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Taarna Welles: now we get to the fun part

Taarna Welles

Most people in Opensim have heard of the Dutch creator of inworld goodies, Taarna Welles. Her home grid, Bubblesz, is one of those special places where original content, freebies and art come together in a harmonious whole. If you haven't been to LaBaronnie and Savvy, you're missing a little bit of OS heaven and history. 

The Hogwarts-inspired landing point on Bubblesz grid

Beyond making clothes and accessories for men and women, Taarna has always enjoyed creating landscapes. wander into the woods of Savvy and you'll see that - visit close by Hidden Leaves and the adventure continues. More recently, in the past year or two, Taarna has been working on a new region, Domadun. It's inspired by Harry Potter, the films and also the video game. You can tell how much Taarna is intrigued by the HP look when you get to the Bubblesz Welcome sim, where the portals that take you to the grid's different sims are themed around the game of Quidditch. 

Butch Safari

This week, the Safari was in the business of raising Male Avatar Awareness. 

Even with the latest shopping survey on Hypergrid Business, finding what you need to create a look in OpenSim is always a challenge, and menswear is the toughest category of all to locate. 

Skins, shapes and clothes are all tricky. Shapes often give that gorilla look, shoes have traditionally been way too big and clunky, and hair varies wildly from super effeminate to frankly monstrous. If you don't believe me girls, then just go out there and try putting together a look you can live with. No wonder many men give up and go girly, or furry, or simply wear the same tee shirt and jeans for about ten years... I found this Shrek skin and shape at Lani Mall in Jorink Devin's shop... definitely a boy thing.
This week, the Safari goers were challenged to wear a male avatar and walk a mile in those moccasins (or steel toed boots, whatever) and we went out across the HG to sample the state of Male shoppingness for ourselves.

Schreck Thirza

Our first stop was on Bubblesz Grid, which is the small hg enabled grid of mesh enthusiast Taarna Welles. 

       

If you arrive at the Welcome sim on bubblesz.nl.8002 you'll see the portal that will take you direct to the shops. Taarna's personal brand is called ReMake Fashion.