Dia De Los Muertos Releases @ Otaku Designs November 2, 2009

Today is officially Dia De Los Muertos and its a time to celebrate the lives of those who have passed away in our families. Since I love celebrating Dia De Los Muertos I wanted to create a few things to share with everyone to reflect my culture.

Up first I have a altar that I created. It is made of several different pieces and it is not linked. The pose was custom made by Sakuradawn Lei of Lazy Places and the photographs were taken by Kanic Huldschinsky of Rare Breed. Both individuals were kind enough to assist me in my project of creating this altar. I wanted to share this creation with everyone. The candles have a touch activated script that turns the flame on/off.

For this week only the necklace below will be priced at 25L and on Saturday 11/7/09 at midnight I will move the price back up to 75L.

And as a little gift to all my customers I created this fun little set. I may possibly be creating a new tattoo set with Dia De Los Muertos theme in the near future but I wanted to put these out in the meantime.

I also put in a brand new gacha machine this weekend as a fun new thing. Pay 50L to the crown vendor and get a random necklace. At one point I sold these necklaces in my store but I have stopped selling them in my store and I have pulled them from Xstreet also. These necklaces will receive an updated look soon but for now they are available in the gacha vendor for those who like kawaii styled necklaces.

To check out my new releases tp to Otaku Designs Mainstore

Dia De Los Muertos Dress by Sparkle Skye Designs Review November 1, 2009

I was given the honor to review this lovely dress by Sparkle Skye Designs and when I received this dress I was completely ecstatic. A while back I had posted a picture on plurk of this beautiful veil and Sparkle did a really great job in recreating the veil and made a lovely dress to compliment the veil.

The dress comes with two top versions (with blood and without blood), I opted to wear the bloody version because I prefer to wear bloody items when I can. The dress is exquisitely made and you can tell that Sparkle paid very close attention to every detail of this dress. If you look closely at the bodice it has a nice lace like pattern and the skirt has a lovely arrangement of skulls that gather right at the waistline.

My first mission was to find some really great locations to showcase this lovely dress. I wanted to portray a little of Mexican folklore with my pictures. A little of La Llorona and La Catrina in my pictures. My first location I found myself at The Crucible where they have several lovely areas where you can take pictures at. I took mine at the archway because it had a dark mysterious look.

I began embarking on another mission to find another location to take my pictures but couldn’t find anything that fit what I wanted to portray in the pictures so I built my own set using the Mausoleum I picked up from the Wretched Dolls hunt, casket from the Nightshade Designs Hunt, Immortal Beloved casket from +Nocturnal Coffin Company+, and pose casket from Lazy Places. Some of the props in the picture are from the Dia De Los Muertos Altar I have for sale at my store Otaku Designs (sorry shameless plug here).

The layers of this dress is very free flowing and moves quite well with several ao’s. The sleeves include a resize script as well as the veil so you can adjust them to fit your avatar with ease. There is a notecard included in the folder that explains how to use the resize menu. If you decide you want to remove the scripts from the pieces make a back-up copy of the pieces prior to removing the script. There is a set of wings in this dress that are absolutely stunning, I wasn’t expecting a pair of wings to be included with the dress and I wasn’t sure how it would work with the dress but as soon as I put it on it complimented the look perfectly. As with all of Sparkle Skye Design creations this dress is made with excellent quality and I truly recommend that you grab a copy of this dress. It is absolutely stunning and all the pieces of this dress is something you can wear year round.

