Twin Caracals

Lets just say that I think Elanore and Anna are about to embark on a whole new level of fun.

~Vi

Jus this thing here...

So this just after a Hurricane jumped me an shot me while I wasn't looking. It happens, I get distracted while busy with what some have called my "social Engineering" in my home region :)

Innar Mong > lol
Elanore Wansmore > yeppie, I was chatting with friends in Vale an didnt notice u
Elanore Wansmore > lol
Innar Mong > you oughta join a real corp
Elanore Wansmore > you have no idea how what I do is benefits to me ;)
Elanore Wansmore > ...so i jus watched for the pretty fireworks
Innar Mong > why didn't you try to fight back?
Elanore Wansmore > cause I dont shoot vale people. I make my living off vale
Elanore Wansmore > annnd most that fly around here know that. u are new or something an i didnt notice u
Innar Mong > Ive killed you at least 3 times
Elanore Wansmore > oh, ok, must not hav felt as good as some of the others that hav had me.
Elanore Wansmore > because i dont remember it


~Ela

EVE online Character creator

I have been wanting for a long time to start a thread on enhancing and getting the most out of your profile pic in the EVE character creator, or the 'salon' as I like to call it :) In actuality it is a very comprehensive combination of services which are more akin to a day at the mall to give yourself subtle or complete makeovers. Then when u are all done with that you get to go to the photography studio. And is a lot of fun :)
Your profile pic is an important tool in showing who you are in EVE so I like to change it up pretty frequently because I think it helps to not just portray who u are, but what your current mood is, etc etc. There are things you can do without a re-sculpt or anything invasive like that to showcase your assets or even help to enhance or minimize things about yourself which by doing very small changes you can make flattering. Such as like , well, I am sort of ,um, "fluffy", so certain clothes may be more flattering to my figure than others. sometimes it can be as simple as a slight turn of your body, or one pose vs another, or even the lighting which can enhance rather than detract from your look. A combination of wardrobe, lighting, poses, makeup, hairstyles, and everything available to you can make a big difference in projecting who you are. And each when used in combination with each other can make a very big difference in your look.
I can go on and on but with this 1st installment I will discuss basic lighting.



Here are 3 pics I have taken before finalizing my portrait. In each I have sat in the exact same pose and did not change my facial expression either. But as you can see how by simply changing the lighting without doing anything else how much difference it can make.
(If you click on the pics to enlarge to full size you can better see the differences)

In this 1st one I think I look a little puffy. and the light seems a bit flooding and doesn't show definition very well.


This one I think accents my features a bit, is more flattering also in that it is not quite so harsh while still very even lighting and not hiding anything. I think this is my favorite of the 3


This one has a definite slimming effect due to the direction of the light and adds a sort of mysterious quality to my pic. Though the harsh shadows might be a bit distracting. although I do like using this one sometimes. especially as you turn your body or head a little bit it can really be a very diverse setting. Something we will get into later in more detail in this thread.


So play with the lighting, very subtle changes in the light itself can make a big difference. The position in your pose or the tilt of your head, in relation to the lights direction, can also alter your look even with the same lighting setup, and remember this, Lighting is not just about the light. It is about the shadows created by the light as well so keep that in mind. all these things work in conjunction with each other to achieve your look. Have fun!

~Vi

NEXT: POSES

A new corp Tee

Ok so we hav a new corp tee!

yay for random acts of piracy! thats is the stuf that makes for a "spicy" environment in New Eden. This creepy stuff that they do is, um, creeeepy. I think they are like a religious cult. there must be coolaide involved. :)

