AnnaMayaHouse

Carry-On Craft

2011-10-31T22:13:00.007+01:00

Are you a bird? No, you're a plane!

:) Hey everyone. Today I'm bringing back an old favorite. I originally made my Carry-On Craft in just one color for Project Themeory. I have now revamped it and added 5 more colors for a proper injection of travel cute! The Carry-On Craft is the logical solution to today's transportation issues. It's a bright, playful airplane costume that fits snugly around the body. An optional holding pose is included so that you may rest your arms on the aircraft's wings. The plane's blades also spin when commanded. Driving is surely a thing of the past. You have now become your own form of transportation!

Sales poster :D

All available colors. My personal favorites are probably pink and red. The fatpack is, as always, color scripted for your convenience. I even did some (by my standards) fancy scripting, because I wanted to control what the shadows looked like both when blade spinning was on and off.

View of the wings. The Themeory version of the Carry-On Craft didn't allow you to turn the holding pose off, but this full product release does. I thought it might be useful for photo purposes. You guys have posted some super cute pics of the Themeory edition! I'd love to see more.

Close-up of the engine base. Please note that mesh was used to make the blades spin. (My first use of mesh by the way, woot!) If you want to turn on blade rotation, you need a mesh enabled viewer. The latest official SL viewer supports mesh, but some third party viewers may not yet. If you don't need the blades to spin, any viewer will work. This airplane is modifiable and can be altered like any other modifiable SL object.

There we are. You can pick up the Carry-On Craft at my mainstore and through the SL Marketplace. Individual colors are priced at L$225, the fatpack is L$675.

Mainstore Location

P.S.: Flickr winner! I really liked this collage posted by Flickr user Lindsay Rozen, which features my Ducky Adoption Cart. I will be sending this customer a free Carry-On Craft fatpack as a prize. Please keep your pics coming. One of the most rewarding things about being an SL creator is that I get to see how you guys wear my items.

Ducky Adoption Cart

2011-09-04T00:11:00.007+02:00

Even duckies of the plastic kind deserve warm, loving homes!

:) Hiya everyone. This week's Project Themeory brings us to the fair. One of the more well-known fair activities is the duck pond game, where children fish for duckies and exchange them for prizes. I did a twist on this theme by creating a cart where the duckies themselves are the prizes to be cherished. After all, aren't they just too darn cute? The Ducky Adoption Cart lends a helping hand to fair duckies in search of their forever homes!

Sales poster. I rezzed a copy of the cart at my store as well, so you can have a look.

Ducky on top of the cart. I think the duckies turned out cute, while still looking unique. I considered adding little hooks on their heads like they would have in the classic duck pond game, but it looked cruel in my opinion. The point of the cart is that the duckies are no longer slaves to the game. Ducky freedom now! :)

Two more duckies, relaxing by their little pool inside the cart. I originally wanted to make these green and purple, but I figured it was better to limit the number of colors used in the cart. It's easier to match things up and balance everything out that way. At least it is for me XD

The wheel base. My creations are always rather detailed and prim-heavy, so I tried to be smart about my prim usage wherever I could. There's a total of 10 wheel spokes for instance, but they're only 4 prims. I optimized in a few other places, bringing the total prim count down to 32.

There we are :D

You can pick up the Ducky Adoption Cart at my mainstore for just L$75. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Ducky Adoption Cart @ the AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

P.S.: If you take pics of this product, please post them to the store Flickr pool. I would love to see!

Vintage Alarm Clock

2011-08-15T21:33:00.009+02:00

Time is ticking by in good old fashioned style!

:) Hey everyone. I have another wonderfully nostalgic product release for you today. My Vintage Alarm Clock is detailed, colorful and fully functional. You can set it to your local time and add an alarm with email or IM notification. Ticking and alarm sounds are optional. Each purchase includes both a high and low prim version of the product.

Sales poster ^^

All available colors. My personal favorites are silver and blue. I don't usually do silver or white versions of my products, but I thought in this case it was kind of mandatory. While making this clock I also discovered some new color combinations that I hadn't considered previously. I particularly like the combination of the red clock with the green face. (I should have figured these colors would compliment each other, as they're opposite on the color wheel.)

The back of the clock. I actually borrowed a real vintage alarm clock to see what all the switches are supposed to do, because I honestly couldn't tell from pictures I found on the Internet. The way I ended up arranging everything isn't completely true to life, but I prefer this configuration. As mentioned above, each clock color includes both a high and low prim version. The low version is 15 prims and doesn't come with the switches on the back.

The face of the clock. I added a tiny handwritten "AnnaMayaHouse" right over the base of the hands. I thought it looked cute, and it's a nice personal touch :)

That's all! The Vintage Alarm Clock is now available through my mainstore as well as the SL Marketplace. On the SL Marketplace you can also download the pdf manual. One clock color is L$250, the fatpack is priced at L$750.

Mainstore Location

P.S.: Flickr winners! I've chosen three people who've added pics to the store Flickr pool to receive a box of goodies. I loved this pic by Flickr member destinyP. The use of shadows is wonderful and it was lovely seeing one of my items in a fashion spread. The second pic I chose is this one by jjjulia pearl. It's so fun and cheery and instantly put a smile on my face. Lastly I chose this pic by Strawberry Twig. It's downright adorable!

I will contact you guys personally and send you your prize. Your goodie box will contain a Vintage Alarm Clock fatpack and some other, wearable items from the store. I hope you'll enjoy! And thank you to everyone else as well for submitting pics. I love seeing what you come up with.

Cupid Training Stand

2011-05-29T16:14:00.007+02:00

The striking of hearts requires well-rounded, continual practice!

:) Hello everyone. Week 56 of Project Themeory had as its theme Deathly Dark Days. I interpreted this rather loosely and came up with a cute nightstand for aspiring Cupids. This item was originally meant to be morbid, with arrows actually piercing the hearts. I felt I needed to be true to the spirit of my work however, which is why it's turned out much more fun and whimsical. The Cupid Training Stand provides hopelessly romantic souls with the perfect form of target practice!

Sales poster. I rezzed a copy of the stand at my store as well, so you can have a look.

Close-up of the archery target, complete with tiny heart. I'd sculpted another heart in the past, but this one looks a lot nicer in my opinion. For a while I considered giving the target classic target colors. The pinkish/reddish works better though when taking the overall palette into account. I pay a lot of attention to color combinations, trying to balance things as much as possible.

A closer look at the spare golden heart that is suspended from a coat hanger. I tried adding more of these hearts, but it didn't do anything for the product. The prim count was already substantial, so I decided to just go for one.

The arrow lying on top of the stand. The pink sculpt is a little pair of wings, which has turned out rather abstract I suppose. I knew I wanted the arrow to be delicate and cute. The extra little details make it fit in better with the rest of the product I think.

That's all :D

You can pick up the Cupid Training Stand at my mainstore for only L$75. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Cupid Training Stand @ the AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

P.S.: If you take pics of this product, please post them to the store Flickr pool. I will be rewarding several photos when I release my next product.

Zippy Bunk

2011-05-01T17:35:00.008+02:00

Shhh... It's time for popcorn, stories and general mischief!

:D Hello everyone. This weekend brings a new Project Themeory event. The theme guidelines instructed us to "tell a story", in an artistic way. I took inspiration from my childhood this time and made a fun, colorful bunk bed. My sister and I shared a bunk until I was 10 or so, which was truly a multi-purpose piece of furniture. We used it as a life raft for our dolls during imaginary storms and tucked our blankets in-between the upper slats to create cozy fortresses. The bed itself was kind of bland, so I did my own take on it for this event. The Zippy Bunk has now arrived to address the real need for no-sleep, all-playtime beds!

Sales poster. I also rezzed a copy of this bed at my store so you can test the poses :)

A closer look at the zipper in front. I actually designed these sculpts ages ago for a product I ended up not releasing. I'm glad I was finally able to use them in a new creation, because I do think the mechanism is cute. I had fun fitting the parts together as well, for the blanket fortress. I like the way the fabric falls open right after the zipper slider. It looks quite natural.

A soft pillow on top. The bed has a total of 43 prims, but you could probably do away with a few if you have a limited prim count. The upper mattress has 4 slats for instance and the lower bed a headboard that is not immediately visible from the outside. I like things to look fully functional, which is why I add these little details. (I did not include slats for the lower mattress though, because no one would ever see these.)

Voilà, that is all! :D

You can pick up the Zippy Bunk at my mainstore for only L$75. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Zippy Bunk @ the AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

P.S.: If you take pics of this product, please post them to the store Flickr pool. I would love to see! I've really been enjoying the pics customers have posted of my previous release, the Carry-On Craft.

Carry-On Craft

2011-04-03T00:15:00.009+02:00

Are you a bird? No, you're a plane!

:) Hey everyone. It's time for another Project Themeory release. This week's theme was The Masquerade. As I don't really make clothes, I broadened this subject to carnivals, Halloween and dressing up in general. This in turn inspired me to create a wearable airplane costume that will add a splash of cute to all your travels. Driving is surely a thing of the past. You have now become your own form of transportation!

Sales poster :D

The back of the aircraft, with a better view of the wings and fuselage. Making the plane fit nicely around the avatar was quite challenging. I spent hours tweaking the rim, but the extra effort was well worth it in the end. I'm really happy with how the craft fits around the body. The wings got some special attention as well, with flaps added for more detail.

Top view of the front of the aircraft. I included a holding pose in the plane to prevent one's arms from sinking into the wings. It also adds some more cute to the product I think. Your elbows now rest snugly on top of the wings :)

That is all =^.^=

I am happy to report that I have moved my mainstore to the brand new LISP sim, owned by my good friend Pandora Popstar (aka Lainy Voom). Please update your landmarks if you haven't done so already, as this will be my primary location from now on.

You can pick up my Carry-On Craft at LISP for only L$75. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Carry-On Craft @ the AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

P.S.: If you take pics wearing this product, please post them to the store Flickr pool. I would love to see!

Mail Snail - updated!

2011-03-23T01:29:00.007+01:00

He was a snail, on a mission!

:) Well, he still is. Hey everyone! A year ago almost I released my Mail Snail mailbox and today I am happy to report that this product has been updated to version 1.10. You can now have your friends pick up your mail for you, if you so wish. A customer requested this feature, which I'm very grateful for.

A few days ago I sent out updated boxes to everyone who has previously purchased a Mail Snail. If your box got lost in offline IMs however, or you accidentally declined it, you can always contact me to receive your free update. There's no need to include your transaction history for this, as I have organized records of all my sales. Just mention your name and the color of your Mail Snail and I will get back to you within 24 hours.

So what is the Mail Snail exactly? There were no changes to the mailbox prims, but let me repost the product poster for those who never saw the original release.

All the different colors: purple, pink, red, dark blue, light blue and green. (I'm using the shells as color indicators.) People's favorite seems to be pink, which is my favorite as well.

How does the Mail Snail work? Mail Snail is a fully functional mailbox. People can drop their notecards onto your Mail Snail, after which they'll see a letter fall in the mailbag and a line in chat indicating their message has been sent. (The note hanging from the mailbag tells people how to use the mailbox. If they click on the mailbox, they'll also see a more detailed explanation in chat.) When notes have been sent, you will be notified through email and/or IM. You can then retrieve the messages from the mailbox by left clicking and choosing "fetch messages" from the blue popup menu. The notes will be transferred to your inventory in a dated folder. As of version 1.10 you can also let friends pick up your mail for you by adding their name to the configuration notecard.

There are 5 possible textures for the explanatory note on the mailbag, accessed through the blue popup menu. The lines Mail Snail pastes in chat are customizable. You can also choose whether or not to display floating text over the mailbox, indicating the number of messages received.

As you can tell, there are a lot of settings you can customize to suit your personal needs. Instructions are quite tedious to read in-world, so after the update I figured I should make some pdf manuals. I'm hoping these will make reading easier. You can download them through my Mail Snail listings on the SL Marketplace, which I will link at the end of this post. (Click "Download instructions" at the bottom of the listing's page. You don't need to have bought the Mail Snail or even be logged in to do this.)

:) That's all. Mail Snail will be a little more expensive from now on, going from L$300 to L$350. The fatpack is L$1050. However, as stated previously, people who already own the product can receive their update for free. Any future updates will be free as well, and this is true for all my products.

Mainstore Location

Rezzanite Power Supply

2011-03-05T23:32:00.010+01:00

Feeling the metaverse blues? Running low on virtual energy? Try Rezzanite!

:) Hello everyone. This weekend I am once again participating in Project Themeory. My theme for March was springtime and I made a fun, colorful battery pack that is sure to energize any avatar. Those gloomy, wintery days will soon be forgotten! The Rezzanite Power Supply has some wonderful little details and comes with animated menu displays.

Sales poster :D

Close-up of the battery. I had a lot of fun figuring out the design on this, which comes complete with warnings and technical information. I spent some time considering different brand names as well. Rezzanite I thought sounded the most powerful, with the most kick. It could be a name of a Transformers robot. "Rezzanite, transform!"

Close-up of the switches on the right side of the power supply. I think these look very cute and whimsical. They were originally meant to go on the front of the battery pack, next to the menus. It would've been a tight fit though, which is why I moved them to the side. This also makes the overall layout of the product more interesting, in my opinion.

There you have it =^.^=

You can pick up the Rezzanite Power Supply for L$75 at my outlet store in the Meow sim. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Rezzanite Power Supply @ the Meow sim

P.S.: If you take pics wearing this product, please post them to the store Flickr pool. I would love to see!

Darla the Bee

2011-03-01T18:21:00.015+01:00

Bz z Zz Bzz... She's a bee, deciding on lunch!

Heya everyone. I've made a new, wearable pet that I hope you'll enjoy. Darla is a cute, colorful bee whose jar for homemade honey is running on empty. She's hoping an elaborate map will lead her to that sweet, sweet treasure: golden flowers overflowing with nectar. Darla comes in 6 colors: brown, dark blue, light blue, pink, purple and yellow. She blinks and resides on 3 attachment points.

Sales poster :D

All the available colors. Yellow was the first I designed and I figured this would be my favorite because it's "traditional". Now that they're all done though, I'm feeling the love for the funkier color schemes. Light blue I think looks particularly nice. As always, the color fatpack is scripted for your convenience. Oh, and why the name Darla? I don't know to be honest. It popped into my head quite early on in this project. I think it might've stuck with me from watching Finding Nemo. (The evil little girl in the movie is called Darla.)

Looking over Darla's shoulder at the treasure map. I designed and drew this map from scratch, which was a labor of love. It was important to me that it looked somewhat realistic, like this bee could truly have some use for it. The level of detail in the map makes the overall product cuter and more fun, I hope.

Close-up shots of Darla's honey jar. It says "honey" on one side and "homemade" on the other. I'm very happy with how the lighting on this product turned out. It's the first release to use an entirely new lighting setup, which creates a softer, more natural atmosphere. I will be fine-tuning this rig going forward.

:) That's everything about Darla. She can be found in my mainstore and on the SL Marketplace. One color is L$350, the fatpack is L$1,050.

Mainstore Location

P.S.: Flickr winner! I have chosen one customer, who has submitted a pic since my last giveaway, to receive a Darla fatpack for free. I really liked this image by Chips Morrisey. The colors and composition are wonderful and the overall image feels very dreamy. I will contact this customer personally to send her her prize. And thank you to everyone else who submitted pics as well. I will be doing more giveaways in the future. Anyone who wants to submit something to the store group can do so here :)

The Lollistalk

2011-01-08T21:39:00.006+01:00

All your candy cravings satisfied by one marvelous, colorful, sugary plant!

:) Hello everyone. Today is my last Themeory release before the event goes on a one month hiatus. My new theme was food and I came up with this idea of making a wild, beanstalk-like plant that grows lollipops. The resulting product can serve as an accessory as well as funky home decor.

Sales poster!

Shot of the plant by itself. As you can tell from the difference between this pic and the sales poster, the product box comes with a separate lollipop that attaches to your hand. I thought that was a nice extra touch :)

Close-up of the upper part of the plant. I drew a lot of inspiration from depictions of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk while creating this product. When I first considered doing a lollipop plant, that story immediately came to mind. The giant beanstalk in it is extremely wild, magical and whimsical. I figured that kind of look would fit a candy plant perfectly. If I'd had more time I might have added some more twigs here and there, but I do like the overall result.

Bottom part. There's two kinds of lollipops in this plant, all bright and colorful. Originally I was going to make the main stalk a more realistic green, with the lollies providing the color accents. It didn't seem to work though. Now that the stalk is pink it looks more believable that this plant would actually grow the candy. (Over-thinking it maybe, but I do feel it works better this way.)

That's all =^.^=

You can pick up The Lollistalk for L$75 at my outlet store in the Meow sim. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

The Lollistalk @ the Meow sim

P.S.: As always, you can add your own pics of this plant to the store Flickr pool.

Floral Energy Pack

2010-12-11T20:50:00.009+01:00

The power of a flower, contained in one beautiful backpack!

Hi everyone. Today I am once again participating in Project Themeory. This week we had to draw inspiration from our favorite decade in the 1900s. I chose The Sixties and more specifically the flower power age. It has always seemed like such an interesting time to me and I would've loved to have been around back then to experience the social changes taking place. Also, the 'style' of the hippie movement I feel really fits in with my store, which is all about fun and colorful things.

So without further ado: my new product release! :)

A closer view of the backpack. I actually looked at quite a few photos of diving and pressure tanks to figure out how I should approach this project. Because I wanted to have a flower serve as an energy source of some kind, I figured containment and control would be important. That's where the idea of a tank came in.

The lock and pressure mechanisms. I had a lot of fun sculpting the pressure meter, because it added that touch of realism I was after. I tried to design this backpack as if it truly existed and could be functional. Combining that sense of realism with a quirky concept is what (hopefully) makes this product fun.

The peace symbol at the bottom of the backpack. I thought adding it here would be a nice way to further indicate my source of inspiration.

That's everything =^.^=

You can pick up the Floral Energy Pack for L$75 at my outlet store in the Meow sim. After this weekend it will go back into inventory, to be reworked for a re-release at full price.

Floral Energy Pack @ the Meow sim

P.S.: As always, you can add your own pics of this backpack to the store Flickr pool.

Snooze To Go

2010-11-13T08:11:00.009+01:00

A handy little backpack for when you just need some shuteye!

Hey everyone. Today I have the pleasure of participating in Project Themeory. Project Themeory is a weekly grid-wide event. Every Saturday at 12:00 a.m. SLT a group of designers places an item at the front of their stores corresponding to a certain theme, to remain there until that Sunday evening. These items are all new and all priced at L$75 for that weekend only. Each week features different designers and a unique theme. You can join the in-world Project Themeory group for more info and notifications :)

Today was my turn and I am so happy to release this new backpack. My November theme was "I heart RL", which sparked not one, but many ideas. Eventually though, I decided to make something surrounding ... sleep! There's a couple of reasons for this. I do like to sleep/snooze/nap, obviously. (Especially after a period of exhaustion, a nap feels absolutely amazing.) But sleep as a phenomenon is also just really fascinating. We as humans spend close to a third of our lives sleeping. Yet, the need for sleep is little understood. I thought a sleep themed item would be particularly interesting for Second Life as well, since physical limitations don't apply to avatars in virtual worlds.

But anyways, here is my first Themeory release! <3

Closer look at the old alarm clock, with glowing moon and stars. I truly love vintage design. Nowadays I have my phone wake me up (as I'm sure most people do), but if I ever were to buy another alarm it'd be something like this. There's a definite charm to old design. For my Snooze To Go clock I had originally envisioned a transparent face complete with numbers and hands, but then I came to the conclusion that those time indicators didn't add anything. Just the moon and stars in the center looks cuter I think. The idea behind the product is sleep after all.

The front bow. I wasn't sure whether to add the ribbons or not, but a friend advised that I should. I find it valuable to ask for outside opinions like that. When you're creating a product, you tend to lose sight of how others perceive certain things. The ribbons do look nice and make the bow seem grander. So outside opinion wins!

That's all :)

You can pick up Snooze To Go for L$75 at my outlet store in the Meow sim (somewhat of a Themeory hotspot). After this weekend I will take it back into inventory for a while. When I've added some extra touches and created more colors I will re-release it, probably at around L$200-L$300. That won't be for next week though. I have something else in the works for then, ha! :D

Snooze To Go @ the Meow sim

P.S.: If you happen to buy Snooze To Go and take pics, you can add your photos to the store Flickr pool. I would love to see!

Office Cute

2010-10-11T21:29:00.009+02:00

Cute yet distinguished looking, these office items will give you that all-important, business-y edge!

