November firsts

Greetings my friends!

Wow, last night a very exciting thing happened for me. I finished my GIMP course with flying colors! We were supposed to create one men's shirt complete with buttons, pocket, and placket. But last weekend I had a falling off the fence or lightbulb moment. I finally understood how GIMP worked for making clothing. Finally! That moment is like falling off a fence as a teacher friend of mine once told me. That's when the knowledge hits home and everything makes sense!

I spent the last week making clothing. I made four new corsets, three new outfits, one complete one called 'Scarlet Fever', and another one that's still in the works. The second one has a black and bronze brocade corset along with all sorts of other nummy little things. That's called 'Steam Punkin' and is Victorian and done by request. The third outfit is still being finished off, and if I want to be very technical about it, I have a fourth as well.

Oh yes, and I made a shirt to finish the course.

So last night I graduated from the Gimpster's course in Second Life, and will be continuing to work with that set of people to keep abreast of updates to GIMP. There has been a major one about two weeks ago, and GIMP is quickly becoming as powerful as Photoshop and the like. If you're a beginning dressmaker or designer on a tight budget, I recommend you go to www.gimp.org and download the latest GIMP. Then go into Second Life, look for the Gimpster group and take the course. It's well worth the money for it. It lasts ten weeks, and by the end you will have an excellent understanding of the program. That's my plug for today!


The Ghost Hunt was a great success. I had two outfits in that hunt. "Blood Lusty" and "Twilight Screams". Yes, I'll put them for sale in the vendors. I figure you all had your chance to get the outfits for free!



Some other very exciting things are in the wind as well. I realize I've said for about 90 days that I have something very special coming out in SL. Well so I do, but it is taking time to make sure it all works properly. Time and a LOT of hard work! When the time is right, all will be revealed. Until then, look for something around Thanksgiving week.


I'll post some pictures of outfits in a bit. I hope you all step outside and enjoy some small bit of lovely autumn weather!

Bright blessings,
Kembri