Distinguished Aesthetics

unabashed commentary & reviews by a gentleman of the grid

About this Blog

Elric Anatine is an apothecary in Second Life with a penchant for exquisite apparel (especially canes), Victorian & Elegant Gothic (and inspired) fine fashions, and intoxicating absinthe. Within this blog will reside his reviews and thoughts regarding these very important topics.

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A Digression… and flamingos

Posted By Elric Anatine on March 9, 2010

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Where have I been?

First, I will lay the blame of this post entirely on my current course of medication. This, along with other events, will partially explain my absence from my blog and life in general. As I am not one to whinge about personal matters, suffice it to say that my health has been in less than stellar condition of late and we shall simply leave it at that.

Moving right along, I am grateful for my friends and one lady in particular (/me casts a sidelong glance at Lady Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks). A more recent friend, Kulta Hannu, has declared me an enabler with my suggestions of shops for clothing and landscaping — everyone should know that I am only too happy to help others spend their Linden Dollars on fine fashions and foliage. But I will now point my paw at Kulta-chan and cry out: “Enabler!”, for there is nothing more terrifying than two women conspiring against a poor old fox.

Attend… a travesty of epic proportions…

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Winter Ensemble 3: Falln’s Winter Wonderland Suit

Posted By Elric Anatine on December 14, 2009

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Name of Ensemble: Winter Wonderland Suit (Aqua)

Creator: Azriel Demain

Shoppe: Falln

Comments:

This is the third in a series of several entries regarding Wintry Ware.

Pardon the enormous image sizes, but I confess to showing off not only the ensembles, but my recently winterized lands as well. Please do come and visit; Syzygy is mostly open to public exploration and enjoyment.

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Winter Ensemble 2: AVid’s Fur Coat (male)

Posted By Elric Anatine on December 13, 2009

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Name of Ensemble: Fur Coat (male)

Creator: Darwin Mizser

Shoppe: AVid

Comments:

This is the second in a series of several entries regarding Wintry Ware.

Pardon the enormous image sizes, but I confess to showing off not only the ensembles, but my recently winterized lands as well. Please do come and visit; Syzygy is mostly open to public exploration and enjoyment. We have skating and… Falln’s legendary twisted snowmen…

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Winter Ensemble 1: M’Lady’s Candy Man

Posted By Elric Anatine on December 11, 2009

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Name of Ensemble:Candy Man

Creator:Teaa Demina

Shoppe: M’Lady

Comments:

This will be the first in a series of several entries regarding Wintry Ware. It’s a favourite time of year in SL; when landscapes become chilly, foliage is frosty and we are compelled to adorn ourselves in appropriately warmer attire (except for those adventurous among you who are driven to romantic encounters atop the ice — for you, I suggest at least a blanket).

And speaking of sex on an icy beach, these next few entries will take me out of the Photosphere and onto my own lands. This is also the reason that I have not blogged of late — I’ve been a tad occupied transforming four sims in a winter wonderland with my Lady and neighbours. As most of the lands are open to the public, please do come visit any time. Our winterization, while still a work in progress in areas, will be active until March 1, 2010.

Pardon the enormous image sizes, but I confess to showing off not only the ensembles, but my lands as well.

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Second Life Male Shapes

Posted By Elric Anatine on November 19, 2009

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Background

I often say that avatars come in all shapes and sizes, and it is this variety that maintains avatar diversity Second Life, which in turn is what makes Second Life such a fantastic realm to explore. However, for some, as it was for myself, creating a pleasing shape shortly after entering Second Life can be a daunting task. Nearly three years ago, whilst travelling the Grid with newbie eyes wide open, I observed that most males had extremely broad shoulders and thick limbs that would put Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame. Moreover, most men’s heads were either far too small or even too large for their bodies – usually the former.

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An Apology & Clothing Permission Commentary

Posted By Elric Anatine on November 15, 2009

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First, I would like to make a public apology to Calamity’s creator, Ariel Zuhal, for inferring severe malcontent with one of her creations in one of my recent blog posts. My intent is never to malign – if it were, I would write day and night about creators and creations that are not sympathetic to consumers, but that is seriously not my desire. I would sooner spend money on amazing outfits and share my findings with my fellow fashion-lovers.

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Second Life Item/Object Resizing Tutorial

Posted By Elric Anatine on November 8, 2009

Introduction

With all of my ranting these days and railing against improperly used resizing scripts, I thought that I would locate some item resizing tutorials. I found a resizing tutorial for hair (always useful) where the techniques outlined can easily be applied to any other worn object. There are more tips and tricks that could be utilized in resizing non-hair objects, and as I find other tutorials, I will post their links here. If anyone reading my blog knows of any others, I would also be grateful for links.

Elric Pondering

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Calamity’s Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Posted By Elric Anatine on November 6, 2009

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Name of Ensemble:Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Creator: Ariel Zuhal

Shoppe: Calamity

Comments:

Do I ever feel like Mr. Negativity these days! Apologies in advance for another slightly malcontented review.  I’m determined to find something light and positive for my next post.

I have been keeping tabs of Calamity’s creations on XStreet for some time now and this week decided to purchase one of their ensembles. The spread of style on their offerings are reasonably varied although heavily “Gothic”, leading to my hopefulness that I’d found a new creator I could count on to supply me with fanciful elegant gothic attire every now and then. Sadly, that will not be the case (unless they modify their creations drastically), which is unfortunate as the general styles and textures are quite nice.

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RFyre’s Viscount Black Seas

Posted By Elric Anatine on November 2, 2009

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Name of Ensemble:Viscount Black Seas

Creator: Raven Pennyfeather

Shoppe: Rfyre

Comments:

I enjoy spotting an ensemble that I am fairly convinced will perfectly suit either my human or fox self. I took one look at Rfyre’s new Viscount and knew that fox had to have it.

Admittedly, I have not bought any Rfyre ensembles for some time, not really finding most of their offerings in the past year to my taste, but I thought — why not? Fox gets what he wants. Do you want to tell him “No”?

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Falln’s Valeries Suit

Posted By Elric Anatine on October 28, 2009

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Name of Ensemble:Valeries Suit Black

Creator: Azriel Demain

Shoppe: Falln

Comments:

Almost three years ago the first suit I bought was Lord Lace by sf Designs. The second suit I bought was Falln’s Arachnid. I thought at that time, naively, that I couldn’t possibly afford clothes in Second Life and how many suits do I need any way? Mind, if my RL coat closet alone is any indication, I should have known better. Fast forward nearly 3 years later and I have more than 100 ensembles and Falln still remains one of my favourite creators.

Azriel Demain is incredibly prolific and quite unstoppable in his creation endeavours. For this, I am most grateful.

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