Bah humbug and the end of one hell of a year

 Well, 2020 is almost done. Not going to lie, I've been extremely envious of people in other countries who really haven't had to deal with the weird, BizzaroWorld situation that is the US of A. Or the bible belt for that matter, or Oklahoma. 

As a person who comes from an area that's -Extremely- diverse, this last 4 years has been a really big eye opener and not very pleasant. I would welcome a return to some sort of rational thinking and hopefully some changes for the better. I feel quite caged here because I can't tell these terrible people, how truly terrible I think they are. Because they have a whole arsenal and they're violent. Made more so by their cult like madness. 

 

Sure, some of you might think I'm being a little bit broad in this stroke, that it might be a bit of exaggeration. I really wish it were. I really, really do. 

The year is ending on a hopeful note. I've made some wonderful friends who believe in me, my relationship is still intact, we're doing well emotionally. Which sadly I can't say for a lot of people who don't know how to talk to each other or deal with each other on a daily basis, with nothing else in between.  Ani's mother had to have surgery a few weeks ago, out of state because there were no hospitals in the entire state that could house her. (She needs an ICU when she does go, and this time was especially important) His dad had surprise pancreatitis while she was in the hospital and he too spent a week in care, (They're both fine thankfully), which was a little more scary because he was housed locally and while they're telling everyone on the news that everything is fine, nothing to see here, Every floor had doors decorated with little dots indicating whether they were containing covid19 positive patients or not. There were more that were positive than there weren't. Which is scary considering how many people in my small, rural county don't think it's a big deal. It's unpleasant to be in a place where wearing a mask is completely ostracized and sometimes almost violently responded to in the grocery aisle. I've been cursed at, coughed at and had way more close brushes when simply grabbing an item off the shelf than I'd like to remember. Having reliable grocery pickup options would be wonderful.

We are still saving for moving to somewhere more in line with our own moral ideals and possibly a little bit more sane.. Despite all the ugliness that's been exposed this year, despite how awful people are to each other. There's some hope. We just need to care about each other. We need to think outside of our own personal bubble about the affect we have on others. We need to try to care enough about someone else, with no thought of personal gain, so that maybe 2021 can begin to look up.  

 

I was going to do a holiday scene, but it just didn't feel right. This felt more appropriate for me. Iwanted some way to show off the Lilly gift head from LeLUTKA and I think this does it nicely. Not a single HD layer was used. I wanted to show how well it could work with just BOM and the materials on the HD maps. Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate this season. And here's to hope for a better year this next go round. 

Love each other, care about one another;

and remember, always make a copy.

♥ Lumi

LeLutka Evolution is updating to 2.5 boundless! Oh MY!

 So! A couple of days ago, LeLutka officially launched their Boundless updates and Ooooh boy, this one was a BIG ONE!

I know many of you are asking 'What's boundless mean? What's bound mean?' Lemme tell you!

Boundless is the term LeLutka is using to explain their heads use the shape sliders to their fullest. It means that you can make just about anything, and you can actually start off with a default NEW SL shape (right click an inventory folder> New body part> New shape). 

Bound is the term LeLutka is using for the heads that have a more set shape, (before Fleur head released)

All heads made before Fleur were updated to Boundless, so there's going to be a lot of growing pains for shape makers and people who purchase their shapes. Anything made from Fleur and on is already Boundless and only needs very minor tweaks to shapes, if you wish. 

'But why do I have to tweak my shape at all?!' you exclaim. Well, this is because the original animation sets we all know and love were remastered, and there had to be some slight compromise with the head mesh movement so that animations were still recognizable as what they were. Every effort possible was made to keep the integrity of both head mesh and animation so this could be made possible. This also paves the way for Origins heads to get all these great updates in the future too. 

***LeLutka was thoughtful, and has packaged heads inside a box called DATED (at the top of your folders for the pre-fleur heads) that have the 2.0 rigging with all the 2.5 goodies! They work unbelievably hard to make everyone happy so please be sure to read all included information. There's always someone to lend a hand either in the group chat (when it works, or the discord. (Join here!)

The HUDs got a whole new workover and are now a blend of Origin's informative style and Evolution's minimalist style and can now be resized and has a light/dark mode (available in the settings tab). I 'm not going to get into the HUD. There's lots of informative HUD videos out there and I do recommend any of those. THIS is a particularly good one. As well as THIS one. The second is a link to Facebook video. 

What I wanted to do, was show off the ability to get as close as I could with the shapes in the pre-Boundless heads, and the changes in the current Boundless heads. Just to see if I could, and show everyone else that it's quite possible to do so.