Outfit Details:
Hair: Schadenfreude Black Death Tish
Shoes: -Whimsy Walk
Eyes: [T.P]-OniCollection-Fractal-Tequila
Jewelry: Otaku Designs Dia de Los Muertos Graveyard Candle Necklace
Skin: Nomine Sylvan SugarSkull Female – 6

Dress: *SS* Dias de los Muertos *Review item* Sparkle Skye Designs

Poses Used:
Pose #1: ~*{TBC}*~ Mana Pose 6
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Crucible/128/128/41

Pose #2: [LP]*katat0nik* 2 –Lazy Places

Pose #3: [LP} Lolita 2–Lazy Places

Octoheart Necklace @ Otaku Designs October 29, 2009

Today I have a brand new release for you. I’m still fascinated with tentacles and I finally was able to attain the design I wanted to create with the help of Kanic Huldschinsky of Rare Breed;He created the sculpt map for me. The tentacles are texture changing and you can either purchase the chain in a leather strap version or silver chain version.

And some reminders about a few events that I’m participating in that are ending this weekend. The Halloween event at HoPo Mall in which I created the following items will be removed from my store on November 1st, 2009, so come on by and grab them if they strike your fancy. The skull cross necklace is only 100L and normally I would charge around 200L for something that has so many textures. Otaku Designs Mainstore

The Halloween Fair at Blue Blood sim. I reduced the prices of my cameo necklaces. CLICK HERE to get to the Fair.

Last but not least, don’t forget that the Deader Than You tour ends on 10/31/09 so don’t forget to redeem your tokens by that date. If you want to see the prizes I am offering when you redeem your tokens you can check my previous post HERE or you can visit my mainstore (Otaku Designs Mainstore).

New Release and Halloween Event @ HoPo Mall October 23, 2009

Today I have a new jewelry release in honor of Dia De Los Muertos. This is the first of a few things I have planned on making in honor Dia De Los Muertos. I’m not really a fan of Halloween but I do like spiders, pumpkins, and the like so I made some things with the items which you can find in my store. I’m more of an avid fan of Dia De Los Muertos, it has more meaning for me and pertains more to my culture. This jewelry set features graveyard candles, these are reminiscent of the candles that are used to decorate the graves of loved ones on Dia De Los Muertos. Usually the candles have religious icons such as Our Lady of Guadalupe or Jesu Cristo but I wanted to put Sugar Skulls instead since I’m obsessed with Sugar Skulls. I tried really hard to get the particle script to get the flame to get smaller but it turns out that the flame can only get so small so its only included in the largest candle on the necklace, its a black/purple flame that you can activate with touch. I may sell the candles or give them away to my in-world group later.

Beginning today at HoPo mall there will be a Halloween event with several vendors participating. Some vendors are creating exclusive items and freebies for this particular event. I have created a exclusive item as well as a dollarbie for this event. The event officially begins today and will end on November 1st, 2009. Once the event ends the below items will be removed from my store.

Last but not least, don’t forget that the Deader Than You tour ends on 10/31/09 so don’t forget to redeem your tokens by that date. If you want to see the prizes I am offering when you redeem your tokens you can check my previous post HERE or you can visit my mainstore (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21).

Tentacle Madness @ Otaku Designs October 19, 2009

Hello! I have a couple new releases today featuring my new obsession with tentacles. Lately a few of my friends and I realized we all have the same fondness with tentacles and since this is SL we can wear tentacles on our bodies in ways we never thought were possible in RL.

Up first I created my Entrapped Heart necklace. I was actually going for a different look but it didnt’ pan out as I wanted. But this necklace ended up coming out pretty well. I like the design and I decided to share it. I made the tentacles and heart texture changing. You can use the menu to change each of them seperately.

It was suggested that somebody pursue a tentacle tattoo. I know somebody else can probably make something more fierce and scarier then I can make. And since most things I make end up coming out kawaii this is my take on a tentacle tattoo. I decided to only do an upper body tattoo this time. Making a full body tattoo for this particular design would have been a little hard since it took a while for me to line up the tentacles on the upper body and I have been quite ill lately.

I will have more releases soon and there will be a event at HoPo mall this weekend. I will post more details once I know more. Stay tuned or join my inworld group or subscriber kiosk to keep up-to-date.

