Of Hats, Gloves And Quantum Commerce (for Chipka) by KatesFriend
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"Cheese and crackers! I loved that hat!", as a member of the Nice Girl's Guild, Pixie Titania le Fier never ever utters an explicative. Even in private with her personal simulations, or twice with a real boy. "Two is even after all, three would just be too odd", she says. But tonight Pixie feels palinesquely victimized by the loss of her green bowler hat. Perhaps she should have invested in one or two optional extras whilst purchasing her 'Green 38' Sky Bike. Cup holders are all very well, but a static grapple generator would have held her lid in place - albeit at the risk of 'bed head'. Alternately, she might have opted for wind shear deflectors - redirecting the forces that knocked the bowler off in the first place. Or maybe a poison tipped hat pin, simple and exquisitely functional as part of any lady's self-defense protocol.1 Yes, the classics never go out of style. Of course any counter measure is no match for the guile of quantum commerce. Modern physicists refer to it as 'materialistic entropy'. The fashion elders say, "The more one dresses, the more naked one is by the end of the night, darling". All experts contend that this is a result of the uncertainty principle and cite the thought experiment known as 'Schrödinger's sock'. At random intervals, a symmetrical pair garment will and will not disappear into the hyperspace generated within the confines of a high efficiency drier. What remains is corrupted and a new garment must be purchased; as said by Bertel to Schrödinger while folding laundry. Hence, through the random breakdown of universal order, someone makes money. "Genius is the accumulation of obscene wealth exploiting the fragmental death of creation. HA-HA!"
- Colin Gunderson, God of Fire and Bad Taste Even if Pixie had not been cheap,2 the hat would have found a way to free itself. It was after all self symmetrical, a bowler is its own pair - gotcha!. Giving up its retainment for the greater good of supply side economics, the hat also displayed the equally important concept of commercial selection. The shorter the ownership of an item, the more sales it later reproduces. For now - well, not right now, it's a long drop - Pixie will have to buy a new hat. And that selfless act of patriotism completes the circle of life with someone else making money over her loss. Speaking of loss, this is not the first time Pixie has been burned by quantum commerce. Earlier this year, her left glove (a mirror symmetrical copy of the right, it's a theme) was incinerated off her hand by the unfortunate 'L.A.S.E.R.' misfire of an orbiting killer satellite. Ironically hacked by the good folks at the Peace Makers Guild.TM Pixie had stooped to pet a very charming siamese kitty with whom she was sharing a rather poorly placed transmit pad when - ZAP! The guild accepted responsibility for the mishap, but did not reimburse Pixie for her gloves. Destroying only half a symmetrical pair, the guild argued that the laws of quantum commerce would have claimed one of Pixie's gloves eventually. Its vapourization due to the accident they caused, just happenstance. Like Schrödinger's sock, lose one buy two. Pixie supposed that she could just spiral down after her hat. But that would make her late for the 'Duplex 8' concert at the U Fleku Brewery - Na zdravi!31Pixie is still a member in good standing of the Dystopian Assassins Guild. So don't get any ideas. 2Contrary to stereotype, nice girls can be cheap. 3Acquired during Dystopia's one night stand in Prague.
My complements to Chip Howell (Chipka) for the creation of 'Duplex 8'. And I apologize for the liberties to their reputation. But any band will say, "A gig is a gig".
Comments (18)
KatesFriend
People, let me just say that this is the biggest bag of tricks that I’ve ever put together. For those familiar with Vue, if you assemble and save an object – such as a set of imported Poser figures within one Layer – you can then import said saved object into an ecology. This is a great way to densely populate a scene with more personalized creations as I did with the sky traffic and the additional sky bikes (with riders) in the background. Like the Dystopia city, both were created as ecologies on top of a transparent plane. Neat discovery, though there are limitations; lights for example cannot be imported into an ecology so you have to use glow effects instead. On the other hand, lighting up Dystopia city was a real pain. And obviously I have some more development work to do. But this is a pretty good step up from previous efforts if I do say so myself. Glow effects were applied to the tower windows – tedious work for ecology textures. And a light panel without shadows, pointing one degree from up with very strong volume effects was placed beneath the city. And, I will admit, a little GIMP colour correction after the fact. Cheers!
flavia49
fabulous scene and story!!
twingo
All the hard work resulted in a excellent looking scene, the light effect are pretty awesome.
johndoop
Awesome image You dit a great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drifterlee
Gorgeous work and cool story!
magnus073
Clayton, allow me to say that this is a truly outstanding dedi you put together. Obviously you put a lot of thought and time into this and it shows. This is for certain one to be proud of
eekdog
facinating image Clayton.
sandra46
WONDERFUL WORK
PHELINAS
Yes! Fabulous work , image and text as always! Which work dear Clayton !
renecyberdoc
most awesome skytraffic and glows.a must in full view. very impressive.
GrandmaT
Great job!
Cyve
Marvelous cityscape ans wonderful creation/composition.
myrrhluz
It seems Sox's plan didn't work. Very charming kitty indeed. It seems the problem of disappearing socks and gloves is an easy one. What's so great about symmetry anyway. A red shirt, bluejeans, a red sock, and a blue sock. All nicely color coordinated. Mind you it is not a solution I have tried personally, or anyway, not often. Great story and dedication. So Pixie is one of the humans whose logic and sanity Alex 248 questions. I wonder if she will like the concert. While the hatpin is tempting, I'm not sure she has the classic hairstyle to pull it off, or more correctly, keep it in. Now a poison tipped hatpin held securely in a case, ready to secure her hat (and be available) after she lands sounds more useful. I think she needs more storage space to place whatever items do not take flight well. Or perhaps a miniature force field to keep them in sight, but also in place. I'm not at all familiar with Vue, but your results are excellent! Great composition, lighting, and streams of traffic. You got the densely packed look very well. I like her 'Oh, cheese and crackers' expression as the green bowler flies off her head. Fantastic work!
KatesFriend
Thanks Lucinda. Not to worry, Sox did escape unharmed though it wasn't as she had planned. We'll see more of Sox someday. As I said, Pixie bent down to pet the very charming Sox just as the L.A.S.E.R. fired and her hand got in the way. The L.A.S.E.R. burned Pixie's glove off, but being a member of the Assassin's guild, most of her garments have special armor like qualities. So Pixie suffered no personal damage and Sox evaded the attack altogether. In a last desperate act Sox was ready to jump into the water if needs be. Alas, with only 4096 characters to tell a tale, some details get edited out at the last minute. As for Pixie being human, in Dystopia you can never be too sure. Pixie might be a synthetic like the Ninas or the Gwens. If she is though, she must be a custom model or a prototype. Synthetics are not property, they have rights and privileges just like other citizens but they are defined with a series of social purposes. Beyond that, they develop their own interests and curiosities and a few even acquire favourite colours and other human quirks. I wonder who drank the absinthe on the transmat pad. Cheers!
nefertiabet
Very creative Scene and nice Story!!!
Faemike55
Very cool scene and story Excellent work
ACue
Brilliant and creative use of Vue and Poser capabilities my friend. So much fun! I've been exploring as well and I know what's involved in pulling all the elements together. I don't want to take away from the excellent and engaging narrative and context for the piece. BRAVO! 5+++
barryjeffer
Wow... this is stunning! I'm gonna have to keep better track of your gallery.
Deane
Excellent work on the Vue compositing and rendering here. You have done a great job on the lighting even with the limitations encountered. A most excellent render and story background!