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One of the advantages of Sandi ’ s sim is that it helps you to avoid having to search for solutions like the above . All objects ( trees , rocks , buildings , plants etc ) have been placed on “ right ”, natural , spots and the scales of objects are correct . The overall sim appearance is one of a very tranquil summer environment in a natural country setting with ducks and birds . A water canal splits the sim in the middle in a way which adds to the scenery .
Water reflections are amazing and the sim contains many interesting smaller natural scenes which would easily attract the interest of any photographer . When you visit the sim you get a feeling of a very “ real ” environment with the wind light reflecting the “ heat wave ”, which you would expect to see in a summer setting like this .
The second sim is the new Little Branch sim , which is opening its doors to the public on September 3rd , 2016 . The sim will be housing the main store of Little Branch , creators of top quality original mesh trees , shrubbery and flowers . A very interesting part of the project is that the sim area outside of the main store was split into five sections , which were then allocated to a group of LB stylists to create using LB products four environments each covering one of the four seasons and a sim welcome area .
All stylists are very talented and well-known in SL , so the outcome is expected to be amazing . I had a personal contribution to the project by being the person who designed the sim layout and who coordinated the whole work so I had been able to have an insider ’ s view of the sim development .
At the time of writing of this article the sim project is almost complete which allowed me to obtain two sneak-peek pictures for you which I am posting here . The first is from the welcome area designed by Jay Landar and the second is from the autumn section designed by Kalianni .
The two scenes are examples of great natural scenes which SL residents can create using the high quality landscape items and trees created by Little Branch .
176 | 2ND U MAGAZINE VOL I - SEPT 2016