Maloe Vansant´s exclusive exhibition in DiXmiX Art Gallery

We proudly host a new exhibition of Maloe Vansant’s exclusive pictures!
Join us for the opening party on

Saturday, January 7th from 1 pm SLT
No better way to start 2023, right?

Music set by Dixmix

Our cheerful welcome!

Teleport – DiXmiX Art Gallery

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Maloe Vansant Biography

“When I joined Second Life in 2007 a new world opened for me, because I never played games or joined any social network site.

Second life was best of both worlds, at least for me and I am sure for many others.

After creating little Maloe, my Barbie doll, my pixel soul, I discovered the possibility of making snapshots and I started to make a graphic diary of Maloe’s journey in Second Life,

showing the emotions she experienced in this pixel world.

I think I succeeded in doing this by using some post processing in Photoshop.

I am not a woman of many words, I try to express myself, my feelings, my passion and probably my dark side through my pictures.” – Maloe Vansant

Maloe Vansant – Flickr – Interview with Maloe Vansant

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Curator of DiXmix Art Gallery:

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Art Promotion

NEW YEAR PARTY! NADJA NEVILLE in DiXmiX Art Gallery Lounge

1st January 2023 – 1 PM SLT

Dear Friends,

Don’t miss on the chance to enter the New Year with the best of parties…

Groove to the most amazing rhythms by Nadja Neville,

fill your glasses with your favorite drinks and relish the most delicious delights to make it the most happening celebration ever…

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Dixmix Art Gallery Lounge

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Art Promotion

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

I think the best wish you can give someone during the Christmas season is to have the ability to look at Christmas through the eyes of a child.
And that’s how each candle becomes a star,
and the golden angel at the top of the tree is no longer just a decoration
but an absolute angel.

Happy Christmas!


Buon Natale!

Credo che l’augurio migliore che si possa fare a qualcuno durante il periodo di Natale è di avere la capacità di guardare il Natale attraverso gli occhi di un bambino.
Ed è così che ogni candela diventa una stella,
e l’angelo dorato in cima all’albero non è più solo una decorazione
ma un angelo per davvero.

Buon Natale!

Is Genus back?

Olga Orel shared some high-definition make-up images on Facebook and piqued the curiosity of those who are (understandably) wondering if Genus will be making heads again.

As the new year approaches, there will be some exciting news.
Curiosity is skyrocketing!

“A Crazy Xmas Party” & Exclusive art installation by Moki

December, 25th – 1 PM SLT

Dixmix Art Gallery presents,

Exclusive installation by Moki Yuitza “The Xmas Flower”

&

“A Crazy Xmas Party” with groovy, fun tunes & even some “rocking surprises” by Dixmix Source

Our cheerful welcome for the beauty of art and music!

DiXmiX Art Gallery Teleport

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Dixmix Gallery Teleport

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Art Promotion

Too many mesh bodies? Semi-serious reflection of a frustrated designer

The end of 2022 seems to have brought fresh air regarding mesh bodies. In October, 4 bodies were released for two brands: Belleza and Prima (Belleza Gen X Classic/Curvy and Prima Busty/Petite). The release of new mesh bodies enriches the market and gives something new to the experiences of women in Second Life (the new bodies are, in fact, female).

While on the one hand, the Second Life market is getting richer, on the other, designers are confused about which brands to choose: yes, because a choice has to be made; you can’t rig for 10 bodies or more.
Furthermore, designers aren’t the only ones feeling confused: even buyers of new brands are starting to feel a little frustrated because the market doesn’t offer them enough choices in what to wear.
Reading on Discord here and there, I learned that some designers have been verbally assaulted for not offering clothing for specific bodies.

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published by ᴊᴀɴɴᴀᴡʜɪꜱᴋᴇʀꜱ#5324 on Second Life Discord Server

As a designer, I, too, find myself in difficulty and have been uncertain about how to proceed, especially with the advent of the new year. As a young designer, I thought that the right choice for me was rigging for those bodies that I have sold the most in these few months of activity. Therefore, compared to my practice, I chose to remove a brand (it is a body that is not easy to rig and has an exclusive developer kit for Blender 2.79).

Other designers have chosen to rely on surveys to understand market trends, such as this: https://strawpoll.com/polls/kogjvAXqEg6/results.

I realized that the various surveys’ results differ from the brands I sell the most. Therefore, I believe that the best choice for a designer is to look at his sales statistics and start making decisions from there.

What will be the future of these mesh body brands? Only time will be able to answer this question: the community will choose and decree the success of some brands. I wish the new year didn’t bring body makers who complain about few designers and shoppers who complain about few clothes for their bodies. In both cases, the market decides: if a body doesn’t sell, the designer takes it away. Rigging is challenging and time-consuming, so “the game has to be worth the candle.”

Troppi corpi mesh? Riflessione semiseria di una designer frustrata

La fine del 2022 sembra avere portato una ventata di novità in tema di corpi mesh: a Ottobre sono stati rilasciati 4 corpi relativi a due diversi brand: Belleza e Prima (Belleza Gen X Classic/Curvy e Prima Busty/Petite). Il rilascio di nuovi corpi mesh arricchisce il mercato e dona qualche novità alle esperienze delle donne di Second Life (i nuovi corpi sono, infatti, femminili).

Se da un lato il mercato di Second Life si arricchisce, dall’altro i designers sono confusi su quali brand scegliere: sì perché una scelta deve essere fatta, non si può riggare per 10 corpi o più.
Inoltre i designer non sono gli unici a sentirsi confusi: anche gli acquirenti dei nuovi brand iniziano a sentirsi un po’ frustrati perché il mercato non offre loro abbastanza varietà di scelta su cosa indossare.
Leggendo su Discord qua e là, ho appreso che alcuni designer sono stati verbalmente aggrediti perché non offrivano indumenti per alcuni specifici corpi.

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published by ᴊᴀɴɴᴀᴡʜɪꜱᴋᴇʀꜱ#5324 on Second Life Discord Server

Da designer, anche io mi trovo in difficoltà e sono stata incerta su come procedere soprattutto con l’avvento dell’anno nuovo. Essendo ancora una designer giovane, ho pensato che la scelta più giusta per me fosse riggare per quei corpi che, in questi pochi mesi di attività, ho venduto maggiormente. Rispetto alla mia consuetudine, ho quindi scelto di togliere un brand ( si tratta di un corpo non semplice da riggare e che ha un developer kit esclusivo per Blender 2.79).

Altri designer hanno scelto di affidarsi a dei sondaggi per capire l’andamento del mercato, come ad esempio questo: https://strawpoll.com/polls/kogjvAXqEg6/results.

Personalmente mi sono resa conto che i risultati dei vari sondaggi differiscono dai brand che io vendo di più. Credo, quindi, che la scelta migliore per un designer sia guardare le sue statistiche di vendita e da lì partire per prendere delle decisioni.

Quale sarà il futuro per questi brand di corpi mesh? Solo il tempo potrà rispondere a questa domanda: sarà la community a scegliere e a decretare il successo di alcuni brand. Mi piacerebbe che il nuovo anno non portasse con sé autori di corpi che lamentano pochi designer e acquirenti che lamentano pochi abiti per il proprio corpo. In entrambi i casi, infatti, è il mercato a decidere: se un corpo non vende, il designer lo toglie. E’ impegnativo riggare e richiede molto tempo, quindi “il gioco deve valere la candela”.

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