Starting to get the feel of Second Life

I have been roaming around in Second Life now for a few days just getting a feel of how this program works.  I was doing a lot of traveling, such as going to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and checking out art galleries that render famous art pieces into second life such as the photo I have taken of "Nighthawks," painting by Edward Hopper created in 1942.  I actually got the chance to move around in the diner and be technically inside the painting.  I have always adored this painting, but this was just like experiencing it for the first time again.

In class, we had instruction of creating signs out of prisms that could technically show off our artwork.  I was able to create a bulletin board that had an interesting triangle shape based that it sat upon.  After learning how to make that, I feel real confident now that I could build some pretty spectacular things in Second Life.

We continued to look around as a class in different environments that showcased expert artists in Second Life with the worlds they've created.  I was starting to understand everything now just through the crash course in building the bulletin board, so that was a major advancement in the knowledge of this program!

Until next time!
-Noah

My First Time Using Second Life

My first time logging in had me left with a few technical issues, so I wasn't able to log in using my own computer.  I had to use one of the computers in the Art 450 class room so hopefully that doesn't affect my Second Life experience.  I had an interesting time going in and creating an avatar and basically just walking around and learning how to interact with objects.  I was able to take off my pants and walk around in the nude.  That was okay I guess.  Everyone laughed so that made my day.  I flew around which made it real easy to fly around the terrain because walking takes a lot of time.  I'm going to explore some more in Second Life on my own so until next time!

-Noah

I've started my Second Life!

You've read the title correctly.  I'm still living in my first life too.  I have entered the online virtual world of Second Life, a community where people can do just about anything together.  The reason I created an avatar in this world is because of the Art 450 class I'm taking this semester at Chico State, which happens to be my last semester until I graduate!

I started off creating an avatar that was based on a robot, so later I can have an influence I want to create later.  I named the robot avatar "Poweezy."  This is a nickname I've used for years that most of my friends can identify myself by, plus some of the characters of the word are made up from my last name, Powell.  Everything was smooth from starting an account by logging my information in, to installing the Second Life application on my MacBook.  I logged into my account today for the first time and there was some issue with the internet connection, or something related to that.  I'm on Chico State's internet so hopefully it doesn't give us that problem often since this is where I'll predominately enter into my Second Life account. I'm hoping my instructor, Professor Wylde will assist me with the issue I'm having so I can progress with my adventure through this online community to be able to show off my artwork.  I'm heading to class today to address the issue so I'll communicate with you guys soon on how that goes!

Until next time!
-Noah