Grid Expectations

the Second Life™ of Melanie Kidd

Just in time for New Years!!! <33333

You *have* to watch this. :D

My friend Hap Underwood of irkmade, the very talented, very creative dude behind the animated burlesque martini glass that I showed off my patterson shape in, has created the animated bubbly burlesque champagne glass, just in time for New Years! :D

I’m totally tickled and flattered that he chose to have his model use the aurora II body shape that I have for sale at my shop Mela’s, because if there’s anything I know about Hap, it’s that he’s got the eyes of a hawk when it comes to detail. Anyways, she looks absolutely adorable in this vid! He has her done up very nicely with hair from Jetdoll, a dress from Pixel Mode, skin from Jezebel’s, hosiery from No. 9, and shoes from Jeepers Creepers.

Want to put on a sexy little burlesque show of your own? You can find these glasses at irkmade in the La Reina sim.

irkmade champagne glass

Okay, and since I have an excuse to post burlesque videos :p here’s my old one again… it’s not as pretty as Hap’s but I had fun making it. ^_^

And because it’s my blog, here’s me and Izzy :D

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December 23, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Fashion, Second Life, friends, irkmade, mela's, video, youtube | | No Comments

Costumed

This is my first Halloween in Second Life, so I’ve no idea if the rate at which SL’s clothing designers have been cranking out the Halloween costumes lately is the norm… but whatevs, it’s great! Some of the costumes I’ve been seeing come out in the Fashion Planet feed are a real trip.

The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized that I kind of treat every day in SL as Halloween. Yes, my avatar is like my glorified, virtual Barbie. :-) I love dressing her up, and my (bloated) inventory shows it; I’ve even got a special folder marked “Costumes”.

So, just for fun, I made a little costume parade video type thingy. Also in the vid are Vivi, Machete, and Gogo. ^_^ Between the lot of us, we’ve donned a ton of outfits for this vid; I’ll post an update later (when I’m feeling less lazy) to share where we got all the goodies from, just in case you want any of these items for your own Barbie — erm, I mean, avi.

October 31, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Fashion, Second Life, machinima, video, youtube | | 5 Comments

martini glass… & oh yeah, the patterson shape :p

I’ve made a new machinima, yay! This video features a burlesque pink martini glass that your avi can swim in, and omigawd it is just too cute and sexy :-D Have a look!

I really love the martini glass. Seriously, it’s tons of fun to look at. ^_^ The glass was built, scripted, and animated by Hap Underwood and it is currently being sold in three “flavors” at his store. Mr. Underwood may be a relative newcomer to the SL scene, but he is by no means a stranger to animation work; a quick glance at his profile reveals his experience: he’s done design, animation, and art direction work on The Sims and numerous expansion packs, as well as work for notable names like Saban and Disney. I’m looking forward to seeing Hap’s future SL projects!

Check out the martini glasses and other cool scripted items at his store, irkmade, located in the uniquely shaped La Reina sim: La Reina 186, 216, 24

And speaking of shapes, that hot avi you just saw cavorting in the martini glass is sporting my newest shape which I’ve named patterson. Patterson is a gorgeous gal with a very feminine and curvy figure, and she stands at 5′9″. Her wide-set eyes and generous, full lips complete her beautiful, voluptuous look.

patterson poster

patterson skinned 01 patterson skinned 02 patterson skinned 03

irkmade burlesque martini glass

You can grab this newest release at my store, also located in the La Reina sim: La Reina 154, 137, 24

October 23, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Fashion, Second Life, friends, irkmade, machinima, mela's, video, youtube | | 1 Comment

new machinima from Gogo

Gogo’s latest vid takes place at Versailles… in SL, of course. ;-)

What I really like about this vid is that it showcases some of the amazing content creating talent that is present in SL. Seriously, check that build out! And the clothes they’re wearing, and the wigs! I recognize the yellow gown as coming from Nicky Ree (one of my favorite SL designers ever), but I’m not sure about the clothes worn by the other two avis; I’ll update this post after I ask her.

Plus I <3 this vid for using one of my favorite Strokes songs. :-D Enjoy!

October 21, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Fashion, Second Life, friends, machinima, video, youtube | | No Comments

Gogolita is Genie In A Bottle

Gogo (or Gorgeous Yongho, or Gogolita ^_^ ) just posted another machinima video on her channel! This time she and Gallia Plubeau have donned costumes reminiscent of Barbara Eden in I Dream Of Jeannie, with a matching bottle house to boot. :-D The video is set to the track Genie In A Bottle, by Christina Aguilera.

Enjoy!

September 21, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | machinima, video, youtube | | No Comments

Gogolita Is Running With Friends

This new machinima from Gogo is really cute :D

September 16, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Second Life, machinima, video, youtube | | 2 Comments

New machinima from Gogo :D

Check it out! It’s Gogolita & Friends in Cheerleader Uniform, w00t! Footage was shot at the UNC campus in Second Life, a very pretty place. :)

September 14, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Second Life, friends, machinima, video, youtube | | 1 Comment

All The Rest - another machinima

I made another video… and omgz this one was a real pain in the arse to make. O.o

I really need to splurge on a pooter that can *handle* the abuse I want to put it through. While working on this vid, SL must have crashed at least a gajillion times; my fps plummeted to ZERO; memory issues were resulting in these odd blue, grey, and black marks on my avi; the location I filmed in was griefed several times; Windows MovieMaker went apeshit and froze on me at least five times while I was editing… aaarrgghhh!!

The song is Leave Out All The Rest, by Linkin Park.

September 13, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Second Life, machinima, video, youtube | | 3 Comments

Cherry Girl outfit

I liked the outfit I used in the video, here are the details ^_^

cherry girl outfit

Hair - BP*, micky dango
Skin - RaC, Trisha
Eyes - simtropia, brown deep
Glasses - Nea-Ban, Retro Standard (scripted)
**Eyebrow piercing - Zipz, light metal spike micro twisted
**Nose piercing - Zipz, titanium curved barbell
**Lip piercing - Zipz, linked double light titanium captive steel rings
Earrings - artilleri, cherry earrings
Choker - Curiou Kitties, standard black strap choker
Tattoos - Red Ruin, Live Fast Die Young tattoo sleeves
Dress - artilleri, midnite moment black
Socks - Celestial Studios, Lulu tube socks darkred
Shoes - KK Outfitters, women’s Lo-Tops Kool Kicks in red

** Piercings linked together by myself since I was running out of attachment points on my face.

September 13, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Fashion, Second Life, machinima, video, youtube | | No Comments

Cherry Girl - my first machinima ever!

This was so much fun!!! I think I’m addicted!

The music is by Kumi Koda, and Arycon Fasching graciously agreed to let me take a few shots of him for my vid. :D

FYI, I don’t have the greatest graphics setup ever. My fps takes a hit when I just put on prim hair, for crying out loud! So, I do everything I can to minimize the strain on my poor lappie :) Low terrain detail, no local lights (yay for being able to move the sun!), film only one avi at a time (two if they are both standing still lol), and film at least 700m in the sky where there’s very little for my computer to draw.

Once I get a better rig set up, though, you can be certain I’m going to do some serious location scouting for future projects!

September 10, 2007 Posted by melaniekiddofsl | Second Life, livevideo, machinima, video, youtube | | 2 Comments