Project 2 prelim: Gallery Design

Gallery Space Design

Having seen and visited a variety of different spaces in SL, I have decided I would like a simple gallery design to allow for the viewing pleasure of SL avatars. One thing that frequently annoys me when shopping or viewing art in SL is the issue os having to scroll across and use the camera buttons to move up and down. In my gallery, I would like avatars to be able to easily view my work without having to put forth a lot of work.

I also would like to have an open space, so my gallery will not be totally enclosed within four walls. I plan to have a small second floor that can be reached by either a spiral staircase (the ambitious plan) or block stairs (the less ambitious plan). The second floor will be a transparent texture so that people can see what is going on below them, as will the large wall that will face the water. My real-life artwork will be hung in "frames" around the gallery. I would like to come up with some kind of display to put in the middle of the first floor to house my line of second life objects as well.

For seating, I was very inspired by the kinds of furniture seen in Filthy Fluno's gallery/studio space. I think something quirky like tire seats would be neat, but it will all depend on the final design of the rest of my space.

-Maiha Kimono-

Project 1 prelim: Sketches of Line of Objects

Line of Belts with Buckles

I ended up revamping my idea for the line of objects I will be creating in SL. In my original research, I was focused on creating a line of clothing. I have decided to narrow the lines down, and to create a line of belts with belt buckles.

I would like to design three different types of belts - the first will be a single belt, the second will be a double belt, the third will be a "fabric" belt - more like a sash. I will need to investigate a bit more to determine whether or not I should design separate belts for male and female avatars. 

For each of these belts I will create several belt buckles. My aim is to allow for the belt buckles to be interchangeable - each belt with come with multiple buckles that can be unlinked from the belt and changed - you could probably even put two buckles on if you so desire!

-Maiha Kimono- 

For the display space I was thinking of something very unorthodox. The space will be pyramid in shape with glass walls. There will be two levels and the way to access the second level will be a spiral staircase in the middle.

Product Line

I would like to do a line of necklaces. I was thinking it would be either based on the four elements or the four seasons.

Sketches for display space in world

I imagine my design space to be an open space without walls. I was thinking of having stairs that lead people up big stairs that would have a single artwork at the top. I love the idea that nothing can be destroyed by the weather elements and there are not really rules of building to stop me from making a funky building.

Sketch for product line

I love the idea of doing lamps for my product line. I love lamps because they can be so geometric in form and you are limitless when it comes to design. I want to focus on a modern form but an eclectic design of textures and patterns for the decoration of the lamp shades.

Project 1 prelim: Create Line of Objects in SL

There are two "lines" of objects I am interested in designing - both involve clothing.

One: Cosplay for Naruto manga/anime

In the real world it is called cosplay - dressing up like characters from your favorite manga or anime. In SL, I guess it's just creating your SL persona. This first idea is design a "line" of objects that are clothing items considered "ninja gear" in the Naruto universe. To the right are some examples I found in one of the largest cosplay shopping areas I know of at Konoha Village [click for larger image].

top: uchiha gear:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shinobi/131/2/27
left: cosplay full:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shinobi/131/2/27
right: jonin vest:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shinobi/81/211/1040

Two: Vintage line of clothing

Not sure what the focus would be, possibly Rockabilly as I found some neat stuff. For this, I just did a search for various types of clothing items or fashion types and stumbled around SL until I found things I liked. For this it would probably be a complete outfit, like bottom, top and accessory - I would really like to figure out how to make belts and scarves, though I didn't find any examples of scarves anywhere, unless I just missed them.  To the right are some examples I found [click for larger image].

left: sweater/vest:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bangu/32/85/1008
top right: vintage dress:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Divine%20Oasis/213/25/23
bottom right: belts:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Belgique/80/175/26


-Maiha Kimono-