Exploring Second Life

.. machinima open studio project ..

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MOS Sim 7

I was exploring the LEA sims again, and stumbled upon the LEA20 sim where I found Chic Aeon’s Machinima Open Studio (MOS) Project.  This Linden Endowment of the Arts – Artist in Residence sim was put together for those machinima creators that are looking for various backdrops for their videos. It is also a place to praise machinima created in Second Life.  The options for scenes on this sim are wide ranged.  From a rural valley scene and beachy style homes on a shore on the ground level to a city office scene, a New Orleans home, a gypsy camp, a home on a midnight beach, a subway street, and a host of studio settings with several different rooms set up at various levels in the sky, all are ready and waiting for the cameras to be pulled out and filming to begin.

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But… it is also great that the MOS Project sim also welcomes avatars taking static pics as well.  The fact that the sim is set for rez with a 20 minute return setting is very helpful for those that want to drop a pose stand and take a pic in a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom,  a burlesque stage or in any of the other scenes available. The project is really a great idea, and one that provides some great options for backdrops for blog pics, fashion pics, or just wanting to have a certain type of scene.

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Visit the LEA20 sim and explore the Machinima Open Studio Project soon.  Be sure to accept the teleport HUD which will be offered when you land.  This HUD will allow you to jump from scene to scene much more easily so you don’t have to go back to the entry.  For more pics, please visit the MOS Project blog as I am sure that if there are changes or additions, Chic will update there.

MOS Sim 8

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.. world’s end garden ..

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Worlds End Garden 7
Have you ever visited the World’s End Garden sim?  You land in a flower filled space where you find a carousel slowly bobbling as it turns.  Once you see the bubbles and maybe hear the sounds, you realize you are under water and must find your way out.  Take a moment first to absorb the surroundings and head up the steps to find the “door” which will allow you to teleport to the surface.

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You arrive on a tiny little island facing a beautiful glass building across the water with the snow falling softly around you.  Proceed across the water and open the giant door to enter the ballroom type building.  You will find the floor filled with flowers and a tree growing in the center.  A crystal piano sits in the expansive space and there is a beautiful draped sitting area too.  Upon the tree rests a little butterfly, click for dance balls if you are exploring with a friend… and take a moment to twirl through the flowers.

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After you have left the glass atrium style ballroom, take a look around the sim.  In the northeast corner, the ruins of a church sits within the trees, explore the build and find the door with a portal to another scene above the sim… a very intriguing altar scene set within a tree.

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Returning through the portal in the sky, look toward the northwest corner of the sim and explore the gothic ruins, again, looking for a door to teleport to another scene in the sky.  This time you find a tree with birdcages that is lovely scene as well.

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Descend back to the ground and head across the water to the south side of the sim where you will find the World’s End Garden shop.  In this dilapidated build, Lucia Genesis has gathered a few of her items in vendors including some clothes, furniture, and decor.  Additionally, you can join the group… Lucia always has some nice group gifts as well.  And keep in mind, that as you have traveled throughout the sim, many of the items that you have come across were also for sale.  World’d End Garden is a great sim to spend some time exploring the scenes, shopping, taking pics and maybe even dancing.   If you visit, be sure to have your sounds turned on, and be ready to play with wind light settings to help experience the various scenes in many different ways.

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.. the looking glass ..

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Looking Glass 020513

I headed over to The Looking Glass sim the other day to take a look and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was the creation of Marcus Inkpin and Sharni Azalee.  Perhaps I have been there before over time, as it does look familiar.  The builds could be used in a steam punk or gothic setting.  And then there are fantasy or surreal aspects to some of the areas too.

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In the main building, there is a gallery where you might find the original RL art by Marcus as well as currently there are some RL wildlife drawings by Scottius Polke.  This main building is steam punk in nature, and has a ‘bridge to nowhere’ that crumbles into the sea.  There are other gothic inspired buildings as well as a grassy dance area that is enclosed within gothic arches.  There is a live entertainment venue that would be great for poetry readings, or other quiet seated events where everyone sits on flying carpets set around a small stage raised above a ridge on the sim.

Looking Glass 2

On the other side of the ridge, there is a city street build with cobble stone streets and a lighthouse at one end and with bar and cafe store fronts that might be great for pics, but there is no rezzing.

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Up in the sky, you will find their shops where you can buy just about everything you might see on the ground level.  All in all, The Looking Glass is a fascinating place to explore and/or hang out or take a few pics.

Enjoy the creations of SL and support the designers and creators.

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Sunshine