Archive for the ‘Faery’ Category

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

The interesting thing about creating avatars in Second Life is that I never really know which avatar might appeal to Second Life residents. Sometimes I create an avatar that I personally love but for some reason isn’t really popular and doesn’t sell well. Other times, I create an avatar or a series that appeals to a broad audience or attracts a niche. In the case of my fantasy avatars, the faery queen series is quite popular.

Before making the faery queens, I made a very basic faery that I called Maeva.

She was my first attempt at a fantasy avatar and, though lovely, nowhere near as complex and interesting, in my mind, as the faery queens.

I was actually going to retire her after releasing the faery queens. However, one of my customers talked me out of that, explaining that she was a great starter faery for newcomers to fantasy avatars. Here’s the interesting part: once the faery queens went up and attracted a strong following, little Maeva also started to attract a following of her own and became a very popular item.

I thought it was time to create a few sisters for Maeva. Here there are:

Miri Pink Faery

Mauve Lavendar Faery

Matahina Blue Faery

Come see them for yourself at the Atea Avatars Mainstore. Stop for a while and take a stroll though the pathway in the faery forest. If you explore the Atea Avatars grounds you might just find the faery queen’s residence. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Qissence/121/97/49

I’ve finally finished the Faery Queen series I have been working on this fall. The Atea Avatars Faery Queens are elegant, sophisticated faeries who command their realms and hold dominion over forests and waters, fire and air, dusk and dawn, and the turning of the seasons.

Each Faery in the series is a complete avatar, with custom fae skin, fantasy makeup, shape, hair, eyes, ears, cloak, sculpted shoes, faery gown, faery wreath, and scripted flexi-wings. Also includes prim eyelashes, a facelight, stockings and gloves. The faery queen outfit may be worn as an elegant long gown or as a short modern faery dress.

The Faery Queen Series currently includes:

Moerava Winter Faery

Mareva Moon Faery

Maeva II Spring Faery

Mahana Dawn faery

Mahina Fire Faery

Moerani Autumn Faery

Atea Avatars, specializing in high quality complete avatars and distinctive characters in fantasy and realistic forms.http://slurl.com/secondlife/Qissence/33/51/52