New Products from GARDEN WORLD

Added some new products this week at GARDEN WORLD and Xstreet :

GW Ocean & Shore Waves

4 piece set of ocean waves suitable for all ocean scenes AND an ambient surf soundball - all copy and mod. These beach waves have textures and sculpties all made inhouse - very high quality.
Includes:

• 3 types of sculpted waves and specially crafted textures to suit
• 1 x lapping wave
• 1 x crashing wave
• 2 x swirling waves @ 10 meters and 20 meters (megaprim)
• Ambient surf Soundball with random sounds
• All one prim sculpties (except the soundball) and all copy and modify

See them inworld at GARDEN WORLD or Xstreet Listing here

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GW Casual Cushions w Poses

Beautiful asian themed throw cushion seats. Two piles of cushions with 6 unique poses built in each, complimented with custom colorful designs
Highlights:

• 2 x comfy Cushion Seats (sculpties)
• 6 unique poses in each
• 5 prims and 4 prims per
• Pose positions adjustable (remembers last 100 AVs)
• Easy-to-use menu system for choosing poses

See and try them inworld at GARDEN WORLD and they're available for sale there too.

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GW Stone Garden Lanterns (Pair)

A pair of beautiful asian style Stone Garden Lanterns. Baked textures really bring these Lanterns to life. Place them in your garden and click them to see the hot coals casting a gentle amber light over your surroundings.
Highlights:

• 1 pair of matched Lanterns
• Baked stone textures for Day & Night modes
• Click for On/Off

See them inworld at GARDEN WORLD and is available for sale there too.

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GW Easter Island Heads

2 awesome Easter Island Heads with specially crafted stone and moss textures. These ancient looking Moai will look great on your beach or tropical theme area.
Highlights:

• One prim each (sculpties)
• 2 x Heads with different stone and moss textures
• copy and modify - decorate whole sims and stretch them up to 10 meters tall

A previous version of these statues with another texture is  available here and has been rated 4.5 stars for their quality

See these versions inworld at  GARDEN WORLD and they're available for sale there too.

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More new items coming very soon :)

Extra Alice in WonderSLand shows announced

Due to overwhelming demand - we've added another 2 Alice In WonderSLand shows. Get your tickets at Xstreet http://tinyurl.com/3agys2c
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The first reviews are in - it seems we have a hit!

I did a bit of googling to find Alice in WonderSLand reviews...seems our wee show is going down well

"The Most Enjoyable 90 Mins or so that I’ve ever Spent in SecondLife"

Bravo! Alice in WonderSLand is a HIT!

Is Alice in WonderSLand "Part of the Future of Live Entertainment"?

Alice In WonderSLand Performed Live In SL

2 Prim Tree Pack & Floating Islands

Added a couple more packs to the Sculpts Only Mall the other day... the 2 prim Trees BUILDERS PACK .
2 prim trees with textures for them, full perm  sculpt maps and copy/mod examples (for sizing).

And due to many requests... a Floating Island BUILDERS PACK. 1 prim each and 3 different shapes - they need to be set to phantom and have a walkable surface prim. I have included some copy/mod examples and a full perm script to make a linked sculptie phantom - useful for when you wish to link your build for sale.

Catch them and more at Xstreet or at the Sculpts Only Mall 

Finally an update: Alice in WonderSLand

OK OK i know I have been slack at updating my blogs lately...i do have a good reason.
For approximately a year now, Avatar Repertory Theater has been planning a production of Alice in Wonderland. The last 3 months have been an increasingly hectic time - trying to get the sets and costumes and marketing and rehearsals done. The last month...way too many hours spent.
But worth it :)
Seems our first show was a success with comments from our first performance like "ART has really pushed theater in SL to a new level" and a great first review.

(Our tease/bait posters)

Its been a huge amount of work for a lot of very talented people on the A.R.T. team. From the inital creation and revisions of a script, thru to the mind-numbing job of trying to organise 17 people spread across the world in different time zones. And we decided to try and create everything ourselves...skins, hair, clothes, props, sets, even some original music. In hindsight... probably a little too adventurous for such a big production (13 set changes for instance) but we made it and survived!