A friend of mine had suggested a while back that I release some of my sculpt work as separate items, and now I finally have. The Vintage Phone and Postal Packages I'm releasing today were originally made for The Mobile Phone and Snail Mail, respectively. I reworked their lighting and added more colors, hopefully preparing them for a long life inside many (colorful) Second Life offices. In addition, I think the parcels look quite nice alongside my previously released Mail Snail.

Sales poster for my Vintage Phone :)

All available colors: black, blue, pink, purple, red and yellow. My personal favorites are pink and purple, just because they're the cutest. I remember when I first decided to make this phone, I researched what materials old telephones would be made of. (Bakelite was apparently very common and interestingly enough it was developed by a Belgian chemist.) I also found vintage ads for phones and answering machines, which look wonderfully artistic now. I swear: research is often fascinating!

Sales poster for my Postal Packages :)

All available colors: brown, dark blue, green, light blue, pink and purple. Each package has a unique stamp and label. Each purchase also includes two full permission textures for the labels, so that the names and addresses can be customized and personalized. (The standard names and addresses are fictitious, of course.) My personal favorite colors: light blue and green.

Some last store news for this week: I'm retiring the following old pose and animation packs. They don't really fit it in with the rest of the store anymore, so I'll leave them up for another week and then take them back into inventory. You can pick them up at half price now, separate poses being only L$20. I do still like animation, but I'll probably start over with a different, more consistent concept.

That's all I think :)

My Vintage Phone and Postal Packages are available at my mainstore and on the SL Marketplace. The phone is L$125 per color, L$375 for the fatpack. The packages are L$150 for a set of two, L$450 for the fatpack.

Mainstore Location

Stitchy Outline Bag

2010-10-02T17:50:00.009+02:00

Colorful, cute and fun! This sweet little shoulder bag will make you feel like a true lady.

After a long, school-induced hiatus I am finally back with a new release: my Stitchy Outline Bag. I originally made this bag for Mailman Iggy, but I quickly decided that I wanted to carry it around as well. I actually came up with the name first, which made me realize how I should rework the bag. I needed more colors obviously, but I also wanted each bag to have a distinct personal touch. After much recoloring and pattern picking here it finally is!

(Also: read on for new Flickr winners. I have chosen two people, who have submitted photos since the last giveaway, to receive the new release for free.)

Sales poster for my Stitchy Outline Bag :)

All the different colors: blue, brown, green, purple, red and yellow. Each color includes two versions, one with and one without the pattern on the flap. I personally prefer blue and green. Ironically, blue was the color I felt the least sure about, because I didn't feel I could make the waves look nice enough. In the end I think they turned out quite lovely and cute. The green bag I love because it instantly reminds me of Ireland, which I've visited countless times. (Beautiful country!)

Me wearing the bag. The holding pose is optional and can be turned on or off through the bag's menu. I usually leave it on, perhaps because it would be a shame not to after all the fiddling that went into creating it. It's impossible to make poses that fit every avatar shape, so I had to find a happy medium that would work for both tall and short residents.

Close up of the front lock. I like how it catches the light, as this makes the shadows pop. I took extra care in sculpting the shoulder strap, to make it fit around the body as naturally as possible.

There we are =^.^=

Individual colors of my Stitchy Outline Bag are priced at L$250 each, the fatpack is L$750. It's now available at my mainstore and on the new SL Marketplace.

Mainstore Location

And now: Flickr winners! The first pic I chose is this one by Summer Wardhani. I love the sky and how colorful the overall photo is. It feels very surreal somehow. Second pic I chose is this one by Eliza Janus. It made me chuckle so hard. I will contact you guys personally and send you your prize. I also want to thank everyone else who has submitted photos. A very special thank you to Newreem Waffle, Azure Electricteeth and Callia Pearl for the wonderful photo shoot they did with my Mail Snail. I very much enjoyed all your pics.

Writer's Pouch

2010-04-26T23:15:00.008+02:00

A while back Enktan Gully invited me to join his Dollar$tore initiative and today I'm proud to announce my first contribution!

Enky's Dollar$tore, formerly known as Enkythings, is a place where new residents can pick up inexpensive clothing, hair, shoes and other items. I went there myself as a newbie actually, which is why I'm excited to now be giving back as a creator. Enktan is currently in the process of reorganizing the entire store. He's created a new format, where dollarbies will be organized by creator rather than category. It's a great idea in my opinion, sure to connect new residents with stores that reflect their personal taste and style.

So this is my dollarbie: a little Writer's Pouch. It's an idea I'd had since a while and considered turning into a regular release. It's kind of sweet I think :)

Outside view of Enky's Dollar$tore. This place has such a distinctive layout. I still remembered it after 3 years! Ahh, those good old newbie days :)

View of the new Designers Section, which is filling up nicely. For now I'm on a little table because I have just one contribution, but future dollarbies of mine will go up here as well.

My little table. So cute! I hope this item will, in a small way, help support the location. All revenue from sales goes towards maintaining the sim and giving out L$1 payments to random newbie visitors.

That's it =^.^=

My Writer's Pouch will be permanently available at both my mainstore and Enky's Dollar$tore. At my mainstore you can also gift, like with any of my other releases. Hope you guys like! Feel free to submit photos of yourself wearing this item to the store Flickr pool.

AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

Enky's Dollar$tore

Mailman Iggy

2010-03-29T21:53:00.017+02:00

He's a snail, on a mission!

I made another Iggy that I hope you guys will like. He may not be the most efficient mailman, but he prides himself on being the cutest. As with previous releases, Mailman Iggy comes in 6 colors: dark blue, green, light blue, pink, purple and red. There are also two versions: a non-scripted, pet version and a scripted, functional mailbox version. Initially I was just going to release him scripted, because I wanted that mailbox for myself as well, but then I figured some might enjoy him as a pet.

Read on by the way for my first ever Flickr winners! Two people who submitted their photos to the store pool will be receiving a fatpack of their choice for free.

Sales poster for Mailman Iggy :)

All the different colors. I can't really pick a favorite here. I wanted there to be as many 'traditional' looking mailbags as colorful ones, and I quite like both now.

Close up of the mailbag. The shadowing turned out rather nice I think. I might release this bag separately in other colors and with different stitching on the flap, but I'm not sure if it needs more detail. Could be cute though, and I've never really made a bag before.

Sales poster for Mail Snail :)

I'm using a different name for this scripted version to avoid confusion, but as you can see it's the same as Mailman Iggy sculpt-wise, bar a few prims.

So what does Mail Snail do? Mail Snail is a fully functional mailbox. People can drop their notecards onto your Mail Snail, after which they'll see a letter fall in the mailbag and a line in chat indicating their message has been sent. (The note hanging from the mailbag tells people how to use the mailbox. If they click on the mailbox, they'll also see a more detailed explanation in chat.) When notes have been sent, you will be notified through email and/or IM. You can then retrieve the messages from the mailbox by left clicking and choosing "fetch messages" from the blue popup menu. The notes will be transferred to your inventory in a dated folder.

