New Review at Fashion Victim!

In honor of the upcoming Halloween occasion, I created a torn, dirty, and blood stained version of the Heroes Cheerleader Claire uniform, called (what else?) the Battle Bloodied Cheerleader Claire Uniform. It's available without poms or shoes at the SPIRIT shop. :D

And Furiae Blackthorne reviewed it at Fashion Victim! Check out her review here (scroll to the bottom to see her picture wearing it and its review following the pic).

Thank you for the review, Furiae!

New Release: SPIRIT U Animations!

A new line has come to SPIRIT...SPIRIT U Animations! And I've started it off with a bang.

In the cheer room (which is becoming quite crowded, so look for a second floor or something here soon!), you'll find 28 poses and animations, all created with the utmost attention to authentic detail. Want to look like a real cheerleader? Here's how!

15 Basic Standing Poses let you perform cheers and chants any way you want. Sold individually or as a set with a convenient HUD (more about that shortly), each pose holds until you tell it to stop, so they're also perfect for photo shoots. Modify and copy enabled so you can put them into poseballs.

8 Stunting Poses add to your cheer move repertoire. Sold individually or as a set with a HUD, you won't need a stunting group or partner to hit these poses! Each pose holds until you end it, so they're also good for photo shoots. They're modify and copy enabled so you can put them into poseballs too.

Also available (but not pictured in this post) are three sitting poses (including one splits pose), a standing pom shaking animation, and a toe touch jump. These are all sold individually, but look for them to eventually become parts of new sets with their own custom HUDs.

And now for the details on the SPIRIT U Animations HUDs!

See that small gold and black rectangle in the upper right corner of the above screen shot? That's one of the SPIRIT U Animations HUDs!

I wanted a really fast and convenient way for you to be able to hit your cheer poses and animations for performances and photo shoots. And I think the new SPIRIT U Animations HUDs do the trick! They're small so they don't take up much room on your screen (for anyone unfamiliar with HUDs, they attach to your screen so only you can see them and you don't need build rights to wear them while travelling around SL). Unlike most HUDs with those pop up blue dialog menus that require you to know the name of the pose you want to use, SPIRIT U Animations HUDs use pictures on the buttons. Simply click on the picture of the pose or animation you want to use, and it'll animate you! It also doesn't ask for permission to animate you each time, so no additional delays there. Each pose or animation continues until you click on the SPIRIT U logo to make it stop. And these HUD's are NOT animation overriders...they only animate you when you tell them to. Otherwise, the script isn't running, so there's less lag than using an AO!

Best of all, every SPIRIT U Animations HUD is FREE with the purchase of a complete SPIRIT U Animations set! You'll get a new version with each set, customized to fit that set's poses and animations.

And I have even MORE news coming up in a new post, so stay tuned!

Animations Coming Soon!

I've been working on poses and animations for a while now. Yesterday I wrapped up the cheer poses I had planned. Now I'm moving on to jumps, motions, and a HUD to control it all easily. Look for a release post coming soon!

New Release: Bring It On Complete Collection, and SPIRIT Renovations

WHEW! I finally completed the SPIRIT store renovations with all new textures and many new vendors and displays that should make your shopping much, much easier. But first, let's talk about the huge new release this week!

This week's release is a combo new and retextured cheer uniform release to complete the entire Bring It On movies replica cheer uniform collection.

From Bring It On #1, I've retextured the Torros uniform with new shading, highlights, and seams for a more realistic look, plus replaced the old system skirt with a modifiable flexi skirt and glitch pants for a much better fit with no gaping at the waist. Now comes with large red and black poms and white Cheer Sneakers for a complete outfit! Also from BIO #1 is the all new Clovers uniform! This green, gold, and orange outfit features a crop top and modifiable box pleated flexi skirt with large green and gold poms and white Cheer Sneakers. Includes bust enhancing highlights and shadowing, plus realistic seams on the back.

From Bring It On Again (#2 in the movie series), we now have the all new CSC Stingers uniform with blue and gold crop top and modifiable box pleated flexi skirt, plus large blue and gold poms and white Cheer Sneakers. We also have the edgy, super sexy black leather Renegades crop top and flexi skirt with large blue and gold poms and black Dance Sneakers. The Renegades glitch pants come on two layers in case anyone wants to add something on the pants layer (such as black fishnet hose? lol).

And to round out the collection, from Bring It On: All or Nothing (movie #3), we now have the all new PVS Pirates all star style competition uniform with long sleeved crimson and white crop top with metallic gold trim, matching tiny micro mini skirt, large dark red and gold poms, and white Cheer Sneakers, plus their arch rivals, the Crenshaw Heights Warriors with their more demure blue and gold shell top, faux pleated skirt, large blue and gold poms, and white Cheer Sneakers.

All BIO uniforms are no modify/copy/no transfer except for the skirts, which are modifiable. Gifts can be sent for you to another SL member upon request by IM in-world to SavannahAnn McMillan.

And now for pics of the SPIRIT store's new look!

I had more interior pics, but Blogger won't let me upload them tonight. Sigh. So I guess you'll just have to come to the SPIRIT store and see everything for yourself! Also, some changes...the Latin Ruffles Ballroom Dress in Lemon is now regular price, but you can still pick it up for free by joining the SPIRIT Fan Group and checking in the Notices archive for it.

Coming Soon...A Plethora of Cheer!

WHEEWWWWW! I have been hard at work, my cheer and dance darlings, working on a ton of SPIRIT things, which has delayed delayed delayed my usual weekly releases. But I promise I will be making it up to you quite soon!

Here's what's in the works or completed...

1. The SPIRIT Main Store has a new look. Again. The old one just wasn't what I wanted. The four separate entrances for four separate shops plus the central building to display the new releases in was too confusing for everyone. So now we have a MUCH better store layout. It's an upside down U shape around a mossy stone courtyard with brick and column arches in the front, plus dancing ferns and lovely autumn oak trees for that fab fall feel. This is where you TP in at. When you go in through the one and only entrance, you'll see three texture change signs that will show the latest releases in the cheer, Diva Dogs, and dance categories. Turn left to go to the Diva Dogs room and beyond that the Cheerleader's Locker Room, or turn right to go to the Ballroom and beyond that the Dancers' Dressing Room. All items in all four rooms have been massively scaled down for a more realistic feel, and the ceilings have been dropped for a more cozy, realistic shopping experience. This also let me display the entrance area's chandelier in all four rooms! :D You'll also notice a ton of changes soon in the Cheerleaders' Locker Room and Dancers' Dressing Room to make display areas for this week's HUGE release!

2. Want to know what's coming this week to make up for weeks of no releases? No less than 6 cheer movie uniforms (with poms, shoes, and the much-requested FLEXI SKIRTS), plus the cheer and dance practice outfit items sold as individual pieces so you can mix and match to your heart's content with no need to know how to modify anything.

3. And look for 3D style displays of previous releases, all coming just as soon as I can get tonight's four hour long photo session pics turned into textures. :)


Keep your eyes peeled for the goods coming in the next few days, with updates and pics here to follow!