Not sure how long if this blog will last long, but I wanted to find a way for all my customers to keep up to date with what I'm doing. Things like what I'm working on, maybe my process of working on things, ideas that I have and such.
Currently I'm working on some swimwear, something TOO Much has been lacking. My goal is to create every type of clothing you can think of with my personal flair as well as many varieties of those clothing types. I'll post a more detailed story about TOO Much at a later date. For now, I'll tell you a little about myself, mainly pertaining to Second Life.
My name in Second Life is Value Runo. In real life, I'm an art student and like to dabble in just about everything like painting, digital painting, 3D modeling, video editing, and things like that. I also play around in photoshop. I love video games, mostly open world games that let me create my own character. If I can't make my own character, I'm always going to wait for a price drop with a few exceptions. So as you can imagine, I love games like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. I used to love MMORPGs when I was younger, but as I've gotten older, not only do I have less time for them, they've also changed in a way that they've become these massive anti-social single player busy work simulations. So I play them less often these days. The only ones I find myself playing are TERA for at least a week or two after a major update solely because of its combat and Champions Online after a FreeForm slot was given away for free solely because of its character creation system.
I started Second Life with my friends back in 2007. I discovered it one day when looking for free 3D game makers. Ever since I was about 12 or 13 years old, I wanted to make video games because I loved them so much. I played around with things like RPG Maker and still do to this day (2000, 2003, xp, vx, vx ace, and now MV). I can't remember exactly, but I found Second Life being talked about in an article and it mentioned you could build stuff and make money and such. Just like all of us who start playing Second Life, I was interested and also confused. Me and my friends played around in it. Met some people and found out what kind of things people have made. Then we stopped playing it for like 5 months because it was confusing and we didn't want to put money in it just to try it, lol.
So 5 months go by, and I stumble on yet another article mentioning Second Life and it talks about how you can get free stuff (Freebies) within the game because people ran these free places. So I make a new account, fresh start and all that. then I visit these freebie places and get clothes and skin and hair and a ton of stuff. It was amazing. I told my friends about it and we all sat around my apartment with our computers in Second Life figuring stuff out. Back when it was still legal and permitted in Second Life, we made a casino and freebie area did pretty well. We took different paths pretty much doing our own things but still keeping our group projects. One of my friends took to scripting and making various crazy things. another friend took to building weapons (something I do as well), and eventually I took to making clothes (and shopping, lol)
I mainly made clothes for our Freebie area, giving us unique freebies that no one else had. Back in the early days, everyone just had the freebies to give out. But since we were making some of our own stuff, we had the largest amount of custom made exclusive freebies. Many of you have likely been to that freebie place. It has been under many names. If you've gotten skimpy freebie clothing before, then it's most likely been made by me, Value Runo.
Eventually, I decided why not make my own clothing store. Put in a lot more effort and make things I'd like to wear in Second life that I rarely see. Around this time the product PhatAzz came out which started the mesh butt and legs industry and eventually mesh bodies. I remember messaging the creator and asking if they'd ever consider making a bigger butt or at least a different shape, but after a few weeks, I just got a simple "No" answer. so I never bothered with it. Then Brazilia by Sking came around and that's when I knew I had to start up the clothing store. Mesh breasts also came around at that time. So I decided to make my clothing store and Support all 3. Then over time more and more mesh butts came out and eventually mesh bodies. the rest is history.
I'm often asked what body do I use and what skin do I use. In various pictures that you might see of my avatar, I've been using Wideloads and Venus meh breasts. I've also been using various Brazilias. Current,y right now I use a Brazilia 4 Body with the Venus FitMesh breasts. as for the skin, it's a custom skin I purchased from a creator and then modified myself. Their store is no longer open and I believe they've stopped playing Second Life. I like to tell people to just buy skin creation kids and try making your own skin. Or find a creator you like and pester them into making something custom for you, just be ready to spend the $L!
A little more about myself, I only wear natural hair such as afros, braids, and dreads. I like skimpy clothes because it's Second Life and why not. I also have to be in the process of making something anywhere or else i'm not content. Whether it's making something in Second Life, making a mod for skyrim, drawing, whatever, I have to be in a state of creating something. I'm not a perfectionist at all, and am approachable. So if you have any questions, just IM me in Second Life. I know a lot of content creators can seem intimidating and many probably do hate getting messaged, but I love direct feed back and questions because it lets me know what people want. So don't be afraid to ask questions. Chances are, they've been asked.
-TOO Much In-World Store:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belair/230/128/2227
-TOO Much MarketPlace Store:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/126295
-TOO Much Blog:
http://toomuchsl.blogspot.com
-TOO Much Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBAIRcxWy8A_RVly6NVeag
-TOO Much Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/138852078@N04
-TOO Much Tumblr:
http://toomuchsl.tumblr.com/
