Single Frame Stories - Positive #2

you didn't think you'd get away without my bony friends this week, did you? ......

Negative can be pretty Positive

and this Single Frame Stories Challenge is a pretty Positive thing too ... LOVE IT ;-)))

and you can also have a look at the awesome Single Frame Stories Gallery (or group) on flickr ....

Single Frame Stories - Positive

Oh Bugger ... 2 posts in 1 day ... 

but that's one reason I love weekends ... plenty of time to do what I like ;-)

And today I was in the mood to try something I had seen on Goro Fujita's blog once and wanted to try it myself since then ...

... Light Painting ...

Now I'm not an expert and artist like Goro ... but I had a lot of fun in my darkened room ... waving with a little torch ... and trying to 'paint' my idea for this week's Single Frame Stories prompt

POSITIVE

'Be Positive' ... for my dear jaded friend ... I know it's easier said then done ... and I wish I knew how to help ... how to make my optimism contagious ... I'll keep on wrecking your nerves by telling it to you ;-)

I'm kinda trying to chase away the dark demons of depression by some positve lights ... looks like I cannot fully succeed ... but I'll keep waving my lil torch ....

For the final pic I chose is a collage of 2 of my light paintings ... edited in Gimp

Looks like a nice winter hobby ... when it's easier to  darken the room ... still a lot to be learned and I guess a litlle directing help would be fine too ... lol

so you will prolly get tortured with more pics like this one day ;-)

30 Days of Gratitude - 24

YaY ... I still got so many reasons to be grateful ... I I hardly find the time to post them ....

but one day ... one day ... I'll have all 30 posted ... promised ... lol

Today I pack several reasons for gratitude into one huge 

THANK YOU !!!!!!

YaY - the nice surprise ... and it really was a surprise that got me totally out of nowhere ... that my fav Hoochie kinda gave to me ...

I was kinda just a few minutes out of bed this morning ... had quickly prepared for my event ... and well ... dressed matching the Reefer Madness Event ... headed over to Sanctuary Rock where I was fighting my personal lag a bit, while enjoying the rest of the set of DJ Locke, a guest DJ that I loved to listen to in the beginning of my SL and SR days ... I perved around to check who I had missed greeting ... when I suddenly wondered where the heck my avi was ... I couldn't see any green hair on the dancfloor ... nor anyone who looked like me ... I saw Guen and UC and Locke and rainnlyn and quite a number of patrons ... and a grey bunny standing like a stupido near the place where I thought I would dance ...

wait ... why doesn't have that bunny a tag or a name on it ... why did I always see that stupid bunny with the ebil red eyes whenever I hit ESC ...?

Wait ... no ... please noooooooo ... that bunny was  ... ME !!!!

Now I gotta apologize  to Guen for not reacting when  she handed me the host tag ... I was desperately trying to get back into my real self ... while it dawned on me that I had been under the spell of the ebil Hoochie ... I had clicked a link she had sent quite some minutes ago (and I had wondered only for a sec why no browswer window had opened and blamed it on the lag ... lol)

Imdy ... me lubs you .. that was the most funny and strange thing I had when totally not expecting it ;-)

YaY - for the coolest club in Second Life .... Sanctuary Rock ;-)

- they made me feel quite old when they dedicated an event to me, cause I'm part of it for more than 4 years ... that's almost grandma in SL ... lol

it was the LOONY Avatar party ... such a matching theme ...  I simply had to go as burning matches ;-)

and look at that awesome huge smile that was UC ... and the tasty cup of coffee (or even tea) that was Guen ... and Santa Austin ... it was big fun ;-)))

-  we had an awesome week celebrating the 6th anniversary of Sanctuary Rock ... with guest hosts and guest DJs ... the Staff and VIP Auction (it was the expected disaster for me ... lol ... but YaY ... Lainey saved me) ... a DJ Battle (too bad I could only listen to those cool DJs for 1 hour before hugging my pillow) ... and a live band (unfortunately at a time where europeans like me usually sleep deep and happily)...

