Skin v22

... and another new version of the skin.
This time, major design work is done for the abdominals.
Next tasks will be on nipples and eye shadowing.
Credits to SDI at Burnt Toast for the photo background :)

Howling wolf: revision b

Extending the faded pattern area on the body to increase the 'layer over layer' effect, and decreasing the opacity of the wolf, moon, and kanjis.
Looks good from here, to be tested ISL...

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ok you'll be warned enough...
As promised last week, a photograph ISL of our male model , Mr N... Ricardo Diggler (you can call him Dirk).
The only change in the promise I made is that the skin worn is not the one made last week, but the latest iteration, with new abdominal belt, new legs, new face shading... and that's it.
That puts our account for major skin versions to a nice..; 20 :)
Yeepee! Skin is 20 v old!
Also, as prim attachment, some nice pelvis jewelry that will be released very soon by talented scripter /designer / Midnight Lotus Grande Madame Hasuko Kuramoto.
And I am the one who played some inked needle on it for 'decoration'.
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Tadaaaaaa!
oh, if someone wants to know where the pic was taken, it was at SDI beach, sim name is 'burnt toast' (yeah, I know, slurls, yada yada yada,....)

Custom order: howling wolf

Here is a tattoo made 'on demand'.
The main idea was to create something around the wolf theme, tattoo location could be lower back.
As you can see, I went pretty low.
It became more a scene of a wolf howling to the moon (appearing through mist) rather than a usual wolf head, whatever the style.
I added two kanjis representing 'moon' and 'wolf' behind the neck.
As requested by the client, this tat will be unique.

Distance far away

Nothing very orginal here, as almost everyone ISL went to this place to make a more or less romantic picture.
Just an opportunity to make a more 'authentic' sepia tinting picture.
Still, this place is great, well designed, and supports a true charity SL to RL project.
So TP to 'the far away' and buy your acre of wheat field!

Working out...

I got some feedback from a 'real male' about the male skin project I am working on.
To him, it was not muscled enough, especially when it comes to abdominals.
There are two schools that fight each other with more or less fierce feelings about this aspect of texture. Some want the most realistic skin texture with many details and of course the 'not so perfect' male features that go with it. Some others want to be the muscled-nekoish-darkeyed-sexy-slave-o-dom-tattooed-trendy-(I surely forget other adjectives)- male that we see a lot these days ISL.
Bottom line is:
- 2 muscle body variations
- 2 body hairs variations
- 3 face tattoos
- 6 face hairs
.... all right, just 72 skins to release now...
..; oh wait, I forget the scarred versions!

Lotus trap tattoo: and after a bit more more time on it...

... a new version appears.
Many thanks to all those who sent me feedback. They really helped making this new version something better for the shape.
What changed:
- lotus in front splitted in two smaller flowers, over the belly and over the breast
- lotus on the back is now upper right shoulder
- leaves are 'around' the navel
- leaves above kitty moved up
and I think that's it for this version.
One more thing: the transparency is globally the same for the entire tattoo, no distinction between lines and flowers.

Lotus trap tattoo: and after a bit more time on it...

... some new things appear:
- new arms (actually there was nothing before :))
- seams worked on
- transparency effects with several levels
- resized some lotus on the front
- added some leaves above kitty
- ... and I think that's all for now
To me, this one is close to release, so you, millions of readers, can start to preorder ;).

Tattooing lotuses

First many thanks to the designer who gave me these skin files. That makes my previews much more realistic.
Now, here is a first draft of my 'coming soon' tattoo project.
As 'viola's sorrow', it will cover almost all body.
The design is pretty different though. I try to make it 'natural' with curves and leaves.
The lotus comes here in two versions:
- as a 'drawing' on several parts
- as a logo on the lower back
Now comes the funny time of seam removals ;)...

New tan & face tat

The more I work on it, the more I undertsand the Hell of making a skin.
Enough whining, let's see whats new:
- tan: I got feedback mentioning the tan was a bit too 'orange', so I tried to fix that and will submit this new version for comments ISL.
- face tat: a new face tattoo based on tribal / tikki. It's easier for me to work those layers directly on the skin textures. I can try some effects and have more subtle ink edge lines to draw the tat shape.

Next step: The SO terrifying SL texture upload / skin review.
To be continued...