A Different Kind of A'Peel

Peel slowly and see.

Secondlife allows for creative souls to bring their art to life in a 3D medium, and that is exactly what the artist behind Zibska does. Being an artist myself, I completely adore what she creates, including the design of her store building. Recently she had a call for editorial photographers to work with her creations and I felt honored that I was one of the chosen! One of the first designs I laid my eyes on was this dress and it immediately inspired me. When I first laid my eyes on it, it felt familiar for some reason I couldn't quite put my finger on. To my pleasant surprise, I found out that the inspiration behind it was Andy Warhol's cover for the Velvet Underground's first release! So naturally I had pulled out the first two discs of my box set to listen to while I was styling and setting up for the photo.

Now for the credits.
Hair: *Argrace* - Haruka - Midnight
Skin: Retired ::JOLI:: skin.
Eyes: {Dead Apples} - Broken Glass - Coffee
Makeup: +Nuuna+ - Zion 2 - Yellow
Lipstick: -Glam Affair- - Leah Lipstick 22
Outfit: Zibska - Warhol Inspired Peel
Hands: Slink - Female Mesh Hands - Mouse
Feet: Slink - Female Mesh Feet - High
Pose: *PosESioN* - Wicca 10
Location: Art by Lars Underby

An Essence of Magick

Look around, open your eyes, and the magick all around us will be reveal to you!

This post initially was inspired by the beautiful jewelry of Keystone. The creator makes some beautifully crafted, 100% original mesh jewelry that makes my fantasy side sing in delight. I sat for a while unsure of how I would style it, but looking at cStar Limited's shelves, I picked up a skin that I positively fell in love with. With hair from Moon {hair}, eyes from Clemm, and a dress from Sn@tch, I was set and ready to go with one thought in my head-- Purple. So with that inspiration, I posed up at one of my favorite locations. Something however was... just missing. It wasn't until my friend Degra's picture popped up in my Flickr feed that I remembered: ELF EARS! (Degra makes so many ears, noses, and other neat stuff!) I grabbed a pair he made, popped them on, colored them, and was good to go. The shutters of my camera sounded and here we are.

Now for the credits:
Photographer/Model: Kaylith Zeurra
Hair: MOON {Hair} - Mirror Mirror (FREE)
Skin: cStar Limited - Anise - Plum - Unicorn Ash
Eyes: Clemmm - Scoped Eyes - Fuschia
Lashes: cStar Limited - Drag Lashes - Pure Black
Ears: The Prop Shop - Tintable Knife Elf Ears
Jewelry: .Keystone. - Anike Jewelry - Silver
Dress: Sn@tch - Spellcraft Gown - Black
Pose: *PosESioN* - Fetish 10
Hands: Slink - Female Mesh Hands - Casual

Still Waters

The waters remain still, but within do they run so deep. All color fades as the waters over-take, and she reaches out. To take her hand are you strong enough to pull her from the choking tourniquet depths, or will you too, be pulled in?
This one was another piece based on emotion. It comes from a strong mix, between the heavy mourning I'm in and the stresses that have been being flung at me in the real world. There's been a huge feeling of being stuck, being pulled in and something trying to drown me like a moth in water. But in reaching out, someone has taken my hand and has been pulling me out of it. Anyways, I played a lot with photoshop techniques and I hope you like it. This was overall fun to make and really helped relieve a lot of stress in the process.

Now for the Credits:
Hair: [LeLutka] - VENT Hair - Metal
Skin: cStar Limited - Winter Doll - Marble
Eyes: Clemmm - Paillo Eyes
Make-up 1: Clemmm - Paillo Eyes
Make-up 2: Clemmm - Hollow Mind
Make-up 3: cStar - Lips 092 - Matte
Antennae: Lovely Alien - Moth Antennae
Pose: . Presence . - Grazia - 004