I think we will need a month celebrating the 10th anniversary in 4 years ;-)

*hugs*

Single Frame Stories - Grave Mistake

kk ... this week's pic for the Single Frame Stories was made in a bit of a hurry ... 

but that shouldn't be such a 'Grave Mistake' ... 

at least I managed to kinda build something like a graveyard on my sky platform and could add a quickly drawn background ...

and if the darn tax stuff doesn't kill me, maybe I can invest a lil more time into next week's theme ...

I'm already so curious what it will be ... 

and I must admit those bony guys/girls have grown on me ... so, as almost kind of family, they might enter a lot of my pics ... *grins*

what could be a grave mistake, might be the fact, that I volunteered for the Sanctuary Rock 'Staff & Vip Auction' tonight (ca. 5.00pm - 8.00pm SLT)... 

If I remember it correctly, the last SR-auction I was in, almost ended in a disaster, if Imdy hadn't rescued me ...

Well ... will see, if my offer ... to make the bidder rich and famous and everything in the movie business ...  will work  (*grins*) ...........................

Gosh ... I need a beer now ... or a tasty Cider ;-))

Single Frame Stories - Illumination - #2

kk ... this Single Frame Stories Challenge is causing quite a fuzz in my head ... 

pic after pic crosses my inner eye and want's to be released ... *grins*

So you get my second entry for the Challenge ...

no bony guy this time ;-) ... no SL-pic

Instead I grabbed a very soft pencil and tried to get the pic from my mind onto a blank postcard sized bit of paper ...

And while doing so, lots of stories came to my mind ... what happened before the pic ... what will be next ...

I might make a movie clip about it sooner or later ;-)

For now I had lots of fun drawing ;-)

The darkness of the original idea didn't come out as intended, but thnx to some very helpful tips from myfrench LoonAtic Dom (he really got an eye for such things)= some darkening/ shadows and such in Gimp, I'm quite happy with it ;-)

And from what I've seen so far ... this weeks entries (for 'illumination') are really impressing ... 

so ... check out the Single Frame Stories Gallery which will be published on Saturday ...

and I can hardly wait for the next prompt ;-)

Single Frame Stories - Illumination

Let There Be Light

My entry to this week's Single Frame Stories Challenge ... Illumination

yep ... looks like I got an addiction to skinny guys lately ... *grins* ...

blame it on my mood ... ;-)

There's still time till the deadline for this weeks prompt 'Illumination' (Friday Night) ...

so I might come up with another pic ...or maybe not ... who knows

PhotoHuntChallenge - Straight

yep ... looks like this could become a new addiction ;-)

I've been to the PhotoHunt again ... 

And besides the fun of taking pics ... I it's a great way for a lazy butt like me to visit great places.

This time the location was Memento Mori on chouchou ... and it had the WOW-Effect on me !!!

And the theme was 'Straight' ... perfect for the location ...

This time I put on my totally transparent avi ... to not stand in the way of anyone else, nor myself ... makes taking pics a bit easier ;-)

The toughest part of the hunt was deciding which pic to upload on the board, cause it's got to be 1 pic only ...

After quite a long discussion with my son (who had to give up his internet connection again), I decided for this one

but I had several more in the queue, for example these:

funny enough, some of the co challengers had the same views ... 

so in the end I was quite happy with my choice

there were well deserved winners in the end ... and I already marked next 

Monday 11.30am (SLT) / PhotoHunt Gallery

in my calender ... maybe I see you there?

52WOCC - #33 - Tyrian Purple

This was originally planned for one of the pinkish colours  in the first round of Luna's  52WOC Challenge ... 

but alas ... it took me more than a year to get it done ... lol
Anyway ... you're invited to join me ...

on the red ... erm ... tyrian purple ... carpet at the World Premiere of
 

The fROCK PRINCEsssssssss

Life is a fairy tale ... and frogs are to be kissed ... right? ... *grins* ...
My gorgeous actress Rudh joined me once more for a blockbuster ... full of romance and nature life as well as horror and sheer brutality ... and a touch of erotic .... ;-)
and this time I had narrative support from the fabulous UC  ;-) ...
THANX ... you all ROCK !!!!!!



