Still Funky!

My first post for 2017! I know it's been awhile, but I was busy with other stuff. Right now I'm working on new products for both of my stores C-Stylez and Vaboosh, so I hope I can release some new products soon!

In the meantime here's my style of the day! (Click to enlarge image)

Body: Maitreya Lara
Head: Lelutka Simone Bento
Hair: Moon - Forge
Eyes: Ikon - Lucid Eyes Black
Jacket: Emery Amsterdam Jacket
Pants: C-Stylez Capri Jeans
Sexy Top Applier for Maitreya: Vaboosh by CanTell Deluxe
Shoes: Breathe - Alexa Heels
Hipster Bag: Remarkable Oblivion - Hipster Bag - Tarmac
Necklace: Mandala - Sagarmatha Rosary
Bracelet: MG - Bangles Copacetic Tallulah
Watch: Mandala - Billonaire
Fedora: Apollon by Sango Clip (sculpty non-mesh)
Poses: daiz Papp 192; Ever Glow Model 053

Style Like a Goddess

Gown: *{JB}* Helena [Ivory]
Bracelet: MG Bangle - Athena
Hair: Exile
Gazebo: [DDD] The Garden Pavilion
Chaise Lounge: [DDD] Garden Pavilion Chaise
Fountain: Lark - Atlantis Fountain (MARBLE)

Summer Casual Outfit - Staying Classy

Dress: :V.e. Clara II Bow Dress XS Innocence
Shoes: **Dirty Princess**Naughty Couture Princess Heels
Bag: Maitreya Calgary Clutch
Eyelashes: *MC* "Falsies" Eyelash
Bracelet: MG - Bangles - Athena
Earrings: [MANDALA]:SENJYU Earrings/SNOW SILVER
Mesh Hands and Feet: SLink
Hair: *booN KBO906 hair
Pet: [Manticore] Snow Leopard (Gacha)

It's summer time again and I thought of wearing something sexy but still avoiding the "slutty" aspect. So I've come up with this classy yet sexy dress and a pair of stiletto sandals to go with it.

I thought of including my favorite snow leopard pet in my shot, which I got from one of Manticore's Gacha machines. Watch out playing gatcha cuz it can be addictive!

Second Life Mesh Avatars For Newbies!

Second Life has just released mesh starter avatars for new residents. I tried them and here's what they look like:

Alejandro

Alicia

Alison

Angus

Archer

Barry

Brandon

Delilah

Fabian

 Hugo

Johnny

Julian

Lucy

Mariah

Marissa

Sara

Tristan

Curtis

Vanessa

Zoe

Vampire Beast

Werewolf Beast

 

Zombie Ian

 

Sadie

I must say that the humanoid avatars look really weird and totally unproportional. Just look at the huge hands on the female avatars e.g.

This again proves, that Linden Lab does not have an eye for any aesthetic or beauty or let me just say, no taste at all. I can understand that not everybody has an eye for "nice" things, but don't they have anyone responsible for art or a creative department or some sort?

Cuz if they hired a professional artist to create those mesh avatars, that professional should have great knowledge about body proportions right?

Anyway, on the other hand, this avoids LL competing with SL creators, which is a good thing. Obviously, newbies will sooner or later purchase better looking avatars, if they want individuality.

So all in all, the mesh avatars aren't that bad for starters. The only thing that I find really poor, is that all starter avatars set the standard of really tall female avatars, like all of them are more than 2 meters tall.

This is why a lot of giant female avatars walk the grid. I also realized how tall I was, perhaps a almost a year after I first joined SL.

I didn't know I was that tall, cuz I based my shape from the default library shape. I only felt gigantic, when I met oldie avatars back in the day. I wondered why most of them were so short. So I tweaked my height after having troubles of being always taller than male avatars, cuz it's height plus high heels, equals to super tall.

By SL setting this standard, we will always have gigantic avatars and huge furniture. Another problem will be, when newbies will have problems trying to figure out, which alpha they are suppose to use, cuz in the avatar folder, there are more than two alpha layers as a choice.

New residents will have to be educated about the differences between, system layers, prim, sculpts and mesh, and how to use and combine them.

I like the none-human avatars and mesh is definitely the future so...  cheers!

It's Getting Hot!

