207 - Hisssss

Dim Sum lays on the cold slimy belly of one of her new frenemies, but she doesn't plan to relax around these guys. She doesn't trust them at all.


Dim Sum is not in the stereoscopic version.

This image demonstrates that it is not always easy to make a 2D composition work with stereoscopy, especially with stereo framing. With stereo framing, it is always better to get the whole object into the picture; otherwise, you get either an uninteresting frame or window violations.

The snakes, called "::: B@R ::: Uwabami", were created by June Dion (Bare Rose). Yes, Bare Rose! I was surprised too!

location: Araxes Mu Draconis

Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] SCIFI - Railingz 2 (modified)

206 - Taklamakan

Dim Sum watches the dust storms, the balls of lightning, and the burning rocks and suddenly feels thirsty.


I know, I know, I'm doing a lot of warm (or hot!) colors lately. But it feels more appropriate in these sims with the red sand and all. It's based on the novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert after all. :)

The arch is called "PQ Jenso Entrance" by P4NDOR4 Quintessa (Pandemonium)

location: Araxes Mu Draconis

And... it's my birthday! So, I'm finally doing Strawberry Singh's meme of the same title.

Technical notes

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

Strawberry's memes - It's My Birthday

I had been meaning to do this birthday meme the week that Strawberry posted the meme on her birthday, but I didn't have time. And she had so many tasks to do for this one!


1. Answer the following questions about your own real life birthday.


When is your birthday?
October 9. Today. ;)


Pick one person who shares your birthday and share what you know about them.

How about three? 

• John Lennon of the Beatles and his son Sean (( *hums "Imagine all the people..."* ))
• Scott Bakula of "Quantum Leap" and "Star Trek: Enterprise" (( *swoons* ))
• Tony Shalhoub of "Monk," one of my favorite detective shows, along with "Poirot" and "Colombo"

List one notable event that took place on your birthday.
Apparently, nothing in particular happened on my exact birthday, but the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison topped the charts. Mercy! (That was another meme somewhere.)


Tell us about a holiday that falls on your birthday.
If it falls on a Monday, then it becomes Columbus Day, which is actually on Oct 12.


2. Take any of the pictures of [Strawberry] shared in [her] post and pile them up.

3. Create your own birthday meme.

Okay, here's my birthday meme... If you were a domestic cat (nope, wild cats not allowed), what breed would you be and why?

• What is the name of the cat breed?
• Why would you be that breed?
• Add a link that to a webpage describes that breed.

You can go to The International Cat Association (TICA) website for pictures and descriptions of breeds. Or you can search for other similar sites.
 
Personally, I think I'd be a Napoleon breed. They have this distinctive teddy bear face and I have a story about that.

In my culture, it was believed that whatever the mother craves for while she's pregnant, the baby would have some characteristics of that thing. For example, if the mother had a craving for jicama, the baby would be fair-skinned. If the mother had a craving for bright red tomatoes, the baby would have very red lips. Something like that.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a strong craving. It could also be a strong repulsion. When my sister was pregnant with my oldest nephew, she couldn't stand being around my dad. To her, he stank so bad, although the rest of us couldn't smell anything. So, when my nephew was born, he looked a lot like my dad.


Anyway, the story is ... When my mom was pregnant with me, my dad saw some teddy bears at a shop on his way home. The teddy bears had little very red tongues sticking out and rounded pot-bellies, and he wanted those teddy bears so much, like a pregnant woman craving for ice cream and pickles, so he took one home. And whadya know... When I was born, I had a little very red tongue and a pot belly. And they noticed that I looked kinda like those teddy bears. :D

Please post your reply or the link to your reply in the comments.

205 - Stowaway

Dim Sum slips into a corner of some strange-looking storage bunker and takes a nap. When she wakes up, she realizes she's in the cargo bay of a now-flying ship.


The transport is actually sitting on the ground. My camera was underground, so the ship looks like it's floating in the air.

location: Araxes, Mu-Draconis

Technical notes

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

204 - Unlikely Cafe

Dim Sum suspiciously eyes the gurgling, hissing, steaming robot, that dispensed the dark liquid drug that addicted many of the customers, who keep returning for another dose. Dim Sum wonders if there's a reward for turning in a drug dealing robot, so she tries to memorize the robot's name stamped on its belly: E-S-P-R-E-S-S-O.


Chani (sayyadina) said, "Awesome sci-fi RP place is awesome... Where sci-fi meets the blender/melting pot...." With a double-awesome commendation like that, of course I had to go!

The SLURL she sent me took me to this charming little cafe. Wonderful details. Great ambience.

There are five sims. So I might be here a while.

The "DM Classic Espresso Machine" was created by Spiritum Sciavo (The Dark Monk).

location: Al Raqis, Araxes, Mu-Draconis

Technical notes

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

203 - How Thor goes fishing

Dim Sum ponders if the drying fish were offered to the god of thunder or caught by him.


I found this Norse myth about Thor going fishing with a giant and caught two whales, so maybe these little fishes are too small for him.

Giannini Demonista, the owner of the Realm of Asgard wanted to use one of Dim Sum's pictures to change his sim's logo. He had only seen the first one at that point. To be honest, his current logo is actually already very good.

I told him it might be better to wait until I get a few more done, so he would have a selection. For one, my signature is in the pictures, so it would be some work to get the signatures out. Second, these pictures are really intended to hide Dim Sum so they might not be appropriate for a logo. I thought it might be better to just create one for him that's easier to incorporate into a logo. So, here's one that's similar to today's image.

The fish are called "OW Fish on rope" by Katrina Kristan (Old World), and Thor's status is called "Trident Viking Statue "Thor" III  [7.5 Mt]" by Laufey Markstein (Trident).

location: Realm of Asgard

Technical notes

windlight: Annan Adored Realistic ambient (modified)
water: Phototools- Ship Light

202 - Vinter Viking

Dim Sum uses her camouflage powers to sneak up behind the Viking. Then she attacks. Meeooowwwwrrrrrrrr!


This one is a bit of a rush job. I only had an hour to work on this. And I need to come up with new techniques!

The Viking is an object called "Viking Guard right" by Kim Lefavre (Sang Fori Design).

location: Realm of Asgard

Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] DUSK - Apts (modified)

201 - When a dragon panics

Dim Sum is slightly amused by the dragon's panicked shrieks upon seeing a white cat. "Oh, for crying out loud,... keep calm.... It's not like I'm a spider.... Or a mouse...."


It's getting harder and harder to get just the right lighting. For this, I had to supplement the windlight with projector lights. Since I couldn't rez in the sim, I wore a set of three lights as attachments and just adjusted them to be able to light the dragon to emphasize it over the background. I have to play more with that Ambient setting in the local light feature; it strengthens the light better than the other settings.

Dim Sum is difficult to find here. Sorry about that. But the title gives a clue. :)

The dragon is "Dragon 2" (of course  ;)  ) by MeshtakesWereMade (Mesh Mafia).

location: Realm of Asgard

Technical notes

windlight: Nacon's Natural 10am (modified)
water: Nacon's Lake Water