didn't use them so I could wear my faun legs, (which I am addicted to!) I love the floppy arms and the bright colors so much! As I stated, the outfit is a bit older so it came with invisiprim "hand hiders" to keep the hands from poking through the floppy sleeves. I decided to forgo those in favor of some free alpha hand hiding layers I got on marketplace. Oh ~ and the gorgeous doll avatar is from The Sugar Garden. They keep impressing me with their creations and this is no exception! (More on the doll-avatar soon!)

For comparison's sake - here's the cute video! Enjoy~!

Kiba has been making a lot of new things lately, like beautiful horns & makeup, etc. (even working on a special Halloween outfit to be released very soon!) ~ so please check out his Main Shop!

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Outfit: Actuate Eden
Doll Avatar: The Sugar Garden for FTLO Halloween 
Hair: Lamb
Faun Legs, Horns: Titania's Court
Piercing: ni.ju
Pose: *.amato.*