Decimation!

Hi all... it's a lot later than I intended to be up today, but I had to say something. We've remodelled the store... and in the course of doing so, we noticed that a lot of the older styles are showing their age compared to latest trends in SL hair... so we're deleting them... but not without giving you the chance to get your hands on them first.


So there you have it... the first -dD- sale since our first birthday... which coincidentally was the last time we remodelled... go figure.

OK.. it's late... this reads badly, but I really, REALLY have to get some shut-eye ;)

Until next time,

Kalli

Sir! News from the underground...

Hair Fair... yes... plans are under way here, as you can probably expect with me being fixated and a little OCD. What's this going to mean for you?

In short, a protracted delay when it comes to new releases because although I only have to present 5 styles at the event itself, I'm holding out to drop companion styles at the main store at the same time... meaning that there's going to be a raft of new stuff at the Hair Fair sim, and an equally large raft of it at the main store. It'll all be coming out on the same day because... well... what I'm doing this year is doubtlessly going to raise requests for similar styles. The first prototype is already in the bag, and I'm half mad with a twitchy desire to flash it... but I can't. The surprise'll be lost otherwise.

The requests happened early with the braids last year, and it took me a fair while to get organised; which I'm sure caused me to lose a little momentum and several sales after Hair Fair. So this year I want to be set... and what I will say is this - If you've every bought something from my store, there's going to be something there for you this time out.

Sorry, but I have to be a little vague here for now, but look out on the 15th of June for the first reveal; followed by one a day until the 19th. The doors of Hair Fair open on the 20th and the new stuff will be in the store at the same time.

The logistics are making me wince, especially with the work involved... but I'll get there.

Until next time,

Kalli

Jeebus Crikey...

Store now refocussed... Still have to add a few signs and book a DJ, but otherwise I'm there...

If you're familiar with the old place, I'd appreciate it if you could run around for a bit and let me know what you think of the new layout...

Until next time,

Kalli

Mainstore reshuffle commences

Just so you know, I'm playing with the layout over the next few days with the main store in an attempt to drop prims, space things out, decrease lag and free up the visuals so it no longer looks like a junkyard. I'll keep track of all the changes in this little bit here...

So far:

- Teleporters added and identified to all major locations: braids, beards, eyes, main entrance, discount area and coffee shop

- Braided styles replicated in new braids location - parcelled up to itself and advertised as such. Braids to be *removed* from main floor (the north building) as and when I've created signage

- Akira / Kaneda double pack scrapped. Nobody has bought a double since launch... so that's 46 prims I no longer need to house. Sorry guys

- Following styles removed from "full range" and sent to the Discount Hair area, selling only as tone and complete packs for 3 and 9 lindens respectively: Crista, Teri, Londo and Spike. Others to follow as demand for each style wains, and as I make new ones...

- Alice Hoyer has updated the dancefloor ball and finished off the concreting of the shop design... Thanks babe...

- Akira, Kaneda, Layla, Beth, Mai and Lorna relocated to improve the layout a little

Still to come

- SIGNAGE... I promise I'll sort this in due course

- reshuffling to regroup hair into ponytails, long loose styles, piggies, short female and short male styles. This will take a while, but it'll happen.

- Renovation party!

Until next time,

Kalli

Further evidence of expansion...

Noticed a 4096 for rent right on top of the store owned by a pair of good friends...

Checked the prim count... noticed the 1.4x bonus...

Checked the initial outlay... 100L...

Checked the monthly rent...

Salivated...

Bought...

Erected a new store...


Welcome to Fantasy Land 3... 25 styles, neatly categorised for once! Offering the popular braids, men's hairs, pigtails, long open styles and short women's ones.

Might not have the range of Synchronicity but it sure is better ordered...

Until next time,

Kalli

Starstruck series now live....

15L each or 75L for a color block of nine shades...

I'm relocating the eyes to the main store as and when they're updated, so for now, come look upstairs by the beards.

Until next time,

Kalli

You ain't seen me... roight?!

Hi... just checking in from beyond the grave... uh... RL, just to say that yes, I am on a period of absense set to last for five days or therearound. Updates to product lines are running slow at the moment, combined with the hoopage Hair Fair requires of me, I'm working flat out (when actually working and not on the skive that is) resolving those kinda things.

Well actually, no... I'm not...

I've come up with another 18 eye colors in the "Mena" line that I intend to launch fairly soon as part of the re-establishment of the eye hut. It'll be relocated to a sensible location on the new lot (up next to the beards, I suspect... but we'll see...) so, just to make it interesting, I offer you this incentive. In-store I have a subscribeomatic. If you fancy 9 sets of eyes free before the end of the month, touch it for in-world updates... ;)

Until next time,

Kalli

New store now open...

