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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Eripom Moonwall is a weapons manufacturer which would make her a bad guy in real life, but in Second Life, nah. She’s one of the good guys and not just because I love her dynamic action-filled photos that seem like stills from…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Yesterday’s post sent me off to Second Life Avians, a Flickr group devoted to our feathered friends. This was the first picture and what a picture. Taken by Susann DeCuir it is vibrant and colorful. Her description links to more information and…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Bo Zano’s “Rockmead” is named after the sim where it was shot and he provides a handy SLurl so you, too, can enjoy these playful otters. [To teleport to RockMead, click here] I love how he used the rule of thirds to…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Faye Nightshade’s “Travel Journal | Winterstorm” is a fabulous picture full of energy and deeply situated in the place she is shooting. There are leading lines with the trees following the river. The dynamic movement of the boat is shown by its…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Nekonuko Nakamori’s stream is an extraordinary demonstration of the power of discipline and thematic consistency. Almost every picture is a landscape with her avatar in the middle distance. She is observing herself in the act of observing, the literal definition of meta.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Mark Walder’s most recent picture “10-65 in Progress” is a glimpse to a completely new side of Second Life, robbers looting an armored car. There isn’t a lot of focus on the criminal side despite the many pics of crime fighters, but…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting I saw Scylla Rhiadra’s stunning "The Dancer VII: Les coulisses" and immediately recognized it as an homage to Edgar Degas and his series of paintings of dancers. Scylla doesn’t just focus on the same subject matter, she captures his use of light.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Hellhound is one of those artists that I value because they force me to stretch the boundaries of my aesthetics. At first glance, Alias Amethyst is is not the sort of picture I “like.” But then what is liking? It’s such a…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Erika Xaron fooled me with this photo. My first thought on seeing it was Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire.” I found myself singing sotto voce, “Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Ice Rock demonstrates that where you are shooting from is as important as what you are shooting at when taking a picture. Take “The Lighthouse”. By shooting low, the moon seems even bigger. I love how the lighthouse light…
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