January 29th, 2010 by raiblaylock

Every now and then I stop and reflect on life. Recently, I have been stopping and thinking about how time moves in Second Life and how it relates to our real lives. Which as I sit there reviewing these thoughts, I remember the past. There are things I miss from back then but there are things that I don’t. Thus the inspiration of today’s comic. I realize that it isn’t very funny, especially to those that do not remember the old days. But today was more about expressing a look how far we have come since a few years ago.

Also, I want to draw your attention to the necklace and earring set that I have on in the comic. I snagged it from DM Designs for 69L Hump Day. So I went back to try and find it to see if she offered it, which thankfully she does and you can get earrings, necklace and bracelet for 299L. The set is of amazing quality and comes in various color a*sortments that are sure to make anyone squeal in some form of delight. Also, the set is transferable. I highly recommend that if guys are having a hard time finding something for Valentine’s Day for their sweetie, that they stop by DM Designs.

January 27th, 2010 by raiblaylock

Today I wanted to express another teleport mishap that can happen in Second Life. I have given to friends my home slurl so they can come visit me whenever. Which is great and all, but sometimes some of them catch me in the middle of things that I wish they hadn’t of.

I want to take the time to thank Aldwyn Zanzibar and Iason Ha*sanov for helping be my male models for this comic. Luckily for Al, he hasn’t ever experienced my wrath for teleporting in at the wrong time.

In case you are curious and love the hairstyles that you have seen on Rai, they are from Fri.day. I discovered the place from a friend of mine and since then I have been a Fri.day hair addict. My favorite thing about the hair details is how it has that loose silky look that hair can have. It makes me swoon.

Also, random note about custom skins. They are so worth it if you have a tattoo design you like but don’t want to wear the several layers. I would love to see a skin designer hook up with a tattoo artist in Second Life, and see what wonderful things they could come up with.

More to come about the site this week. I am debating about a few things to implement for fun and will be making my mind up by Friday I hope.

January 25th, 2010 by raiblaylock

For comic + Details (http://dejavirtuelle.com/2010/01/25/bunny-multiply/)

Today’s post was inspired from a joke with a few friends about the Ozimals Bunnies. Before their release, some close friends and I were chatting about how fast we thought we might see a bunny. The above semi came the joke. When the bunnies came out, I bought two and then went back and bought two more. Within a few days I came back online to a couple of baskets around. I am pleased that they actually don’t multiply at an overwhelming rate as hinted in the comic. I have also enjoyed watching the genetic concepts and how they play in with bunnies. Plus, I was really worried that I was going to log into several bunnies. So to log in and see just baskets once in a while is nice. It helps me to keep a good control on prims.

So for anyone that is looking to teach their kids about genetics, by showing them these bunnies online in a virtual simulation could help them understand a few things. Well, that is if they are learning about it at the same time in their science cla*ses. Even if you just want some cute pets that are wonderfully crafter/detailed, I highly suggest checking out Ozimals. The rest of the sim for the bunnies is worth exploring as well. Some cute things that have been designed by others.

You will also notice some changes to the website. A few more are going to be implemented in this week. As I figure out how to adjust to this new lay out. If it hadn’t been for Seattle Barbosa, I would not be even publishing a comic today. So major thanks to him for helping me fix the website issues.

January 22nd, 2010 by raiblaylock

Today’s post was inspired by a memory of a few years ago in Second Life. I insisted on living in apartments back then at one point for about a few months in there. Well after a point of living in them, I experienced some rather comical things. In fact I experienced something very similar to the above as well, but they weren’t moving a picture frame. *coughs* And we will just say that it wasn’t at all pg/pg13 content that they were doing.

I would like to thank Aldwyn Zanzibar and Bebe Begonia for participating in this comic. Also, Bebe provided me with a prop from her lovely french country furniture store Casa de Bebe. Very wonderful low prim details and work for their price. So I encourage that if you like the Victorian/French antique look to stop by Casa de Bebe.

On a side note, I am investigating in some future things for the site. It may take me a month or so to implement it depending on the amount of time I will have. So here is to the New Year and new ideas.

January 20th, 2010 by raiblaylock

When I was thinking up this next comic, I kind of was thinking of several other games. I have experienced lag so badly in World of Warcraft that its like you are standing still going “yup”…insert pause “yup”. It can be horrid! This comic actually gave me an idea for a future comic that I will do in February. Yes, I have several planned out between now and then. You should see the list and note cards I have next to my desk.

In this post I wanted to feature the AKK Horse and this one is the AKK 09 XL WS Legend Arabian x Black Blanket Appaloosa Horse. I haven’t been by recently to see if the 2010’s are out yet or not, but I imagine they will be at some point in the next few months. The nice thing about these horses is that you have several options in the menu that you can do with them. They can also do poses for photos (which is a double yay for me). They are a bit expensive but if you are a huge animal lover, they are worth every Linden.

Also just want to draw your attention to the site contest. It closes on the 31st. I will accept entries on the 31st but past that nope. So please read up on the site contest if you are interested in winning some gift cards and Lindens

January 18th, 2010 by raiblaylock

Sometimes you will be walking along in a sim and forget to see that you are crossing over a sim line so you look like you just keep walking. And then it creates this reaction of wait stop moving I want to go over there. Noooo! Stop!!! Yeah well that is what it does for me. Especially if I am on a shopping spree looking for a specific something. Thus the inspiration to this comic. Thank you Victoria Sabra for helping to model in the comic for me (P.S. We still actually need to go shopping!).