There is Tyrian Purple in it, isn't it?

Single Frame Stories - Last Words

So I found a new challenge (how come I cannot resist such challenges despite a lack of time?) via Whiskey Shots' and Renoobed's Blog.

Single Frame Stories ... 1 picture + a given theme/phrase/word  = a story

This week's prompt is 'Last Words'

I had tons of ideas buzzing thru my pea brain ... 

but being in a bit of a bad mood ... I came out with this ...

'Come In'

kk ... maybe a bit on the darker side ... 

but hey ... I'm rather an optimist usually ... the sun outside does it's best to burn away the most darkening clouds ... and I think I can promise a much brighter post for sunday

oh ... and by the way ...

what could be your last words ?

My first PhotoHunt Challenge ;-)

YaY ... what cool stuff you can discover by reading blogs ;-)

I first saw it on Carrie Lexington's blog ... and later on  Renoobed's ...

and it looked interesting ... so I tried it too ...

The PhotoHunt Challenge ... 

Starting every Monday 11.30am (SLT) and Wednesday 6.00pm (SLT)

at the PhotoHunt Gallery

A nice little group had gathered at the gallery ... we got a Landmark and a theme ... and exactly 1 hour time ... to shoot pics and and upload our fav one ... without any additional editing

The theme was 'Tranquility' and the LM lead us to Worlds End Garden, a beautiful little spot with strange geometrical stuff ...

that made me log off imediately, kick my poor son off his internet-connection so I would have more bandwidth ... and then log back in ... and aaahhhh and ooohhhh ... finally things rezzed for me ;-)

As I had already lost quite some precious minutes ... I didn't hesitate much ... tried 3 views ... decided for the 4th ... and spend the rest of the hour playing with windlight, shaders, shadows and DoF ... and in what felt like no time at all ... the hour was gone and my hd filled with pics I couldn't decide which to upload ... I actually wasn't very happy with any of them ... 

So I asked my poor son again, who was already waiting impatiently to get back to his gaming with a friend, for super fast help ... luckily we agreed on the same pic ... and ... voila ... my first entry to the PhotoHunt Challenge ;-)

when I looked at the other entries, I knew I didn't have much of a chance ... but I was there for the fun of it ... and I sure got that ;-)

I might not be able to take part every Monday ... but I sure will try as often as I can. ... and reserve bandwidth in time ... hehe ;-)

30 Days of Gratitude - 23

o.o .... I'm bad at challenges this year ... 

I got nothing for Luna's colour challenge today, although Jonquil is quite a nice yellow ...

and I'm way behind in the 30 Days of Gratitude ... tho that doesn't mean I haven't been grateful at all ... 

I actually have been gratefull enough to fill weeks and I'll tell you about some of it sooner or later  ;-)

But today I'm YAY once more for one of those awesome DJs at Sanctuary Rock ...

You prolly know that I love my DJs ...my reg ones and those who fill in when needed ...

they are one of the main reasons I get up quite early every weekend ...

I already introduced you to singing DJs like UC and Netsurfer ... Seven and SDD ...Imdy and Erika

and now I got the one and only voice for you ... the guy who made the gals at SR scream and faint ;-)

please welcome .... live ... on air ...

DJ TAGG ............. enjoy ..... mmmmmhhhhh .... /me faints again .....

darn ... I should have asked him to sing too ;-)
btw. ... you can join DJ Tagg's Wild Ass ... erm...  that's his group in SL ... right here ...

PS ... next week's colour ... something pinkish/redish/purplish called Tyrian Purple is very promising ... watch out ... get ready to join me on the red carpet for the world premiere of .....

shhhhhh !!!! ... just stay tuned and you'll see ;-)

*hugs*