Day 82: Trendy in the Louvre
Welcome to the Second Louvre Museum in Second Life! This giant museum houses an impressive collection of art pieces, ranging from prim sculptures to drawings to paintings to photographs.
How big is the Second Louvre? Well, I took this pix from a hill in the next sim and I still could not fit the whole museum into the shot! But its not the size that matters, its the contents!
As soon as you enter, you are greeted by a giant statue by the famous prim sculpter Starax. Then there are just more and more wonders everywhere you look. 
The first floor is dedicated to sculptures. You really have to see some of these works to see what can be done with prims (and some scripting)! 
The second and third floors house the drawings, paintings, and photographs. There is such a large collection that Im going have to come back to see it all! (Heehee I partied a little too hard this evening...so I better get some sleep soon! :) ).
Had I known about the Second Louvre Museum, I would have come here sooner! I cant say enough good things about this place. And Im excited to know that there are many gems like this waiting for me to discover! :)
To come to the Second Louvre Museum, click on the Search button at the bottom of your screen, select the Places tab, and enter "louvre museum" as the keyword. Here is the SLURL: Tompson (153,97,100).
OK, I admit that this trendy outfit is better suited for clubbing than browsing through a museum. (Hmmm...should I do a dance club review?)
Although it doesnt look like it, this was a challenging outfits!
The top consists of a shirt (with some slits at the bottom). These slits are basically dark or black areas in the Alpha Channel.
On top of the shirt is a jacket with a solid strip on top and one on the bottom. There is a 60% transparent area in the middle (with a pattern to make it more interesting looking). So the jacket is mostly see-through, giving a view of the shirt with slits underneath.
The skirt is based on the SL skirt with a black strip on top, a solid violet strip in the middle, and a violet lace strip peeking out the bottom. The lace strip was created using a lace Pattern Brush in Photoshop. Pattern Brushes enable you to repeat a pattern as you draw in Photoshop. In this case, I added 1 strip of lace at the bottom of the skirt. Then, you need to create an Alpha Channel with the lace in mind (make sure you selected the lace, and that it shows up in the Alpha Channel).
If you look at the skirt panels carefully, you will notice that the panels end in a "V" shape with a point at the bottom. Since flexi-prims only support cylinders and boxes, theres no easy way to do this except to use transparency. The skirt panels are based on the Small Town Girl skirt. The different is that the texture files for the panels contain transparent areas to make it look like a panel ends at a point.
Remember the Chaos Skirt from Day 67? I figured out how to make transparent skirt panels behave. So I applied the lessons here. The main lesson is that panels containing transparent areas should not overlap, or this will drive your screen (and other people's screens) crazy.
I loved this one display! I dont know what the official name is, but I called it, "Evolution of the Prim". Im at the end, get it? ;P
10 comments:
I'm a SL newbie (only two days in) but thanks to reading your wonderful blog I feel like an expert already. I even managed to make a skirt using your instructions... although it's not very good! Thanks for writing so fully about your experiences - it's a great help and very interesting too. :) Your Louvre outfit is lovely!
Where on earth do you find the time to make those beautiful outfits AND write your travelogue?
I visit your shop every day, hoping to see those boots up for sale. :)
You find the most amazing places in SL! What i find sad, though, is that the popular places are deathly crowded, but beautiful places like these go unnoticed for the most part.
Or is it just because I'm new?
Again: this outfit is really hot, especially the skrit part.
Plus: you forgot to mention all the guys making passes at you! :-)
Laverne, welcome to SL! And congrats on making a skirt in 2 days! My goodness, I was still trying to figure out how to open boxes on my 2nd day :) I can tell you are going to be a great builder soon!
Johanna, I am spending most of my time making outfits, so have little left over for the store. But I do want to get those boots and a couple more outfits out there! Thanks for coming by! :)
Seohee, you are so right about great places being ignored. It seems only the clubs, casinos, and "romance" places get all the hits. But enjoy the Second Louvre: it is such a wonderful place!
Heehee Lauralee, thanks. I think that guy was just bored sitting in his camp chair :P
Just perusing the blog archives, Natalia. Wonderfully helpful advice.
Re: Flexi prims. I am no expert, as I only just made my first flexi skirt yesterday, but you can get pointy ends with prims. Create a square, taper it, squash it and change it into a cylinder. And don't forget the prim will flex from the BOTTOM of the Z axis--so if you want a flare at the bottom, use a negative taper.
(I think you your look,, however, you would still need to use alpha channels)
Virrginia, actually, thats a great suggestion! I get so used to doing things one way, sometimes I stop thinking about a diff way to do things! :)
I typically use the taper at the top of the panels. But I think with a little care in placement, I can stop tapering at the top, which means I can put the taper at the bottom then! That would eliminate the need to use transparency, which makes things SO much easier (and can be used for other effects)! Ill definitely give that a try and let you know how it turns out :)
We thought you would be certainly interested in our last article on e-artcasting titled "Wish List for Art Museums in Second Life."
Lamusediffuse, thanks for the link! I will definitely check it out :)
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