I’ve created this Shiny Life website to share the interesting things that I do, find, and create in Second Life. I’ll mostly be presenting Second Life tutorials, building tools, artists, virtual art, and of course shiny objects. :D Feel free to jump into the conversation by commenting on posts or to send feedback, suggestions and ideas. e-mail: Vlad.Bjornson –AT– gmail –DOT– com
From the first we weeks of twisting tori on my First Land, Second Life has re-awakened my love of the arts – and digital art in particular. What a fanastic place this is where we can explore all of these creative, interactive tools. Pixels are cheap and the possibillities are endless.
Many of my SL creations have come about while exploring these tools. I love to push the basic prim to it’s limits, coaxing unlikely shapes from the seemingly simple geometries. I also enjoy using my RL nature photos as building blocks for Second Life projects. The natural shapes and colors can add a lot a character to this sometimes sterile, digital world.
Creating scripted, interactive objects is arguabley to most interesting aspect of art in SL. It’s a simple matter to create an object in here that could not exist in Real Life – the challenge is to stretch the mind and create without traditional boundaries.
- Vlad Bjornson
