Saturday, August 26, 2006
One crappy bracelet later...
I just spent two hours sticking objects on my body and trying to make them look like clothing. The end result? One, crappy, bracelet. It’s so much harder than it looks! I also manage to create an object and turn it into hair, but that was so much easier than clothing because it didn’t have to conform to my body. Well anyway, I was so adamant about creating something for my avatar because I had just concluded an interview with a very decked out fox-like creature who created all her own clothing. I was jealous...
This avatar look amazing. She showed me a small creature she created that you attach to your back and carry around like a baby. She also told me she had a baby on Second Life. A bit confused about how that was possible, I asked what that entailed and she said “I was pregnant on second life.” Still confused, but not wanting to ask any more, we started talking about other things. The original reason I went over to her was because Edana noticed the title “Slave and Prey” above her name. So I walked over to her and asked what her title was about (while Verrie made fun of me for talking to strangers….I’m gonna get you back for all that teasing in class...heh heh, jk) and she said that she was a slave to another avatar in second life. I asked if she got paid and she said no but she was well taken care of by her master. She showed me a few things about creating objects and then I got too excited and I wanted to try for myself so I headed back to Edana and Verrie. They had found another interesting group of avatars. One created a huge American Flag and was hanging off it upside-down. Eventually the group dwindled and just Verrie and I were left. He worked on trying to make a sword and that’s when I got lost in trying to create my clothing, completely losing track of time, and eventually looking at the clock to see hours had past and all I had to show was a crappy bracelet.
I must say, after my hours and hours of attempting to make clothing I can understand how people spend hours and hours each day in Second Life. If you get working on a project it can completely consume you. Plus, if creating objects that conform to your body is time consuming, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to create a guitar or something of a bigger caliber. I have to be careful not to get addicted to this world...
This avatar look amazing. She showed me a small creature she created that you attach to your back and carry around like a baby. She also told me she had a baby on Second Life. A bit confused about how that was possible, I asked what that entailed and she said “I was pregnant on second life.” Still confused, but not wanting to ask any more, we started talking about other things. The original reason I went over to her was because Edana noticed the title “Slave and Prey” above her name. So I walked over to her and asked what her title was about (while Verrie made fun of me for talking to strangers….I’m gonna get you back for all that teasing in class...heh heh, jk) and she said that she was a slave to another avatar in second life. I asked if she got paid and she said no but she was well taken care of by her master. She showed me a few things about creating objects and then I got too excited and I wanted to try for myself so I headed back to Edana and Verrie. They had found another interesting group of avatars. One created a huge American Flag and was hanging off it upside-down. Eventually the group dwindled and just Verrie and I were left. He worked on trying to make a sword and that’s when I got lost in trying to create my clothing, completely losing track of time, and eventually looking at the clock to see hours had past and all I had to show was a crappy bracelet.
I must say, after my hours and hours of attempting to make clothing I can understand how people spend hours and hours each day in Second Life. If you get working on a project it can completely consume you. Plus, if creating objects that conform to your body is time consuming, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to create a guitar or something of a bigger caliber. I have to be careful not to get addicted to this world...
// posted by Kate @ 5:31 PM 