~Ela

Impulsive Piracy

Elanore Wansmore > omg I hav been sooooo very bad
Anna Ishere > I was dragged into it by default.
Elanore Wansmore > no no no, I cannot start having a conscience, nope, striken from the mind on this one
Katsu Masanori > Hello ladies
Elanore Wansmore > shhhh
Elanore Wansmore > yu are going to hate me
Katsu Masanori > why?
Katsu Masanori > what did you do?
Elanore Wansmore > we jus did the most bumbled up totally full of mistakes episode of piracy ever we did. but got lots of booty. you kno, loot.
Elanore Wansmore > it took an hour to do it :p
Katsu Masanori > nice work
Katsu Masanori > plan it better next time
Elanore Wansmore > killed a retty
Elanore Wansmore > O.O don't shoot
Elanore Wansmore > 54 mil retty. But there's more.
Elanore Wansmore > but so Anna was there jus to collect the loot an I lost my cata before it was dead because Concord got there. It was quite tanked.
Elanore Wansmore > so Anna had to finish it off
Elanore Wansmore > then we had no looting ships in the system
Elanore Wansmore > so we had to wait out the timer an stand guard over the wrecks
Elanore Wansmore > an so all we had was the noob ships and it took a number of runs to get the loot from all 3 ships
Elanore Wansmore > so then I noticed that there was a lot of ore so I had to run all the way home for my miasmos, but it wasn't fit so I had to fit it and get back there
Elanore Wansmore > it was during this that Anna was watching over the wreck in her noob ship that we noticed his pod was still there
Elanore Wansmore > so recently I hav taken to not killing pods but I looked him up and found he had a preference for expensive pods so I gathered the ore then had to go all the way home again for another Cata
Elanore Wansmore > but the fits were not in the same system so I had to go elsewhere for the fits jus hoping he would not wake up. I seriously think he blacked out wen we were shooting his barge cause his strip miners were chewing rocks.
Elanore Wansmore > well, and so I got there an warped to zero on Anna who had strategically poised herself and then shot I the pod
Elanore Wansmore > :(
Elanore Wansmore > I am feeling sort of bad
Elanore Wansmore > but it was a almost 200mil pod
Elanore Wansmore > so thats why I say u are going to hate me. but I was all jacked up an adrenalized so I jus kept going
Anna Ishere > Meanwhile I am loading the Miasmos for the trip back home with millions of loot of our 3 catas and stuff from that retty
Elanore Wansmore > sell off the ore. quickly.
Elanore Wansmore > ya but I think its safe to say we are getting away from here fast as we can now
Elanore Wansmore > but so for the record none of this happened we were jus here having quaffe ok?
Anna Ishere > Actually Violet doesn't need to know about the pod
Elanore Wansmore > Katsu hates us now
Anna Ishere > ummm, ol, innocent an was jus in the wrong place at the right time
Elanore Wansmore > i was only ratting an trying to work on my sec stats to get them up an wen we warped in he was jus sitting there mining an I jus shot without even thinking abt anything.
Anna Ishere > all I saw was flashes and then Elas ship exploding so I jus shot. it was total confusion
Elanore Wansmore > wen I am trying to be nice and jus rat or things like that I need to stay away from blue pill an exile and all that stuff. trigger fingers get twitchy. And I jus feel nothing can hurt me but I dont think about how the victim is because I dont kno them or...
Elanore Wansmore > ...or anything
Elanore Wansmore > and now we are going to move the Miasmos back home before anyone gets wind of this
Anna Ishere > Kharma says we lose the Miasmos on the way back home :p
Anna Ishere > GEVAERT's Frozen Corpse. Well we got the corpse too.

Elanore Wansmore > Anna needs to fly the Miasmos cause she is not seen as the devil like I am in some of these systems that we are going thru on the way home. I will provide cover with the caracal
Anna Ishere > wonderful :p
Anna Ishere > By the way, this ship is called a Nereus
Elanore Wansmore > what the hell is a miasmos? lol is that even a ship?
Elanore Wansmore > miasmos whew, ok at least they look sort of alike.