Remember, these are my own personal shapes, and some were already stretching the shapes to their limits. So I came upon some walls while reshaping the 2.5 heads. The only real stinker was Lake, but she's sassy anyway and I love her for it. 

Let's get started, shall we? ♥

I didn't have too much trouble with Erin, but you can see some differences in her nose and jaw.

2.0

2.5 Retweaked

 Nova. Always so sweet. Again, the subtle nose differences, slight difference in the jaw line and eyes. Not too much here. I was able to rescue my shape and recreate it easily.

Nova 2.0

Nova 2.5 Retweaked

Lake, Lake, Lake. My lovely, troublesome Lake. I had to start from default to recreate her. I lost the pixie nose, and the jaw didn't want to make that classic heart shape, and the rounder eyes didn't want to happen, but I still love how close I was able to get to the original shape. 

Why yes, I am wearing the same skin base in Nova and Lake and Fleur, they do pretty well!

Lake 2.0

Lake 2.5 Recreated

Nuri is beautiful, I struggled a little to recreate the lips, but I got pretty close! 

Nuri 2.0

Nuri 2.5 Retweaked

**BOUNDLESS**

No 2.5 shapes have been tweaked beyond this point. (Meaning these are my 2.0 shapes, on the 2.5 heads with no changes.) Fleur and on were released new with the Boundless rigging so I'd like to feature the subtle differences.

Fleur did not change too terribly much, I think I like the 2.5 updates more.

2.0

2.5

Ryn got some slight changes too. Probably tweak it some to get her lips back.

2.0

2.5

And finally River, one of my personal SUPER favorites. She got a lot of changes, not all which I can show you because I don't own any male bodies. But she DID get a male neck update, so how cool is that! You can see the eye differences, and the lips are slightly different but it's nothing crazy.

So there you have it. All my shapes reproduced for the Boundless updates, and how they look on the updated Boundless heads. Lake took me 2 and a half days to recreate, just because I was being stubborn and trying to use my personal shape to do so. 

It is possible! Remember to always make a copy before making changes!

Lumi~♥

Resurrection

 It's been a while since I've blogged. But I wanted to share my absolute love of the androgynous Lelutka River head with those of you who read my little thoughts and rambles. 

It's awesome, there's a chin cleft and the features are absolutely intense without being overbearing. I've been playing with shaping the head, seeing what I can do with it and it really is capable of looking quite masculine or very bony feminine. There's a 2.5 update in the works, very soon and of course I'll have to tweak the slider features a little, but it's a 'Boundless' update that'll be coming and that means even more shape slider movement! I'm so excited I can hardly wait.

This feature I'm doing is a little more macabre, (Which is a style I love) and takes advantage of the Legacy body's ability to be transparent. GHOUL made some very lovely skeleton pieces that fit inside your body and it's very, very easy when using the BOM feature to get this effect! Now if we can get an emissive masking ability in one of the layers I'll be in heaven! Not much else is being worn aside from some sci fi pieces from SOLE (I love that place) a cute little hair from MOON and body augments from Ego&Aii and ears from Sweet Thing

I hope you enjoy what I came up with! <3

Skin BOM:       Enfer Sombre - Akasha (Albino tone)

              Enfer Sombre - Akasha brows

Makeup BOM:     Booty's Beauty shadows

                 Izzie's Shadows

               Lillith Tattoos

          BUS - eyes

 

 

Lelutka: Ryn

 I absolutely adore Ryn, she's part of the 'boundless' series of the new Lelutka Evolution heads and holy crow can she use those sliders. I've been playing with making shapes for her and these two I like the most. I love just how vastly different she can look. 

Unfortunately the HD makeup I can't remember exactly which it is, it's been a couple of weeks since I made the first avatar, but it's definitely Booty's Beauty. I like how subtle, yet bold her stuff can look.

Remember, with Lelutka Evolution and a legacy body, make sure you use the (SL) version of the head so the neck fits seamlessly, as you can see here. These are raw shots, straight from Firestorm using Gyazo. I don't use ultra lighting, my computer would explode. But I do use a med/high setting with some tweaks and Advanced lighting. I amp it up for taking glamour shots like this. My windlight is Creepy Pyri in this case.

Take care of each other, ♥

Skin:       Enfer Sombre - Ume

Makeup: Booty's Beauty shadows

                    Izzie's gloom shadow

                    Booty's Beauty lippy

Skin:      Enfer Sombre - Ume

Makeup: Izzie's Eyebags

                    Alaskametro Duochrome Shadow

                   ThisIsWrong Animatronix Tattoo

                   Izzie's Dimples

                   Ottilie Dolly Lipstick  

Summer

It's me again. Been a little silent. I didn't want to post a bunch of stressful fears and things in my blog. It's still not any better, and I still don't want to discuss it on any platform.

