Caitlin Tobias Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 ...., perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?” ~Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! I got introduced to Discworld by my friend Ratt and became a fan. Today Sir Terry Pratchett left our world, a wonderful author of fantasy, his books inspired me to do fantasy pictures in SL (although they do not depict any of his works). A loss yes, but there will always be his stories ! Do you have an author, artist, singer, movie or whatever that inspired you to do something with it in Second Life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Geraln Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The Colour of Magic was one of the first books I read by choice (rather than from school)... I shall raise a glass to a great author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Tobias Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Emma Geraln wrote: The Colour of Magic was one of the first books I read by choice (rather than from school)... I shall raise a glass to a great author. Me too! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Levenque Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I mourn the passing of Terry Pratchett also. Interesting subject. I would guess a great many people have done things in SL that were inspired by their readings elsewhere, even if it was nothing more than wearing an avatar/outfit that was designed with a fictional character in mind. I like the way Second Life lets us do things like that. In a way quite a bit less creative than yours (as evidenced by that picture) I have done things in SL inspired by, in my case, mostly books. I once did, or started, a sort of photo-story thread on the Forum and drew most of my own contributions from all the espionage fiction I'd devoured when I was younger. I think I managed to drag ideas or scenarios from every single author I'd ever read in there. I even used some television material, giving my character an attitude like this guy's: Straight ahead, all the time. Edited because I forgot to include the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Tobias Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Dillon Levenque wrote: I mourn the passing of Terry Pratchett also. Interesting subject. I would guess a great many people have done things in SL that were inspired by their readings elsewhere, even if it was nothing more than wearing an avatar/outfit that was designed with a fictional character in mind. I like the way Second Life lets us do things like that. In a way quite a bit less creative than yours (as evidenced by that picture) I have done things in SL inspired by, in my case, mostly books. I once did, or started, a sort of photo-story thread on the Forum and drew most of my own contributions from all the espionage fiction I'd devoured when I was younger. I think I managed to drag ideas or scenarios from every single author I'd ever read in there. I even used some television material, giving my character an attitude like this guy's: Straight ahead, all the time. Edited because I forgot to include the picture. I , too, think lots of people get inspired by the things they love, be it books, music or anything - which makes sense because obviously you enjoy those! Personally I use a lot of songs and music when I make pictures in SL - except for my landscape images and photo's of art installations I visit - and lately I found I really like the Fantasy-like pics. Yes, because of the books I read but of course also because it is so easy nowadays in SL to get wonderful fantasy clothing and accessoires. For those pics, the fantasy ones, I also learned myself some postprocessing - also something I never did, it makes no sense to post-process or Photoshop a landscape for a showcase, it would not be fair - and found I love to play with those softwares as well. Half the fun of a pic for me is the post-processing which happens outside of SL . I often get inspired by youtube-clips and find it a fun pasttime to try to recreate the looks of artists or depict the feeling of a song or a quote, not always a success but that's fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Caitlin Tobias wrote: I often get inspired by youtube-clips and find it a fun pasttime to try to recreate the looks of artists or depict the feeling of a song or a quote, not always a success but that's fine! That sounds like an idea for a continuing thread, along the lines of "Challenge Caity". How about this as inspiration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Tobias Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 LlazarusLlong wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: I often get inspired by youtube-clips and find it a fun pasttime to try to recreate the looks of artists or depict the feeling of a song or a quote, not always a success but that's fine! That sounds like an idea for a continuing thread, along the lines of "Challenge Caity". How about this as inspiration? Consider it a challenge accepted and I will give you the link, or post a pic in here, when I've done it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlazarusLlong Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Caitlin Tobias wrote: Consider it a challenge accepted and I will give you the link, or post a pic in here, when I've done it! Excellent! I shall be extremely interested to see what your focus will be; there are so many emotionally evocative elements of the song and video that I would find it difficult to predict what might affect your muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Tobias Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 LlazarusLlong wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: Consider it a challenge accepted and I will give you the link, or post a pic in here, when I've done it! Excellent! I shall be extremely interested to see what your focus will be; there are so many emotionally evocative elements of the song and video that I would find it difficult to predict what might affect your muse. Well, thanks to my ever patient Male Alt (aka: Malt), here you go: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/A-song-in-a-picture/td-p/2913807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Torvalar Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Caitlin Tobias wrote: LlazarusLlong wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: Consider it a challenge accepted and I will give you the link, or post a pic in here, when I've done it! Excellent! I shall be extremely interested to see what your focus will be; there are so many emotionally evocative elements of the song and video that I would find it difficult to predict what might affect your muse. Well, thanks to my ever patient Male Alt (aka: Malt), here you go: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/A-song-in-a-picture/td-p/2913807 Good thing you missed the gas pumps and hit him instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Tobias Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Derek Torvalar wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: LlazarusLlong wrote: Caitlin Tobias wrote: Consider it a challenge accepted and I will give you the link, or post a pic in here, when I've done it! Excellent! I shall be extremely interested to see what your focus will be; there are so many emotionally evocative elements of the song and video that I would find it difficult to predict what might affect your muse. Well, thanks to my ever patient Male Alt (aka: Malt), here you go: https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/A-song-in-a-picture/td-p/2913807 Good thing you missed the gas pumps and hit him instead. Be glad I used my alt and did not run YOU over with my car for a pic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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