Anna Ishere > yep, Katsu is mad alright
Elanore Wansmore > I know. She's not even talking to us.
Anna Ishere > ooops


Elanore Wansmore > OMG! 2 systems out we hav to go back! I forgot to empty my hangar into the Nereus

(Jumps through the gate back into Masta)

Sillicon Aideron > o/ Ela!!!!
Elanore Wansmore > \o
Elanore Wansmore > :)
Elanore Wansmore > trying to escape hi sec with our butts intact and a bunch of loot
Sillicon Aideron > I see you in Masta :)
Katsu Masanori > I got dc'd and just came back
Elanore Wansmore > yep we hav been doing very bad things
Elanore Wansmore > i thot u were Mad Kat
Sillicon Aideron > ...
Katsu Masanori > no, just got DC
Katsu Masanori > wondered what you were busy doing
Elanore Wansmore > it was a long story. I will write it up or copy this log.
Katsu Masanori > ok, giv eme a link after you are done
Katsu Masanori > you can send it thru evemail
Elanore Wansmore > total disfunctional piracy
Elanore Wansmore > Sillicon Aideron u wanna help escort us back to Vasala?
Sillicon Aideron > Sure, since there are neuts in the pipe, I might as well.
Elanore Wansmore > we have a nereus full of illegal stolen stuff, and the corpse of the victim and we both hav killrights on us
Elanore Wansmore > set destination to #######
Elanore Wansmore > u jump 1st thru gates an I will follow Anna thru. she will be in the Nereus
Sillicon Aideron > Should we fleet up?
Elanore Wansmore > yep
Sillicon Aideron > Sexy caracal :)

Elanore Wansmore > it is :) thank you
Elanore Wansmore > tell me if it seems safe
Sillicon Aideron > Anyone in particular that you are worried about?
Sillicon Aideron > 4 neuts here.
Elanore Wansmore > everyone right now, lol
Sillicon Aideron > Stratios just jumped through
Elanore Wansmore > just so long as they arent on the gates
Elanore Wansmore > see it. coming thru
Sillicon Aideron > Jumping
Sillicon Aideron > Charon at the gate.
Sillicon Aideron > Other than that, it's clear
Elanore Wansmore > no worries there
Sillicon Aideron > Charon jumped
Anna Ishere > coming thru
Sillicon Aideron > Jumping
Elanore Wansmore > oh that was Frank, I think I killed him recently
Sillicon Aideron > lol
Elanore Wansmore > at the gate?
Sillicon Aideron > Just landing
Sillicon Aideron > gate clear
Sillicon Aideron > 3 in system ########, #########, ########
Sillicon Aideron > no one on gate
Elanore Wansmore > ######## is the only threat
Elanore Wansmore > maybe not him but his corp
Sillicon Aideron > there is in an Iteron
Sillicon Aideron > Just jumped
Elanore Wansmore > heading for the station
Sillicon Aideron > There you go :)
Sillicon Aideron > Safe and sound
Elanore Wansmore > this might seem silly in Hi sec but these systems around here a lot of people could enact killrights on us
Elanore Wansmore > an theres a couple hundred mil in that boat
Sillicon Aideron > Nice
Elanore Wansmore > Docked *\o/* safe :)
Sillicon Aideron > So, you ever gonna come back out to Null? Or are you having too much fun in hisec?
Elanore Wansmore > ya I rarely move stuff. theres others I am friends with who will do it for me cause I sort of stay a target around here
Elanore Wansmore > more so I stay to Low sec here than Hi
Elanore Wansmore > I have quite the array of little alliances here.
Elanore Wansmore > most of them :p
Sillicon Aideron > Heh
Elanore Wansmore > but ya, I will be back to null eventually
Elanore Wansmore > I need this right now
Elanore Wansmore > i am a 1 pilot corp as of yesterday , lol
Sillicon Aideron > Butterflies and Bombshells?
Elanore Wansmore > yep
Sillicon Aideron > I don't think I could have come up for a better name for a corp for you
Elanore Wansmore > lol

