Cruising Burning Life in Poseidon's Chariot
Just a day before the festivities were set to begin at Burning Life (Second Life's version of Burning Man) I got a note card from my good friend, the brilliant designer Thorn Witrial. He had just completed something called Poseidon's Chariot ... well, i HAD to go see, so he TP'd me to his special showroom above the shop he shares with another designer named Bobo. Well, let me tell you, the chariots were simply amazing, and ABSOLUTELY what i needed for roaming around the upcoming event.
I of course, chose the black and red one ( :D ) and after a few seconds of fiddling with my AO, was ready to roam.
I just can't say enough about these beautiful creations. the textures are really beautiful, and since you wear it, there is no problem rezzing it wherever you want to ride. I quickly said my good bye to Thorn, and whisked myself away to the playa to do some sightseeing. First stop, Eridu, to check on things.
First stop ... our camp, The Eridu Society Airship Outpost ... I was happy to discover there was already a large group of people hanging out at our camp, enjoying some Ninkasi Ale, while changing into the Expedition Wear and other free goodies we left lying about in crates. There was a crackle of excitement in the air all over town, and I couldn't wait to explore.
indeed many wonders awaited ............
(more to come)
=^.^= blakopal
I of course, chose the black and red one ( :D ) and after a few seconds of fiddling with my AO, was ready to roam.
I just can't say enough about these beautiful creations. the textures are really beautiful, and since you wear it, there is no problem rezzing it wherever you want to ride. I quickly said my good bye to Thorn, and whisked myself away to the playa to do some sightseeing. First stop, Eridu, to check on things.
First stop ... our camp, The Eridu Society Airship Outpost ... I was happy to discover there was already a large group of people hanging out at our camp, enjoying some Ninkasi Ale, while changing into the Expedition Wear and other free goodies we left lying about in crates. There was a crackle of excitement in the air all over town, and I couldn't wait to explore.
indeed many wonders awaited ............
(more to come)
=^.^= blakopal
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Eridu party at Burning Life scheduled!
11 October, 2009 08:59 PM
| steampunk, Eridu, party, Burning Life
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You are invited to join us at a party at our camp at Burning Life ...
The Eridu Society Airship Outpost Beer Bash Party!
Date: Sunday, October 18
Time: 2pm-5pm SLT
A festive gathering of the friends of the Eridu Society, presented by BlakOpal Galicia and TriloByte Zanzibar. Music, dancing, and our special brew of Ninkasi Ale. All are welcome. Come and and explore our Airship Outpost. We have lots of camp freebies you won't want to miss!
Location (the link won't work until the event is open):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life-Leadville/184/133/25
The Eridu Society Airship Outpost Beer Bash Party!
Date: Sunday, October 18
Time: 2pm-5pm SLT
A festive gathering of the friends of the Eridu Society, presented by BlakOpal Galicia and TriloByte Zanzibar. Music, dancing, and our special brew of Ninkasi Ale. All are welcome. Come and and explore our Airship Outpost. We have lots of camp freebies you won't want to miss!
Location (the link won't work until the event is open):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life-Leadville/184/133/25
Feel free to pass on the invitation to anyone you think might enjoy celebrating the opening of our camp at Burning Life 2009.
square version of the invite suitable for handing out in second life ...
=^.^= blakopal
Fleeting Creativity
31 August, 2009 11:55 AM
| steampunk, SL6B, fashion, Burning Life
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I love wandering around SL and checking out what other designers come up with. Sometimes it's the way a designer handles a detail on an outfit that catches my eye. Other times it's the completely random build that excites me. The latter is one of the reasons that I enjoy being a part of the short-term themed events that happen around the grid. Some would argue that they are a lot of work for something that will only live for a short period of time, but it's the temporary nature and the unbridled creativity that that freedom inspires in artists that I love.
It wasn't more than a few weeks after I first entered the world of Second Life that I got accepted to be one of the Burning Life camps ... it had to be on the merits of having been to burning man several years running that put me on that list, since I hadn't built anything, and I don't think I had even created my first outfit yet. It certainly wasn't because of my mad building skills (lmao). It didn't take me long before the building bug hit me, and I figured out the tools and process that now makes it possible for me to do the things I do. And Burning Life was the first opportunity I had to see other artists make wildly creative and imaginative buildings. My build there was fun, working with what I knew how to do, I created a space with lots of twisty spires, torches of fire, and beanbags for weary wanderers to rest their bones and chat with others. We also had a second-story dance floor where TriloByte (in world even less time than I was) set up a DJ area and music feed for the camp.
It wasn't more than a few weeks after I first entered the world of Second Life that I got accepted to be one of the Burning Life camps ... it had to be on the merits of having been to burning man several years running that put me on that list, since I hadn't built anything, and I don't think I had even created my first outfit yet. It certainly wasn't because of my mad building skills (lmao). It didn't take me long before the building bug hit me, and I figured out the tools and process that now makes it possible for me to do the things I do. And Burning Life was the first opportunity I had to see other artists make wildly creative and imaginative buildings. My build there was fun, working with what I knew how to do, I created a space with lots of twisty spires, torches of fire, and beanbags for weary wanderers to rest their bones and chat with others. We also had a second-story dance floor where TriloByte (in world even less time than I was) set up a DJ area and music feed for the camp.
This was also the first opportunity to offer up a fun freebie. I created two outfits for the occasion, a horned cape for the guys, and for the ladies I wanted to make something that expressed the joy of dancing in the desert, so I came up with the Dancing Peacock Gown, a feathered gown designed to look best in motion. It became a part of the BlakOpal collection after the event, and is still one of my favorites.
Another fun event was the week-long Oiling Festival in New Babbage. A celebration of all things steampunk and mechanical, it was filled with contests for designers and builders, with lots of opportunity to get involved. I decided to put my energy into something that didn't come naturally to me (again), and entered the Honkin' Big Machine Contest. This gave me the opportunity to learn just a little about scripting, and have fun with animated parts. My entry was a fanciful machine i called the Steampunk Duck Factory, and although it didn't win (actually, i couldn't get it under the prim allotment so it wasn't entered officially) my Steampunk Rusted Duckie did win for New Babbage tourist trinket. *grin* ... the Rusted Duck Factory is now set up outside our main store in New Babbage.
More recently I was able to take my event designs up a notch. I was accepted as an exhibitor at the Second Life 6th Birthday (SL6B) event, which was a really fun event. The concept was that this was a meteor that we were setting up a new civilization on, and my exhibit brought the Steamlands to this outpost in space. In addition to creating an atrium to make the environment support life, I also set up a display of the photos i took in and around the Steamlands in SL. I tied it all together with a backstory that connected the home world of New Babbage in with the extraterrestrial world on the meteor.
And of course ... it offered another opportunity for a fun freebie. this one required a special feature ... it needed to include a life support system for strolling around the oxygen-depleted environment outside of the Atrium, but I wanted to maintain the Victorian sensibilities that the folks from back home would be expecting in this new world.
Burning Life 2009 is just around the corner, and we're crossing our fingers that we get to build there again. The opportunity to create environments and experiences that live on their own for just a fleeting moment ... and see how others choose to express themselves, is one of my favorite things to do in SL and RL. There's no shortage of creativity ... only in the amount of time we have to imagine and share it.