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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting; read about her in this Second Life Spotlight

SL Monochrom is a small, but mighty, group of just 96 members who have shared around 3,000 pictures, all deliciously monochromatic. There isn’t a stinker to be found. Karla Glen shared this untitled picture that takes the common clichéd image of a person standing in a doorway looking into the distance and subverts it by replacing the person with a couple dogs. In addition to its clever play on a common sort of picture, the detail is sharp and the lighting is perfect. 

Now, just because an image is clichéd, it doesn’t mean it’s bad. There are many gorgeous pictures of a nude woman lying on her stomach on her bed, a person jumping into the air on the beach or sitting on a cliff or rock formation looking out to sea. As you can see by Karla’s example, you can even shoot a clichéd image and tweak it into something fresh and exciting. The folks in SL Monochrom are talented enough they do it with ease.  

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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Cyp Hill creates such a wide variety of pictures, you might be surprised that he is the subject in nearly every one of them. Of course, that’s true of many Second Life artists who can alter their identity with a few clicks going from man about town to the things that creep around in nightmares.

This image, “Shotgun Rider” is a great example of the man about town with his sweetheart. I love how the city lights pick up the bits of chrome on the dashboard while the flow of oncoming traffic is turned into a river of light by his speed. This is an example of his most defining artistic characteristic, his careful use of light in the darkness. 

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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Celestial Demon was inspired to create this homage to Bad Omen’s “The Death of Peace of Mind” album.. It’s fantastic particularly because it is not a copy. An homage is always best when it is the starting point rather than the finish line. 

I got inspired by his inspiration to hunt out other album covers created in Second Life. There were a couple photo challenges over the years, recreating covers or imagining they had a band and creating their own cover. 

For some of the best, click here:

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