5.04.2017
SL :: Evolution of an Avatar
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So this is the one that started it all.. I had very little clue of what the fuck I was doing, and, let's be real, it's not a very good mod. The original Aventity horse was more of a bitch to mod than the new version, and when you're trying to do it without any kind of UV map... x_x But it's the start of it all. This was the day after my birthday, February 6, in 2010. This is 7 years old. You can find the original post about it here.
The next major update came when I found out about the Kani Pony Muzzle. Most people in SL met me with some variation of this head. This was May 29, 2010. So this is also coming up on 7 years old. This is the favorite head I've ever used, and I am still using a variation of it to this day. You can also see the first use of the Invisible Designs horn. I have used it ever since. Original post link here.
I did some minor updates on it over the next few months, so the next couple pictures and post links (if applicable) will be those.Post link, from June 7, 2010. This sheet is from an update on August 26, 2010.
I either didn't make a post about these, or I didn't tag it, but this and the next are with the legs from Eversky Aeon, and her 2.0 hooves. This and the next are from sometime around January 2, 2011.
This was a sort of random thing, when I was feeling not my best. I also wanted to play around with making a dark skin, so this kind of covered both bases. Again, no post, apparently... Flickr has a date of December 3, 2010 for the version of this coloration with the previous legs and hooves. I either never did a turnaround for the older legged version, or it's has been lost to computer moves.
One year after the original mod, on February 6, 2011, I switched to using the legs from the DSD ram. I would continue to use primarily these legs, except with the Raawr horse, and until the damn things made my avatar complexity shoot through the roof. No turnaround done for these, and there's that weird ass line on the right that my old laptop was doing... But here's the original post about them.
I know I was wearing the dark version, with the modded DSD ram legs, into July 2011, as there's a post in which I was updating the turn around for it. This was mostly because I had decided to change the hair color from white to this bluey-black.
August 20, 2011, I posted this to my Flickr. I was, for whatever reason, being a bad blogger and not posting anything. For some reason, I reposted it on Sept 25, 2011. But it wouldn't be the first or last repost I've made to that gallery! I was still flipping back and forth between the two colorations, because
February 11, 2012, I posted this to Flickr. It should look familiar, if you've known me for a while. This little Pony doodle, as a test of my adoptable base, was the start of the most "me" coloration I've ever done in SL.
February 26, 2012, I made the turnaround/reference sheet for her. Again, I was being a shitty blogger and didn't make a post to chronicle the history. I liked this look so much, it became my character's appearance outside of SL. I actually did her first ever actual reference sheet, based off of it, in May of 2012. I think that was the first thing I fully completed on my new PC. Using the technique I figured out in Paint Tool SAI on the linked picture, I made the dapples I've had in my store (and used on my avatar at times) ever since.
There was some weirdness in there... This was August 3, 2013, so it's been like a year and a half in this coloration at this point. I'd later swap those droopy ears out for the Aventity wolf ones, and go full doge. I started playing around with mesh bodies soon after this, since those were becoming a thing that was happening.
I even toyed around with being a Friendship is Magic styled Pony. She was this coloration as it was easiest to make fit that body, before I got into ever texturing it. And I never did. (Explanation below...)
November 1, 2013, the Raawr horse was released. I had it retextured before the release party was over. I did actually make a post, but as I've gotten irritated with Raawr and DSD since, those pics came down. That texture job wasn't my best but... I wouldn't have to live with it long.
At the very end of 2013, I had a really bad fight with my then friend and the owner of White Noise, Kendrix Darkstone. In the 3+ years since, I have realized what this was, in large part, spurred on by my now ex-fiance. Still. I fucked up. I really regret it now, more than I did then. I've sent an apology over SL, but she has not logged on in quite some time. I don't know if I should press the issue further. Still, this set me into a pretty awful state, so I changed my avatar to match how I felt.
In February of 2014, I made the decision to make some life changes. I changed up my SL avatar once again, going to the "canon" coloration for the character in my novel, towards the end when she's going through the worst part of her life. But she comes out in the end.
Notice, I'm still not really blogging here. I didn't change much of this avatar over the next while. I added the Blunderforge "Dat Lip" because, let's face it, that bare face is way too plain. Life was about to get crazy.
Before it did, I took a stab at modding the Aventity equine again. Went about as well as could be expected. I also bought my first mesh body part add on: the Lolas Tango breasts. That did, for some reason, warrant a blog post.
After getting back home, and setting up camp on my childhood friend's couch, I started my life over. ... I didn't feel that I needed to update my avatar just yet. So I threw together a reference for her, with the nice mesh boobs, and my new partner's stamp on her ass. I wrote a post in August of 2014 about the coloration, sorta.
There was really not a major update or change to the avatar until I moved away from using the Raawr head (because, seriously guys, fucking listen to your customers), save the ears as I haven't found a replacement I really like. This was in January of 2016. I mashed the Moufette muzzle onto the Chinchilla head. It's not perfect, they aren't supposed to be mashed together, but I've never been able to make the muzzle fit the moufette head.
I slowly added mesh parts. I added the Slink hands, and then the Slink body. I was never able to get the Blunderforge lip to fit the muzzle, but the Donut Steel one more than workable. Note, I'm still using the DSD Ram legs here. This would be the last update with them.
January of 2017, almost 3 years later, I finally decided to update my avatar a little bit. There had been some huge life changes. I had moved from my home state of Tennessee, to western New York, then to central Texas, with another move back to NY on the horizon, because fucking shit Austin is expensive. I'd had a baby (!!). I'd lost my father after a very short battle with cancer. It was time for some updates. I pulled in some hints of the 2012 version. For some reason, the retexture on the DSD legs almost doubled my avatar complexity, so I ditched them and temporarily used the Aventity legs.But wait. I sold those old colorations to help fund my getting the fuck out of my abusive relationship.
Fucking welcome back, SLSno.
- Labels: characters, Curious Inc, equine, equines, furry, history, lara, maitreya, mesh bodies, mods, pony, SL, teal deer, unicorn
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9.19.2016
SL :: Withdrawing from QFC
Between my personal life being as hectic as it is and new workings for the hunt this round (as well as it seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing), I'm not comfortable with being in this time. I may not even have SL access for the first week-ish... you know, when problems show up.
I could honestly go on, but I won't at this point since I'm still kind of frustrated with the hunt from a few rounds back, and how problem stores have been handled.
The products I posted a few days ago will be set out for free for a short time, once I have more of a set to go along with it. There will be various sets/pieces for sale. Everything will be released at the same time, and a notice will be posted here.
- Labels: hunts, nope, purple pony, qfc, SL
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9.13.2016
SL :: QFC Hunt - Fall 2016
Also, tfw you screw up and forget to double check that the texture on your Spring hunt gift is correct...
That one is fixed and in the shop as a freebie now. It's also been sent out for group members and subscribers. For the Fall... I'm doing something similar...
To the right is the Fall hunt version of the necklace. I put in the choker and key necklace separates, and together, as well as putting in a transfer version of the key necklace. This is an "I'm sorry I screwed up in Spring, here's what it SHOULD look like, just with a different stone."
To the left is something sort of new... it's similar to the horn decoration I wear on my avatar, with my horn though it's been modified to have... well, you'd have to read the story bit I include to understand the stone. I'm kind of doing some self promo for my novel here.
I will likely be including a ring, and possibly more jewelry bits. I just need to rework some things, and real life has been sillycrazybusy.
- Labels: coming soon, hunts, jewelry, past secrets, qfc, SL
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2.27.2016
SL :: Ombre Swimsuit
Find it here: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Ombre-Swimsuit-PinkPurple/8617021
Copy/Mod clothing layers (Slink applier Copy only). L$60.
- Labels: clothing, products, purple pony, SL, swimwear
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1.26.2016
SL :: Changes in (the) store!

