Hollow man by Starr Joles.
Featuring Marxx Portal.
This piece was something that I had on my computer for awhile. But I've had it in my head for even longer.
It all started with a group gift that was released in Del May's shop.
She posted a pic of it on her flickr:
And I thought to myself:
"How intimate."
So after I swung through Del May's shop and got the pose I ended up altering my default shape into one of a statuesque model and then snapping some pics of her being a tall voluptous model:
Then the vague nugget of the idea for "Hollow man." came to being.
So I hit my good friend Marxx Portal up and he ended up taking some pics of me before I asked him to pose with me with Del May's new pose "Do not disturb."
We teleported over to "The city" sim.
I put on my prim wings and played around with my windlights.
This was around the period of time that I was obsessed with having my skies and atmosphere looking pink.
Then I just snapped away until I found an angle that I liked.
I set out to edit it that night because I really wanted to execute my idea of "Hollow man." while it was still fresh in my mind.
I did.
It was glorious.
Then GIMP froze and crashed on me during my saving process.
That's basically what I did after I had to reboot my laptop.
So FOR MONTHS! I had the raw shot of "Hollow man." sitting on my hard drive. And I literally FEARED touching it again.
So I left it.
Then when I did my last fashion blog post I thought to myself:
"I WANT to edit that picture again and finish and then share it."
So I did. (Again) here's my before and after shots:
The first time I took to editing it I was listening to an artist from my hometown by the name of Justin Nozuka.
His songs are literally done in true "story telling" form. Which is a style that is somewhat lost to todays music. But Michael Jackson was KING of that sort of style.
"Smooth criminal" is a great example of that.
So after I swung through Del May's shop and got the pose I ended up altering my default shape into one of a statuesque model and then snapping some pics of her being a tall voluptous model:
Then the vague nugget of the idea for "Hollow man." came to being.
So I hit my good friend Marxx Portal up and he ended up taking some pics of me before I asked him to pose with me with Del May's new pose "Do not disturb."
We teleported over to "The city" sim.
I put on my prim wings and played around with my windlights.
This was around the period of time that I was obsessed with having my skies and atmosphere looking pink.
Then I just snapped away until I found an angle that I liked.
I set out to edit it that night because I really wanted to execute my idea of "Hollow man." while it was still fresh in my mind.
I did.
It was glorious.
Then GIMP froze and crashed on me during my saving process.
-_-"
That's basically what I did after I had to reboot my laptop.
So FOR MONTHS! I had the raw shot of "Hollow man." sitting on my hard drive. And I literally FEARED touching it again.
So I left it.
Then when I did my last fashion blog post I thought to myself:
"I WANT to edit that picture again and finish and then share it."
So I did. (Again) here's my before and after shots:
The first time I took to editing it I was listening to an artist from my hometown by the name of Justin Nozuka.
His songs are literally done in true "story telling" form. Which is a style that is somewhat lost to todays music. But Michael Jackson was KING of that sort of style.
"Smooth criminal" is a great example of that.
Anywho, I decided to listen to 2 songs from Justin:
and
I liked the title and overall message of Justin Nozuka's "Hollow men." but it didn't fit the story I had built in my mind for my picture.
The title however VERY much resonated with the story of the picture. So I ran with "Hollow man." for my title.
Now....."Swan in the water" basically tells the story of the man in the picture (Marxx Portal) and why an angel (My avatar) would be paying him a vist.
for this post; this is all the writing I'm going to do.
I will not write you the story of "Hollow man."
But....
I do encourage you to listen to the songs that inspired me.
They tell the story just as well as I ever could.
Enjoy.
-S.J.
