New Painterly Asian Beauty Skin

See, this head is made by my friend Saitot - a sculpty head - a new sexy look :) She will show me how to make a skin.

How about a truly Asian skin? With the classic Asian beauty ? I believe there is a distinctive beauty for each shape and tone for every race.

Hmmm, this opens a section on Beauty, and beauties of all types.

I saw a girl on the subway last week, small eyes, oval shape face, plum blossom mouth... exactly what i see in Ancient paintings of an Asian Beauty. These are not the Western norm of big eyes, large mouth, not Julia Roberts; and not these strange "Asian high cheek bones", slant eyes going upwards - exotism; typically triangular, harsh, flat and angular with pointy chins, shapes rather "aggressively strange" tinted with lackluster sienna - that often we see in ads when they want to show Asian type. Though lately the ads have improved. The Asians chosen are now tinted versions of the Caucasian faces.

Check a painting by Chen Hong Shou, a Ming Dynasty painter. Here we see what curves mean. It does not necessarily mean hour glass curves, big breast small waists. It is more wave like, as in water, in the overall contour of flowing curves.

I will make a new skin, the painterly Asian beauty, delicate, soft lined, no bone structure visible type of ideal soft lined beauty. For example, Monica Bellucci is such a beauty. Her overall shape is round, we dont see any bone shapes, entirely enveloped in smooth cushiony flesh, and not at all stout. This is an ideal of what female beauty is like - its not Madonna with muscles all over. Muscles are also beautiful, it is just not the specifically female type of beauty. There are all kinds of beauty.

web comic, He Youzhi, avatar loneliness, Sleuth, Le Limier

I began sl wanting to make a comic book out of the various scenes that i lived through in sl. So far, while i was taking the photos, I was so excited. Now, I look at all these jpegs, they are flat - how could we make it interesting for others to read?

Then we must have text. Dialogue, stories.

I interviewed the very famous Mr. He YouZhi in Shanghai, he has a special section in the Shanghai Museum, dedicated to his work. He said, I can no longer go anywhere because I am over 80 years old, and I get tired easily. I can go to Hong Kong maybe for a few days, but going on a boat to San Francisco is too far. His eyes are sparkling jewels. He said, I taught at Angouleme, they invited me. But what is there to say? I could only show them the beauty of a drawing line, but what is there to say?
For me to draw and create new works, I must have new stories. He taps his finger to his temple, whats in here, is old stuff! My head is old stuff, only younger people with new stories could create a new comic book style. Would you stay for dinner with us? (yes!!!) He said, "the road is in your lips" - this means, if you are lost, you only have to ask directions on the street. He smiled, very kindly he said, come back, again, when you have more time! I will show you my latest publications. I was so happy that he granted me the visit.

Now, I look at all the online webcomics, and remember what he said. Yes, the world is very different for the internet savvy graphic artists. They do have new stories, and different standards of social behaviors, love, courtesy... everything is different, the contexts are so different. Not only there is a cultural difference. There is notably a epoch difference, and behavior difference. People are much harder today.

He Youzhi's work is fine arts, its not popular repetitive Manga, not cartoons in the american sense. It is very well drawn, fine line drawing work, one of the most expressive. His pictures are stylised, the body sitting just right, arms, movements, everything correct. The weight, center of mass of each limb, the composition of the page. A master. Each frame could be a stand alone composition. You can admire the picture over many hours, its precious. The drawing goes with the story - to have new stories, the drawings would have to be different.

The current style in vogue around the world is not kindness, but scowling cool stances. No one smiles in todays comics. More like sharp teeth and sneering smirks and ruffled hair. From Beijing, to Tokyo to Hong Kong to Paris to NY, all the same. Its super uncool to be smiling. (Except for Hello Kitty of course!)

