Showing posts with label Omega Point. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Omega Point. Show all posts

20130419

084 - Globes in teal

Where's Dim Sum? #084 - Globes in teal


Dim Sum curls up in the warm walkway as she watches the orbs rotate.


While the windlight of the last picture reminded me of the book "Legend of Lost Earth," this one reminds me of "Logan's Run." Don't ask me why. But I half-expect Logan and Jessica to come running down the ramp.

location: Omega Point


Technical notes

windlight: Annan Adored Light Explosion II (modified)


20130418

083 - Bridge to nowhere

Where's Dim Sum? #083 - Bridge to nowhere


Dim Sum wakes up from her nap and realizes she's now in the shadows. She raises her head with her half-opened eyes to look around and assess the situation..... Hmmm.... After a brief debate in her mind, Dim Sum decides to conserve precious energy and just wait for the sun to move the shadow away.


I should have played with non-realistic windlight earlier. This place is so sci-fi, so steampunk, that only surreal windlight would do it justice. And I have to admit that I derendered a lot of things to simplify the picture.

location: Omega Point


Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Horizon (modified)
water: Default (modified)


20130417

082 - Phoenix god

Where's Dim Sum? #082 - Phoenix god


Dim Sum balances at the top of the light globe, careful not to get too close to the burning wings. After all, who wants singed fur?


I've wanted to capture this sculpture since I first saw it the other day, but I couldn't find a good angle for it, until now. Again, this is mostly local lights and the sun above it, no shadows added.

Somehow this windlight in this place reminds me of a sci-fi novel that I read a long time ago as a teenager, and it has haunted me for a long time after. The novel is "Legend of Lost Earth" by G. McDonald Wallis. It was one of my mom's paperback books with another novel in the back which I didn't really read.


When I got married and moved away, I got homesick for that place described in the book, but I couldn't remember the book title nor the author. I could only vaguely remember the picture in the front and the images created in my mind. When we moved back to California, my mom had set out some books to give away and I found it in that pile. Oh, I was so happy!

I have that book (now falling apart) among my stash of treasured books. Maybe one day I'd build that place in SL or what I think it looks like.

location: Alpha Point


Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] BIG SUN - Slips through walls 5 (modified)


081 - Sea hoist

Where's Dim Sum? #081 - Sea hoist


Dim Sum watches as the mechanical sea horse is lowered to the water, and she thinks of all the underwater places she could explore, "I could use one of those!"


This is just outside the red-orange ballroom from yesterday. This place has a lot of intricate passageways but there's a lot more structures above that prevent the sun from getting into all the corners. You'll just have to come and see it. The place is almost like a sci-fi metropolis.

Anyway, I discovered Strawberry Singh's memes from her G+ stream. My response to this week's meme is at the bottom of this post.

location: Alpha Point


Technical notes

windlight: Places alirium (modified)




Strawberry's memes - SL names

I saw someone mention Strawberry Singh's "memes" and I wondered what those were about, until I finally saw Strawberry's own post in G+ about this week's meme. Read the rules from her blog.

This week's meme is about SL names. Of course, having Multiple Avatar Disorder (MAD), I'd talk about more than one name.  ;)


What’s your SL name?
Opal Lei / HiHo Silvera / Treasure Box / Treasure Shippe


What made you choose this name?
The first names I chose were inspired by the last names I found. Searching for a "good" last name and refreshing the web browser to get a fresh list became like a game.

I am an October baby, so my birthstone is the opal. I already decided on that before choosing a last name. I remember being very excited when I found "Lei" in the list. Lei is actually the nickname that my family calls me irl. It's the first syllable of Lea (pronounced like Leia) which is my "official" RL nickname. And Lea is the second syllable (pronounced differently though) of Eleanor, which is my legal name and the name that my dad called me when I was in trouble as a child and about to get a spanking for something my younger sister did. But because I was older and I should know better, I'm the one who got punished.... But I digress....

I found Box when browsing the lists to help someone decide on his business account name. So I decided to create my own RL-linked account at that point too. Treasure is the English word for my RL last name "Tesoro".

When I was creating Treasure Shippe, I had already seen that last name on someone else, so I actually searched for it in the lists.

HiHo Silvera was inspired by the Lone Ranger's call to his stead (Hi, ho, Silver!) after I saw the last name when I was creating the account.


What’s your SL nickname, or what do most people call you?
Opal
Trea
Hi, ho, hi, ho, it's off to work we go....


What’s your SL display name? Why do you choose to have one? (if applicable)
No display names for these alts.


Do you like your SL name?
Yes, every one of them.


If you could change your SL name, what would it be?
If I feel like changing my name, I'd just create a new alt. ;)


What’s the craziest/funniest SL name you’ve ever seen?
What’s the coolest (your favorite) SL name you’ve ever seen?
I'll have to pass on answering these two questions because I've seen a lot that I loved. But go to the Clever Nicknames Club group in SL, created by Gene Poole. There's a lot of witty names there, mostly using the original SL last names.

20130415

080 - Big Bang at Alpha Point

Where's Dim Sum? #080 - Big Bang at Alpha Point


Dim Sum looks up, fascinated by the bright colors and the hanging light globes.


This ceiling art rivals any you'd see in any hotel casino in Las Vegas. I don't know if the artist (Masoon Ringo) has given it a name, but, if it were up to me, I'd call it the "Big Bang."

Alpha Point and Omega Point have been around for a long long while. MODA had filmed a bridal fashion show there in May 2010. (Yes! Three years ago!) And afterwards, I did my own photoshoot of the outfits I was assigned for the show, including some stereoscopy pairs. (See thumbnails at the very bottom of this post.)

Of course, the place looks different now, especially with sculpts and meshes. But the theme is still the same, and everything is more ornate, like this ballroom and bar shows.

location: Alpha Point


Technical notes

windlight: Ambient Dark

I didn't have to modify the windlight for this because it really didn't matter much. The lighting comes from local lights.




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