Yes... after bleating and bemoaning it for weeks and more, the new store is now live... YES.. you heard... the refit has been finished and the old vendors have been removed... the old store is history and the new stuff is well and truly in situ...

Thanks be to Alice for her help... and for the excuisite build. It's different that's for sure!

Let me show you around...

The TP landing point takes you into the back area as shown here... where in time I'll have all the latest announcements, maybe some TP booths and the rest... At present there's logos, the Fashcon phone and the nails tops that I've had to hand but not been selling, waiting for somewhere to put them



I've tried my darnedst to break things into a logical order... so the beards and associated have been gathered together on the top floor... accessible by a flight of stairs, or simply by flying up from the entryway...



It'll get bigger,.. I can assure you of that, and I hope to have a dollarbie soul patch out later... possibly as soon as tonight, but the neko parts are drawing my attention...

Still onward... The men's styles are stacked in the open area...



While the women's are in the main under the gantry that makes the second floor.



The eyes have been moved up and out the way until I can refurbish them... but it won't be long in coming... but with Alice's help, I've made use of the entire store and even hung vendors on the trees that make an integral part of it...



One thing that's for certain... and not coming across in the pictures is the sheer scale of the place... the building is 3600 square metres in size... standing 18m tall

I love it... hopefully you will too...

More styles to follow... I gotta fill it now!

Until next time,

Kalli

I'll see your nine and raise you thirty...

OK guys and girls... there are now so many eyes in-store that they have been shifted to a purpose built area just past the office... Yes... The eye hut is open, holding no fewer than 39 different colors to choose from... All the colors of the bow, no less... including some utterly beautiful multiway ones that have to be tried to be believed... Luna is lovely... but Terra and Nebula have to be my favourites... So give them a look... or even just pick 'em up and se for yourself... That's $L15 apiece, people... you cannot go wrong here!

Also noteworthy is that, time permitting next week, the first Discord Designs franchise will be opening... I'll fill you in as and when there's stuff to see, but overall it should be a goodie... That's if the guys advertising the mall are up to thier word!

Still... finer notes... Criss is now reloaded live in 48 colors, rather than 32... Tori and Marion are set to follow soon. Dexter is in second phase development and is set to be tinted and cloned by the end of the week... So...

Busy busy busy!

and watch this space as always!

Until, next time,

Kalli

I really must stop distracting myself...

Every once in a while I get a hairbrained idea... as you well know by now, all those who read this. The latest was no different. I've been debating the logistics of expanding the shape packages I intend to offer to include skins, hair and eyes to make an all-in-one instant avatar for a reasonable rate...

Well... that's all great in principle, but it means learning a hell of a lot about how graphics software works... and no, I've not succumbed and picked up a copy of Photoshop. I've been yutzing about with my ancient Heath-Robinson technology and created the easier of the two texture-based deals... eyes!



Naturally, I'm telling you this as the vendor is now live... and pictured above... so do come and give them a look! They're up in the accessories gazebo, and in true Discord Designs tradition, they're cheap and cheerful. Hope you like!

Until next time,

Kalli

Now that was a day and a half...

Jude is now tinted, cloned, vendor loaded, fatpacks assembled and live...
Knock yourselves out people!

Uh... right... more info might be nice...

OK... Jude retails in 48 rather than 32 colorways (as discussed before) for $L99 a color, or in packs of 12 colors (related ones, you'll be pleased to know) for $L349...

Naturally the biggie of all 48 colors is out at a modest $L699 a throw... that's 48 colors for the price of 7... can't say fairer than that now can you?

Do give it a look... I feel it marks a return to form for me after the last two offerings which, lets be honest, haven't gone down too well...

Until next time,

Kalli

A slight diversion...?

Not had a chance to make hair recently, but I've had the time to get started on something different...

Shapes anyone?

Mine is unique to me, and I will not be selling it, but I do have plans to launch a few and see how they go... And here's the first:



This is Martha (as I named her During the work in progress) Fine tuning to happen, but she's tall (at 6'5", atheletic and curvy... Plus she's designed to fit the hair I sell, wich always helps... maybe without Ryoko on next time so you can get a better idea of the face!

Still until next time, when I've constructed a shape vendor!

Kalli

So what have I been doing?

It really doesn't look like I've been up to much of late, but trust me... I have!

New style on the way... tinted and cloned and set to load into the vendor... Called Whisper (after Wisper Dagger, who requested it) and it works as a half-updo variant of the XL ponytail. The tiara is colorchange on both band and flowers and is also removable if you don't want... all done through the voice channel... It's nice! (And Wisper herself offered to model it... so there you go!) It's the most complex style I've made to date in terms of number of textures and scripts; but it was rather fun all the same!



