After struggling with the intricacies of slider bars, trying to balance between matching the proportions of “classic” Ariane, and what actually looks good, I ultimately decided to just keep it simple. I found a pre-designed V4 head that is close, made a grand total of 8 minor adjustments to get closer, and deemed it “close enough”. The new Ariane is
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A lot of people have the wrong idea about “the sequel”, and it is probably my fault for calling it “the sequel”, so maybe I should take a post to clarify my master plan and set the record straight. I suspect that, like the character update, there will be those that will say “That sounds awesome!”, and others that will
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One of the changes I made to the 7.1 version was to replace the hostess at the strip club with a new model, because the old hostess just can’t cut it anymore. Now after working with a bunch of new models and creating the sequel, it is becoming more and more obvious that Ariane herself needs to be updated. I
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I have not written anything in a couple of weeks because I have been busy working on the sequel. Meanwhile… There are many little things going on in metaverse land worth bringing up. First, is the fast decline of Worlds of Warcraft. They are losing net subscribers at a rate of about 100,000 a month. Currently they sit at 11.1
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So I mentioned last time that I had a challenge in creating a crowded movie theater. Challenge Met!! I have no idea if or when I will finish this sequel, but I am having a lot of fun giving myself challenges and meeting them. It is like a really different video game, with daily new mission and quests to get
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So after a bunch of prep work (that I still have not finished), I decided to start the long but fun task of making pictures for the sequel, and thought I’d share the first two. One of the pictures I changed in the 7.1 date was the picture of driving up to the restaurant downtown. There is now a bar
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7.0 worked out pretty good, fewest bugs ever! Because I fixed those bugs, and added practically no new content, this one ought to be even fewer, or hopefully none. The primary focus of the 7.1 release is to set up the sequel, but since the sequel has at least a good year before release, there should be no rush to
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More random notes from around the metaverse… The Vanity Google Ever heard the term “vanity google”? It’s basically where you google your own name and any online monikers you may use, and it is actually a good idea to do every now and then, especially if you are being cyber bullied. I tried googling myself (arianeb) and of course I
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I just discovered that not only have I been on Second Life for 7 years. Ariane Barnes has been around as a virtual character for 10 years. The above picture is rendered from the oldest complete “Ariane” poser file I could find, dated April 30, 2001. Ariane has been an online character for over a decade now. The original concept
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A thread at Second Life Universe put up a challenge to show the evolution of your avatar. I decided to participate. Even though I first did this three years ago on my 4th anniversary, I thought it was worth updating. 2004: Creepy system avatar. Some would call this a “classic” SL avatar. For me it looked ugly, which is why
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