That's all there is to know I think. If you have more questions about this product, feel free to contact me :)

Below, the 6 available colors. Just adding this pic so you can see the notes. Apart those and the letter, these colors are the same as in Mailman Iggy of course.

There we go =^.^=

Mailman Iggy is L$225 for one color, L$675 for the fatpack. Mail Snail is L$300 for one color, L$900 for the fatpack. They're both available in my mainstore and on Xstreet.

Mainstore Location

Summer Store Location

And now: Flickr winners! I made a Flickr pool for the store a while back and I love the pics you guys have been submitting. I chose two that have been added since the release of Iggy the Snail to receive a special prize.

The first is this one by Flickr user newnewpon. I really like this outfit and her use of my Burger Vision Belt. Second pic is this one by Flickr user Dyn@Mite2009. Very cute and funny photo! I will contact you guys personally about claiming your prize. And thank you to everyone else who submitted photos as well! There were lots of cool and original entries. I'd love to see more, and I'll be selecting more winners in the future :)

The Tiny Mobile Phone

2010-02-08T20:32:00.003+01:00

This week I have the pleasure of participating in the 'I Love Originals' fair!

'I Love Originals' is organized by Artist's Voice, a Second Life group dedicated to preventing content theft and educating the general public about copyright infringement. They set up this event as a form of positive reinforcement, which I think is a really wonderful gesture towards the community, customers and creators alike. For more information on this amazing group, please visit their website.

So, to celebrate, I made this little dollarbie. It's a unique recolor of my (much larger) Mobile Phone and will only be available for the duration of the fair, February 8th-14th, at the Ruthenium sim.

I love my Ruthenium store by the way :)

As you can see, I put the dollarbie at the entrance. You can still gift it as well, like any of my other releases. Just left click the vendor and follow the gifting instructions.

A few interior shots of the ground floor. Those cute little marshmallow chairs are by my good friend Summer Seale, particle queen.

Iggy the Snail, in pink and light blue, overlooking the rest of the fair. I rezzed a green Iggy over the store entrance as well.

Pic of the upper floor. One can't go wrong with a giant Benny the Bear! I put my pose vendors here, which you can't see in this shot.

There we are =^.^=

If you want this dollarbie, go grab it this week. It won't be for sale again after the event. And also: the slurl I'm giving out will take you directly to my store, but be sure to have a look at the other participating creators as well. (Some have special offers for this fair too :D)

I Love Originals Fair

P.S.: Please keep submitting your photos to the store Flickr pool. I've been enjoying seeing all your cool outfits and creative snaps. I've been busy with RL for the past few weeks, but new releases are on the way :)

Iggy the Snail

2009-12-17T12:49:00.012+01:00

The cutest infestation to hit your inventories!

I initially made Iggy for my Snail Mail backpack. He looked cute enough though to warrant a separate release. So I made more colors, and two versions. There's the plain version, like he appeared on Snail Mail, and a snoozy version with him sleeping on a little pillow. Each version comes in 6 colors: dark blue, green, light blue, pink, purple and red. I'm using the shells as color indicators, because that's where I started recoloring from. I also figured that would be the least confusing in terms of naming.

Sales poster for plain Iggy :)

All the different color options. My personal favorite is probably pink. For ease of use I texture scripted Iggy for the fatpack. Otherwise I would've had to include 30 snails in the box, considering all the different attachment points.

Close up of the shell. If you're wondering why I chose Iggy by the way: it was a bit of a search. I went through a couple of names before I settled on this one, which I thought sounded fun and unusual. I didn't want something that already gave a lot of google results, so a few names got tossed. No reference meant to Iggy Pop either, who I only know by name :P

Sales poster for Snoozy Iggy :)

The 6 available colors. My favorite here is red. I really like the combination of the red shell and purple pillow. The fatpack is again texture scripted.

Close up of Iggy snoring. As the poster mentions, the sound and particles are optional. They can each be turned on or off through the menu. I kept the snoring subtle as well. It's not too loud and occurs once every minute or so at most.

That's it pretty much =^.^=

Plain Iggies are L$100 each, with the fatpack priced at L$300. Snoozy Iggies are L$150 each, fatpack L$450. They can be found in my mainstore and on Xstreet. Snoozy Iggy will be available at my Summer store location as well. Also: I'll be making bigger Iggies soon, with poses included, so stay tuned for those.

Mainstore Location

Summer Store Location

Important note: I created a Flickr group for store photos, which you can find here. If you've taken pics wearing my products, please post them on Flickr and submit them to the group. I would love to see how you wear my creations, and I'll be sure to comment :)

Snail Mail

2009-11-13T21:25:00.023+01:00

All the joys of classic mail in one handy, portable mailbox!

Snail Mail fits in with other 'communication' themed items I've been making over the past few months. I've been enjoying myself so much combining this concept with vintage influences to create cute, tongue-in-cheek items. On this new backpack you'll find: mailbox, blinking snail, packages, duct tape, stamps, note, letters, fountain pen, ink pot, cables and more! Making Snail Mail was challenging, but I really pushed myself in terms of sculpting and lighting. Hopefully it shows :)

Sales poster!

Both sides of the mailbox. I hadn't put anything truly personal on my creations up until this point, but I couldn't help myself with this backpack. So I added some 'vandalism', which you can see on the side with the package. I ignored a certain someone who thought it didn't really fit :P

Blinking snail, holding a stamp with my store logo on it. I'll probably release this little guy separately and in more colors very soon. I actually have a couple of ideas for him, not sure which ones to go forward with yet.

The package on the left side of the mailbox. I think the shadowing looks especially good here. This backpack is the first project where I used shadows so extensively. I didn't feel comfortable doing it in the past because shadows can turn out messy if not done right. (And lighting has definitely been a learning process for me.) In the end it meant a lot of extra rendering, but it does make a huge difference in my opinion.

For the stamp on this package I scanned a drawing I did as a kid. At first I'd planned to use creative commons pics off of Flickr. Then I decided to play it safe instead, so all the stamps are images I made myself.

Part of the fountain pen, and an ink pot. The whole cable mechanism looks great I think. The shadowing is more subtle here perhaps, but it does give it that extra something to make it look more real. I need to find another project to use these locks in, because I don't feel like parting with them yet.

The front package, a note and an opened envelope. You can just about see the backside of my Benny the Bear on the stamp :P

Closeup of the fountain pen and the stamps on the right side of the mailbox. The pen certainly deserved to be on another creation, after I made it for my Mobile Phone. The texture for the pen point was probably the one I spent the most time on, ever. Two of the stamp pics are of me, the middle one of my good friend Dave Weir :)

Letter dropping in the letter slot. Random combinations get made from a total of 5 stamp and 5 envelope designs. Letters drop every 30 seconds to 3 minutes. All the names and addresses are made up of course, though I did look up actual towns and ZIP codes. For the stamps I again used pics by me, which can all be found on my Flickr as well.

And finally, the lock on the other side. It seems to catch the light even better here. There's actually another lock at the bottom of the mailbox, but you'd really have to cam under to see that one.

