ToySoldierThor
Tinman
I was exploring a large cluster of sims dedicated to Fashion and Art - The Avalon Art District sims. It also had several stores on the sim's downtown streets. While exploring, I passed by a large store that sold several really cool items - including some amazing sculpted, textured, and animated statues. the name of the store was called THE PROP SHOP ( Surl: slurl.com/secondlife/Vade%20Mecum/46/103/27 ) and it is run by the creator of many of the items in the store - Balthazar Fouroux.
The store caught my eye immediately because in the huge front display window was this massive statue of the Wizard of Oz "Tinman" sitting on a tree stump with his Axe. It was 3 times larger than me. I loved the design and the look of him and his textured face. This was a animated sculpture create by Balthazar. My mind and SL camera immediate went into action as I had thoughts of a cool SL Photo Art I could possible do with this TINMAN. After taking a couple photos of Tinman in a couple poses, I set out to see what I could do with him.
The next day I removed Tinman from his store background. Then I spent time doing what Photo artists must always do with SL photos of avatars and sculpted/prim shapes that were photo'ed in SL - cleaning up the jagged edges and minor mis-alignments that are noticed on the photo. Then I need a backdrop for the Tinman - obviously some forest. Well I already had a perfect SL forest scene in my inventory from the amazing SIM of the Misty Mountains (location in the credits). Then I spend the rest of my time experimenting with countless texture layers and masks to get the look I wanted of the Tinman - him walking through a dark forest - weather-beaten and rusted. I worked hard to get his face and head to stand out. I made his axe still shiny and gleaming as well as the axe handle.
Hope you like it.
Toysoldier Thor ToyTalks.weebly.com
CREDITS & PERMISSION:
>> "Tinman" Photo - my SecondLife Photo of the "Tinman" 3D Sculpted sculpture designed & Textured by SL Resident "Balthazar Fouroux" (he sells this statue and others at his SL inworld store for an amazing low price
>> Forest Background - my SecondLife photo of the MISTY MOUNTAIN sim owned by "Forest of Lothlorian" group, SL SURL = slurl.com/secondlife/MISTY%20MOUNTAINS/100/22/23
>> Sandstone, Rustic Grey Oak, Lake Water enhancement textures - my personal private library of Real Life photos
>> PAREEERICA textures - firewalker: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3861893046/
>> PAREEERICA textures - Green Grunge Cement: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/4953809120/
Tinman
I was exploring a large cluster of sims dedicated to Fashion and Art - The Avalon Art District sims. It also had several stores on the sim's downtown streets. While exploring, I passed by a large store that sold several really cool items - including some amazing sculpted, textured, and animated statues. the name of the store was called THE PROP SHOP ( Surl: slurl.com/secondlife/Vade%20Mecum/46/103/27 ) and it is run by the creator of many of the items in the store - Balthazar Fouroux.
The store caught my eye immediately because in the huge front display window was this massive statue of the Wizard of Oz "Tinman" sitting on a tree stump with his Axe. It was 3 times larger than me. I loved the design and the look of him and his textured face. This was a animated sculpture create by Balthazar. My mind and SL camera immediate went into action as I had thoughts of a cool SL Photo Art I could possible do with this TINMAN. After taking a couple photos of Tinman in a couple poses, I set out to see what I could do with him.
The next day I removed Tinman from his store background. Then I spent time doing what Photo artists must always do with SL photos of avatars and sculpted/prim shapes that were photo'ed in SL - cleaning up the jagged edges and minor mis-alignments that are noticed on the photo. Then I need a backdrop for the Tinman - obviously some forest. Well I already had a perfect SL forest scene in my inventory from the amazing SIM of the Misty Mountains (location in the credits). Then I spend the rest of my time experimenting with countless texture layers and masks to get the look I wanted of the Tinman - him walking through a dark forest - weather-beaten and rusted. I worked hard to get his face and head to stand out. I made his axe still shiny and gleaming as well as the axe handle.
Hope you like it.
Toysoldier Thor ToyTalks.weebly.com
CREDITS & PERMISSION:
>> "Tinman" Photo - my SecondLife Photo of the "Tinman" 3D Sculpted sculpture designed & Textured by SL Resident "Balthazar Fouroux" (he sells this statue and others at his SL inworld store for an amazing low price
>> Forest Background - my SecondLife photo of the MISTY MOUNTAIN sim owned by "Forest of Lothlorian" group, SL SURL = slurl.com/secondlife/MISTY%20MOUNTAINS/100/22/23
>> Sandstone, Rustic Grey Oak, Lake Water enhancement textures - my personal private library of Real Life photos
>> PAREEERICA textures - firewalker: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3861893046/
>> PAREEERICA textures - Green Grunge Cement: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/4953809120/