Rearranged the store a bit. Freethings and the lucky chairs and MM boards are back on the ground floor. I added another chair, with a different profile (and newer things). The blue chair is group only.
The vendors that were on that wall are upstairs now.
Also! In February, I will be participating in the Sofa Surfer Hunt. I'll post about that once it's live, but there's the blog link!
I have lots of things on the plate to get done. Just need to figure out the execution to do them. More updates later!
- Labels: purple pony, SL, store
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1.13.2016
SL :: Reopened!
We are officially reopened! I'm a few days late on getting this message out, as I was moving across many states when it happened...
But, to celebrate, there are new items in the store!





More new things to come! Here's the new SLURL!
- Labels: new stuff, news, products, purple pony, SL, store
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1.05.2016
SL :: Product remakes...
Way back on June 2, 2010 (five and a half years ago), I posted about one of my earliest creations: a halter for the Kani Pony mod. I went on to modify that base for every other halter I've made since.
Well...

I'm rebuilding it from the ground up. That is all mesh, except the root prim. I'm going to discontinue versions that haven't sold, or are for avatars that are just not around anymore. I will probably not remake the Kani version, unless it's only for myself (though I don't really even wear my Kani Pony anymore). There's not really a point in building for equine avatars that aren't being used.
The versions I will remake are for the three Raawr heads (Horse/Pony, Heavy Horse, and Mustang), the AVentity, and the three sizes I had for the [EP] Pony.
I will also have some other styles in the works.
The planned launch for at least this version will be when the Moon Kingdom officially reopens in it's new home. Keep an eye on the Shiro Tsuki Facebook for more info, in case I get distracted and forget to update here. (Or I'm between NY and TX, since I'm moving in RL very, very soon...)
- Labels: halter, products, purple pony, SL
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12.18.2015
SL :: Holiday Gift Out Now!
Now available until January 1, my yearly holiday gift is out! I didn't really have anything last year, but this year, there's a gift for anyone who stops into the store! :3

