Giant Fox In Royier

 

 When I dropped by a Relay location in the Royier sim, among the things I noticed was a giant fox statue. It was looking over the hedge as if trying to get a better look. 

 

 Maybe someone told him there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken on the other side. Or perhaps, a fifty foot vixen. 

 

You can see the fox at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Royier/54/172/80

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Short Stories

 

 Taken at Club Zero Gravity. That's me in my Dinkie fox reporter avie. And well, there are days between working overtime, real-life errands, and trying to make sense of real-life news that there's very little time to write anything. So sometimes it's time for a "short" story.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Fifty Foot Vixen At The Newser Office

 

 It's not often I see huge avatars other than dragons, also known as macros, going around, especially outside the Fantasy Faire. But after a conversation with Kalista Phoenix on Discord, we met up at the Newser office. Her height was, impressive, close to fifty feet tall.

 

We may meet again at the Fantasy Faire, or perhaps sooner. 

 

And no, she's not interested in attacking, unlike a certain other fifty foot lady (song).  

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

SL Video: "Dance of The Fox"

 

 

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From Nydia Tungsten on March 8, "This was a bit of a test Video I THINK it came out okay"

More Reader Submitted AI Artwork

 

 Jasmine Dawn did a little more AI artwork, in addition to what was shown last week. This one she was trying to get a more younger version of myself, "From the early years, a vary young and very naïve investigative reporter, barely having knocked the shine off those dress shoes and the smell of a new leather overcoat. A young Bixyl started out on a grand adventure to sniff out the news-worthy."

Then she went for a Japanese style magna comic form (as far as she know, the Asian script is saying random nonsense).

Reader Submitted AI Artwork

 

 

 Jasmine Dawn has been tinkering with an AI art program, and came out with a few pictures, including one of a certain news fox at the office.

 

"Let me see if I can add a fedora."

Now this one looks extra cool. Maybe it's the shading, but it came out great.

More to come 

Cartoon of The Day: Fox Hunt

 

 

 From the Relay Weekend. My friend Noc is another kind of canine, but as we were on horseback, and behind this running hunan avatar, you can guess what my sense of humor came up with. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Fluffy Tails

 

 

 Taken at Club Scorn's beach party. So what would a dog think of an anthro furry fox? Yours truly had one idea. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL Video: "Fox On The Beach"

 

 

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 From Who on May 2016, "Foxy Foxy Foxy"

Cartoon of The Day: Big Fox

Taken at the Relay Kickoff. In SL, one can make their avatar more or less as big as one wants. So how would this happen elsewhere? I could think of a few possibilities.

By Bixyl Shuftan 

Caption This

 

 Yours truly has been running a little dry when it comes to cartoon ideas (for a change). So this is where you come in. What does this meeting between a German Shepard and an anthro fox make you think of?

 

Reader Submitted: Fox On The Scoop

 

 

 Sent by Masane Amaha Aeon (Masane Bloodrose), "Bix, is this how ur going to get the news today? (grin)"

 

A Personal Change: Upgrading to Mesh

 

 

 Earlier this month, I stated I was working on upgrading my avatar from the DSD Fox that I've had for a couple years, which in turn was an upgrade from the Luskwood fox avatar I had as my main look for over a decade. And with a little, actually a lot, of help from Charlee Amethyst, my new "fox reporter" look is done. There might be a small tweak or two more, but here it is.

Mesh can be quite complicated, at least from my point of view as you often need to fit your avatar to match the clothes, or avatar parts such as digigrade feet. But with Charlee's help came up with a new look, which required getting new pants and a new shirt and jacket. So gone is the green shirt that was a reminder of my Runescape days, the freebie cargo pants, and the camel jacket that I got with my first payment from James and Dana's SL Newspaper. All that's left of my old look is the fedora, with it's press tag later added on made by my late close friend Alleara Snoodle. 

So this will be my new main look. The DSD is still a great avatar, and I'll likely still be wearing it at some themed events. But it had a higher complexity, and showed more lower leg when wearing pants. And the people behind it are no longer active and thus the avie is unsupported. There's also that my new appearance just seems and feels a few years younger.

 

I'll likely be spending some time updating other avatars of mine (with help). But the one that's my image as Second Life's "fox reporter" and "fox news" has been updated.

Cartoon of the Day: Fowl Humor

 

 

Taken at Sunweaver Space. Kazaron was wondering what kind of cartoon I could get from his chicken. The problem with poultry humor is that it may be "fowl."

By Bixyl Shuftan 

Cartoon of the Day: Big Blue

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen, Skylark "Snowbuns" Lefavre demonstrates a huge blue fox avatar. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of the Day: Pie For a Fox

 

Taken at Blue Moon. Thanksgiving is coming, and stores are offering all sorts of pies for sale. But what kind might appeal the most to a fox?

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

A Personal Change: Updating My Avatar

  

For years, my everyday appearance in Second Life was identifiable by two things. One was my fedora and overcoat. The other was my Luskwood red fox avatar. For over thirteen years despite numerous changes in Second Life, while I would occasionally change briefly for themed parties and holidays, I continued to use it as my main look. More than a few kept asking me to change, and I kept answering not until I found a look that looked right. But a few months ago, I finally found one that just might work.
 
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Cartoon of the Day: Fox In The Fridge

Taken at Sunweaver Space. If foxes ever got intelligent enough to the point of understanding money as a concept and how to make it, chicken coop raiding would mostly become a thing of the past. But it would probably be an old joke for quite some time.

By Bixyl Shuftan

    

Cartoon of the Day: Why This Pet?

So what would intelligent foxes get for pets? Their first choice might not be a dog, for similar reasons most humans don't consider pet monkeys. Though there would be reasons to consider one.

By Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Team Sunbeamers Hit Platinum At Start

 

 The Relay season is on! The Kickoff was on Saturday (more on that later), and among the teams is the Sunbeamers. The team of the Sunweaver community, the "beamers have been a top-performing team, last year making the top ten teams in terms of Lindens raised. And this season, they hit the ground running. As the team has been raising money since the end of last season, they started out at 255,050 Linden dollars in their kiosks. And so, right off the bat, the Sunbeamers were at Platinum fundraising level. And as a picture provided to the Newser showed, started out in the lead. 

As the weekend went on, Grove Country Club Estates also reached Platinum and took the lead. A look at team totals shows most teams are still at Bronze level or below. This includes some yearly heavy-hitters, such as the Relay Rockers and Team ACTS. But the number of teams in Silver and beyond will quickly grow as the teams hold various events. Those holding events include the Sunbeamers with their first Moon Dance later this week.

Those wishing to donate to the Sunbeamers can use the kiosk at Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

And for yours truly, the season started having to own up on a certain promise right away. Five years ago, I challenged the team that if they ever reached Platinum Level fundraising, I'd go pony for a week. Since then, I've gone about in an odd look for a week when it happened. For a time, it was one I never went about in public before, the most remembered of these being the "Rita clone." But as time has gone on, I've been running low on options I've never done before, such as going pink and pantsless. So this year, I'll be a tiny Dinkie fox for a week.

The Dinkie Fox isn't sold as is, but is a mod of the Dinkie cat made by Missy (terris Graves). As I haven't installed this kind of mod before, I needed a little help from Missy herself. But as you can see, the job was done. And unlike my other tiny fox, this one can wear a jacket and pants. As before, my "out" is when obviously on Newser duty such as doing interviews. And finally on Saturday the 27th, I'll be back at my usual height.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Middle image credit: Spooked Dreamscape

Bixyl Shuftan