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The Evolution of an Avatar

June 24th, 2009 |

I’m always fascinated by the creative process. Part of my commitment to being a featured creator in the FFC Fantasy Faire was to provide two items as RFL donations to raise funds for cancer research. Originally I had planned to use a cute set of demon wings as one of the donations. However, I was so pleased with the wings that I felt they needed a faery to go with them. And so, the concept of the little demon faery was born.

I added the wings to my faery base, then thought, hmmm: she needs a demon skin. So off into Photoshop I went, to create a suitable skin for a little demon faery. I soon discovered that shading and lighting a deep red skin was quite the task! But I was pleased with the results as I watched little Mona emerge.

Once I had a wings and skin, I realized that she wouldn’t be a little demon without horns and tail. So I hunted in my inventory for a tail I had made, converted it to one suitable for demon, and voila — with a new leathery texture and a few tweaks to the wag script, Mona had a scripted demon tail. The final touch involved creating demon horns and putting them on her forehead. To do that, I googled a number of demon costume images to see how the horns were created and placed. I soon discovered that there didn’t seem to be a “right” way to style or position the horns, so I created a set that would look right on a cute little demon faery. Thus was born a friendly little demon faery, half demon and half fae.

Mona Demon Faery Avatar

All proceeds from the sale of Mona benefit Relay for Life. See her in world at the Atea Avatars Main Store in Qissence.

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The Mystical Festival and FFC Fantasy Faire

June 7th, 2009 |

Author: Atea Aeon

This has been a busy time for Atea Avatars as we expand into fantasy markets and participate in some of the many fantasy fundraising events happening during this time of year.

One of the events we attended at the end of May was the wonderful Mystical Festival hosted by Lyr Lobo. The Mystical Festival features some of the best build classes I have taken in Second Life, along with concerts, games, and activities. This was the third annual event and the third festival I have attended! In 2007 I met the first Isle of Wyrms dragon I saw in Second Life at the Mystical Festival, the majestic Skylarian Isachenko, who will be a contributing author to this blog.

All proceeds from the Mystical Festival events benefit Relay for Life in the fight against cancer. I created a special faery for the event, the Mysti Summer Faery. All of Mysti’s sales benefit Relay for Life. Mysti is currently available for purchase at the Qissence main store and in some of our fantasy market shops.

Mysti Summer Faery

Atea Avatars will be a featured creator in the upcoming First Annual Friends Fighting Cancer Fantasy Faire, which is a multi-sim happening taking place from June 15th to 21st, 2009. Here are some of our featured shots for the Faire:

Fantasy Avatars

Faery Avatars

Neko Avatars

Find out more about the upcoming Fantasy Faire at http://fantasyfaire2009.wordpress.com/

Mysti Summer Faery may be purchased at the Atea Avatars Main Store in Qissence http://slurl.com/secondlife/Qissence/121/97/49

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