The Gazette Posters

From The Wildwood Gazette

I am sure many of you are really good with Photoshop, I am still learning and sometimes it is a struggle with many clicks of the undo button.

but this set of posters for the blog came together quite easily, and because I am very pleased with the end result I thought I would share with you. The photo above is the original I took in world of a sleek tabby with folded ears.

From The Wildwood Gazette Cut the cat out and replace him onto a black background Resized it into a square from a rectangle Painted the edges with black paint and then blurred it with Gaussian Blur

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• Add the font on two separate layers in white

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• On a third layer I added the features and coloured them
• I took a sample of the colour and retinted the eye of the kitty
• I slightly sharpened the whole image
• and save.. taaa... daaa..!

I did'nt do any fancy footwork on these posters, all basic, but still that is the magic of Photoshop, even the faint of heart can use it and create great stuff.
Ionae.

Cheeky Kitties Cat House

From The Wildwood Gazette

I saw this fantastic little cat house from Cheeky Kitties, it is totally made from sculpted prims and it has a wonderful cartoon feel.
All the parts come separately so you can use the pieces in any combination. Also the sign is detachable and mod so you can put your own logo on it as I have done.

It comes in several other colours, think I saw red, green and blue as well.
The set is transfer, which I like as I prefer transfer items in general.

From The Wildwood Gazette

From The Wildwood Gazette

Just on a fun note, when I trying it out , I clicked the little chair and sat in it, which was fine, until I clicked stand up and I was too tall to get out, Llew between laughing at me and making fun eventually tped me out of the prison.
Ionae

Wildwood Store has a refit

From The Wildwood Gazette

I went over to the Wildwood store to pick up my new 1.3 starter kitties and saw the store has had a total refit, we have a new second floor with  all the edibles and cute seating area in front of the windows.

Upstairs

From The Wildwood Gazette

From The Wildwood Gazette

Downstairs
We have a very large display where you can purchase your new starter packs.

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Also downstairs is the food for your kitties, Breeder food on one side and Pet food on the other, so it is very clear.

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Ionae

The Wildwood Forest Sim, Home to The Wildwood Breedables

I thought I would take you a little tour of the Wildwood Forest Sim, home to the Wildwood Breedables,

Firstly,there is a central landing point, shown below.

From The Wildwood Gazette

One of the cute features of the path is that each stepping stone lights up as you walk on it and then darkens when you pass by. You will reach a fork in the road, if you turn to your right and continue down the path you will reach the main store for the company. This building sells your starter kitty packs, as well as food, and other edibles, and most importantly the sick kitty pack, just in case something goes wrong with your little darling.Oh I almost forgot, the two boxes at the front of the store are Gifties, one is a pose stand you can use with your cat and the another is a teaser style cat toy.

From The Wildwood Gazette

From The Wildwood Gazette

Once you have finished in the store, you can follow the path back along the way you came and you will come to a little bridge and then to another fork, to your left is a large building called the Cat Sancuatery, it is empty at the moment, not sure what is happening with it. and on your left, after another short walk or fly, is the little marketplace, which has goods and lots of cute stuff for your kitties.

From The Wildwood Gazette

Now there is a secret place, which doesn't really have a path going to it, but it is definitely worth visiting. It is in the far right at the back  of the Sim, it is a gorgeous set of cat statues in ever increasing size around a a small river. I think if  you walk through the market stalls, and turn left a little there is a small bridge which will bring you to the statues.

From The Wildwood Gazette

From The Wildwood Gazette

I really suggest you go and look around if you haven't done so already, the Sim is really quite lovely.


http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wildwood%20Forest/186/181/22

At Auction .. Breedable Isles * Voice*

This repeating feature in the Gazette will highlight current auction prices for readers, from a variety of Auction Houses and featuring different cats.

This week from Breedables Delights at Breedable Isles

From The Wildwood Gazette

As you can see this auction was incredibly busy, I arrived just after 9.30 and they were on podium 12, the auction moved very quickly and Keli Darkmatter was the auctioneer, the auction was on voice, and also bids were confirmed in local.