Tentacles in New Eden

Anna and I were out exploring a new area of New Eden, up to no good, but u didn't hear that here ;) Anyway, we came across this cosmic ore site. CREEEEEPY !!
It had some strange tentacle deserted ship there. the tentacles were all moving around an such like that. We were sort of hesitant to even get to close to it. There were other things there like abandoned drills, and some old outpost that a large asteroid appeared to hav come to rest against it tearing it up some. There was a lot of other things and everything was sort of hard to focus on because there was a weird glow coming from somewhere I couldn't even quite pinpoint.
I don't know what happened way back whenever but I think whatever it was was at one time some weird drone stuff. It all just seemed sort of alive still even tho I believe it had long since become deserted. we hesitantly stayed because our curiosity was up. We stayed long enuf to be pretty sure nothing electronic or carbon still lived there.
Ohhhhewww, tingling up the spine jus looking at this place.
Here is a few pics. trust me they do NOT do it justice an there is not reely any way to get the full effect without flying around thru the stuff for a while.
Maybe you will see something like it sometime. creepy as it is I am glad I have seen it. there are a lot of strange things in New Eden and I am always amazed.
~Ela

My Caracal looks wicked mean!

Look what Violet bought me for my Caracal!!!

Doesn't she look SWEEEET with her new paint job!?
~Ela

adrenalin, burning, and beauty

Ela resurfaces momentarily

Violet Aeon > Ela? Are you safe?
Elanore Wansmore > for now. I am a little fuzzy. I am fine
Violet Aeon > where are you?
Elanore Wansmore > indisposed
Elanore Wansmore > I kno wat u are thinking Vi but I am not going to do something stupid.
Violet Aeon > well be safe and sort thru things
Elanore Wansmore > 200 max items in contract :p
Guardian AvengerVII > ?
Elanore Wansmore > i am trying to give u the stuff I hav in LZ except for a few personal items
Elanore Wansmore > you could maybe use them there more than me
Guardian AvengerVII > nah it's kk
Guardian AvengerVII > i hardly visit LZ
Elanore Wansmore > like u dont need a skirt or some heels
Guardian AvengerVII > nope...lol
Guardian AvengerVII > gonna kill my tough guy image with those
Violet Aeon > :p left clothing in LZ. thats some reeeeal forethought
Elanore Wansmore > :p
Violet Aeon > poof, she's gone
Guardian AvengerVII > yeah

a new degree of loss

I feel sick. I feel empty and I feel lost. Elanore is a drug I hav to have.
OMG Where are you please come back. I am so lost. You are a part of me and dammit there is something missing and I don't know why I care. You have caused me stress and great grief. You have cause others to hunt me and pass judgment on me for YOUR actions but I still need you and this is not fair! What did I DO!
I sit here harvesting an ice I don't care anything about. the only reason I DO THIS IS FOR YOU YOU ARE DENYING ME EVRYTHING BY DOING THIS. you need to be back here AND I DON'T CARE WHY YOU LEFT I CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
there no one here. This icefield is empty in hi sec and there is 40 pilots in the system. This makes no sense. unless there are those like YOURSELF entertaining the thought of finding someone like me here. Alone an unprotected. a sitting duck but I don't care. You Hear me Ela Let them shoot me! Jus do it ok? Just throw it all away jus like you did before. and like u did before again. I am the rock here Ela but right now I don't feel that way I feel like I am betrayed and I feel like I don't care anymore.
So common gankers here I am jus do it ok!? jus do it!

I am stronger than this . I am

But I want you back.

~Vi

Something has happened to Ela and I am worried

I am pretty worried about now. Because Ela threw a fit and did some things an then yelled at someone an, well, jus disappeared.
all I can find so far is at last contact a Gila had jus killed her ship. But there is no reports of her losing the pod.

Pyhrra Azameen > o7
Violet Aeon > \o
Pyhrra Azameen > hey V hows it going
Violet Aeon > interesting
Pyhrra Azameen > how so?
Violet Aeon > Ela has sort of gone missing :p
Pyhrra Azameen > uh wut?
Violet Aeon > ya, jus wat I said
Pyhrra Azameen > how?
Violet Aeon > I am sorting thru that
Pyhrra Azameen > let me know how that goes
Violet Aeon > kk
Pyhrra Azameen > I am looking forward to it
Violet Aeon > not sure I am but thx
Pyhrra Azameen > like everything gone?
Violet Aeon > like no :p
Pyhrra Azameen > missing in the eve verse?
Violet Aeon > pretty much
Pyhrra Azameen > WH?