There we are :)

Snail Mail is mod/copy and priced at L$450. I was mindful of prim size limits again and made sure this backpack can go very, very small. Should be fine for all child avatars. I hope you'll enjoy your purchase. This item is truly one of a kind <3

Mainstore Location

Summer Store Location

Snail Mail on Xstreet

Yalin 3015

2009-09-17T14:14:00.017+02:00

Portable music reinvented, with the Yalin 3015!

For those who saw The Mobile Phone, this item is not entirely 'new'. I originally made this cassette recorder as a sort of answering machine for my backpack. It turned out cute though, I think, so I modded it to wear around the neck. Read on by the way for information on a special offer!

Sales poster for the green version :)

All the available colors: pink, purple, green, blue, red and grey. My personal favourites are green and red. The red one's coloring is a bit more diverse than the rest, which I found to work well. For those wondering about the name: Yalin comes from my SL name obviously and 3015 from my real life birthday, march 15th.

This cassette recorder is a personal design as you might've guessed. I looked at some reference photos, as I always do, but in the end I just made it realistic enough to be recognized as a cassette recorder and quirky enough to be fun to wear. I used to own a cassette recorder. Not sure it still works, if I still have it that is. I'm very much into modern gadgets and technology, but I get so nostalgic seeing old devices like this. I had planned to put 'vintage cassette recorder' on the poster, but hey: it's a cassette recorder, so of course it's vintage!

Closeup of the keys. Often the record buttons on real cassette players would be red, but I thought that would turn into an eyesore. The volume indicators were a bit tricky to map out, but I love adding detail like that to textures. I considered putting just 'volume' and leaving out the 'level', but I've seen that mention on different recorders and it makes them look even older. (Of course volume 'level', what else? We'd just say 'volume' nowadays.) I might overthink my stuff just a tiny bit, I realize that :P

More detail: electric plug and screws at the sides. Fitting this together was a pain, but all the extra tweaking really made a difference.

The spools and tape. It's a shame some of the detail gets lost when viewed at a distance, because the textures are rather nice. The tape does have that distinct shine to it.

There we are =^.^=

The Yalin 3015 is priced at L$140 per color and available at all my store locations and on Xstreet.

Mainstore Location

Summer Store Location

And now for the special offer: for a limited time only, you will get an extra color for free when you purchase this item. This offer is valid on purchases made before noon SLT tomorrow, september 18th, and open to group members only. If you haven't joined the update group yet, please do so by clicking the sign in my mainstore. When you've made your purchase, you can then send me a note specifying the extra color you want and I'll send it to you after the deadline expires :)

The Mobile Phone

2009-08-16T22:51:00.019+02:00

Finally a new release! I had originally planned to finish this item a lot sooner, but unfortunately real life commitments got in the way and Second Life was put on hold. However, today, I'm very proud to announce that 'The Mobile Phone' is now available for purchase.

I originally made a vintage phone for my 'Burger Vision Belt', but afterwards I started thinking it deserved an accessory of its own. So I turned it into a backpack, with lots of add-ons referencing phones and technology. On the backpack you'll find: giant phone, battery, duct tape, baggies, fountain pen, ink pot, address book, vintage answering machine, 'speakerphone', electric cords and more. (This process will keep me busy forever. Now I can't seem to part with the battery and already got an idea of what to do with it.)

The Mobile Phone is no mod/copy/no transfer and contains a scripted resize menu. The first color I made was pink, but I quickly decided I (of course) needed traditional red and black as well. In the end I did 5 colors total, which turned out to be a bit of a texture nightmare.

Anyways, here it is! Sales poster :)

And here are the rest of the colors: pink, purple, blue and black. I was kind of hoping I would like the crazy colors better, but personally I do prefer the red version. I'm curious to know which color others will choose.

I'm adding plenty of detail pics to this post, but I can't do this for every color obviously. On Xstreet you'll find similar images of all available colors :)

Big battery, attached with duct tape. I was determined to make a detailed texture regardless of whether you'd see a lot of it. I modeled the battery after a Duracell one, but everything on it is in fact a parody. I replaced some symbols with the kanji for love, changed the warnings to 'do not eat', put 'made in SL' instead of 'made in EC' and changed the name. If you'd pull back the duct tape, you would see the brand is in fact Rezzacell. (A bit uninspired maybe. I wanted to do Avacell, but apparently this exists :P)

Baggies on the backpack belt. I especially like how the lighting on the buckles turned out. The bottom bag contains a small ink pot and the top bag my pride and joy of this whole project: my fountain pen. I love fountain pens. Years ago I was forced to write with fountain pens in school because of the erasable ink, but I'd still use them either way. They're much more graceful and usually more nicely decorated than your regular ballpoint pen.

Close up. I love the pen point. I made the texture from scratch, mapping out the lines and putting a little 'AMH' at the bottom. Originally I was going to do funky colors for the pen as well, but I thought a more elegant version would balance out the backpack.

The belt buckles. I hope I managed to make the colors on each backpack work together. I wanted bright and cheery colors for this item, starting with the phones and belts, but everything else that came on later made the color scheme a bit more complicated.

Address book. The pages inside are even 'printed', but you can't see much of it unfortunately. And yes, that is my handwriting :P

An answering machine, sort of. While looking for inspiration I found pics of enormously bulky 'telephone answering equipment', which made me nostalgic. And I hardly ever do realistic or modern looking sculpts, so this is partly my own design, partly inspired by old answering machines and cassette players/recorders.

Final piece. A megaphone/speakerphone. The one on the black backpack (shown here) is more traditionally colored than the rest. I know an answering machine is rather all-in-one, but the addition of the 'speaker' is meant to be cheeky of course :D

Just a note about the scripted resize: the biggest size is insanely big and the smallest insanely small. The pic below shows me in a child shape standing next to the XXL size. And I'm wearing the S size, not even XS, so this backpack should be ok for any child avatar. I never made my products specifically for child avatars, but I can see why my accessories would appeal to this group. I'll definitely continue taking this into account with future releases. I was very mindful of size differences between prims with this backpack.

That's it pretty much ^^

As you can see from the poster The Mobile Phone is priced at L$380 per color. This is no doubt the product I've put the most time and effort into, so it's definitely worth it I think. There's a fatpack available as well, containing all 5 colors, for L$950. The Mobile Phone is now available in all of my stores and on Xstreet.

Mainstore Location
Summer Store Location

The Mobile Phone on Xstreet: pink | purple | blue | red| black | fatpack

One final note: I announced the winners of my store opening contest ages ago, through my update group. However, I forgot to do it here. Those winners were: Dahlia Seoung, Fidella Faulds and Keira Maertens. I'd sent each of them a monetary prize, but they are now receiving this backpack as well.

Home Sweet Home, and a Contest

2009-04-05T01:08:00.013+02:00

Woot! After long hours of endless tweaking, I'm happy to report my new mainstore, in the Osaka sim, is finally up. It's actually been up for a while already, but I wanted it to be perfect for when I posted the announcement. This is the first building I've made and it was challenging in a number of ways. However, I do hope it turned out nice ... and cute of course. My Linji location is still up and I will keep it as long as possible. It just won't be my main any longer, so please update your landmarks.