Last but not least, don’t forget that the Deader Than You tour ends on 10/31/09 so don’t forget to redeem your tokens by that date. If you want to see the prizes I am offering when you redeem your tokens you can check my previous post HERE or you can visit my mainstore (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21).

Deader Than You Tour October 17, 2009

I’m sure by now you have heard a little about the Deader than You Tour. Basically its a really great event featuring some pretty rad designers in sl. They make some of the best alternative designs out there and I was honored to be invited to participate in this event also.

How does the tour work? Well basically you go to any one of the participating stores and you purchase an item featuring the little image that indicates it has a bat token within the product. Many of the stores have a sample image as soon as you tp right into the store so you can see what it looks like. You can also get more information on the tour at each store location as well as utilize the teleporter station that was created to tp to all the stores on the Tour.

So what am I offering as my exclusive prizes? I have a couple of items that I worked on over the past couple of days.

These items are not sold in my store. The only way that you will be able to receive these items is to redeem your bat tokens from purchases. You can either buy items from within my store or at any of the participating locations. Keep in mind that the event ends on October 31st, 2009. So don’t forget to redeem your bat tokens before the deadline.

TP to my store to get more information on the tour or do some shopping http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21

New Releases @ Otaku Designs October 8, 2009

Hello! I have a few new release today. I decided to do a few Halloween related items this month and I plan on doing some related to Dia de Los Muertos soon once I finish the textures.

I had asked a few friends if I should consider recoloring my Bat Attack tattoo and they recommended the following color variations: black/purple, orange/black, and purple/orange. As usual you can purchase the full body set for 150L or you can purchase the layers separately if you don’t need the entire full body set. These items will only be available until the end of October in these color options so come and grab them if you like the colors.

Continuing on with my Halloween theme I wanted to make a necklace for my store. I took the same template I had used for the necklaces I made for the Blue Blood Halloween Festival but this particular version is more unique. I integrated my sugar skull kawaii beads in the necklace and it has more sculpty halloween items to it. Also, when I opened my store I only created tattoos and legwarmers. It really has been a long time since I have worked on a pair of legwarmers so I created this fun pair. They are resize scripted and texture changing. There are 4 rope colors and 4 textures of legwarmers to choose from, they legwarmers are also mod and trans so you can gift them to your friends. These items will only be out until the end of the month and then I will remove them from my store.

The following items will be in my store throughout the year since they aren’t related to Halloween at all. I wanted to make something fun and I think in way both of these necklaces can be considered unisex. But definitely the Daarcness necklace is unisex.

Tp to Otaku Designs Mainstore http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21

Halloween Fair @ Blue Blood Sim October 2, 2009

Hey guys! I have some really great news to share with you there is a really great Halloween Fair going on at the Blue Blood sim with a ton of great designers. Many of them are vendors on the sim and some of them are really great friends of Ghanima, the owner of Blue Blood. You can see lovely Halloween related items from the creators of The Black Canary, Nightshade Designs, Jabberwocky, Zanzo, Buried Alive Designs, Cobrahive, and more….

Did I mention I have a booth out also? Yes I do and I put out a few things I have made in the past. Such as my Bat Attack Tattoos and my Ghost Bat Jewelry Set. I have also created exclusive and limited edition items just for this event. You can only find these items on the Blue Blood sim. I wanted to create a nice choker set that complimented Ghani’s dresses well. And she has a lovely array of dresses in the tent, which happens to be right next to my booth.

I have also created a couple of affordable options for those of you on a budget. Both of these items contain full perm sculpts that I was given the honor to use by the lovely and talented Kanic Huldschinsky. In the “Boo I’m a Scary Hat” ad I am wearing his very detailed with outfit he made last year. He plans on putting it out soon at his booth on the Cheshire sim. I will post a link to it on my next blog post when he does put it out

Come and explore the Halloween Fair at the Blue Blood sim, you will find some really great items to complete your ghoulish looks. CLICK HERE to get to the Fair.

