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I am thinking of publishing a file or a set of files that contain tools for Clothing Designers to use in making our precious SL clothes.



The file would contain:
20 fabric pattern layers - brocade, animal, plaid etc...

3 gloss highlite layers - Latex, Silk, and Satin

3 Shadow layers - Soft, velvet, and hard lighting
Several PSD pattern setsTutorials on how to easily change the color of your item (without using color selection and destroying the original image). A hint would be that I use adjustment layers in conjunction with layer comps and styles.



Please answer the poll and let me know what a good price for you would be.



**This information isn't something that I can just give away - a lot of it I had to learn through various means in the Print, Animation and Design industry. So I am talking about knowledge that one gets in 10 years of doing Graphic Design.

Just a little note to let everyone know that I will be coming out with a new item next week - trust me it's just what you need to get your "Love" on (and no this has nothing to do with sex!).

Also, on another note and with some drama; I was recently approach by an "entrepreneur" (I am using the word graciously) to become a partner in his so-called business (he wanted to take over my business and rebrand everything with his logo and he would run the show while I did all of the work - no thanks!). I ended up turning the "offer" down because A.) I don't work for free and B.) My instinct said to run...

That being said I found out a few other things about the content creators here in SL. Most of them are approachable and willing to offer advice - thanks to those who listened and offered me advice, you know who you are and I appreciate it immensly. I also noticed that contract work seems to have a degraded price here. If you compare hours to that of a freelance artist in the U.S. the content creators here are getting ripped or they just simply don't know about the going rate for design in general.

Make no mistake - the stuff we do here takes just as much effort and skill as it does to create a webpage or 3D game - so why don't the rates reflect it? I am assuming it is because of the "drift" between lindens and dollars, but that can't be the only reason. Are there just not that many "professionals" doing this? By professional I mean someone who has worked in the industry either as a freelance artist or for an agency - I in no way mean to offend anyone who is self taught or has never done design work before. Now, I am not talking about the price per item in world - the market dictates that. But contract design/programming work in-world is less than par with the market on similar items in RL.

Any comments are welcome - as I am scratching my head over the rate differences between SL and RL design work.

I am such a naughty girl! the O-Ring Bikinis have been out for almost a week and I haven't even blogged about them. Tsk, tsk!

Well they are here and based on the reviews from other people they are well liked. I took forever creating them - I don't know how many revisions I did before deciding on a final look, but eventually I decided on the one you are looking at.

These bikinis are premiering at L$25 but only until July 20th - then I will be raising the price. But hey I am not a totall meanie - I will put them on sale again.

L$25
Top - 3 layers
Bottoms - 2 layers
Transfer/Mod - No copy
Second Wave Apparel, Plush Gamma (99, 210, 21)
of course you can get these on SLExchange as well.

Soda and Second Wave are having a sidewalk sale for the holiday!

Tomorrow, July 4th through the 5th, we have tents full of discounted items, older items that have never been released, and some new, fun summer items. There are also a few $L 1 freebies in the spirit of the 4th of July. Celebrate in style!

All for $100L or less!

So check it out!

Second Wave Apparel, Plush Gamma (99, 210, 21)