Nima Benoir (@nimabenoir)
Virtual World resident for many years and an artist in both worlds! I started as a classically trained fine artist and normally do children's portraits. With the emergence of virtual worlds however, I found a deep love for the strange and unusual, as the idea of existing in and having a life in an alternate reality IS strange and unusual. My pieces are usually an exploration of a certain topic that then lead to a series. The images are created with a combination of hand drawing/painting, CG, and SL creation tools. Inworld they become 3D, with frames, animations (often my own.) and other found objects with an emphasis on the idea of interaction between the r