*Perception* Aries -- Leather Neck Corsets

This month for Zodiac, in addition to the monthly Constellation Corsets featuring this month's sign created with rhinestones, *Perception* has released a new mesh -- neck corsets!

*Perception* Aries -- Leather Neck Corset Back

Available at a special price -- L$115 each -- just for Zodiac, these leather neck corsets feature the same detailed geometry you've come to expect from *Perception*. Included are 7 sizes: the five standard sizes XXS-L, plus special sizes M+ and Bx. Purchase also includes an alpha layer and a full-perm copy of the alpha texture for easy tweaking.

*Perception* Aries -- Constellation Corsets
Constellation Corsets are L$185 each and include seven sizes as well as several alpha layer options and full-perm copies of alpha textures.

All items are copy/modify/no transfer

Find them at Zodiac through the end of Aries!

*Perception* Aries -- Leather Neck Corset Front

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*Perception* Bustier-Dresses with Dark Contrast

Dresses are L$285 each or L$985 per fatpack of five. Copy/Modify/No Transfer permissions. (Sizing cannot be altered.)

7 sizes: the five standard sizes plus special sizes M+ (for very curvy shapes) and Bx (for top-heavy shapes.)

Demos are available in-world a *Perception* and

*Perception* Bustier-Dresses with Silver Contrast

*Perception* Bustier-Dresses with Gold Contrast

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Unhinged Double Chain Necklaces

The decor skulls are generally about 2 LI. (Side rant: My head is exploding over just how the LI works, as a blogger mentioned them as being just 1 LI sometimes, but I've never seen them go that low! Unless they're linked to something else. Confusing. as. heck. The size/LI calculations have got to be some sort of voodoo.) But anyways, they go nicely on a mantle or as a bookend or any of that other fun decorative stuff you might want a skull for.

Skull Necklace Gatcha

The decor skull gatcha is L$30 per play, the single pendant necklace is L$50 per play, and the double chain necklace is L$65 per play. All are 75% to Eku's head. So get down to Unhinged in-world and play some gatchas! There's lots of other cool stuff there too!
Decorative Skull Gatcha

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*Perception* Femme Fatale Dresses -- Solid Colors

Two alpha layer options are included along with full-perm copies of the alpha layer textures for easy adjustments and customizations. Also included are top and bottom glitch layers for maximum compatibility.

7 sizes: the 5 standard sizes XXS-L plus special sizes M+ (for very curvy shapes) and Bx (for top-heavy shapes.) While rigged mesh cannot be resized, the dress does come with modify permissions.

Demos are available in-world and on the marketplace.

Taxi to the new *Perception* Main Store on Mint Tulip

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*Perception* Bustier-Dress in White: For Cinema in Film Noir.

This brand new mesh is for sale in black with silver contrast and white with dark contrast in the in the stunning black-and-white-only Film Noir section of the event.

The event and venue are truly amazing, with a gorgeous cinema build. If you haven't checked it out yet, be sure to go!
*Perception* Bustier-Dress in Black: For Cinema in Film Noir.

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*Perception* Femme Fatale Dress in White

*Perception* Femme Fatale Dress in White (Back)

*Perception* Femme Fatale Dress in Black

*Perception* Femme Fatale Dresses for Cinema

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*Perception* Flutter Sleeve Tops -- Cool Ombre

*Perception* Flutter Sleeve Tops -- Warm Ombre

L$145 each or L$485 per fatpack of four.
Standard sizing with the addition of special sizes M+ (for very curvy shapes) and Bx (for top-heavy shapes.) Two alpha layer options are included, as well as full-perm alpha textures for ease in combining and customizing.

Demos are available both in-world and on the marketplace.

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Bloody Underbust for Twisted Hunt

At *Perception* you'll be searching for a black damask blood-covered underbust corset with silver dart flossing and a dramatic tight-laced shape.

This is the most detailed rigged mesh corset on the grid and comes in 7 sizes for increased shape compatibility.

Start your search on September first!

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Summer Harvest Flutter-Sleeve Top
At *Perception* you'll be searching for a damask-printed silk flutter-sleeve top in harvest/transition inspired colors! As with all *Perception* meshes, the top includes 7 sizes, the five standard sizes XXS-L plus special sizes M+ for very curvy shapes and Bx for top-heavy shapes.

Hunt begins September 1st!