New Releases @ Otaku Designs and a Brand New Mainstore Location September 25, 2009

Okay I swear this will be my last time moving my mainstore for a while. If I move again you can kick me in the shin or something awesome like that.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21

I am infamous for starting things and never finishing them or creating things and just letting them linger in my inventory for weeks on end. Then my friends start posting them on their blogs and they are like hey how much are you selling this for and I am like oh well you see I haven’t put it out yet >.> Anyhoooo lets just throw up the pretty pics so you can see what kind of randomness has spewed from the overmedicated and sick Lola

So lets start with the Jewelry first. A while ago I created the Heart Attack Facial Piercing Set and then I decided it needed a complimentary jewelry set to go with it. Then after talking with some lovely and beautiful people on plurk they had indicated to me their fondness of stars. So I thought about it and I was like hmm that would be awesome to try. So I made the Star Attack Facial Piercing and Jewelry Set. The Jewelry set includes: earrings, necklace, and a bracelet. And if you are in the in-world group you can get the piercing for free as a bonus. Just activate your group tag and purchase the set

Then I wanted to make something more dark and somewhat gothic. My first attempt was the Nephthys Set. It is a lovely set that includes the following: chokers, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. The ankhs and gems are texture changing. It is a complete set and is not sold seperately. The next set is not really considered a gothic set of jewelry but more towards a dark and mysterious style. It is a homage to one of my favorite bands, HIM. And if you have been following my store for a while it is quite evident that I am one huge HIM fangirl. The Moments of Heartache set includes earrings, chokers, and necklaces. The heartagrams texture change and have barbed wire accents.

While I was sitting in my hermit hole one day (aka my little building box), I realized it was Hispanic Awareness month in the United States. So in honor of celebrating my heritage I decided to put the following item out for 10L in my store until the end of September. Normally something like this I would sell separately and I would charge more money. So please take advantage of this deal. I may sell this again at a later time or I may just get rid of it completely. The aztec calendar pendant as well as the aztec sun pendants are texture changing with several color options.

You ever have one of those days when you don’t have internet access and don’t really know what to do. And you get extremely bored and don’t feel like watching tv. And then come up with strange and interesting designs. Oh is that just me? Okay since I have been really sick I tend to make really colorful tattoos lately and this next tattoo is super colorful and very kawaii. I have a strange affinity for unicorns and tadaaa here you go. The Unicorn Fantasy Tattoo.

And beginning this weekend there will be a huge event at Hodgepodge mall aka HoPo Mall. There will be freebies/dollarbies from a variety of vendors throughout the mall with exclusive items. It will be for a limited time only. Just this weekend And this is what I will be offering.

So tp on down to my new and improved mainstore
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/55/213/21

Otaku Designs Mainstore is moving again >.> September 15, 2009

LOL yeah I know you are like what again? But don’t worry its not far and its on the same sim. Some of you have complained to me about the lagginess of my store and I have taken to heart the complaints and to my luck a new spot opened on the sim. Its a little bigger and I should be moving sometime this week. I’ll post a new slurl here on my blog as well as send a new lm to my subscribers in-world.

In the meantime I have a new release that I have made that I never had the opportunity to properly promote it since I have released the item. Its a new jewelry set. The bow texture changes to I believe 4 colors. I’m sorry I can’t remember at the moment lol.

Last but not least, my item for the Twisted Hunt that officially began today. I didn’t make it hard to find in my store because I mean lets face it. I want you to enjoy the hunt and also explore my store a bit lol well if you have time and feel like it.

Check out my mainstore at HodgePodge by clicking HERE

If you check out my profile in-world you will notice that I have about 4 locations of stores. If you take a gander at my store at the Razor Creations location you will see that I have a couple of really nifty gifts out there. Its one of my largest satellite locations. I haven’t had a chance to grab a slurl yet but if you are interested check my profile Lola79 Hienrichs. I have a set of cupcake chairs I made and some t-shirts with skelanimal prints on them.