I feel like I'm hiding from the world because of where I currently live. People here are so toxic, and the behavior has just gotten more monstrous since the pandemic started. It's really awful to find out how terrible some people are.

But, anyway, that's not what this is for. It's for me posting things that make me smile, informative to others, to help.

But I'm not feeling any of that these last few months. So I just wanted to say, welcome summer, do your worst. 

💗 But in the meantime, have a pretty summer beach picture.💗

Attachments

LeLUTKA Head Nuri 1.2

Swallow Elf ears HD
Soul: Horns Geit (BOM enabled)

DOUX hair: Cotton

 Maitreya Lara 5.2

Dress by Evani
Shoes/Stockings by N-Core

SKIN (BoM)

Enfer Sombre* Elena - Porcelain

Enfer Sombre* Porcelain V7 {S}[R] Omega

System Layers (BoM) 

 Izzie's - Heart mole (chest and collarbone)
Izzie's Lelutka Eyebags
Izzie's Bikini tan lines
Izzie's Body moles 
Izzie's Freckles (body and face)
Alaskametro Emma Brows

 Appliers

Booty's Beauty Mattitude HD for Lelutka Evolution
Booty's Beauty Nox HD Eyeshadow For Lelutka Evolution

OKKBYE Birdy Lashes (lelutka)

Be beautiful, experiment wildly and without fear. And always remember, Make a copy!
Please stay healthy
Much love, Lumi 

And now, for something completely different ...

Boredom, chaos, fear of the unknown, interrupted plans, more boredom. What is there to do when there's nothing else to do? Well, more NOTHING! Of course!


No, not quite. So, with everything that's going on, and the frustration that I was incapable of making much of a difference besides what I, myself can control; it's not a small thing to say that I was letting my own obsession with the pandemic get out of hand. Where I live, no one has really taken it seriously until the last couple of weeks and with the whole idea that people here -think- they're immune because it's not a city is starting to fall away. But not before it's already started to get bad.

So in an effort to break my bad habits I've gotten into this last couple of months. I wanted, needed to do something else. So, I got it in my head to create an activity that others could enjoy. I don't have much and it's nothing fancy. Certainly not to the level that others have been able to contribute to the whole #stayhome movement in SL. But it's made me feel better. I enlisted the help of an able scripter, and even my boyfriend/SL partner pitched in with the textures!

Now it's all set up and ready to go, and I wanted to give those random visitors to my blog a chance to come and enjoy something outside of what they usually do. No club scene, no manic shopping at events. Just peaceful nature at my home, and exploration and hunting ...

EGGS! 

A completed basket!

 Yes, I'm serious. Eggs. I have 30 colorful, whimsical eggs to be found within the courtyard and back gardens of my parcel. I can't go absolutely crazy; but the odd visitor I have will hopefully find some enjoyment in it.When you arrive, have a quick glance around the courtyard and you'll see where to pick up your hunt kit. Read through the provided information and have fun!

Since this is my home, I do ask that any visitors treat, and respect my home as you would your own. I really would hate to eject anyone. Let's get through this safely, and healthy and with a bit of compassion and care for one another in this very scary, very unusual year. 

Oh! And please, send me pictures if you did do the hunt. I'd love to show them off on my Flickr!

Now, who's ready for some eggs ♥

Taxi: Luminarios Divide 

Be beautiful, experiment wildly and without fear. And always remember, Make a copy!
Much love, Lumi 

A Fae's Life

Nothing special, just a quiet, rainy day and playing with some stuff from the Saturday Sale this weekend

SKIN (BoM)

Enfer Sombre* Elena - Porcelain

Enfer Sombre* Albino V.6 Chubby A - Slink

System Layers (BoM) 

 UniCult Flurry Eye Makeup - Purple
UniCult Cozy Freckles - 1 Blush w/Shine Lt
MeshMafia - Good Girl Lip Tattoo
IDTTY Body Shop - Love Hurts -Faded
Half-Deer Keyhole Tattoo (chest)

MILA All over Freckles Light 30%
AlaskaMetro #OnFleek Eyebrows

 Appliers

Booty's Beauty Stormy Eyes Omega Applier

OKKBYE Birdy Lashes (lelutka)

Attachments

LeLUTKA Head Lake 1.1

E.A Studio VooDoo Ears

Soul Moth Antenae (bento)

Magika Hair - Nina

RHUDE Infinity Nose Ring

Little Fish Brow rings - Lelutka (setting 5)

 Slink Hourglass Redux

Slink Hourglass Petite Augment Redux

Be beautiful, experiment wildly and without fear. And always remember, Make a copy!
Much love, Lumi