Violet Aeon > this hi sec ice is for the birds
Violet Aeon > an I hav no protection for low sec atm
Pyhrra Azameen > why?
Violet Aeon > O.O
Violet Aeon > because Ela....has gone missing of course
Pyhrra Azameen > interesting
Violet Aeon > well it is a little discouraging an somewhat frightening
Pyhrra Azameen > well yes
Pyhrra Azameen > but i find it interesting that she is just missing
Pyhrra Azameen > like how did it happen and that being interesting
Violet Aeon > I cant do this right now k?
Pyhrra Azameen > understood

*

The Following convo is with someone in a group I belong to. his name has been changed to (Anonymous) for security purposes

(Anonymous) > o/
Violet Aeon > \o
Violet Aeon > if anyone asks no one knows where Ela is
(Anonymous) > Errr ok..... Should I ask why she's suddenly disappeared? :)
Violet Aeon > not atm
(Anonymous) > Ok, then I won't ask and we never had this convo and IDK nothing ^_^ I haven't been to Otan in a month and ain't seen nobody ...
Violet Aeon > ya the whole thing is disturbing
(Anonymous) > Ok, so are you gonna be scarce soon then also(?) Is there another besides Anna I should know about JIC?
Violet Aeon > no I am not gonna be scarce. And Anna is the only other member of the family here :)
(Anonymous) > Ok, perhaps at some point you'll care to elaborate--in our group here IDK, especially outside our group here I know nothing...
Violet Aeon > just roll with it for now please?
Violet Aeon > theres been a major unexpected change. Ela is in the Scope...
Violet Aeon > ...somewhere
(Anonymous) > Check -- will do :) I merely meant when/if it's safe I'm just curious is all... I don't need to know... GL with whatever....
Violet Aeon > kk thx
Violet Aeon > may I quote u? as annonymous?
(Anonymous)> I don't see why not :)
Violet Aeon > thank u

This is the last transmitted image. It came with a note.
so far I have heard nothing.

New Blog cover pic is up :)

I think it is more fitting and updated to what is going on these days. I prolly will tweek it a bit yet but for the most part it is there.
It depicts some things which are important to us.
Such as of course anyone knows me knows I mine a lot of ice :) so there's the ice in bottom center.
The Leopard is there because it is hands down my most important logistical ship in New Eden. It allows me quick flight between my mining operations as well as a speedy run to a market hub should Elanore need an emergency vessel.
Of course Ela's signature Caracal is represented as well. It has turned into a very multifaceted and versatile machine for Ela.
The corpse shown is sort of a dual symbol. It is Ela's corpse, she both kills stuff and dies a lot too. And of course I collect the frozen things in a few custom built freezer hangars scattered around New Eden.
For the 1st time we welcome Anna to the cover. She has come a long way and reely has become a very integral part of our little family in a lot of ways. She has that industrial side that Neither Ela or myself have. And she can travel pretty freely thru all kinds of space. Some has said she is pretty slippery like that. The Catalyst pictured with her is not just some gank ship. As her ship of choice she uses it for a whole variety of purposes with an array of fits depending on her mission. Though she has been known to add a little support to whatever mission Ela needs at the moment. It's that rebellious yet loyal side we find so fun.

For those that are not familiar with us. Anna is the blonde to the left. I ,Violet, is the raven haired one in the center (tho u will sometimes see me as a bright white blonde as a camouflage when I am mining a lot of ice ;) , And Ela is that loose canon firey redhead on the right.
So see u in space New Eden, watch for all kinds of mischievous, helpful, or just fun times.

"Double Double toil and trouble Fire burn and Cauldron bubble"
;)
~ Vi

Working on a new Blog cover:) but we need something to reflect what's going on so it is a transitional piece. Things are changing. We have things we are working on I think it will benefit here even tho we will probably be flying around less. Security wont be such a issue so we can tell you more of what's going on like that :) *\o/*. a new chapter. I think it will be fun. we will share it with you here :)

~Vi