!MUSA! AT GACHA GARDEN

The Gacha Garden is open for August! For those that don't know, this is, in my opinion, one of the best gacha events in Second Life. Not only are there great creators of fantastical things, but each creator has a special gift, a Seed of Inspiration, that they bestow upon the players for every 20 plays on the creator's gacha machine. These are exclusive gifts and will never be available after each round of Gacha Garden ends.

!Musa! always has something wonderful, and this time is no different! This time, you are treated to the Mermaid Gacha. There are eight different colorful, fish-inspired makeups to be won, floating gem and mertail earrings in silver and gold, and rare floating gem and mertail pendants in silver and gold. These are very special, animated pieces that float and waver with life as you wear them. The makeups are for classic avatars and also have an Omega applier.

!Musa!'s special Seed of Inspiration gift is a truly amazing Metalic Mermaid Tail that comes with a color-change HUD to choose either silver or gold to match the jewelry pieces! This special tail comes with fits for classic avatars, Maitreya avatars, and Slink avatars. I absolutely love it on my new Maitreya body! Here, you can see me wearing the gold tail.

Here, you can better see the floating pendant and earring set. I am wearing the Mermaid Anemone Fish eyeshadow. This lovely shadow has delicate, blended bands that resemble the brightly-colored anemone fish.

Here is the gacha key so you can see all the lovely pieces to be won.

And, finally, the fantastic Seed of Inspiration gift that !Musa! has for the players, the Metalic Mermaid Tail!

The Gacha Garden has many wonderful things for you to try your luck at, plus the special, exclusive, never-to-be-see-again Seeds of Inspiration gift offered by each designer.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Gacha%20Garden/127/224/21


MUSA! MERMAID GACHA AT GACHA GARDEN
MUSA MAIN STORE: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G%20Field/76/120/24

!Musa! Mertail Earrings Gold
!Musa! Mertail Pendant Gold
!Musa! Metalic MermaidTail (Maitreya) (GOLD)

!Musa! Eyeshadow Mermaid Anemone Fish



ALSO USED

TOP BY ZENITH: =Zenith=Siren Mermaid Bra Top (Yellow) Maitreya
(PURCHASED AT JULY SEASONS STORY)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Orchid/40/191/22


LIPSTICKS

GUGU DADA: GZ_Lips_Kumera
MARKETPLACE: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/56037

TOXXIC PANDORA: ::Toxxic:: Carnival Stains- Lemon
MARKETEPLACE: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/41081



HAIR BY TABLEAU VIVANT: Tableau Vivant \\ Editorial - Underwater - Funky
(FROM EDITORIAL HAIR GACHA, IN THE STORE)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beauty%20Avatar%20couture/143/186/31



POSES BY POSESION
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Brimstone/49/61/22

FULL BODY: *PosESioN* The Mermaid 5
RECLINING: *PosESioN* Siren 5



RIDE-ABLE SEAHORSE BY DEVIOUMIND: !dM Seepferdchen "Treasure Hunter" **AQUAMARINE** (wear)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/deviousMind/74/92/33



BUBBLES BY: a. n. c. Ltd
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rigi/43/101/3799%EF%BB%BF



WINDLIGHT: FAIRY DARK BLUE (PAULINA)



ALWAYS WORN UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

BODY BY MAITREYA: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V3.5
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maitreya%20Isle/128/133/23

HANDS AND FEET BY SLINK
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Slink/59/123/25

Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands Casual
Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet

SKIN BY BELLEZA: -Belleza- Nina Pale 0 D
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belleza/72/214/22

EYES BY MAYFLY: Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Sea Green Shadow, w2)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayfly/44/225/562

EYELASHES BY MON CHERI: *MC* "Falsies" Eyelashes
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mon%20Cheri/128/49/22

VISIONAIRE INSTITUTE APPLICATION PHOTOGRAPHS

I blog. It's what I do. Laugh out loud. As a blogger, I am sharing the great creations of Second Life designers with the whole shopping world. Well, I also am a shopper, and when I go shopping, if the ads are too artful, to the point of not correctly representing the colors and shapes of the designs on display, I most often will not buy those items, and certainly never if there is no demo available so I can accurately look at the items as I would be using them.

Therefore, when I am representing designs to potential buyers in my blogs, I keep my photos straight-forward and simple, with very little in-world manipulation or post-photo editing, so the buyers can accurately see what they will be buying.

That does not mean that I don't have a fledgling creative side tucked away down in there, however! I have been wanting to take the Visionaire Institute photography course for some time. I recently attended a Photography for Models workshop conducted by Visionaire, and that really opened up my eyes to what I didn't know and was missing out on in my use of Second Life and Firestorm photography tools! Now, more than ever, I want to take the full Visionaire photography course so I can fully learn and take advantage of the photography tools at my disposal.

To apply, applicants must submit from three to five photographs taken by them. At least one of these photos must be RAW, meaning there is no post-photo processing work done on it. Well, that made my decision easy! I would submit some RAW photos and save myself some work!

Now, for the photo submissions for the Visionaire Institute application, I took the liberty of actually going out to take some "creative" photos using the tools I had learned about in the Visionaire workshop, since there certainly is not an abundance of creative photos lying around in my inventory! I chose three of those I took specifically for the Visionaire application to go along with one other photo I actually had in my inventory that I had done some creative work on previously.

Now, for the photos!

This first one is the one I had done some creative work on previously. I used it for the Models Magazine October Horror Challenge. I was one of the winners and was featured in the magazine.  I call it "Crow Queen." This photo was taken at the DarkDharma Haunted Manor and Haunted Forest sim.

The second Visionaire submission was taken on a sim I discovered while looking for a place to take blog photos. I call this one Mirrors. This, I did do a bit of post-photo work on. You can go to the Oniro sim here.

Next, I present Violin. This is one of the RAW pictures I chose for application. This is another sim I discovered while looking for locations for blogs, the Digital Art sim. This is one of my favorite sims in Second Life.

And, finally, my personal favorite, Scarecrow Dreams, also RAW. Here, you can catch a ride to the Ocho Tango sim where this was taken. It adjoins the Digital Art sim and you can wander from one to the other as you explore the amazing beauty on display.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and look at my photos!

Have a great day!