Claim the Fame, Round 2, Darkness

I have never been a huge fan of voice on SL and had never bothered to set it up. I am not much of a talker in RL….and i saw no reason to taint SL with small talk. Then came the “Claim the Fame”  TV show.  Being mute on TV is boring and I was going to want to talk about my designs…..so off i went into the unsettling world of mics and Skype.  Let me tell you,  trying to remember what sound level to have turned up, what  slider to have turned down, what button to push and what button not to push and recall all that while trying to walk onto a stage AND say something that did not make me sound like an utter nutball was all i was able to manage. I was to busy juggling technology to be  nervous about what the judges would say about my designs.

The Judges are Arisia Ashmoot,Tatanka Kaligawa and Wicca Merlin, three well known names in the SL fashion World, and they had things to say about my designs….wonderful things. Things like “This was what i hoped to see” and “Clothing that you can’t find in every shop” Whoo hoo!  I do like good reviews. I know I was able to toggle the various technologies  well enough to babble a surprised “Thank you” at the judges…but wow….what a rush. I was feeling pretty sure that I was not going to be one of the two contestants that were going to be voted off….and…I wasn’t. Ms Wicca did an astounding photo of my outfits after the show.

You can see the show here in full moving color.. Claim the Fame on Metaverse!

Off I go into round two and this time the theme is DARKNESS. Think Goth, vampires, creatures of the night. I was thilled. I Love that kinda stuff. Almost at once the female Idea came to me. (With a little inspiration from Kimmera, thanks Mom!) I was ready to get things moving.

Little did I know what was ahead. This was going to be a whole new battle with technology. First was the day when one of my SL views would not allow me to upload textures, and the other one would not let me see temp. textures.  Turns out that was an all day glitch with Second life that many people were having, but it was a set back.

Then….i got a computer virus. Ever try to draw with new windows popping up ever 30 seconds? Its very distracting and not in the good fun way that Mozart was last week.  Between Computer hassles and RL work, i managed to just barely finish the outfits before showtime. The female outfit is decidedly hot…..and i can hardly believe I made this.

The guys outfit turned out alright but there is more I would have liked to have done. Still….not a bad effort. We shall see what the judges have to say tonight. Both of these designs will be for sale at the Brocade Tiger Main Store later this week.

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