Huckleberry Hax's Blog, page 27
May 20, 2017
Is a picture taken in SL a ‘photograph’?
Kate Bergdorf has opened up an interesting debate on her blog about the ‘validity’ of virtual photography. Recently snubbed by an RL photographer friend when she asked him for an opinion on the images she created for her new exhibition, Le serpent qui dance (currently on display at Itakos Gallery), Kate asserts that “a photograph is a photograph […]
May 1, 2017
the exchange
A trudge across the dirt yard in the lit night, our warm breath billowing like wood smoke. I know there was no snow that first time, but I can’t not think about stepping inside and stamping out my boots on the concrete. I can’t not imagine the bare corridor in darkness because the inner door’s […]
April 26, 2017
Berg by Nordan Art 2016
I’ve helped edit (and written the afterword for) ‘Berg by Nordan Art 2016,’ Kate Bergdorf’s retrospective on the past year at her gallery. It features artwork by Haveit Neox, Mich Michabo, Igor Ballyhoo, Imani Nayar, Maloe Vansant, Livio Korobase and Mi. You can view the publication online here.
April 16, 2017
A call to pose makers
The Pose Fair 2017 is here. With it will come a flood, no doubt, of Bento finger gestures, the latest must-have SL accessory now that our digital digits are finally fully articulated. Get ready for a market saturation of heart signs, okays, thumbs ups and middle finger farewells. It’s always fascinating to see what new ideas […]
March 26, 2017
I turn ten on Friday. Where’s my gold watch, Linden?
This coming Friday is a bit of a personal landmark for me: it denotes ten whole years in Second Life as Huckleberry Hax. Ten years. Where do I even begin to audit everything I’ve done and discovered in all that time? Don’t panic, by the way, I’m not going to do that. This isn’t going […]
March 8, 2017
Paper plane
On the advice of Inara Pey, I went to check out NorderNey.
February 4, 2017
A step-by-step guide: SL animated GIFs
Hamlet Au suggested I put together a tutorial on creating animated GIFs in SL, which I thought was a great idea – especially since it’s easier now than ever. I recently discovered Gyazo, which is a quick and easy screen-capture-and-share tool that you can download for free from gyazo.com. Once installed, click on the Gyazo […]
January 31, 2017
Learning respect the hard way
An animated GIF for you to enjoy of me being beaten up by the surprisingly strong Elemiah Choche. The GIF was made with Gyazo, optimised at ezgif.com and taken at One Caress. It’s been my ambition for a while to create an extended fight scene in SL as part of longer machinima, and finding this […]
January 29, 2017
Come colour my chairs
What to do with all these new prims I have? Well I’ve noticed that a number of visitors to my public space, The Nancy Redgrave Building, have discovered you can click on the plastic chairs in the main hall to change their colour. Thus, it’s a regular thing now when I check in there to […]
January 17, 2017
Crime scene
An animated GIF for you to enjoy: made with Gyazo and taken at The Hive.
