195 - Behind the cattails

Dim Sum plops her head on the mysterious man's knee and takes a nap, while he scratches her behind the ear and rambles on about being discreet with "your mistress Opal." She twitches her nose, wondering how to explain that cats have worshippers, not masters or mistresses or owners.


UPDATE: I was told that "anon" means a donkey's son in French. So, changing "anon" to "anonymous." *sigh* I should learn French.

No, his name is not really "[anonymous]". He didn't want me to use his name. I also had to turn off the nametag display for the settings picture below. But he's also the reason why it took me almost 12 hours before I could post this. Well, him and sleep and other household tasks. Not that I'm complaining.... :)

model: [anonymous]
location: Alki

Technical notes

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

194 - Il Mare

Dim Sum looks out over the wonder and tries to remember where she had seen that house before....


Doesn't it remind of the movie "The Lake House" with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves? I love that movie. The original Korean version "Il Mare" is even better with its heart-rending soundtrack.

The cottage is "Seaside Cottage V2" by Cory Edo (Trompe Loeil), the boat is the "MLCC Loonetta 31" by Motor Loon, and the wooden steps are by Dop Kidd.

location: Alki

Technical notes

windlight: Places Greed2 (modified)
water: Pond (modified)

193 - Every hour is happy

Dim Sum tries to scratch off the sparkly tickly sand that stuck to her fur. She already tried to lick it off. Now she's got sand in her tongue too.


The front of the sign says "Beach Combers' Bar", which was created by Alex Bader (Studio Skye).

I have a second version of this that's blurrier, but I like the details here, so not too much DOF. The composition was a bit difficult to figure out, because I really wanted to show that sign. Then I got a nice shadow falling on the sign, framing the words nicely, but the shadow on the pole looked like a scary face :D , so I had to keep looking for just the right sun angle again.


location: Alki

Technical notes

windlight: Places Greed2 (modified)
water: [NB] Sparkling Depths

192 - Twin cliffside cabins

Dim Sum hears her tummy grumble as she gazes at the painting of dolphins and tuna.


Alki Point is one of the better known neighborhoods in the Seattle area. So I thought I'd go and visit. About half the sim is intended for live music events, but I cammed around and found this charming little spot with these charming little cabins. Like many areas in the real Puget Sound area, these cabins would be accessible only by boat, if it weren't for the teleporting and flying capabilities we have in SL, of course.

The off-sim mountains look similar to the ones in Whispering Winds; I'll have to check. But these ones are called "Y.B -sim surround landscape Dolina" by yony Bing.

location: Alki
Z&A Coffeehouse & Art Studio

Technical notes

windlight: Fine Day (modified)
water: Default (modified)

191 - Wayfarer's pass

Dim Sum sniffs the tulips but they don't smell like anything. So she decides to chew on the pretty pink petals.... Blech!


At this rate, I think I'll finish the 365 project in 2020. Sorry, folks, Dim Sum hasn't been getting much sleep lately, and you know how cats love their sleep!

I derezzed the big "guardian" in this pic because I can't get a good composition with him in the background. That's too bad, because he's kinda handsome. Oh, well. Lots of handsome giants in SL....

"Wayfarers Pass" was created by Abel Dreamscape.


location: Whispering Winds

Technical notes

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

190 - The guardian at the door

Dim Sum wonders if doorcats get tipped. Or if they get toppled.


Playing with a HUD overlay again. I realized that media-on-a-prim doesn't display the alpha in the texture itself, so it's not possible to have more alpha in one area than in another. So I had to use Dim Sum's sole 10L to upload this filter/overlay.

That 10L was a gift from LL for Valentine's Day. I guess they wanted it back. But, at least, they didn't charge me interest.

The top image is the official image. That statue wasn't there the last time I was logged in, so imagine my surprise when I saw it today. The giant is called "Alesta - Discoverer Man Statue" created by Sun Fairlady.

And Dim Sum is not in the second image.

location: Whispering Winds

Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] SUNSET - Brouhatta charme (modified)

189 - White chapel

Dim Sum enters the chapel and meows. She wonders why all voices sound so angelic inside a chapel. Must be the echoes. Or maybe the stillness.


Playing with overlays on a HUD to add effects to the image. See below for the filter that I used. It's just a colored gradient (one of the preset gradient colors in Gimp in a clockwise swirl) plus some HSV noise. At the very bottom is the same scene without the HUD.

I'm going to continue playing with these HUD overlays to add more interest to the image and to see if I can simulate Photoshop/Gimp effects with just overlays. Or at least get close enough.

location: Whispering Winds

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Angles Light 01 (modified)