Bikini-Top: Drift - Tini Kini Top
Leather Shorts: Razor - Vas Micro Shorts
Shoes: Dirty Princess - Naughty Couture Princess Heels (Add-On for Slink High Feet)
Bangles: MG - Bangles - Copacetic Tallulah
Necklace: Mandala - Taiga
Ring: FAUX - See ya! Bye! Ring
Mesh Hands: Slink - Casual
Mesh Feet: Slink - High

Then and Now - My Rezzday Post

Today is my 7th Rezzday in Second Life, which means, 7 years in a virtual world! Now with fitted mesh coming our way, we really came a long way.

I can still remember the pre-sculptie, pre-windlight and of course, pre-mesh days. Clothing were painted on textures and were always super tight. So male avies looked like they were always wearing tight leggings, with their butt cracks heavily emphasized.

Hair were huge and looked like helmets and shoes were horrifying, especially the attached invisiprims, which were partly huge and showed up, when standing on alpha textured floor. I couldn't find regular prim made shoes, cuz I think I deleted them all, when sculpties were introduced. So I had to wear sculpted boots in my "then" picture.

Famous designers those days were the ones who could paint textures with more depth and 3D like effect, since that was all they could work with, to make the product look a bit realistic.

I'm still in the process of updating all of my apparel, hair and  to mesh. I have also been updating some of my products to mesh.

Here are a few examples of regular prim made objects:

My first house on my first purchased land on mainland. All objects were made of regular prims

 

This complete look was all made of regular prims (before the introduction of sculpted objects)

There are still people who are quite against mesh, which I can't understand. Don't they have a sense of aethetic? Don't they like realistic looking stuff? I do still use non-mesh, system layer clothing, to combined with mesh clothing, but I have tried to completely eliminate all sculpted made items in my inventory, cuz though they looked better than regular prims, they mostly rezz slowly and often not properly, which looked like balls. 

Remember trying out demo hair at a super crowded store, and all you see is your face full of balls, cuz it wasn't rezzing properly? Man I hated it. Even now when you visit places, where they still have sculpted stuff all over the place and haven't updated yet to mesh, you see balls all over the place, cuz they just take a while to rezz.

Mesh pros:

- Looks more realistic and more 3D than sculpties and regular prims

- Rezzes faster than sculpties

- Lower land impact, mostly, depending on how it was sculpted

- Rigged mesh follows body movement, e.g. hair and clothing

- Easier to wear, which means, you don't need to wear different parts individually. Like with sculpties, attach collar, attach cuffs etc. The adjusting of individual parts, was time consuming and annoying.

Complete Avatar - Poison Ivy at C-Stylez!

So I finally finished the completely revised version of my Ivy Avatar. I've been wanting to do this since forever and I started working on it many months ago. This version is now with partly mesh items and it's completely different from the first Ivy Avatar.

I have also lately created Machinimas to demonstrate the avatar, since I don't provide demos, just like the one for the Material Girl (Madonna) Avatar, which you can also watch on my Youtube Channel C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser on Youtube. 

It takes awhile before I upload new items, especially Complete Avatars, because I need to be perfectly satisfied with the outcome, before I release the item. 

I also create the machinima first, and then I create the music for it, so it all takes time.

 

This is a complete pack for starters, collectors, role players, divas, superstars, unique people or people who simply want to shine! Purchase this complete avatar and you're ready to go! What you see is what you get! This means all illustrated items in the pictures are included in the set! Some items such as prim attachments and 1 body shape are copy/mod/no transfer. Please make sure to make a copy first before you start editing your items.  


Body Parts

• Skin (C/NM/NT) 
• Body Shape (C/M/NT) 
• Eyebrows (C/NM/NT)
• Eyes (C/NM/NT)
• Mesh Hair (C/NM/NT) 
• Add-On Buns (non mesh) (C/NM/NT) 

Clothing           

• All wearable clothing, tattoos and alpha layers are C/NM/NT  
• Mesh Bikini - non rigged (C/M/NT)
• Sculpted Leaves Outfit (C/M/NT)
• Vine Body Deco (C/M/NT)
• Mesh Boots - rigged (C/NM/NT)
• All attachable prim parts aside from mesh items are C/M/NT

There are no resizer scripts, tinter or any scripts installed in the prim parts. This is to avoid lag and to provide a better browsing atmosphere.  

*Please take note: Always use the option "add" when wearing mesh, alpha layers and tattoo layers. This is to ensure, that you can wear more that one at a time. Otherwise, they will be replaced if you use the option "wear". 


Important  

Since invisiprims are already obsolete and doesn't work anymore with mesh viewers, I do not include them anymore. This avatar is therefore only for mesh enabled viewers. If you are still using older viewers, which are not capable of showing the new alpha layers and mesh objects, it is not advisable for you to purchase this avatar. 

I highly recommend you to download and use one of the latest mesh enabled viewers. 


**All items have been especially created and fitted for this avatar only! They are therefore not available as single items! This gives you more exclusivity, since it's more likely uncommon to see someone else wearing the same stuff.**

Complete Vampire Avatar Lucrecia - C-Stylez by CanTell Mizser!

This is a complete pack for Collectors, Roleplayers, Starters, Vampires, Queens and Extravagant Ladies. Purchase this Complete Avatar and you're ready to go! 

Now available at SLM and my inworld store.

All items are not sold as single items, since they were designed, made and fitted for this particular avatar only. This gives you more exclusivity, cause you won't find them anywhere else.

The Lucrecia Avatar is a classic Vampire avatar made and designed with special attention to details.

Set includes:

4 Skins = C/NM/NT
2 Body Shapes (1 regular shape for lingerie / 1 shape for mesh gown) = C/M/NT
5 Eyes = C/NM/NT
Eyelashes = C/NM/NT
Eyebrows (please wear to achieve the facial feature) = C/NM/NT
Fangs (you can get a free emoter hud like this: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Lady-As-Emoter-HUD/297844 if you want the open mouth gesture)
2 Hairstyles = C/M/NT
Lingerie = C/NM/NT
Nailpolish in red and black (glove layer)
Pearl Necklace = C/M/NT
Mesh Gown = Prim Skirts and Top Ruffles are C/M/NT; Mesh Top C/NM/NT
Pin Pumps including alpha layer (no resizer, no tinter, no scrips) = C/M/NT
Simple AO = C/NM/NT

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Permissions:

* All attachable items (prim parts aside from mesh gown and AO) are copy/mod/no transfer
* Body Shapes are copy/mod/no transfer
* Wearable Clothing layers, alpha, eyebrows and skin are copy/no mod/no transfer

Tip: Please wear alpha layers by using the "add" option instead of "wear" This way, you can wear more than one layer at the same time. The same applies for tattoo layer. Always "add" instead of wear, to wear multiple layers.

* Mesh and wearing multiple layers only work on 3.0 and up Viewers!

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Clothing and Layers:

The Gown base is mesh - so please use a mesh enabled viewer! Included is a body shape especially fitted for the Gown Mesh, as well as an alpha layer, which should be worn using the "add" option.

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Attachment points:

All attachment points are also mentioned, to make it easier for you, when combining outfits.

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Shoes:

Since inviprims are already outdated and cause many issues (like when standing on transparent floors), I do not include them anymore, but include an alpha layer instead.

It is strongly suggested to switch to one of the advanced viewers or simply download and install the official Second Life Viewer.

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Tips for optimal lighting:

Since facelights are already outdated and annoying, I do not include them anymore in my avatar packs. I advice you to tweak your windlight settings instead, to achieve the exact avatar appearance.

If you are using the Firestorm Viewer, the best setting for your skin (the one I use for the pictures) is -- Nam's Optimal Skin 2. All picture shots aside from the vintage shots, were made using this windlight setting.

If you are using the official Second Life Viewer, please set your windlight and save it as a preset.

For new residents, this setting is to be found under your menu --world, --environment settings, --environment editor, --advanced sky, --sky presets. Just choose the one that you like best or tweak it to your liking.

Included in the pack is a notecard with my windlight setting suggestion.

***Attention***

All products that are copy/mod/no transfer are non-refundable, so please read the descriptions carefully before you purchase.

Should you encounter any issues regarding my products, please don't hesitate to contact me per notecard with your transaction number or via https://my.secondlife.com/cantell.mizser which is better, since I am rarely inworld.