How I built my new deep water (grotto) Home!

[Feorie Frimon]

7 hours ago, Rabid Cheetah said:

Wait, so you're now my neighbor?

No - but you'll have some new neighbors soon.  The parcels are for sale now.

[Candide LeMay]

Well it's not deep water but I got a small parcel in Seoraksan next to the LL tunnel... maybe I can breed some giant crabs to attack it?

[Rabid Cheetah]

On 8/13/2021 at 2:57 PM, Candide LeMay said:

Well it's not deep water but I got a small parcel in Seoraksan next to the LL tunnel... maybe I can breed some giant crabs to attack it?

I'll have to check it out, neighbor!  🙂

[Alma Palmira]

Ahhhhh, the possibilities of a new year! I’m ready for my next building adventure so I am selling this wonderful deep water location. If you were inspired by my build, now is you chance to create one of your own!. land is Priced to sell. It doesn’t include my grotto, but I possibly could be convinced to throw it into the purchase price it needed? Let me know. 

[Chris Corvinus]

Wait....wouldnt living under SL water also change the whole environment? Like, the inside of your house would have that SL water feel so...you would be basically drowning lol

[Nando Yip]

On 09/08/2021 at 15:48, Alma Palmira said:

Cerca de um mês atrás, em outro tópico, lembrei-me de possuir uma gruta de águas profundas em que morei. Depois de pensar nisso, decidi que era hora de mudar e comprei um local de águas profundas para minha nova casa. Depois de compartilhar o processo de como eu o construí, foi sugerido que eu postasse nos fóruns da comunidade. Não é nada espetacular, mas para o bem ou para o mal, aqui está.

Primeiro passo: fiz um esboço em miniatura no meu iPad do que eu queria realizar. 

Passo 2: Comprei um terreno em águas profundas e o prim o esboçou para caber. Então salvei e importei para o Blender como um arquivo .dae. 

Passo 3: Parte da minha ideia era criar uma cúpula com uma sensação quase orgânica para o trabalho em treliça. Eu criei isso no Adobe Illustrator, salvei como um arquivo .SVG, importei para o Blender e usei o vetor como uma faca projetada cortada na minha cúpula. 

Passo 4: Criei um "pato cego" com base no meu esboço 3D do SL que corresponderia à localização e à textura do meu lote. 

Passo 5: Debaixo do "pato cego" integrei a gruta e a cúpula, bem como alguns acentos arquitetônicos. 

Passo 6: Eu texturizei a cúpula e iluminei dentro da gruta. 

Passo 7: Mobiliado e finalizado. Tive a sorte de ter 90% dos meus móveis em estoque, então os móveis foram rápidos. Eu fui com uma sensação eclética do Art Studio, que tinha algumas áreas de conversa e lugares para pendurar seleções do meu portfólio de ilustrações RL, bem como algumas pinturas que eu realmente gosto. 

Eu amo minha nova casa! Sinta-se à vontade para fazer perguntas ou visitar em World. (Localizado nas minhas escolhas no Perfil.) Nunca será realmente finalizado. Estarei constantemente brincando com coisas novas. Mas é ótimo estar isolado no fundo do mar!

Lindo trabalho!!!

[Prokofy Neva]

On 8/9/2021 at 2:48 PM, Alma Palmira said:

About a month ago on another thread I reminisced about owning a deep water grotto that I once lived in. After thinking about it, I decided it was time for a change and and purchased a deep water location for my new home. After sharing the process of how I built it, It was suggested that I post it in the community forums. It's really nothing spectacular, but for better or worse here it is.

Step one: I thumbnail sketched on my iPad what I roughly wanted to accomplish. 

Step 2: I purchased a deep water mainland plot and prim sketched it to fit. I then saved it and imported it into Blender as a .dae file. 

Step 3: Part of my Idea was to create a dome with a quasi-organic feel to the lattice work. I created this in Adobe Illustrator, saved as a .SVG file, imported it into Blender and used the vector as a projected knife cut onto my dome. 

Step 4: I created a "duck blind" based on my SL 3D sketch that would match my parcel location and texture. 

Step 5: Underneath the "duck blind" I integrated the grotto and dome as well as a few architectural accents. 

Step 6: I textured the dome and lit inside of the grotto. 

Step 7: Furnished and finished. I was lucky enough to have 90% of my furniture in inventory so furnishing it went quickly. I went with a eclectic Art Studio feel, that had a few conversation areas and places to hang up selections of my RL illustration portfolio as well as a few paintings that I really like. 

I love my new home! Feel free to ask questions or visit in World. (Located in my picks in Profile.)  It will never be really finished. I will constantly be diddling with new things. But it feels great to be secluded under the sea!

Wow, that is so impressive! And so well planned!