*Perception* Main Store

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*Perception* Flutter Sleeve Tops -- Deeps
*Perception* Flutter-Sleeve tops feature a beautiful damask-printed silk dupioni texture in two sets, deep and muted. They're L$145 each or L$485 for a fatpack of four.
As usual, there are seven sizes: the five standard sizes XXS-L, with the addition of special sizes M+ (for very curvy shapes) and Bx (for top-heavy shapes.) Demos are available in-world at *Perception* and on the Marketplace.
I even managed an iridescent effect with some of the deep colors, which I love. I have a weakness for all things iridescent, and it's extremely difficult to capture any kind of iridescence in a flat texture. (I can't wait till we get specular mapping!)

*Perception* Flutter Sleeve Tops -- Muted
Additionally, a version in "Clear Sky" damask (aka sky blue) is available for FREE as the *Perception* Subscriber Kiosk join gift! And in case you're worried about spam, I procrastinate about sendi (Read more...)

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Vintage Party Dress!
Despite some viewer technical difficulties, it's finished, just in the nick of time! So far it's available in two colors, turquoise and lavender. I'll be adding some additional colors soon.
Like all *Perception* rigged mesh, the dress comes in 7 sizes: the 5 standard sizes XXS-L and special sizes M+ for very curvy avatars and Bx for top-heavy avatars.

Currently available only at the *Perception* booth on Vintage Fair's Retro sim. Vintage Fair, Retro (The slurl takes you to the landing point. You should be able to click it again for an arrow pointing you towards the *Perception* booth.)

Mesh Party Dress for Vintage Fair

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Boatneck Top with Shetland Wool Skirt

*Perception* meshes come in 7 sizes, the five standard sizes with the additions of M+, size created for very curvy avatars, and Bx, created for top-heavy avatars. All meshes are original and unique!

There's also a dress I'm hoping to get finished in time for the fair's opening, but if Blender doesn't play nice it may have to be a late addition.

New Mesh for Vintage Fair! Boatneck TopsNew Underbust Corsets for Vintage Fair

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*Perception* Underbust Corset -- Red and Gold Damask

So far they're in black, ivory, red/gold, black/silver, and purple/silver. There will be at least a couple more eventually; I'm still fiddling with the textures for a black/red and I'll definitely do silver-grey one like I did with the overbusts too. (And as usual, I'm still open to suggestions!)

Corsets and demos are available in-world at *Perception* and on the Marketplace.
*Perception* Underbust Corset -- Purple and Silver Damask
I'm kinda thinking about doing another version with less realistic seaming. The true-to-life seaming makes it easier to make them look real, but harder to do any of those nifty artsy corsets. I haven't quite figured out how to go about doing that without feeling like I'm sacrificing quality.

But, it's SL, right? If I can defy gravity by lifiting off and flying, why can't I defy the limitations of fabric grainlines? And I certainly don't have to worry about how I'd wiggle into a corset without a split front busk. Right-click and "wear" or right-click and "add." It's not like I actually have to physically put it on, or like the trappings that would let me get in and out of it in RL are even functional in SL. Some of them should look like I could but I think I'm limiting myself by feeling like I shouldn't deviate from reality. I'm pretty sure that SL is meant to have a healthy dose of fantasy too.
*Perception* Und (Read more...)

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*Perception* Underbust Corsets

*Perception* Mesh Corsetry

*Perception* Purple Underbust Corset

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*Perception* Booth at the SL World Goth Fair
*Perception* Inferno Corset for WGF *Perception* Flame Corset for WGF

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They're in the six sizes I've been using; the five standard sizes plus the M+ size for very curvy avatars. They also come with an adjustable unrigged lace piece and lace trim clothing layer.
Corsets and demos are available in-world at *Perception* and on the Marketplace.

The tea-dyed one is actually meant to be a virtual mockup; I've got some coutil that I tea-dyed after (sob) my iron spit on it. I'm still nervous about cutting into coutil, though. I also haven't decided exactly how I feel about the tea dyed coutil as both strength layer and fashion fabric. It's certainly practical-- a good color to wear as an undergarment, not quite as prone to getting dirty as white, cooler than if it had more layers, easier to clean than if it were flatlined to a silk fashion fabric layer. But I want and need the flatlining practice, and tea-dyed coutil just isn't as pretty as those dupionis I got from the Silk Baron scrap sale that have been waiting to become a fashion fabric layer of a corset. So I keep fiddling with the pattern more, and procrastinating.