However, real people want kindness too!
I talked to many sl avatars, some of them told me their rl stories. Everyone needs the same things, just like in the old days, no different. But in todays social vocabulary, its much more cool - to be harsh, to be rushy, to be "unavailable", and in one click - they cut you dead - it means they are doing the cool thing, and you, you are nothing but a has-been. Dont even mention any such thing such as "loneliness" thats sooooooo uncool - because loneliness, is really, it is nothing - it is so common.


Film viewed

Sleuth 2.5*
Even though I knew Michael Caine is to be the inspector, I looked carefully and really did not see Michael Caine at all, the make up is sooooo good. The story is more on class struggles, snobbism...hinges on this. In the new version, its got a new edge of bisexual flexible moral standards that this old version is much more upright in some way. The new version where Caine played the old writer, the character is much more sympathetic. Here the Sir Lawrence is definitely a total loser, we have little sympathy for him. The old mansion doesnt look aristocratic, but mothy, playhouse for an old man. No true style, maybe in keeping with the character.

Le Limier 2.5*
Very good acting, Jude Law in a juicy role. Michael Caine is very good. The house, designers cage, is cold. Everybody needs lots of shots of whiskeys to keep warm. :) Not a moment slack. The text, dialogue is superb. Based on older movie Sleuth. Also with Caine but he was playing the younger character.

Gift from Geeks

I looked at Aimee Webers site, very nice and clean, also very good article on the reality of "going Pro" for people who has some dreams of making a living from living in sl. Then I looked at the Midnight city SIM, it was empty except for me, and one other wandering Japanese.

I also read the very famous informative blogger - Wagner James Au

This confirms more and more what i feel about Secondlife, because of the information and general overall capacities. It is most useful for people who want to explore, test an idea in rl with enthusiastic,always kind and willing viewers of others online, on a small scale. A true virtual world community - thats not a negligible world of exchange!

From a users point of view, Secondlife has been a kindergarten for real life.
A very unique, creative, 3d immersive, graphic tool enabled kindergarten with children from all over the world - and it allows anyone to do kindergarten all over again in any subject. Isnt this a gift of a sort from geeks?

Double Decker bus, Beach side donut vender, xo olpc

Double Decker bus built by Five March - she kindly sold me a copy!







I am buying a mobile bus to put fun things and drive it around to catch some viewers... after all, ice cream trucks, mobile library, bread delivery, hot dog stands, arent these all good? This is an attempt to bring an elegant music through a grassroot conveyor.

So I looked at some buses. A donut beach side bus, and a DoubleDecker, definitely when i saw the DoubleDecker, its really charming. Of course all this is second to what i really want, an Airstream! But I will make my own. :)

This Double Decker everymans museum is similar to XO olpc idea, bringing something new, un reachable to people for whatever reason, time, money, simple lacune... people just didnt know about it.

What I like is the discovery, the first moment of seeing a door opening, and the joy.

I want to get an XO One Laptop per child computer. I wanted to get a doubledecker bus - well, I got one from Five. She happened to be making one, so I ordered one from her. :) This is similar to my interest in the Airstream Bambi... but the Double decker is no Bambi.

I had a contact from Texas... they wanted to do a conference on secondlife... hmmm, how about XO + Secondlife? How could that be done?

I wanted to make a comic book with my Secondlife photos... thousands of them now. But I have no energy to do it right away. It takes much concentration.

And my eyes are killing me. I must not look at the screen so much.

So, i wont be online for a while. :)

Very nice day! Bercy, Cite Cine ugc Bercy, and a surprise sl discovery !!!

A visit to a Japanese sim, because they sell sewing notions! People invent all kinds of things in sl. These tiny pin cushions etc... everything.

Met a geneologist lady at the Festival de Jardin Chaumont sur Loire today. I had two glasses of champagne and many little sandwiches, was totally late! Went to the wrong place - turns out that Chais are general names of all these little brick ex-wine making places!

