Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she immediately challenged us to do a new parade on Saturday 19 Jan ’13, an Animal Parade on the Sydney sim. Whether you’re an animal lover, an animal rights activist, an RP enthusiast, or just love to dress up, Zapatero has invited us all to have one of those “Impossible IRL” experiences that are so easy to come by in virtual space.
The challenge is easy: come as any species, other than human, of your choice. There are many free and premium animal avatars around the grid, and in fact, there are 12 free animal avatars just waiting for you in your:
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VB43 – Animal Parade
Saturday 19 Jan ’13
10am PST-SLT / 18:00 GMT / 5am Sunday AEST
Australia Region of Second Life
• Second Life URL for VB43 Start
If you know of places to get free or premium animal avatars, please leave a comment on this previz with a Marketplace URL, a Second Life SLURL, or whatever info you have.
Yordie bursts into song:
“I love a parade, the tramping of feet,
I love every beat I hear of a drum.
I love a parade, when I hear a band
I just want to stand and cheer as they come.
That rat-a tat-tat…” and la dada dah.. and I can’t remember the words of this song…
(and Yordie’s mind drifts off to visions of her in her lioness threads.)
More animals here: http://www.virtualvagabond.com/tag/animal/
Oh wow Eupalinos! I was unaware of Virtual Vagabond, what a fantastic website! Thanks!
PS: Congratulations on your amazing installation!!
Yes this one for example is a must have:
http://www.virtualvagabond.com/free-flying-chicken-avalon/
I added the poster on flickr (and facebook) http://www.flickr.com/photos/eupalinos/8387911468/
And don’t forget the Blue Galaxy cats: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/55104 They are all mesh and there are lots of mods available for them.
http://youtu.be/tWcOa3s5QXs
Oh wow, my daughter’s watched the Teletubbie Animal Parade like 1,000 times!
Thanks Dita, was she able to make it to the parade?
Yes, she really liked it!