This is a short demonstration of how to use one of my newest FloraPrims products. Undergrowth makes it easy for you to add sculpted, realistic detail to your land. You just rez a single prim object and use the built-in menu to control the shapes, colors, and textures. Each package, Leaves or Flowers, also includes over a dozen custom, full permissions textures for you to use on your own creations. With just a few clicks and a few prims you can add a layer of variety and realism to your existing builds.
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Blast from the Past
Easily create you own giant redwood forest!
I’ve just completed a big new product for my FloraPrims store. It’s a kit that allows you to create a realistic redwood forest by simply rezzing and positioning objects. There are dozens of original objects and textures that you can use to create a unique forest full of lush textures amd natural shapes.
The kit includes:
- 15 different redwood trees in 3 different sizes
- 5 stumps and logs
- 1 giant, sculpted prim stump
- 4 color changing flowers and 1 flexi flower from FloraPrims
- 13 clumps and patches of undergrowth
- 10 mushrooms and ferns from my FloraPrims collection
- 2 stone path shapes
- 20 original, seamless textures
Everything is MODIFY and COPY enabled, too!
If you can rez and position an object in SL, then you can use this kit to create you own unique redwood forest. Simple as that. :)
You can find this product. more information, and a small sample forest at my FloraPrims store in Turing Isle. You can also get it on SLexchange.
Second Life Flowers by Vlad Bjornson
For about a year and a half I have been selling the flowers I create in SL in various locations around the grid. For the last year I’ve had a small store on Turing Isle, where I have been very happy. Sandry and Blu have taken very good care of me there. Great sim, great people! So I was very happy when they offered to let me rent a much larger parcel on Turing Isle.
Now I have a nice big store where I can display all of my FloraPrims flowers and other landscaping items. W00Hoo! I have an example stream that I created with my Sculpted Stream Kit, and nice big waterfall, dozens of colorful flowers, realistic sculpty mushrooms, logs, ferns, trees, bushes, and eve a new collection of original landscaping textures. Stop on by and enjoy a stroll through my garden.
Northern California Redwoods in SL
I’m putting the finishing touches on my latest Second Life landscaping gig. It’s a patch of northern California Redwood trees for a new shop in Caledon – the Trillium Gallery and Frame Shop. I’m very happy with the results. I’m especially fond of the ground, undergrowth, and overall texture of the place.
AutoPilotPatty took a quick trip down to California to take photos just for the project. Then I massaged, manipulated, and cajoled the photos into shape for use in SL. There are lots of custom sculpty shapes for the undergrowth and the giant stump that is the centerpiece, as well as custom ferns, ground cover, and trillium flowers. There’s also a cozy room hidden under the roots where the gallery and shop will be located.
Miss Poppy is still filling up the gallery, but the spot is ready for visitors. See you in the Redwoods. :D
Wonderfully Colorful
I received an IM from Gorgeous Yongho the other day. She wanted say how much she like my flowers and offered to let me build small garden at her La Reina Boardwalk shopping center. I am a sucker for a compliment and it sounded like a fun project.
We talked for a while and decided to build a bright, colorful garden in small alleyway between two shops. She also mentioned that she’d originally had an Alice in Wonderland theme in mind for the spot. We combined our ideas and came up with a beautiful little spot packed with color and character.
I found some public domain Alice in Wonderland Images created by Rakham, created some nifty flower petal borders, planted a few of my flowers, and incorporated a few of the items that Gorgeous had already placed in the area. I especially like the sculpture by Gorgeous’ friend Lash Xevious. I have always admired her work and it was an added bonus to meet the sculptress. You’ll have to find out for yourself what secret lies behind the tiny door. :)
I love little projects like this. Random collaborations that result in new friendships and new opportunities to explore the possibilities of Second Life.











