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Sanu in SL: Mochi!

This post is a little bit late – I did release these two days ago! Buuuut I was having a few computer issues, so I didn’t get to it as quickly as I could have.

My latest item in SL: mochi!

Ok, for anyone who hasn’t tasted mochi… you’re missing out. Mochi is a delicious little sweet snack-food, straight from Japan. It is a ‘glutinous rice ball’, which may sound a little weird to begin with, but it’s actually incredibly tasty. The texture is dense, with a similar chewiness to marshmallows. My favourite flavour is taro, I think – but I love a lot of the flavours available… there’s even ones stuffed with red bean paste!

Mmmm, yum!

So yes, I had to make mochi for SL – and you can pick them up today! They’re stuffed into a random vendor, so collect all eight!

You can get the mochi here, at my new store location.

Sketch: A little something in progress.

So I’m doing up a portrait… but it isn’t actually going to be shaded, as this image implies. I was just playing around with my wacom and felt the urge to fill in some rough shading!

It’s going to be turned into a vector, if I have my way. Even though it is not yet finished, I thought I’d better pop something up onto the blog for now, since I’ve left it for so long without an update. I’ve gone way too long without putting a sketch up, don’t you think?

I’ll put up the finished product when I’m done!

EaHH: Here’s the final figures!

Time for some accountability (we all knew it had to come). The grand total for EaHH came to *drumroll please* US$8673.83, which equalled AU$8,337.03 at the time of being transferred out of Paypal. Now to get down to the nitty gritty.

First off, the complete transaction history for the EaHH donation account: EaHH Complete Transaction History. As you can see, there is L$1208 extra currently in the account added since after the finish date – I’ll happily pop that onto the total myself.

Now to show that the money came out of the account, and that my figures, as presented, are accurate. Click any of the images for a larger view:

The first three sell orders.

And the forth.

The first three sell orders filled.

And the forth sell order filled.

And now to show the translation from US dollars into Australian currency.

First the info for how much it is going to be exchanged.

Review of the order.

Currency conversion successful.

Setting up the withdrawal.

And the withdrawal is complete!

Unfortunately the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal is not set up to allow donations directly from Paypal, which is why I had the money forwarded to my bank account. I will be posting proof of donation once it arrives into my bank account (some time this week) and it has been properly donated to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal. I’m sorry that the process has taken a while – getting the money from Linden Labs and into Paypal takes a little bit of time – in this case, more than a few days.

I hope that all of the screen-shots and information has gone some way to easing any inquisitive minds that have been curious about whether the money was getting to where it is supposed to be! If the images aren’t popping up big enough for you to see all the info, please right-click the images and select ‘Open Link in New Tab’ and the image will pop up at full resolution.

I will post again when the money arrives in my bank account and has been donated.

Sketch: Just a quick sketch for today… I’m working on something cute.

I’ve been working on something incredibly cute for the past day, so I’m going to put up this for now, and save the extra cuteness for later!

Here… let me give you a hint. It involves a legendary mythical creature, cuteness, scissors and something I’ve already shown at least once on the site.

Buuuut for today… just a little red scribble-portrait. As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoy playing with different pens and things – a scribble portrait in a traditional ball-point pen is always going to have a different feel from something done in a bright red ink pen. I find it incredible just how much the medium can affect the outcome.

That’s all for today – there’s cute stuff on the horizon!

Sketch: It’s an Alpaca!

Urgh! I’ve been trying to upload this picture for over a week, but my uploader was not working properly. Luckily, I’ve gotten it to work right again!

My in-laws have alpacas. They’re sweet, they’re adorable, and they look so cute covered in fluffy fluffy wool. I’m even getting some of the fleece from the recent shearing to try my hand at felt-making. Won’t that be fun?

I think alpacas are an under-appreciated animal, all in all. Ok, so it might just look like a small llama, but doesn’t that make it even more cute? After all, a toy dachshund is even cuter than a regular dachshund, a miniature pony has a greater ‘awww!’ value than a draft-horse, and for some reason, restaurants certainly have a way of making us pay greater amounts for tinier, over-presented servings of the same food.

Of all the camelids, I like the alpaca best.