Wawwrrrrrrr (aka zombie sound)

Wawwrrrrrrr (aka zombie sound), originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

When you have a minute, get your favorite zombie skin and go grab some poseballs at REC!

Vampire Capture

Vampire Capture 02, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

She bites and scratches but it was worth the pain.
Ah, aren't we moody today.

Hangover @ REC

Hangover @ REC, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

My, what a party it was. Who had the GREAT idea to attach me to the stairs with that chain?...
uhhhh, headaches, I feel like a zombie today.

Pic made after having watched the movie named 'REC'. There is a sim ISL with the same name. It's designed the same way the decor ste in the movie, even for poses and animations, very accurately. Some great work ISL actually. And as the movie is some sort of evil kid of forbidden love between 'dawn of the dead' and 'the blair witch project', it was a great opportunity to raise this skin from my dead inventory tomb.

Making pictures can be tough...

negko takes a picture2, originally uploaded by That's Ms. Benelli for you.

.... when friends make shots of you at the same time.
the bottom line is:
if you don't want to look like a zombie, always take a pixel shower before going out ISL.
Thank you Cutea for having chosen my best profile!

Some great picture

an exception to the SL rule, thi sphoto is just great.. I think.

Blacklace vendor: sweetness

Blacklace vendor: sweetness, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

Illustrating a new product from Blacklace.
Shot made at Tempura Island.

models:
Anessa Stine
Gemini Galatea

client:
Mariska Simons

Fall Blacklace lingerie contest: second submission

Fall Blacklace lingerie contest: second submission, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

Viola Bentham models for this photograph.
Viola has been photographed in a studio with a black background when I shot the forest separately (Tempura island).
I also added the pumpkin afterwards.
I focused on model geometry and skin details, the decor set is accessory here. I tried to make it more abstarct by adding some ornament pattern and playing with opacity.

Fall Blacklace lingerie contest: first submission

Fall Blacklace lingerie contest: first submission, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

VIola Bentham models for this photograph.
Viola has been photographed in a studio with a black background when I shot the forest separately (Tempura island).

I post-processed her shoulders, feet, and hand geometry, then modified the all shadow/lighting balance to increase the feeling of light falling from the sky. I did not try to warm up her skin, in order to detach her from the decor set.
Finally, a few layers of different blurs for the depth of the composition.

Halloween @ Virtual Ability

Halloween @ Virtual Ability, originally uploaded by Negko DeVinna.

While my laptop guts get fixed (I curse Nvidia up to the 7th generation), I try to keep my hand warn with some photoshop tricks. From a picture of a building made to celebrate Halloween @ Virtual Ability, I adjusted the lighting, added some lightning, and played with some blurring. Intersting?...

Status update

One week now...

The Nvidia GPU of my laptop burst into tiny little flames, making my main tool useless.

For the second time in less than a month, and for the same reason, I am computer-less.

This morning, a call to the maintenance center gave no hope of a quick return to SL. They run out of motherboards and have no idea when they have new ones (BTW we are in 2008 and supply management apparently is still an issue, even when this GPU problem has been forecasted and budgeted by the guilty companies).

Meanwhile, I will try to keep designing stuff as an offline creature. I tried to make a decent portrait but this picture is already old, my face does not even look anymore like that.

Let's go back to some tats then... for a next blog update?