ALL vendors have now been updated in-store... and it looks SO MUCH better... if you haven't seen them yet, do drop by and have a nose! I've also created new adverts and I've reworked Marion to make it a LOT better... in the sense that the textures now do what they're supposed to and it appears seamless rather than blocky like it has been. Will notify further once the vendor has been repopulated... so PLEASE don't buy yet... although I'll be shipping upgrades to everybody that does...

Furthermore, I've created a lovely peacock feather to tuck behind your ear which will feature on a new style, tentatively named 'Kate', that has been requested for a 1920s club... details to follow.

In addition; on the accessories front, I've been playing with a pair of chrome and leather flight goggles with a distinct steampunk vibe. They're scripted to allow flying above preset limits... and they're coming together nicely.

In short, expect quite a few new releases or upgrades over the next week or two...

As always, until next time,

Kalli

The mind starts wandering...

It's a strange thing really what constitutes a good vs a bad sales day... and the difference seems to be down to one thing... the selling of fat-packs, pushing up overall sales.

Now as you know, I offer individual colors or an "all at once" box of all 32 colors for around 6 times the price of a singleton color... now this is all well and good, but there is, of course, the problem that most people won't want such a large range. Someone who wears Midnight, for example, is unlikely to wear Lavender... and as such, the purpoted saving of 32 for teh price of six becomes a little moot if you only ever wear four... say ranging from Midnight, to Chestnut, through Chocolate and Plum...

So muggins here gets thinking... what about ten-packs of colors, grouped into "Darks", "Reds", "Blondes" and "Unnaturals"... each sold for around three times the price of a single color? - so $L299 for a $L99 singleton..? More of a range than just offering the standard three or four, but for not a huge initial outlay. Might also tempt people after just one or two co,lours to go long...

I was thinking of bagging them as follows:

Dark pack:
Midnight, Chestnut, Chocolate, Plum, Black Grape, Mocha, Graphite, Grey, Raspberry, Pillarbox



Red pack:
Raspberry, Scarlet, Crimson, Pillarbox, Plum, Black Grape, Candyfloss, Flame, Strawberry Blonde, Fuschia



Blonde Pack:
Rich Blonde, Ash Blonde, Dirty Blonde, Platinum, Strawberry Blonde, Honey, Pale Brown, Flame, Mocha, Snow



Unnatural Pack:
Forest, Reptile, Mint, Raven, Sapphire, Lilac, Lavender, Blueberry, Ice, Snow



This will mean fighting with the existing vendors to create new points of sale... but as a ten for three offer, is it worth it?

Comments... analysis...?

Kalli

Joss live...

Just so you know Joss is now live, and available at the reduced rate of $L99 per color, or $L550 for all 32... I made this decision to keep all styles under the magic three figures... Yes I admit, there was a LOT more work in Joss than any opf the others so far in terms of retexturing, but in theory, those textures are there to use again should I need them... and what do I charge the second time I do?

I've opted to retexture it again, so that any and all traces of "odd white edges" (Symptomatic of file conversion at upload) have been removed... as such, it looks SO much better... but I'll let you be the judges... pick up a demo (for free of course) and see for yourself.

What this means is that all 14 original styles and the multipack for the ponies are now live. Three vendors remain, and these will be populated with fresh styles over the next fortnight. What's to come? Tori, a short-backed feminine style with long bangs... Guru, a short tied back braid with masculine overtones... and Dexter - the first "male pattern baldness" prim hair in SL... Guru and Dexter are also both likely to be scripted.

Alice, bless her, has been doing some analysis of my early sales figures and we're coming up with a plan of attack for mods and maintenance... and, more importatly, new styles based on purchasing choices made so far...

What this means is relatively straightforward - basicallt styles will be reworked and retextuyred, or bagged up and replaced... but only when something new and improved exists to swap it out...

Over the next month or so, for example, Zoe will be reworked into a more professional style - maybe even made available as a threepack of simple bob styles... clips at the back, grips in the front and maybe with an Alice band (all Accessories will be colorchange scripted, of course!) After that, there's likely to be a push for new vendors on the other plates... adding one at a time, but bringing in more mens styles... as they're sorely needed.

Well work to do... wish me luck!

Until next time,

Kalli

Ryoko now live...

Well strictly, it's been available now for 24 hours... but last night, by the time I finished I was so tired I couldn't bring myself to post. This evening has seen some work towards getting the ponytails up and running with the XL variant now retinted and cloned and set for launch... Just a matter of filling the vendor, but in the grand scheme, I'd like to launch all Ponys at once, so the pack is available from the word go, so people don't miss out.

