ARF! — Angry Ruth Fashion

I hath returned!  I apologize to those of you that read this little blog, but I just couldn’t seem to motivate myself to make posts anymore.  It got to the point where it would take me 30-45 minutes to do a single post, so I’m going to do things a little differently this time around.  First off, I’m not going to be doing anymore photoshopped images (or at least not regularly).  I’m just taking raw snapshots from SL and cropping them.  No scenic backgrounds either.  I’ll either take them where I’m standing or on a solid color backdrop.  Why am I telling you this?  I don’t know.

Anyways, my avatar has change a good bit since I last posted.  Around the time of my last post, I was searching far and wide for a lighter complexion male skin that wouldn’t make me look like a popped-collar, aviators wearing doucher (*see Club Slut).  I found it!  Karamia’s male line of skins are fantastic for the style I’m going for; it’s a nice mix of male model and average joe.  So I’ve got a lot of posts to catch up on, most of which will have this new skin in it.   I get kind of tired of posting the same skin over and over again though, so I’m taking suggestions on other skins to check out, in the same style.

Let’s get to it, eh?  I stumbled upon a new designer (at least new to me) a week or so back and I’ve become a big fan of a couple of articles of clothing he has for sale.  There was a small seam gap on one of the arms that was keeping me from posting about it, but the designer happily fixed the gap and replaced them.  What a guy!

The jacket and tank are from Photos Nikolaidis’ Another Stupid t-shirt Shop (A:S:S).  I had a little trouble fitting the collar, but it seems to have worked out in the end.  After the issue with the seam gap on the left arm was fixed, I’ve gotta say the jacket is great coming from such a small designer.  It looks good, but maintains a hand-drawn look that I’ve come to appreciate.

My other big find, in this post, was this great hair from Uncleweb Studio.  Uw.St has been one of my favorite hair designers for a while now, but their main shop has been down for what seems like months.  In a desperate search for new men’s hair, I tracked down an Uw.St kiosk/wall in Le Look’s male hair and body section.  Until Uw.St’s main shop returns, take this SLURL to get to Le Look http://slurl.com/secondlife/LE%20LOOK/129/53/29

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This outfit very much flows against my usual style, but I felt like I needed to diversify.  This might be a little more appealing to your everyday SL Club Slut.  It’s from TRUTH for the most part.  New clothes released with his new store after clearing out all his old inventory.  Anyway, check it out:

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I have a nasty habit of picking up clothes that somehow blend nerdy with grunge.  I like it, but I’m not sure how everyone else feels about it, so this post may be hit or miss. The pants in this outfit are part of an old set I got from Relax some time ago.  I hope it’s still sold and I apologize if it’s been discontinued.  I’ll be checking in on all these old clothes and marking prices on all the items still available for purchase eventually.

Also, I’m continuing to experiment with snapshot presentation.  I started out with the white background collage, then multiple photos, and how the SL-scenic collage.  It’s my favorite yet, but I do apologize for the fake (if a pixel world can appear fake) or awkward appearance in some shots.

P.S. — Ducknipple is just a fun word.

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Sometimes I just have a single article of clothing that I like so much, I search and search my inventory to try and create an outfit that looks half decent. THIS is one of those instances. I really like this hat and I’ve tried it in several different combinations. One of my favorites involved a pink/gray layered shirt from Veezy and a rather emo neko belt from Atomic Kitty; well let’s just say some friends and associates didn’t approve. So I’m taking a SLIGHTLY less emo approach here with this hoodie jacket from Armidi, some classic jeans from Canimal, and my new super awesome, super expensive SOREAL Superstars Extended.

As far as modifications go with this one, aside from some standard resizing, I did a lot of sizing and adjustment to the hair to fit under the beanie and added a Meiko button to the beanie.

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I’m from Iowa, so I’m in no real position to call this style ‘California’, but a friend of mine mentioned it and I don’t quite know what else to call it.  This is a little mashup of old and new.  The shirt from Nylon Outfitters is one of the oldest items in my inventory from summer ‘06, while the jeans are someone relatively new from Gearshift.  I’m whoring out my old DMC sandals again to, because I quite simply don’t have that many pairs of shoes.  I recently bought two new pairs, though, that you’ll see in following posts.

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This is a very different look for me, but I really wanted to use this short hair.  The hair is from a place called Little Heaven.  I think it’s actually female hair, but we’ll call it unisex.  All I remember is it took me a lot of sizing to get it to fit well.  I think it looks fine enough.

The mp3 player in the pocket came with the pants.  It has different attachments including some headphones that actually go in your ears.  PEW PEW!!!

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I like these pants.  I have plenty of jeans, but I really like these pants.  The same doesn’t go for shoes.  I just can’t find enough I like.  These shoes from UBU are nice, but they’re kind of a pain to customize.  With the great customization comes the great complexity, I guess.  Anyways…

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I like Gritty Kitty. I do. I’m not a neko, but that shouldn’t matter. And it doesn’t. So go buy things from Gritty Kitty. Not too much. We don’t want the designer to be able to retire. Just enough to give them the motivation to keep going. Not that they don’t already have sufficient traffic/sales. I’m sure they’re doing quite well. Ramble. Periods. The stuff. ..

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So I got this great white sweater top from Kal Rau. Problem was, it had a nasty puffer layer with the default blank/white shirt texture. It was a nice shirt, but needless to say the solid white was less than appealing. I IMed Kal Rau about it and he responded VERY quickly. Right there on the spot, he made a new layer based on the jacket layer’s alpha and VOILA! a perfect shirt puffer layer. Sorry for rambling, but I just had to share this. It’s rare you meet a designer this responsive and generous with their time. So props to Kal Rau! (the clothes aren’t bad either!)

Here goes…

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So the blog is officially back online.  I’ve come to terms with the fact that SL just isn’t going to run as well as it used to thanks to my NEW video card.  Why can’t Linden Labs and ATI just be friends?  Anyways, I’ve got 3

5 new outfits to mark this return. Here’s the first:

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