Wide view of the new store. The crystals and flowers in the garden are by the very talented Summer Seale :)

I decided to keep my old logo. It's definitely not one of the better sculpts I've done, but I'm so attached to it now. And it's simple and fun, so for now it stays.

Store sign. I really did my best with shadowing on this build. It's trial and error for me, I learn something new with each project. I'm truly grateful for all the skills I've been taught through SL.

Some interior shots. I thought the branch breaking through the building was a nice touch. I further updated all my vendors and rearranged them a bit.

In honor of this new mainstore opening, I'm having a contest. Entering is quick and easy. Simple join my update group (sign inside the store) and also click the pink logo on top of the building, which will enter you in the contest itself. Only after completing both steps will you have a chance to win. There will be three winners. Two will get a beautiful new backpack I'm close to finishing, a third will get this backpack and L$500 as well. Winners will be announced april 19th, both here and through my update group.

That's all for now. Please come have a look at the store. I put a lot of heart and soul into it :)

AnnaMayaHouse mainstore

A Cup of Cute

2009-03-02T22:51:00.011+01:00

Phew, it's been a while since my last post. School got in the way as usual, but I'm getting ready to release a pair of shoes that I'm very excited about. They're gonna be ... different, of course. However, I really wanted to release something before then and I'd made this little bow for the shoes that I thought would work well on its own.

There's lots of bows out there already, I know, but this is my own take on it and it turned out nice, if I do say so myself. I spent a lot of time on the textures, which I hope has paid off. The Little Bow of Cute comes in 10 delicious flavors, L$60 each, with permissions mod and copy. You can also pick up the fat pack, which includes all colors at a 50% discount, in separates and in one handy texture scripted bow as well. Gabriel Watanabe graciously provided the necessary scripting power :o

And with these bows I've officially run out of space at my mainstore. It's time to move to my own parcel and I will, very soon. I'm working on a store building and will hopefully be at my new place within two weeks. Announcements about the location will follow here and in my update group, which is now set up. (Non-SL group, there's a sign to join at my mainstore.)

Speaking of which: I have sent a Little Bow of Cute fat pack to one subscriber. This time the lucky winner is Vasean Talamasca. Congratulations! Hope you like them. I'll give away more stuff and to more people in the future, but the group has to grow a bit still.

That's all from me! Pick up your favorite bows today at my mainstore, my store at the Summer sim or on Xstreet.

Mainstore Location
Summer Store Location

The Little Bow of Cute on Xstreet: pink | red | green | gold | dark purple | light purple | dark blue | light blue | white | black | fat pack

P.S.: I was very sad to see OnRez go. I personally always preferred it to Xstreet/SLX and made more sales there as well, because I could advertise at nice rates. I'm not optimistic about Linden Lab getting a monopoly in this market and seriously doubt any good will come of it. But let's hope I am wrong (like many others thinking the same).

Series Revisited

2008-12-21T15:16:00.025+01:00

First off, let me say that the Halloween freebies were a success. In the end I gave away over 1200 witches and I've seen them pop up here and there on blogs, which makes me happy. I'll definitely make more freebies in the future. For Christmas however, I couldn't manage. School has kept me too busy to work on new products much and I'd started this other project ages ago that I really needed to finish. And I now finally have.

When I made my Fastfood Backpack, it was meant as part of a series. I released the Emergency Burger to go with it as a leg accessory and thought afterwards a belt would be cool as well. I wanted it to be less girly looking than the other two, but still referenced to junk food and my favourite website, ICHC. I decided on a technology theme, yet slightly tongue-in-cheek as usual. After some delay, it's finally here: my Burger Vision Belt.

The best thing on this belt was one of the last to be thought up. I had a general idea of what I wanted before I started sculpting the belt base, but the phone was originally meant as a regular cell phone. I find this much cuter though, and I always love a bit of nostalgia. I'm proud of how it turned out and will in fact use this phone for another project, with some slight modifications. It deserves to stand on its own I think.

I added a kitty button to this belt, like I did with the other products in the series. It's one of the few recurring prims and ties everything together a bit.

I had some fun adding images and text to this diary, even if you can't really see much of it. I like the texturing on the strap as well, and the lighting on all the buttons. Thanks to Gabriel Watanabe the remote actually works. The blue and green buttons turn the corresponding TVs on and off, the red button controls both. I thought a feature like this would be good, since some might get annoyed at the continuous animation loops inside the TV screens (an SL limitation).

The TVs I knew from the start I was gonna add. I wasn't sure if animating them would be feasible, but after some fiddling that worked out better than I could've hoped. Each screen consists of two prims, so that the 'static' moves independently from the actual movies. The footage was shot by me inside The Sims 2.

The belt is overall less 'cutesy' looking than my backpack or leg accessory, but I added some sweet elements nonetheless. The texturing on the hearts turned out quite nice and I made bold, colorful buttons to be used throughout the entire belt.

That's it! The Burger Vision Belt is now available at my two store locations and on Xstreet. I priced it at L$350, which I think is fair considering the amount of work that went into it. I add a lot of detail to my items, which I hope makes them more special and unique. And I personally love highly detailed accessories. The more prims, the merrier =^.^=

Mainstore Location
Summer Store Location

Burger Vision Belt on Xstreet

Summer and Halloween

2008-10-13T23:59:00.011+02:00

If you love particles, you should know Summer Seale. I'm not talking about obnoxious bling you see at clubs, but beautiful and intricate particles. Summer really is the particle queen and she recently opened her own sim which is just downright gorgeous. I'm honored she offered me a spot there.

The sim is a haven for fairies: magical, cute and filled to the brim with awesome sculpts, most of which Summer herself created.

Sim landing point. Just to give an idea of the goodies. You have to see this place for yourself. Pics can't do it justice.

My mushroom. I got to pick a color, so I went with the purple cap of course. Cutesy colors yay! I so love this little store. It's adorable, I love spending time here.

I'm sure it's not just me, but I get fired up over stuff like this. With this new store in mind, I felt inspired to finally do something for Halloween and perhaps, maybe, yes ... make it free. I've been totally lazy on the freebie front, about time that changed. I'm very grateful to everyone who has bought from me or stopped by my store.

The idea I went with isn't that original of course, as a Halloween freebie, but it all comes down to execution I thought. Wicked Witch Wendy (I hope) turned out sweet and fun. She blinks and her broom leaves a trail of particles (thanks to Summer!). She can be worn on your shoulder, attached to a scarf or as a spinning pet. I made two color options as well: a more classic Halloween look and a colorful pink and purple look. The first can be found at my main store in Linji, the second at my new mushroom store. Both of them will be available until November 1st, after which I'll take them back into my invent, for a year probably.

