Pretty new bikini from Pididdle! The ribbon attachments are non-rigged mesh and you can get it right now at My Attic and the pose is a new one from Miseria. Also, new shape (again)! I'm still working on it here and there but I think I like the face a lot :)
I love these pants from *BOOM* so much! They are my favorite kind of pants to wear in RL ^_^ The half tucked tee from Tres Blah (at Collabor88) fits perfectly with them too. The necklace is also at C88 right now from Maxi Gossamer and comes with matching earrings, necklace options, and in silver and gold.
So much newness! Maitreya released these AWESOME BOOTS that I am so very much in love with right now. I have only ever bought 2 shoe fatpacks before and this is one of them. The skin is a brand new release from My UglyDorothy and as always, cute as a button <3 I love it with this shade of light red from Magika. And last but certainly not least, Shabby Cat released this mesh tube dress in solids and rose prints.
Credits
Hair: Volume - Magika • Sabina Gully
Skin: Jung (Base, Salmon) - My UglyDorothy • Sopha Portal
I decided to make a really quick tutorial on just a couple things.. Skin smoothing, which is really simple and great for quick edits, and Highlights/Shadows using curves adjustment layers. Please excuse my horrible video, I haven't quite mastered making them yet lol. If there is anything I messed up on, doesn't make sense, or if you just have a question, feel free to contact me :) Hope this helps!
Step by Step
Skin Smoothing
After you've cropped your pic and gotten rid of those pesky lines you get if you have shadows on:
Hit D to set your foreground color to black and background to white.
Right under your foreground/background color, click the Quick Mask button or just hit the Q key.
Grab your brush tool (B) and paint over the area that you want to smooth. Make sure you do not paint over areas with detail such as eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc. If you see red paint, you're doing it right. If you got it anywhere it doesn't need to be, hit X to switch your foreground color to white and paint over to erase.
When you have the desired area covered, click the Quick Mask button (or Q) again, which will select everything except the red. Go up to the Select menu and click on Inverse. This makes all the red paint a selection.
Make your selection a new layer by hitting Command or Control + J or going to the Layers menu and selecting New>Layer Via Copy.
Now go to the Filter menu.. Blur>Surface Blur... The settings will vary depending on your picture's resolution, so just play around with the sliders until it looks the way you want.
Highlights & Shadows
On your right toolbar, you should see an Adjustments tab. If you don't, go up to the Window menu and make sure there is a check mark beside "Adjustments".
In the Adjustments tab, there is a button that looks like a graph with a curve on it. Click it to make a new Curves layer. Remember to rename the layers so you can keep track of what you are doing. For example, Face highlights, Face shadows, Arm highlights, etc.
When you make a new Curves layer, a Properties tab will pop up. For highlights, drag the curve up to make the image lighter. Then hit I or Invert button. For shadows, drag the curve down to make it darker. Then Invert that layer as well.
Hit D to set your foreground/background color.
Grab your brush tool, set it to 0% hardness and about 10-15% opacity.
To paint highlights, click your highlights layer in the sidebar, then start painting on your image.
To paint shadows, click your shadows layer in the sidebar, then starting painting on your image.
Again, you can have multiple layers, your brush color needs to be to be white, and if you need to erase anything, set your brush color to black and erase.
Here is my finished quick edit using these techniques.. I just brought out the highlights that are already on the skin, eyes, and lips and added subtle details and shadows. You can do much much more! Hope this helps :)
I am pretty clueless when it comes to pre 1950ish fashion so I definitely don't do La Petite Morte's Vintage Fair skins any justice at all. The skins are all gorgeous (there are 3 VF exclusives) and this is the Silent Screen Star skin. This picture was so easy to edit because the skin is in BLACK AND WHITE. How awesome is that? The pose and fancy cigarette are from La Petite Morte as well :)
Another VF item is this dress from Geometry. I've already posted this hair before, but here it is again in black, a new release from Adore & Abhor.
Another drool worthy Vintage Fair item is the Twiggy Dress from evolve shown here in Houndstooth. There are 9 retro-licious colors/patterns of this dress in all. I have noticed how many items in my inventory with the name Twiggy.. skins, makeup, clothes.. what an icon!
This round at Collabor88 is huge and wonderful and just opened yesterday. Instead of my usual omg this is awesome and I love that, you can just go check everything out for yourself ;)
By the way, Artilleri is having a 50% off EVERYTHING sale through this weekend only!
I think my favorite vintage style would have to be bohemian and I love this crochet top by Shabby Cat at Vintage Fair. If you like boho skirts, I made a few for the fair myself :) Also shown is the adorable new skin, Heather, from My UglyDorothy. I love the freckles on the face so much! Another new release is this mesh hair from Adore & Abhor. It comes in naturals, unnaturals, and ombre colors.
Here are a few new things out at this round of FaMESHed! And these are now my new favorite pants ^_^ I don't even have anything to say but that I love everything that is out at this event each round lol. Everything is original mesh and super quality so if you haven't checked it out yet, you won't be let down. Oh also, more poses from Vintage Fair!! These are from oOo Studio.
The Summer Harvest Hunt starts in a few days and I have some previews of what you will be hunting for coming your way!