I would love to draw your attention to the pose that Vic and I are using for this comic. It is from Glitterati and it actually allows three people to fit on the pose. Glitterati also has these awesome photo booth scenes you can rez and use (which come with several poses). I will try and figure a way to squeeze one of those into a future post. Anyway if you haven’t check out a place that has cute poses for friends, groups, and lovers then hurry to Glitterati.

January 15th, 2010 by raiblaylock

First off, thank you Catero Revolution for being my male model and amazing friend.

This comic more today is on a fail for myself. Which after talking to some other, I have realized its a fail that is semi common depending on who you use for a website host and so forth. When I was working with the FTP and other related items to establish the site, I started hunting for nice features. I discovered how to set up my own forums and did. Though after much talk with a few friends, I realized maybe that was a bit over kill and removed them. But as I was setting up forums I decided to install a profanity filter in order to help make sure some words didn’t get said in the wrong context at someone. This was mostly because I was worried about moderation over the forums if they did work. Turns out my profanity filter was awesome in blocking out the word except for one detail. If for instance using the words a*sistance/cla*sifieds it would freak out and block the words so that it appeared as ***istance/cl***sifieds. So in all honesty, today’s post is to make fun of myself along with some of the filters out there that cause such related issues. Needless to say, I have also deleted the filter.

Also here is a quick link to the game Mine Sweeper for those that may not know what it is. http://www.mine-sweeper.com/

Something else I wanted to draw your attention to in this post is the noir sofa from The Loft. This is probably one of my favorite Second Life items to date. This is mostly because of all the different pose balls that are within it that do cater well to both men and women. This couch also comes in another colorful arrangement but both the noir and colorful Addison sofas are around 9 prims. So for anyone that loves several poses built into a low amount of wonderful quality furniture (as well as quality poses) I encourage that you check out The Loft.

January 13th, 2010 by raiblaylock

When I was trying to come up with comics relating to Second Life, I stopped and thought about those silly moments that happen in real life and sometimes in Second Life. Then I could not help but combine the two together. I mean I have been guilty when really distracted of putting my socks and shoes on and almost walking out the house to realize, “Oh yeah, pants are important”. I have even made the mistake of forgetting them with a skirt once during an interview. You couldn’t see it straight up as I was sitting unless you started caming around my body. Which someone was looking at my fashion of the day outfit and happened to inform me I was missing them. That still is probably one of my most horrific moments in Second Life. Thing is, I can’t help but laugh at myself when it happens. Thus you now know where the inspiration came from for this comic.

I want to take the time to thank Ted Cornell in volunteering to be the person making the blunder of teleporting into a group with no pants. My thanks also goes to Heather Connolly, Blu Jupiter, Joanna Sweetwater, Que Loopen, liane Boomhauer, leggzz Brandi, Rico Olisskin, and Purr Destiny for putting up with my need of the perfect group shot. I also appreciate the patience required during the process. I also enjoyed being able to take a picture that showed off various Second Life styles other then my own. So seriously, thank you.

Something that I do want to direct your attention to is the prop that is being used in the group shot. It is from LEAR and is known as the Treppe. It fits nine people on it max and has a show/hide deal with the pose balls just in case you don’t have that many bodies. LEAR is kind of a fun pose/photo studio place to check out. They also sell specific houses and so forth dedicated to the art of photo taking. I just finally snagged an excuse to finally use an item from there and I do not doubt that it will be the very last time I do. I look forward to going back and raiding the store for future comics in fact.

January 11th, 2010 by raiblaylock

I would like to take the time to thank my friends Shiryu Musashi, Valerie Jefferson, and Alicia Chenaux. Without them I couldn’t have thought up the idea of this comic. I felt it was fitting to also use them for this comic because well it did originate from a discussion with them. So thank you guys so much for this.

Over the holidays we were standing around and chatting as a group. The discussion about fangirls and friends came up. Well, after I was considering launching the web comic this very conversation came to mind. I talked to Shiryu, Valerie, and Alicia about it and they agreed in the hilarity of it all. I hope that you too find the funny. I mean seriously if you think about it, several of us have some very very talented artistic friends in Second Life. And because of the fact they are friends and we love what they create, we enjoy wearing/showing those items off. So for me, this comic doesn’t just stem from just this conversation or Musashi-Do products, but for several other stores as well.

Shiryu Musashi has been around Second Life since 2004. His clothing store, Musashi-Do, carries clothing for both and men and women with various styles ranging from casual to elegant. If you like what you see in the comic above, I highly suggest that you visit Musashi-Do.

January 8th, 2010 by raiblaylock

Remember how I said I really loved that fuwa fuwa bubble from Body Language? Ta Da! Another comic post that involves it. There is a bit of a story that goes with this post. When I go afk for a length of time in Second Life or feel like I can’t pay attention to much I will break out this bubble and sit in it. I have nicknamed it my thought bubble.

For added fun so that I am not disturbed I will put a message bubble popping out saying if I am busy, afk, and so forth. (They are really, really easy to make. Just go into photoshop/gimp, create little circles and one big circle. Then type in a message. Add an innershadow to help make the lines noticeable – which I recommend near max opacity and to decrease the size/distance. Viola! Speech Bubble. I prefer to save it as a .png over the targa because the targa can do funky things sometimes.)

One day I was sitting in the bubble working away in photoshop for an article I was preparing. My friend Talila would walk in and poke me a few times. Well, sometimes I can’t help but picture this comic transpiring if I was actually in Second Life. So thank you Talila for this idea.