As such I've been looking for another style to get out ASAP, so I don't keep you folks waiting. As such, I've had a GREAT deal of help from the irrepressible Alice Hoyer, who in a moment of utter and unfettered madness, agreed to dropping the scripts in each individual prim of both George and Kitsune... well... I always knew she was a little nuts, but this takes the cake...

Well... Thanks to her (and that Ryoko in Raven is just the first gift, I assure you!) George has hit the retinting bench first, and as such should be live very soon...

Keep 'em peeled folks... not long now!

Until next time,

Kalli

Product Lines are go... More coming online in the next few days...

Alrighty the time has come to announce that the first hairstyles are live... and what's more, there are 7 accessory vendors currently active with many more planned...

Current hairstyles available are Zoe, Band, Eowyn and Marion. Criss will be the next up, with Samurai and the ponytails not far behind. Due to the way we're doing it now, there might be a little wait for Kitsune, George, Joss and Heidi... In fact, the way things are looking Ryoko may trump the last four and be launched in the very near future, as it's being built prescripted and ready to tint...

I'll be sure to fling up photos as soon as I can...

And what's more... it's basic, but we have a Slurl... Click Here to get the linky to teleport straight to the store!

Have fun!

Until next time, wish me luck with the new hair builds... ;)

Kalli

The initial line of hair colours

So after much pratting about with a range of options, and spending more than I care to divulge on hair texture packs in search of what I was after, I've settled on the original 32 colours for the Discord Designs hair lines... These incorporate 23 colours from a pack by Lexus Bosch, and include a further nine that I tweaked myself, as the initial collection was limited in the main to "natural" shades... I initially considered another bank of textures by a different designer with some 90 shades in, but after using them for a while, they seemed a little flat, and were quite hard to use when it came to the alpha layered ones...

I decided the best thing to do was to add my own by retinting a few shades, rather than mix and match between groups, for the sake of uniform overall appearance.

Either way... here they are...
As you can see, some of the colours are a little whacky; but I'm sure there are people out there who will approve!

Once again we have apples, to tie into the logo and for the sake of convenience, all the colours are labelled so people know what they're buying.

I hope there's something there for you!

Until next time,

Kalli

Logo!

Announcing the logo for Discord Designs... designed by the highly talented and very lovely Thatcher Ochs:
The actual pic is transparent, but for reasons best known unto itself it displays with a black border!

As requested, he included the little apple at the top, which is, I guess, the brand icon. There are good reasons for that, which I might explain later...

Either way, I hope you like it! It'll be displayed on all vendors, and is actually being built into some products when a hidden root-prim is required...but that's a technical issue that I'm not going to go into!

Hopefully it'll become a common sight thoughout SL... but we'll see...

Until next time,

Kalli

Working from the ground up...

So... developments are ongoing, relating to the shop and the contents thereof..

The shop itself has been in situ for a wee while now, constructed in no time flat by the supremely talented Xed Goheen. It's located on the western side of Synchronicity Island; occupying a 4048m plot:

The store comprises a Teleport entry area (cunningly hidden by the tree in the lower left corner of the photo) and four large covered areas, each 20m square, connected by ramps. The fifth area with the sloping dark roof on the left of the pic is where I'm going to be sticking the jewelry I'm looking to market. I'll have hairstyles located on the two far-side plates, with the nearer ones being used, in time, for other items for sale. Once I'm up and running, I'd like to have a bash at shoes and other accessories which will go in these areas; along with work by my partners in crime on this venture... which for the moment include peircings and prefab houses(!) OK... a bit of a weird mix, but who said you had to stick to one thing? And besides, neither of them have their own shopspace and they're both very talented builders - but you'll soon see for yourself!

Some space may be set aside for tattoos, clothes and even scripts, depending on whether certain people get back to me requesting space. But either way, details will be supplied here as and when anything is newsworthy.

Regarding content; I'm still beating myself up by constantly going back to completed styles and tweaking things I'm not happy about... as a result I've retinted one hairstyle - Kitsune - no fewer than three times already; and when 32 colours are involved, that's no mean feat. I've also decided, after a run-in yesterday, that It's likely to be prudent to supply two sizes of each style, as, being a tiny person, my head is on the small side. This results in a little work required to fit a small hair to a larger head, which seems beyond the capability of some residents. As such, to make it easier for all and to cater for those who'd just like to click to wear a new style, I've decided to launch Female hairstyles in sizes 50 and 65 (based on the first head slider) and Male styles in sizes 65 and 80. Hopefully this will cover enough bases to ensure that at least something fits.

Well watch this space... more details, including first views of launched products coming soon...

Until next time...

Kalli