I am Latin American and I proudly conquered a good place in SL modeling, and for me it's weird when people say, “Hey look, it's the top model Lua!” But I feel that I am only where I am because I have worked so hard to be here and I had the support of the most sweet and amazing people of the grid.
that being like this, made me go this far. Ava: How did you decide to open up Luna's Body Art? I'm a designer in RL, I love to create, I love photography, I have used Photoshop for forever, and I was looking for nails once, and didn't find the specific type that I wanted so I decided to give it a try.
Ava: Can you also tell the readers of Diversity the things you love about being a model in Second Life. Nails are harder to sell than an outfit, or hair, etc, but it's relaxing to do them Lua: A lot of things Ava, really to have and I love to have the nails looking nice people like you is the nicest thing, the and matching the outfit so in Fall 2014 I people who saw something in me, have created .::LUNA::. supported me and still support me, that has no price. Ava: What inspires you in your work? I have made good friends, learned the skills to be a good model. Sometimes people tell me, “Oh being a model is easy, you just have to wear what is inside the box and walk!” But, it's not that easy. You need to wear it well, sell it, match it in a fabulous way. You need to look for RL trends. If the outfit is from the 50's, for example, what people used that era, the makeup, the jewelry, the hair, spend time, money and effort to look the best possible and then eat that runway with your walk and poses and you can easily spend hours choosing them. I feel amazing when I'm backstage and then when I go out to the catwalk, walk and pose I just feel so good!
Lua:. Anything. First I look for RL trends, what is hot for the next season and I try to replicate that using the same color palette. Also in the events, when they ask for a specific theme, I search a lot and I create the nails based on that, I draw my nails but I also use images from the web and add my touch to them. I also like to take advantage of the season or a special date, for example, Valentines, Halloween, Christmas, etc. Ava. Can you explain to the readers what goes on in your head or the process of making your beautiful nails?
Lua: It is not that easy to create them, Ava: Are there things about modeling in since I have to do them in photoshop. Second Life that you don’t like so much? Depending on what I do, I paint them. Normally, I do 10 variations for each Lua: There are more things that I like than set and I do them for Maitreya, Slink, I dislike to be honest, I hate gossip and Belleza, Vista and Tuty and they each have here, just like in RL, people love gossip and different layouts, so it's a process, creating to talk behind your back. And sometimes a set of nails can take hours. Then I need people tell me that someone is talking to upload each texture to SL and here in or doing something behind my back and SL I have to do the work of creating the for sure people talk about me in a bad or HUD for each brand. good way, but I avoid that and I only do So it's a little tricky, but I like to do it. my work, I focus on my career and I think Ava. Lua, can you tell the readers of
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Issue 23 April, 2019 | L’Amour Diversity Magazine