Sold for  3800L ( this female cat was pregnant)

2nd Gen Eclipse, 2nd Gen Bob/Curl Gender: Female
Pelt: Tricolor - Black/Brown Tabby
Eye: Round - Gold
Ears: Curl
Tail: Bob
Shade: Eclipse

From The Wildwood Gazette

Parents

Queen: Angel
Pelt: Solid - Black
Eye: Round - Sunflower
Ears: Curl
Tail: Common
Shade: Eclipse

Tom: Boomer
Pelt: Bicolor - Brown
Eye: Round - Amber
Ears: Curl
Tail: Bob
Shade: Classic
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Sold for 2100L ( Male Cat)

VanBlack/SlitGold/Fold/C/Shimmer

Pelt: Van - Black
Eye: Slit - Gold
Ears: Fold
Tail: Common
Shade: Shimmer

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Queen: Shimmer
Pelt: Solid - Blue
Eye: Round - Canary
Ears: Common
Tail: Common
Shade: Shimmer

Tom: TriDiluteRedBlue/SlitGold
Pelt: Tricolor - Dilute Red/Blue
Eye: Slit - Gold
Ears: Common
Tail: Common
Shade: Classic

So as you can see those shimmer kitties and the eclipse are very popular, the bids were hard and fast on these two exceptional pelts. Very very cute, Prices are still looking great, for 2nd and 3rd generations.

UKS.. Unexpected Kitty Sightings.....

U.K.S.

From The Wildwood Gazette

So, Second Life and First Life are so similar as in  kitties pop up in unexpected places, I had to smile when I walked into Whippet and Buck to browse for some new clothes and there in the hallway are a couple of Kitties, Bill and Barbara and two little kitten baskets, I clicked them all, they are all for sale, 100L each, it's kinda cute really.

If you see anymore kitties in weird place, please take a snapshot and send me the Lm, I will blog it and credit you, could be a fun competition if I can think of a decent prize.

From The Wildwood Gazette

From The Wildwood Gazette

Just in case you fancy adopting those Whippet and Buck kitties I noted the landmark below for you
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imogen/63/224/28

At Auction .. Cheeky Kitties * Voice*

This repeating feature in the Gazette will highlight current auction prices for readers, from a variety of Auction Houses and featuring different cats.

From The Wildwood Gazette

This Week from Cheeky Kitties
Sold for 600L
Female
Pelt: Classic Tabby - Brown
Eye: Slit - Amber
Ears: Fold
Tail: Common
Shade: Sleek

From The Wildwood Gazette

Parentage
Queen: Minx                    Tom: Felix
Pelt: Bicolor - Blue           Pelt: Classic Tabby - Brown
Eye: Round - Sunflower    Eye: Slit - Amber
Ears: Common                  Ears: Fold
Tail: Common                   Tail: Common
Shade: Sleek                     Shade: Classic

Sold For 700L
Gender: Female
Pelt: Solid - Cream
Eye: Slit - Pink
Ears: Common
Tail: Common
Shade: Classic

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Queen: Classic Tabby Cream
Pelt: Classic Tabby - Cream
Eye: Round - Gold
Ears: Common
Tail: Common
Shade: Classic

Tom:
Classic Tabby Charcoal Slit Pink
Pelt: Classic Tabby - Charcoal
Eye: Slit - Pink
Ears: Common
Tail: Common
Shade: Classic

* My Favorites Cat - Basket + Bunny * Purple - Copy

Product Review

From The Wildwood Gazette

We all need extra things for our Kitties to be comfortable and I found this adorable Bunny basket inworld, It has been designed by Nova Eternal  The basket is quite large and stands almost to my shoulder, as I remember it comes in powder blue and soft purple for the cushion colours, and the textures are really super. it is plain and simple not scripted and it doesn't have poses loaded into it, but as our kitties do have their own animations inbuilt, I feel this is a mute point. I felt the price was very reasonable at around 150L, the prim count on this basket is 13 which is okay as long as you don't want lots of them.


Tp To Wildwood Kitty Marketplace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glenridge/41/216/23