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ZI%20Mystic%20Moonlight/76/109/27
Just left-click on that red gift under the tree. No group, no need to pay a linden then have it refunded. It will deliver. :3
- Labels: gift, holiday, purple pony, SL, store
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12.10.2015
SL :: Store name change~
- Labels: d'amantru industries, purple pony, SL, store
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12.01.2015
SL :: idgi...
I've waited a while to post this, and it's been a few months since the last incident, but I don't understand why people get mad at you for camming at them when they are standing in public areas of the same parcel. This usually happens when I'm out shopping.
Sure, LL has made it so people on other parcels can't see you, and you can't see them, if that option is turned on. But like... if I'm looking at furry avs, and I see something, be it an avatar or an outfit or hair, I'm going to cam over at you and figure out wtf it is.
This is why I have 87k items!
I remember some years back when folks, especially those that wore copy-botted items, would wear anti-inspection devices, which just pushed up their ARC count and were easily de-rendered anyway. I don't cam up or down on avatars, since different levels of a parcel are often building or residential, but if you're in a shopping area, and you have something neat on, don't get mad when someone looks at you.
That's kind of one of the points of SL anyway. Attention whoring. >__>
- Labels: idk, rant, SL, wat
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11.09.2015
SL :: Ribbon Choker, version 2!
I finally went back and remade one of my first collars/chokers.

The Ribbon Collar has been updated! I'm selling 4 packs of 10, and one set of 8. In each pack you'll get two free.
Here are the ads...





I also updated my store logo! The original was doodled out in about 5 minutes when I first started my store more than five years ago.

Now, I need to get back to writing and arting! These will be available in-world when the Moon Kindgom reopens, but I'll add to this post once I have them on the Marketplace.
Edit:
The Moon Kingdon is reopen, so here's the SLURL!
- Labels: buy my shit, products, SL, store
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11.08.2015
SL :: I Helped Hunt! (Quick post)
So, the I Helped Hunt, which I have donated some items for, has been featured on Happy Hunting TV!
Take a look here: https://happyhuntingtv.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/happy-hunting-episode-120-hauntings-of-halloween-past/
You can find more information for the hunt on the Hunt SL blog or on Marie's blog. Happy hunting!
- Labels: hunts, SL
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11.04.2015
SL :: Store Update!
The Moon Kingdom did a slight rearranging, so my store's SLURL has moved! Additionally, I've gotten an upgrade! My store is now two floors, and more prims! I just have to make things to put up there.

I have two lucky chairs out there now, and increased the sizes of my vendors. :3
Here's the store, and the new SLURL~! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ZI%20Mystic%20Moonlight/76/109/27
Edit: Oh wait, I forgot they're not re-opened yet. waiting on the other vendors to get back. :3 I will post when that's official!
In the mean time! Go to ~XM~ Designs! Marie is hosting a "Pay What You Want" Hunt called the "I HELPED HUNT" so she can raise funds to get a service dog! Check out her blog here, with hints and pictures of the hunt items. There will also be a silent auction on the 28th of November. You can find items from my store in the hunt and auction (including a giftcard in a tier that I do not sell).
- Labels: location, SL, store
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10.24.2015
SL :: Slink!
Wow, I've been busy! I started rewriting my novel, and have been putting all of my creative oomph into that. I'm going to be working on some new donkey mods in SL, as I've been wanting, but for now, I have added the Slink Physique, hand, and foot appliers to the Gery Donkey boxes! (It's one applier for all.)
Mustang :: Horse
I finally remembered to do this when I saw Siddean's post on Plurk announcing the release of the new Physique body. It's so curvy~
I had some L$s saved up from donkey sales (and redelivers to everyone in the list since I updated to CasperVend have been pushed), so I hopped over the Slink and grabbed the demo. Went home, tried the demo on, put the regular body and my dress back on, then went and bought the new one.
Here is the standard Physique, next to the Hourglass one...


The same shape is used on both of those. It's my current default, and wow, dat ass.
Obviously, there aren't many clothes fitted for it yet, but appliers from the Standard body work. I was about to load up the personal applier again, when I remembered that I had the dev kit for skins (and clothes and shoes), so I used my personal skin to test the creation process. That was easy enough, so it now resides in my inventory. I did the grey donkey while I was at it.
Yay curves!
- Labels: appliers, mesh bodies, physique, SL, slink, store, updates
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9.23.2015
SL :: Some Halloween/Fall-themed jewelry!
I have some new things for Halloween/Fall! I don't have them up on the MP yet, but they're in-world.
Since I don't want to flood this blog post with 20 images of jewelry variations, here's the Flickr album.

There is one I want to point out, and it's a freebie!

You can pick it up here! (This link is not accessible until October 1!)
- Labels: halloween, jewelry, SL, store
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9.09.2015
SL :: Hunt Gift Previews!
I'm going to be participating in two hunts this October! One will be the Moonie Hunt, and the other is Quest Fur Cover.
For both hunts, I'm trying to cover men and women for gifts.
For the Moonie Hunt, I have some Sailor Scout themed bracelets, and a top hat! :3

(Inner Scouts)

(Top Hat)
And for the QFC Hunt, I have a variation of the Labrador mod! This is a Moasic/Chimera pattern.

If you miss either of these hunts, these items will be available for sale afterward. The lab's future sales, like the other labs, will go to benefit Marie Fairport in her quest to get her Diabetic Alert Dog.






