I've been gone a while dealing with RL stuff but also creating for SL. I've been learning how to build prim objects. I know, I know, many of you have been doing this from day one and it's no big deal. But for me, the creation impaired, it's a really big deal. Plus I didn't have to have Bard come save me. Well, there was that day I made every wall on the second floor of the castle transparent.

But I digress as I'm often wont to do. What I learned to create is eye lashes. I did this out of self-defense. I've long bemoaned the fact that as a shape maker I've always had to rely on the creations of others. This is frustrating and oft times problematic. I always knew at some point one or more of my favorite merchants would discontinue a line of products I've used exclusively in creating my characters. In fact I had gotten to the point where I was using only one creator whose lashes I felt were good enough for my models. Well, sure enough, they pulled their line of lashes. Not sure why but there it was - me roaming around their store for hours wondering where they had gone. A quick note to the vendor and I found out they were no longer selling lashes. Damn, now what?

As it turned out this was exactly the motivation I needed to branch out. I was certain I would fail like the time I tried to make hair but as it turns out I'm a little more resourceful than I thought. Admittedly this was a much easier project than trying to whip up hair but it still had its challenges. So h (Read more...)

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