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*Perception* Damask Corsets

My corsets use standard sizing XXS-L, plus the M+ size intended for very curvy avatars. (Based on Inhandra's shape.) The M+ here isn't actually as different as it is for some other garments since I made them with the intent of using alpha layers to nip in the waist.

Corsets and demos are available on the Marketplace and in-world at *Perception*.

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Bejeweled Sky Corset: On the Marketplace and In-World at *Perception*!

Black Dupioni Corset

So far I've done versions in black, white, "blue raspberry" (purple,) and "bejeweled sky" (A dark blue with rhinestones.)

I'm still fiddling with fabrics and embellishments. Ideally this will be a good way of planning future corsets.

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*Perception* Shetland Wool Skirt: Available on the SL Marketplace and in-world at *Perception*

I finally caved and started using the Standard Sizing, largely because I didn't have any better ideas. The parametric deformer should make sizing less of an issue once it's implemented, but it hasn't been yet and I may as well go with what's available. They're saying it's going to be specified on upload, so meshes made with standard sizing now shouldn't break when the deformer goes live. (And may continue to look better, depending on how things go.) Besides the five standard sizes, I did an additional one I'm calling "Medium plus" that's based off of Inhandra's shape, meant to fit a curvy shape that seems to have been left out of the standard sizing.

Eku and Ame were my guinea pigs, and great guinea pigs at that! Eku had some really great advice, although seeing her in-world was rather disorienting; I'm used to that adorable little-girl-with-a-giant-strawberry-stuffed-in-her-mouth forum avatar.

For you seamstresses thinking I'm crazy, it's Shetland wool because I used the GIMP resynthesize plugin to create the base texture from a photo of some Shetland wool. :P (Yes, I know, you still think I'm crazy.)

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In-Progress Sweater Boots

In-Progress Wedge Boots

In Progress Wedges

Random Shoe Parts in Blender

So I've been sculpting shoes, in various phases from half-started to half-finished. Some of them are getting there, though! I've worked on the sweater boots a bit more since I took this picture, I should have them up in-world soon.

I'm doing these as sculpties. It doesn't really make sense to do rigged meshes here-- between fitting issues and the fact that plenty of people still aren't using mesh-capable viewers, the advantages of rigging just wouldn't be enough.

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Sculpted Ballet Flats

Free Christmas Ballet Flats

Sculpted Furniture

Sculpted Display Furniture

Sculpted Curtains

I've done some furniture sculpts, mostly stuff like the clothing rack, shelves, and easel that I wanted to use in my shop.

The sculpted curtains still need a bit of work; they look fine, but the angle is off so they don't really stretch easily. I've also been doing them as planes, which makes them one-sided. I should probably try them as cylinders, but of course then there won't be as much detail. Eventually I'll have both plane and cylinder versions, I guess.
The bottom pieces of the jeans are also sculpted. Weird things happen at the ankle in SL's standard system pants layer, especially on anything that's not skin-tight.

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Shoes on Aditi -- Solid

Shoes on Aditi -- Animal Print

Shoes on Aditi -- Plaid

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French Hood on Aditi (SL Beta Grid)

But anyways, I've been working on a French hood. It's not rigged, I think it'll probably work out better as a normal attachment.
French Hood in Blender
It still needs some work, but it's getting there. I tweaked it some more in Blender, and now I'm having trouble uploading it again. I'm not sure if it's because of the mesh or because Aditi is being really really really slooowww. So the second picture is just from Blender.

I did some more shaping around the part that goes over the ears, widened the bottom of the outer part, and pulled the veil back a bit to help with the clipping. Maybe I should shorten the veil a bit, because there will probably be clipping either way if it's not rigged and it's that long.. but I kinda like the way it looks. If I can eliminate most of the clipping and get it to look decent, I'll probably leave it this length.
It probably needs some kind of other trim besides the pearls, too.

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The Blender Cloth Simulator Works!

Fine, I haven't actually done anything interesting with it yet, but look! It makes the pixels act like fabric!

I used this video tutorial on Blender Cookie and it was actually pretty EASY! (Did I just call something in Blender easy? This may mean that something very bad has happened to my brain..)

This is way better than sliced bread. Sliced bread is all well and good for sandwiches, but pixels that behave like fabric are just amazing. And this is just the still picture of the applied effect!

*does happy dance*

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