There's still tickets available for our next performances at Xstreet , and only 5 performances left so grab one now :) click here for ticket listings
Its a really fun production with some laugh-out-loud moments...special effects, funky costumes, fun props, and some surprises for the audience. Runs about 90 mins, costs $500 ld (about $2 US) - arrive early please :).

A small word about Tim Burtons version..We found out about it approx 3 months into our planning - we decided to deliberately not see it so as to not be influenced. And we tried as much as possible to distance ourselves style wise from the Disney version as well. We just wanted our version to be 'our' version ya know?

On a personal note, although I never anticipated being involved in Theater in Second Life... it is very engrossing to be able to be involved in pushing the boundaries of such an ancient art in a new medium (real time virtual 'worlds'). We have actors and audience from all over the world, gathered on one venue at one time to perform. Although we are limited in the amount of traditional stagecraft (our actors describe it as virtual puppetry and a radio play combined), we do have the ability to do special effects and transitions normally reserved for post-production on film and TV. And it's a spontaneous performance - although planned down to small details, we never know quite what Second Life will push at us. Things like 'crashing' out of SL have to be coped with smoothly strategies such as "crash actors" who basically stand around waiting for such events to happen - already costumed and ready to go on at a moments notice.

A word about Avatar Repertory Theater :  such a great group of guys n gals to work with :)
All putting in many many voluntary hours to push the boundaries on what we see as a new and exciting form of theater. A wide range of interests, ages, and talents all combining with energy and humour - and I really think it shows in our productions.  It's great to be involved with a group of people who enjoy what they do and it's a true and rare pleasure to work with them.

New Teddy Bears and other Valentines items

Just finished completely rebuilding my favourite wee Teddy bears for Valentines. New shapes, new baked textures, and a new item they hold - a Valentines Rose.

You can buy it on Xstreet - click here for listing ,
or see the other versions and colors inworld at Custom Love - click here

I have other Valentines Items on Xstreet too...

• high quality sculptie Romantic Roses 
• Low Prim Romantic Candles
• and a Cupid Statue

Snapshots of the renovations @ GARDEN WORLD

A few snapshots from the build in progress @GARDEN WORLD. Including shots from Sub Terrain a giant cave below GARDEN WORLD, and snaps from the Asian Garden.

Chilling at the Asian Garden

Buddha by the Zen garden

Stone Lantern and couples seat

Circle of power @ Sub Terrain

Mysterious temple @ Sub Terrain

Graveyard  @ Sub Terrain

Entrance to PrimEvil @ Sub Terrain

Hells Forge Smithy  @ Sub Terrain

The Hunter tricycle @ Metal Gear @ Sub Terrain

Our residents Dragon's lair. An educated dragon it seems :)

Come have a look, although please understand it's a bit of a mess atm. To make up for the inconvenience - we have a nice wee sale going on... all old style One Prim Plants (trees, flowers, bushes, tropicals) on special for $10 each copy and mod. They will make way for the brand new one prim plants shapes i have developed - coming soon ;)

Click for SLurl to GARDEN WORLD

Avatars United

The Lindens in their infinite wisdom have decided to purchase another web property... AvatarsUnited.com
Its basically a Facebook clone for avatars from all sorts of online games.
At first i was a little negative on it...after testing some of the functions i found some major errors happening (unable to edit a blog post for instance!), but a couple hrs exploration later it had revealed some hidden functionality that could make the site useful - at least as a marketing tool.
So after creating a Group, a Forum, adding photos to new albums, adding blurbs, and managing to basically theme some pages...my side seems at least ready to go.
I am amazed how many friends invites i am getting... i figure there's approx 225 SecondLife Avatars registered so far (try a search for no name to see stats) and i have 23 on my friends list already. Seems everyones linking their networks fast. Either that or i have a friendly harmless name that people click when they see it :P
My profile is at http://www.avatarsunited.com/avatars/jubjub-forder
My first Group for updates on w hats happening at GARDEN WORLD is at http://www.avatarsunited.com/groups/gardernerific