I hope this will introduce more people to Summer's sim. It deserves all the visitors it can get. Plus, making this was really fun. I think I'll do something for Christmas too, but maybe by then more specifically for customers or store subscribers. Just gotta poke a certain someone to put an update system in place :P

Anyways, happy Halloween everyone!
Grab these little witches before they disappear =^.^=

Wicked Witch Wendy I
Wicked Witch Wendy II

What I Can Never Find

2008-09-30T16:20:00.026+02:00

Leg accessories, yes! Good ones at least are hard to come by. And since I wanted to continue my backpack theme, I decided to make one myself. I should've released this sooner I suppose, but other stuff got in the way, as usual.

The Emergency Burger leg accessory continues on my fast food theme, and is again in reference to ICHC. It includes a leg strap, ketchup bottle, toothbrush, toothpaste, blinking kitty, soda, laundry pin, seal, double cheeseburger (with ketchup!), straps, safety pins, fries and buttons. I owe a special thanks to Gabriel Watanabe for making the blink script for me. He rocks, like, a lot.

I put the accessory at L$240, with permissions mod and copy. It's resizable and customizable, the only thing you can't modify is the scripts inside the kitten. I thought about doing scripted resize instead, but this didn't prove as accurate, especially with the kitten eyes.

Sales poster, made like the backpack one.

The ketchup bottle made me drool in-world. I think the shine on it turned out nicely. The texturing on the lid I'm really proud of.

I thought it would be fun to add extra little details to the soda bag, so I ended up making the toothbrush and paste. The idea being, let's say, that if you eat junk but brush all is good. It's meant to be playful. I added little paws to the bag texture and put my logo on the toothbrush as well (for lack of inspiration).

I didn't set out to make the kitty totally realistic, which is why the paws are a bit more cartoony. I wanted to dress him as well, seemed sweet. Added some more detail to the pants in the process.

The note on the bag I wrote myself. That's the idea that got me started for this accessory and where I got the name from. The seal is totally cute to me. Best appreciated if you know ICHC.

I guess despite the name for this item, the burger really isn't the most important thing on it. It was the easy part of this project, since I already made it for the backpack. But I revamped it a bit, added more ketchup and different pins.

The strap lock, with a soft shine to it. There's a lot of different colors on this accessory, but I think they blend in together well enough.

That's it! Everything shown in detail as much as possible. I'm so glad to have this item out and I hope people will enjoy it. Off to make more stuff =^.^=

Mainstore Location

Emergency Burger on Xstreet

Unfinished Business

2008-08-16T22:43:00.011+02:00

I'm taking care of some unfinished business and finally updated the photography guide I wrote ages ago. More than long overdue, since the previous release was from before Windlight (Windlight introduction to the main client I mean). So I rewrote the Windlight section, reviewed everything and added some more stuff here and there that I'd been thinking of for ages. I've tried making it as logical as possible, leaving out some info that's perhaps less to the point.

Another thing that's off my 'to do' list. I was getting more annoyed by the day realising people might get confused by the outdated info. Plus, I recently made the time to Photoshop again and the thought of that old, old guide was like a constant bee sting. Yah. I was surprised finding out how many people have actually gotten the 1.1 version, so I hope the update will be appreciated. If you have the 1.1, you should've received the 1.2 by now through the update system. You can always get a new, updated copy of course if you didn't. (May happen if you opened the first box in a no script area.)

Anyway, I really appreciate feedback. I'm hoping to turn this into a long term project, where others may want to contribute as well.

Eventually I'll make a pdf version for easier reference, but for now this update will do. There's too many other things I need to finish still. I started on another sculpt project and really want to get a move on.

Off to battle!

x
Anya

AnnaMayaHouse Gallery
AnnaMayaHouse Mainstore

Photo Guide on Xstreet

Fastfood Backpack

2008-08-06T16:43:00.043+02:00

Hi there, Anya Yalin here: sculptor/animator/machinima lover/... This is my first ever post on a blog of my own. I started making content for Second Life quite a while ago, but now I want to handle this like a big girl and become a bit more organised. (I'm all over the place most of the time in just about anything I do.) This blog will be for store info obviously, as well as occasional ramblings and cookie dispensing.

Now to dive right in. There's this bag I made. I have a slight addiction to prim accessories (hence you'll find me with most attachment points occupied 99% of the time), so I wanted something with a lot of detail. And I mean a LOT. All sides of the bag covered, little nicknacks, the whole deal. Going to this website daily I settled on a fastfood/kitty/cutesy backpack. (Plus, I'm a neko.) And woot, now it's finally, and I really do mean finally, finished. I drove myself (and a few others) nearly crazy, but the bag turned out like I wanted it to, yay. I'm so excited to release it after a lot of frustration with sculpting, texturing, baking and endless tweaking. In and on the bag: fries, hamburgers, soda, burger box, baggies, decorative buttons, safety pins, little hearts, tiny bell, 10 dollar bill, paper notes, kitty logo, knife, fork, spoon, and more!

After some consideration I decided to price it at 350, which I think is reasonable considering the amount of work that went into it. The bag totals 192 prims, 186 of which are sculpted. To prevent the sculpt maps of the prims from being seen, this item is no mod. However, the box contains 5 different sizes to ensure perfect fit.

I took loads of pics to show as much detail as possible. Either way, if you want to inspect this bag before purchasing, I provided demo versions of all sizes at my store and on OnRez and SLX.

Sales poster. Man, it's hard to cram in a lot of info on such a small resolution, considering I use this for Xstreet too.

My long lost addiction to coke, yah. I used to be a sugar bomb.

Hmmm yum. I'm so proud of this stupid bun lol.

My store logo, inconspicuous enough I think. I personally don't like stores putting their names on products, even though I realize it's normal irl.

Fries and buttons ooooh. Inside the curled up note is a reference to that website I mentioned earlier. I've noticed myself using that kind of 'lolspeak' more often in SL conversations. I used to type all neatly even in IMs, punctuation included :P

Adorable big button and more fries. The burger box I relit a couple of times, wasn't sure about what I wanted. I made it slightly pinkish too, because I thought that was cuter and would blend in better with the overall colors.

The belt. I had a hard time settling on the color. I eventually went with a light blue similar to the main bag. I like having the color scheme be one whole, elements returning as well. That's why there's splashes on both the belt and the bag too. I'm a dork like that.

The dollar bill was cool to make. I thought about doing Santa money instead, but I found nice resolution images of the 10 dollar bill so there ya go. The image on the pink button was scanned from a little booklet I have irl. The texturing on the bell I'm quite fond of.

More cat references. This little guy was too sweet not to use.

Phew, I think that's about it. I hope you'll enjoy wearing this bag as much as I enjoyed making (and wearing) it. It's available at my main store location and on OnRez and SLX. Gifting is available at my store too by the way, courtesy of Gabriel Watanabe's awesome vendors. I thank him as well for his support during the creation of this item. His patience with my whining is endless.

I love input, so feel free to leave a comment or say hi. You might know me from elsewhere already. I'm scattered all over the internet, on YouTube, Flickr, Koinup etc.

Anyways, I sign off for now!

x
Anya Yalin

Mainstore Location

Fastfood Backpack on Xstreet (and demos)