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Absolutely brilliant. Rather fitting that when I try to log in for the first time in almost a year, this is the message I get.

The short version:
- Due to school/work/kung fu/life I haven’t had the time in almost a year to log in. Let alone make anything.
- Dropped all prices by 1/2.
- My store will be around until it no longer pays for the sim.
- If anyone is looking for 3/4 of a $195/month sim to rent, let me know.

Prices:
They dropped by 1/2. No real reason other than I no longer take L$ out, it all goes towards paying the sim. It messed up my taxes last year - something about being self employed and not being able to get the big tax breaks for being a student - so in Jan I started to let it accumulate for the sim.

The store/sim:
I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever make any more poses. I don’t know if I’ll ever log in after today. I may still want to dink around if I ever get the time, but who knows. At this point in time, I’d rent the sim at cost if I could keep a small shop and workspace on the off chance I’d want to.

If not, I’ll either sell it or just give it up once the L$ runs out.

The personal bits:
Last fall, I took a full time job in the graphics department of an ad agency. As well as starting a graduate degree in game development. Lack of time and just a general disinterest in anything SL related ended up with me just not logging in since.

My first year of school was completed yesterday and I have a week until summer session begins to get things in order. I’m going from part-time to full-time so I’m going from almost no extra time to defiantly no time. Classes are oddly fun and a bit of a challenge, but I’m really enjoying programming. It’s nice to think mostly with the other side of my brain.

I had been thinking about this for a while now, but since I’ve been waiting all day for my new computer parts to arrive (hurry up UPS) I decided to go ahead. I suppose this way I won’t have to install SL.

Creating for SL was a big part of my life for 6 years. It was fun, thrilling, frustrating and annoying usually all at the same time. It was great to see SL grow and change over the years, but I think my time here is over.

Thank you all for the support.

Cheers
Luth

48 new poses out now!

This was quite a challenging set. It takes quite a long for anyone in RL to be bendy enough to do Kung Fu. Trust me it’s bloody painful to do. But with the SL avatar’s considerably less range of motion than us, well… there were a few times I was about to reach through my computer and thump LL on the head.

While I mainly do San Shou (Chinese Kickboxing), once or twice a week I take a Wushu class. It’s a really pretty sport if you’ve never seen it. So these poses are inspired from that. Some of these I can do, others I know how to do but I can’t bend like that yet, some I’ve seen others do in class, and a small amount I found on the net.

Right now they are only available in the new stuff section. I woke up today only needing to do the final uploads and adverts, but what should have taken 2 hours ended up being 7. Why? Because SL wouldn’t let me upload. And I have to leave for my Wushu and then Wushu Weapons classes. And about now I’m really needing it. Should be in the main sections tomorrow.

Main Store Taxi

So I’m working on new stuff for the Fashion Fest charity event this year and decided I’d send a shout out to you lovely people on what types of poses you want to see.

I need to make at least 3 different things with at least 1 being a limited edition for a silent auction. As you can see from the plethora of new releases lately, I’ve got ideas coming out of my ears, but I’d like to hear what you guys want. So respond here or IM in world with ideas and/or pictures.

And of course the person who gives an idea I use gets a free copy.

Clicky for more information on the event.

12 new poses around a prim ladder prop.

- The ladder is modifiable so you can texture it and re-size it however you want.
- It is copyable so you never have to worry about loosing it or breaking it.
- The poses are included separately so you can do whatever you want with them.
- Click on the ladder to change the poses
- The ladder is easy to adjust via the script - by touch or in chat: Say /1a to Adjust.
- The scripts remember the adjustments made based on the avatar and will remember up to 100.

Available ONLY at the main store: Taxi

On a person note, creating for SL can be a draining and volatile thing. I could blame my busy RL schedule of a 2 month project and moving to a new flat for my absence, but honestly I just couldn’t force myself into logging in. Gone are the months I can make poses for 12-16 hours 7 days a week. The drive just isn’t there.

Honestly that’s a good thing. I’m getting out more with kung fu classes, cycling, photographing, and general debauchery. After 5 years of getting no tattoos, I’ve upped the number from 8 to 14… well 16 after tonight… in the past 6 months. I’ve applied to grad school since as it turns out, I still hate the constant looking for work even when you are working nature of being in an industry that’s 90% freelance. Which is just made worse by a shit economy.

And when I say I’ve been taking more pictures, I mean I’ve been doing a lot of photography. For those of you interested, I’ve moved all my photography stuff to here.

It’s also a good thing, creatively speaking, that instead of making what might sell and worrying about all of that, I’m just making what I want to. At least for those of you who like that sort of thing.

However, I’ve got at least a few ideas banging around my head to get out so I’m back… for now.

** As a bonus, the first person who can name the film that inspired this set gets a free copy. **

Cheers
Luth

I spent all day yesterday with a friend of mine at a cemetery in northern Chicago. Here are some of the pictures I took: