Restless Studio Full Perm Wikimedia Textures

Restless Studio provides several packages of full perm textures gleaned from Wikimedia. These textures have been cropped, scaled, and digitally modified for tiling. All are freely licensed for reuse, redistribution, and resale under one of the Creative Commons licenses. This means that Second Life residents can use them in their builds, modify them (with appropriate re-licensing), copy them, transfer them to others (again, with appropriate licensing), and even resell them.

Why buy these textures when they are freely downloadable at Wikimedia ? Well, you are certainly welcome to search through Wikimedia and download the upload at 10L per texture but the time and money you spend doing this yourself will far exceed the moderate price of the already prepared packages. In addition, most texture packs provided by Restless Studio are modified to allow seamless tiling of textures. This and many other questions are addressed in the Wikimedia Commons Product FAQ.

Here are links to the currently available Restless Studio Wikimedia Commons Texture packs:

• Flowers - 45 full perm textures, 90L
• Nature - 27 full perm textures, 50L
• Space - 17 full perm textures, 50L
• Fungi - 29 full perm textures, 60L
• Nudes - 42 full perm textures, 145L
• Seamless Stone Textures - 10 full perm tiles, 50L
• Seamless Brick Textures - 64 full perm tiles, 250L 
• Seamless Camouflage Textures - 25 full perm tiles, 100L
• Seamless Metal Textures - 10 full perm tiles, 50L
• Seamless Mixed Textures - 70 full perm tiles, 250L
• Seamless Textile Textures - 18 full perm tiles, 75L
• Seamless Wood Textures - 25 full perm tiles, 100L
• Seamless Texture Mega Pack - 222 full perm tiles, 495L

Also available is the THiNC book "The Nudes of Wikimedia" which includes 42 freely redistributable full perm textures of high quality photographs of female nudes plus a THiNC book of these textures.

Hibiscus Fairy Isolde Wings pt 2

This is my third session with the hibiscus fairy. She seems quite relaxed around me now and even struck a few poses seemingly wanting to show off for the camera.

She's again wearing an outfit from Velvet Rythms with boots from Pelletteria Morrisey, wings from Material Squirrel, but today the hair is from Calico Ingmann. In addition it looks like her nails, rings, and bangle are from Mandala.

Something I couldn't portray in still photo is the way the Isolde Wings move so sensually and cycle through a range of blue, green, and purple colorings apparently as the fairy mood alters.

Fairies are so playful! And apparently not immune to some degree of vanity :)

Kids at home - don't try this without a really nice pair of wings that you have grown accustomed to!

Shabby Sheek outfit from Velvet Rythms
Hair from Calico Ingmann
Isolde Wings in Ocean from Material Squirrel
Pink denim boots from Pelletteria Morrisey
Nails, rings, & bangles from Mandala 

Photography by Missy Restless

Hibiscus Fairy Isolde Wings

I discovered a small band of Hibiscus Fairies living in the hibiscus bush on my front deck. Not knowing how to photograph fairies I set about to capture one in photo. My first attempts (see below) indicated that these fairies did not fully reflect sunlight like normal subjects. I gradually produced a filter that was able to reveal this fairy perched precociously on the petal of a hibiscus flower.

She was quite friendly and willing to model even though it took hours to adjust the filter to compensate for the apparent transparency of fairies. She told me her dress is from Velvet Rythms, the wings from Material Squirrel, hair from sWEET, and boots from Pelletteria Morrisey.

I did not realize that spending time with a fairy can have dramatic psychogenic effects on the nervous system.

MICHY 2set dress from Velvet Rythms
Hair from sWEET HAIRs
Isolde wings in Ocean from Material Squirrel
Pink denim boots from Pelletteria Morrisey

Photography by Missy Restless

Birds, Boots, & Sound Flowers

I love these boots from sf design as well as the birds and  AraSound Machine prim flowers from AraWorks (my neighbors). The flowers emit nature sounds of birds, insects, and animals giving my place a comfortable natural feel.

Hair - ClaireV2 from sWEET Hair
Necklace - Wild Spirit authentic INCA Temple
Top - L&G Valentina golden brown
Skirt - Scarlet Vintage Skirt from Puss N Boots
Boots - Yeti Fox from sf design
Bracelet - Red Multi bracelet from Son!a
Body Oil - LAQ
Parrots - Thiery Fleury
Sculpted Tree - vitrail illios
Blue Throated Hummingbird - Vinnie Baxter
AraSound Machine Prim Flowers - Zoezoe Xue

Photography by Missy Restless