Anyway, i am glad i made it to the place. There is something very nice about the reception. How to receive and make them feel happy, and warm and welcomed? Thats hospitality ... isnt it. The lady told me about meeting Jeanne Moreau, who is in her 90s, when a journalist ask to speak with her, she hushed the journalist over to a very comfortable place, and make the journalist feel all ooooh aaaaah... now that is a lesson isnt it? Even Jeanne Moreau makes this superb effort, a real display so everybody talks about it later... win win win all the way. :)

Now, today, why was i late? There is another discovery even more spectacular online, in my sl world today... hmmm cant reveal it now here.... but will be revealed when its time.

S has send me back the cd with her cat drawings... she really enjoys creation!
Its so nice to see. These family cats, doing human things.

Sunny day, cold wind, i took out my huge sun glasses - so when i fall asleep in the train going home, no one will see... hahahah

Enjoy the Kindergarten of sl before exiting to rl !!! A Digital Guqin Museum Service

University of Southern Mississippi, Pace University :: collaboration with Digital Guqin Museum Services.
DGM Services include: Design and build, program design, interpretation of Oracle Poems, evaluation of existing design object and performances, live events, conception and realisation of sl experiences with the target of outputting to real life.

Enjoy the Kindergarten of sl before exiting to the adult rl !!!


University of Southern Mississippi has made 3 Oracle Poem Givers according to client specifications (client is me). They are very good!!!

I will show you a photo of all three objects.
Object 1// Gumball Machine
Object 2// Roulette Wheel
Object 3// Chinese Medicine Cabinet with 100 drawers

The Gumball Machine is superbe, balls are rezzed - as many as you want - with jumping balls and non jumping balls, very colorful in a glass globe.

Once you paid an amount, $1 linden, you can retrieve a ball which slides down a cuving tube
the ball will bring you a Poem. The Oracle Poems are authentic Wong Dai Sin Oracle Poems...

Object 2// you click and a ball is rezzed and pretends to fall into a slot, and you get a poem

Object 3// a Chinese medicine cabinet that the students have gone to researched for an original model; once a payment is made, the user chooses a number from 1-100, speaks it, the corresponding drawer will pop open and a Poem is delivered. The Poem will be randomly attributed to the drawers.

So the same drawer called twice will contain different poems.

I will put up some pics once I get around to it.

Wong Dai Sin of Hong Kong

I just found a Wong Dai Sin website, it explains who, when, where was Wong Dai Sin originated from. Wong Dai Sin is a local Diety in Hong Kong. Everybody knows Wong Dai Sin.

So, I had started to use his poems a few years back to train students in poetry writing because its their local cultural reference and would be more fun. Grass root fun.

This time, i took the book and put it into Secondlife - for people who might want to find some answers from the Oracle Consultation Method.

Took me a whole morning to click and retrieve the oracle from a website - i already have the original wood engraving copy, but found a text version from a website. But i must draw countless times in order to get all the Oracle Poems. Several times, the Oracle says, please pay more attention to your question, recite a few times in your heart before clicking!! hahahahha. I clicked too often too fast for the Oracle... not enough concentration!

Anyway, for curiosity, and a little test - I started to think of a way to see if and would we get what we want if we tried insistently? if we persevere? While I am doing this repetitive task... sooooo boring. So finally i got down to 5 Poems that still need to be retreived. I said to myself, how many times must i click before i get exactly the poem i want?

In fact, its between 3 to 15 times. Even for the final one - imagine, 1 out of 100, i got it after 7 times!

But some numbers do come up more often than others. During all the clicking, no.1 came up onces, no.76 came up ones, and lots of others came up at least 20 times. It took me 3 hrs to retrieve all the poems via this random draw method.

I like my oracle book in secondlife, i hope people come to consult it.

Its a three step procedure, according to real life.

1/ Draw a random Oracle poem

2/ Draw for a confirmation, if you click and get //# # //= confirmation

if you did not get a confirmation, then the Oracle Poem was not meant for you, and you must re-draw another poem - then try to get it confirmed, once you have Poem+Confirmation sign, you go to next step

3/ reading and interpretation of the confirmed poem.

Enjoy, come get your Oracle for the new lunar year!

:)