I really wanted to dedicate my first blog to a person who knows how to “tell stories” with her Art Pictures.
Maloe Vansant,
A lady from Belgium, who knows how to express her vision, through her work.
There are thousands of topics that Maloe draws attention to with her works; women’s rights, love, pain, transience, world events or certain personal values, literature, and poetry, and many more.
But for Maloe, it is always important that the topic is close to her heart and that we can see it in her pictures. Her art is about an idea, a statement, or a feeling, and she goes on it with devotion during the whole process.
No matter how small a statement maybe, even if it is just a single word, she always manages to convey the “feeling“ and still leaves space for interpretation by the viewer.
What I love in Maloes work is the entertainment, excitement, because she produces artistic & esthetic work, that easily shouts out something about her and her passion.
Maloe´s art photography has elegance and is sophisticated. With different colors/finishes, it always captures my attention easily. She presents elusive quality, allowing me to always understand her message and value her work.
Her art photos inspire and “speak stories” to all who are open enough to “find and hear” those.
I often feel enchanted by her artwork, sometimes I stand in front of of her art photos for hours and make a journey of a thousand miles…
Just one example, Maloe’s artwork “Until Tomorrow“
We see half of a woman’s face in the shadows, around her eyes a dramatic pink-red color reflecting feelings and thoughts. Her mouth is slightly open, the corners of her lips pointing downwards.
The longer I look at the picture, the deeper it opens up a feeling of loneliness and a “shock stare.” She seems sad. I feel questions that have no answer. Expectation. “Until tomorrow” at this picture feels like an eternity.
Maloe Vansant’s works are featured in many Second Life galleries and magazines who greatly appreciate her work.
I’m talking here about a lady who is not only a wonderful artist, above all a woman who is gifted with the ability “to go deep,” one open-minded friend who never forgets his next, one big supporter of Art & Artist and someone always ready to help the one’s who just do their first “step” into the Art Photographie. In simple words, Maloe Vasant owns my highest respect as an artist and person.
Maloe’s next exhibition can be visited on September 19th 2020 at 12:00 PM SLT in Dixmix Gallery
If you use a standard system avatar, you can wear several texture layers to customize your skin and add tattoos and clothing layers. To save processing time and provide everyone on any system the same view of your appearance, those textures are “baked” by a server into a single combined texture. Previously if you wanted to use a custom mesh body part and do the same kind of customization, the body part would need its own texturing system. In addition, you would usually need to apply an “alpha” wearable to the underlying standard avatar body part to hide it so that it doesn’t interfere with your mesh part. With bakes on mesh, you can apply any system skins and other layers to your avatar (you don’t need or want the alpha layer), and then tell the viewer to apply the resulting baked texture to your mesh body part. The underlying system avatar part is hidden for you automatically so the alpha wearable is not required.
Well, I don’t know why several tutorials make it so sophisticated, because it’s easy to use. Follow this simple step-by-step tutorial:
First, find a skin, a tattoo, a make-up, and so on that you like, that is BOM. You can recognize if it’s BOM observing with attention the image on the vendor: if you read, there’s also the BOM version of the item you’re on the way.
Second, detach your alpha mask. Let’s say you want to wear a new BOM skin: be sure the skin is just for the head or for all body (head and body). If you have a complete skin, you need to detach the alpha for the head and the body. Instead, if you have the skin just for your head, you need to detach the alpha for your head and keep the alpha for your body.
Third, wear your skin.
Fourth, activate the BOM of your head/body (it depends if you have a full skin or just a head skin).
Maitreya BOMLelutka BOM
That’s all.
It’s obvious that if you have bought a head skin (like, for example, Glam Affair’s ones), you need to use the applier for your mesh body and also to use the alpha mask for your body.
Glam Affair fits perfectly with the default Maitreya skin tone, so if you have Maitreya mesh body, you’re on the way.
⚠️ Warning! If you are distracted by my Italian accent, try to be familiar with the instruction above before watching the video. The video adds some critical information, but the teaching above is enough to correctly use the BOM system.
I am very glad to introduce Violet Boa, like the new Virtuality head of the artistic sector. Violet is well-known as a promoter in the arts. I think she is the right person to curate the art section of my blog, and I’m thrilled to read her posts in the near future.
She introduces herself:
My expertise and interests Extensive experience with PR promotion via social media, web, and online streaming. Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Mixcloud in excess of 7 million online users, ranging from music, media, and art performers and promotions, dealing with radio station promotion and recognized artist promotion and event PR.
I carry this experience and passion into my second life, to promote and encourage artistic works here, widely connected in the beautiful and imaginative SL art world, aiming to develop and expand. Currently pursuing personal and professional qualifications in my real life, yet as a creative and supportive person loving to devote my time and energy to match the flair and beauty of the Second Life Art scene.
My love for Art reflects my passion for life. Smart enough to be witty, self-effacing enough to laugh, open enough to listen. Experienced enough to have a say.
I work 24/7 and always stay positive, but I got zero tolerance for; arrogance, disrespect, racism, vulgarity & abuse in any form.
Your good attitude will open the *doors * those will stay open only if your positive attitude is a habit.
I had fun creating Martina‘s shape. Martina is an imaginary female character. She has an elegant form, and it is designed to be realistic in the photos.
The head is by Genus Project (Normal) and the body is by Maitreya.
My customization doesn’t include BOM activation: the skin of the head is Glam Affair and fits perfectly with Maitreya’s nuances, so there is no extra cost.
When you wear your Genus Project’s mesh head if you realize that the HUD doesn’t seem to work, remember to activate all levels (from the HUD itself). Sometimes they are disabled by default.
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