A generous proportion of the Second Life blogs I've been enjoying lately have been Japanese. I can't read Japanese, so I mainly end up interpreting the pictures — and what pictures they are!
One of the standouts is clearly Petra Ash's Assumption of the Virgin, which is self-stated to be a "Picture Diary". It's extremely bandwidth-intensive, so I hope you have enough of a pipe to download all the goodies. Petra and I had a nice little chat the other day, and it's clear we both have a thing for colors.
Placement of light prims to add radiance and glow to a scene still isn't done enough: I come across many instances inworld where wood floors are set Full Bright at night (and don't look right), or too many lights are clustered together, cancelling each other out. Remember, because of OpenGL limits, you'll only see 8 lights total: sun, moon, and the 6 nearest to you. Broader areas may be a problem to cover, but in close quarters, you can be quite resourceful.
Relatedly, you may wish to watch my Advanced Snapshot Magic tutorial video.
The bigger picture here is, just like I'm fascinated by artistic styles around the world, I'm similarly intrigued in how varied global cultures see Second Life — literally through a digital lens. Fashion sensibilities, slang, etc. particular to a specific region which can be propagated abroad for the benefit and enjoyment of many is a foremost concern.
After all, where else can you get a (almost whole) fruit basket?
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Hi Torley.
I thank for your having watched my blog.
And the people who looked at my page are similar.
Unfortunately my English is so poor.
Thus, I keep mind to increase a lot of pictures as much as possible and want to share an impression with many people.
My page by google translated
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Petra, so nice of you to say this! It's alright, I wish I could speak Japanese; your pictures communicate a lot, and you're so good with local lighting. You're welcome — I'm going to keep looking for inspiring snapshots by you!